INTRODUCTION TO WOODWORKING

WMT 101 Ticket #30815

Class Schedule

8:00AM-12:30PM ·   Spring 2007

Instructor: Anthony Atherton                                                                            E-mail:aatherton@cerritos.edu

Lab phone: 562 860-2451 x2926                                                                     Voicemail: 562 860-2451 x4380

 

Week/Date       Topic

 


 

1       1-8

 

Introduction / Shop Tour / Safety Exam

picture of tools

 

 

 

2      1-15

 

Holiday, No Class. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday

 

 

 

3      1-22

 

Calculate Board Footage / 8 Steps to Squaring Stock

Radial Arm Saw / Jointer / Planer / Band Saw / Sanders

Project Start:  Push Stick

 

 

 

4      1-29

 

Abrasives & Sanding Techniques

 

 

 

5       2-5

 

Wood Technology / Wood Identification / Table Saw

Project Start: Sanding Block

 

 

 

6      2-12

 

Hand Tools / Sharpening

Project Due:  Push Stick

 

 

 

7      2-19

 

Holiday, No Class. Washington’s Birthday

8      2-26

 

Drawing / Plan of Procedure / Bill of Materials

Project Start:  Mallet

 

 

 

9       3-5

 

Basic Woodworking Joints

Project Due: Sanding Block

Take-home Midterm

 

 

 

10    3-12

 

Midterm Review

Project Start:  Toolbox (with Drawing, Plan of Procedure,
Bill of Materials)

 

 

 

11    3-19

 

Power Hand Tools

Project Due:  Mallet

 

 

 

12     4-2

 

Holiday, No Class. Easter Break

 

 

 

13     4-9

 

Oil Finishes

 

 

 

14    4-16

 

Adhesives

 

 

 

15    4-23

 

Blade Technology

 

 

 

16    4-30

 

Glue-up

 

 

 

17    5-7

 

Final Work Day / Take Home All Materials / Take-home Final

18    5-14

 

Final Review / Clean-up / Show ‘N Tell / Potluck

Project Due: Toolbox