Construction Studies Day Exam

2HFaber-Castell

Any one have their's yet?

jkbrackens11

The practical?

2HFaber-Castell

Ya the practical exam..im dreading it to be honest with u like cos theres a lot of pressure on it

jkbrackens11

I know theres a dovetail on it and some drilling. Thats all though anyone do it today?

hello_there_jim

are u sure theres a dovetail? the engineering is piss easy im told by my friends, have it friday!

jkbrackens11

We were told we would need a sliding bevel so I'm assuming we need to do a dovetail.

Skuxx

I've mine tomorrow....Yeah there is a dovetail and probly a mortice and tennon as you need a mortice chisel....the pieces seem very small compared to other years?

jkbrackens11

Had mine today. It was pretty tough. A lot harder than any other ones I've done. There is 2 half dovetails, 4 mortise and tenons holes drilled for dowel,4 screws. It's a "music stand".My joints fitted perfectly so I was very happy but was still a very tough exam.

cocomk1

wat do u mean by 2 ''half'' dovetails......sound

jkbrackens11

The usual dovetail is that you cut out 2 big pieces in the middle and have 3 smaller pieces left and vise-versa then. Whereas on this the pieces are much thinner so you just take one bit out of the middle of your base piece. Complicated enough i thought. Must do one on each end.

hello_there_jim

im sh it at practical! im gonna fcuk it up!:mad:

cocomk1

ooohhh so tis like a finger joint....im so dreading this

Mallox

has anyone got a picture of it or a drawing no?? any basic layout atal??

Mul07

I got mine together but it wasnt square and and the dovetail was done shockingly bad by me! i thought it was very hard compred to the ones i've practised makking on in the past! how did all your projects finish like?? any guess on whats coming up on the paper this year ? :P i know u values and sustainability are on nearly every year

jkbrackens11

Heard something about solar energy. Any idea's on question 1?

iLoveTwilight

i have a feeling the eaves of a pitched roof could come up on question 1. . or the head and bottom of a window. . anyone who did the practical, do you have to add any detail of your own to the piece ? like a stopped shanfer ? i hope i spelled that right =P

awhir

Mul07 wrote: »

I got mine together but it wasnt square and and the dovetail was done shockingly bad by me! i thought it was very hard compred to the ones i've practised makking on in the past! how did all your projects finish like?? any guess on whats coming up on the paper this year ? :P i know u values and sustainability are on nearly every year

whats sustainability ?

jkbrackens11

awhir wrote: »

whats sustainability ?

Re-doing an old house and the likes is it? Make it stronger?

shanethemofo

No. Sustainability is building with the future in mind. Pretty broad. Anything from the town layout side of things to eco houses, timber framed houses.

My practical was diabolical. Started rushing at the end (i know, terrible idea) and ended up splitting a piece. Didn't get it together fully.

shanethemofo

iLoveTwilight wrote: »

i have a feeling the eaves of a pitched roof could come up on question 1. . or the head and bottom of a window. . anyone who did the practical, do you have to add any detail of your own to the piece ? like a stopped shanfer ? i hope i spelled that right =P

yea there is one edge that you do yourself. i just put a stopped chamfer on it

2HFaber-Castell

Done my practical today...got it finished in the end...things to watch out for;.dovetail joints are at a slope, so is the top rail which is a mortise and tenon..9mm drill bit needed for dowell...must use a spokeshave to round the edges of 2 side pieces..drill dholes first once u have everything marked out outherwise the piece will split easily..happed to loads of people in my class today

2HFaber-Castell

What kind of projects are people doing?

iLoveTwilight

eeek it sounds hard enough . . . how hard are the sloping joints ?

yeah what kind of projects did people make ? i made a jewellery box =D

boiracer

yeh i did a timber frame dwelling with a truss roof. Turned out pretty well!!
Day practical 2morrow pricking it. ment to be mad hard.

awhir

done mine today , went allright , just the dovedail dident fit very tightly , not bad for my first year doing woodwork/construction . I made a cross section of a house (looks like a box ) .

anyone have any sample briefs ? really stuck at the brief dont have a clue what to write about:(

jkbrackens11

I did a timber frame wall with Eaves setail. Turned out pretty well. Hoping dor a high B in Construction,

cocomk1

i hated the practical...found it very tough...under alot of pressure to get it finished...barley got it finished as i had to quickley throw together the dowel and back etc>..
I did a research project on planning permission...didint really like doing it..im just glad its all over really....

GERMAN ROCKS

i made a rocking chair

djasmith

I've got mine tomorrow 9.30 til 1.00. Bringing in all my own chisels and dovetail saw etc but not looking forward to it if its as tough as it sounds from the above...... a mortise and tenon at the angle?? thats gonna be a pain...

jkbrackens11

djasmith wrote: »

I've got mine tomorrow 9.30 til 1.00. Bringing in all my own chisels and dovetail saw etc but not looking forward to it if its as tough as it sounds from the above...... a mortise and tenon at the angle?? thats gonna be a pain...

You only got 3 and a half hours? Best of luck everyone else had 4.

collig2

Are most of the marks going on the assemling of the project??

iLoveTwilight

Anyone got pics of their projects ?

Overature

you only have to make three pieces

awhir

Overature wrote: »

you only have to make three pieces

hmmm ?

djasmith

Overature wrote: »

you only have to make three pieces

you sure?? I had about 9 when i finished it..... maybe you read the drawing wrong?? :D:D:D

xFROSTY Gx

U have ti make a music stand. its simialr to the practical they had last year i think

collig2

Just done mine today. Was honestly quite hard....was marking out for at least 1.45 hrs. F*cked up some pieces too and had re-do them! Got it finished just at end but I must admit my joints arent the best. It does go together though. Out of 17 in my class, 5 assembled it fully. NOT ENOUGH TIME ALLOCATED I SAY!

ayapatrick

Mul07 wrote: »

I got mine together but it wasnt square and and the dovetail was done shockingly bad by me! i thought it was very hard compred to the ones i've practised makking on in the past! how did all your projects finish like?? any guess on whats coming up on the paper this year ? :P i know u values and sustainability are on nearly every year

u values should be in the bank really! how are ya on them? there the same nearly every year and if ya practice the previous years ya should be sound!
obviously a drawing question! is one(the q ya have ta do) always a drawing question? fireplace was one last year and there was a staircase aswel!

ayapatrick

collig2 wrote: »

Just done mine today. Was honestly quite hard....was marking out for at least 1.45 hrs. F*cked up some pieces too and had re-do them! Got it finished just at end but I must admit my joints arent the best. It does go together though. Out of 17 in my class, 5 assembled it fully. NOT ENOUGH TIME ALLOCATED I SAY!

mine wasnt perfect last year - loosish enuf, sloppy joints but it was assembeld still got the a1!

Ahoy!

IMO the hardest part of the practical was marking it out,took me nearly 2h to mark it out.The rest was alright,nothing too challenging.

Heres a couple pics of the oul project:





what do yas think?

ayapatrick

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

i made a rocking chair

so did i! howd it turn out?

ayapatrick

iLoveTwilight

ooooh your projects are deadly . i like the rocking chair !

did my practical today, was ok i guess . . few people didnt get the sloping mortice and tenons, ouchies

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Mallox

ya i did mine monday ... the sloping mortise and tenons took the longest to do .. everyone in our class got it assembled (that doesn mean w ell but assembled all the same ) ps rocking chair looks class really good quality:D:D

iLoveTwilight

oh i forgot to add a picture of my jewellery box

davehalligan

for construction studies is it not all about making something related to construction industry and not the carpentry sides of things, well thats wat my teacher said last year when ppl wer making coffee tables and chairs instead of the roofs, cavity walls, plumbing and electric diagrams...etc. But well done to the lad with the rocking chair its pretty class btw!!
p.s i'm in 5th yr at the mo...

ayapatrick

davehalligan wrote: »

for construction studies is it not all about making something related to construction industry and not the carpentry sides of things, well thats wat my teacher said last year when ppl wer making coffee tables and chairs instead of the roofs, cavity walls, plumbing and electric diagrams...etc. But well done to the lad with the rocking chair its pretty class btw!!
p.s i'm in 5th yr at the mo...

shur what is the project worth? 25% and the same for the practical! i rezlly think what you need to see is something different! people make the tables and chairs because they are really the safest bet to make and finish relatively well! Thing about models and roofs is they are very hard to make well and in a lot of cases end up lookin rough - if ya get where im comin from?
and if the project is well made, typed up you have to get the marks for it!

and thanks !;)

awhir

ayapatrick wrote: »

shur what is the project worth? 25% and the same for the practical! i rezlly think what you need to see is something different! people make the tables and chairs because they are really the safest bet to make and finish relatively well! Thing about models and roofs is they are very hard to make well and in a lot of cases end up lookin rough - if ya get where im comin from?
and if the project is well made, typed up you have to get the marks for it!

and thanks !;)

well the acctuall project is only worth 7% and my teacher was sayin that ur nealy guarented 5% for it , the brief is where u loose marks.

Flomp

Had my day piece today, went alright I spose, got it finished but arsed up putting it together at the last, wasnt really paying attention and cut the dowel rod without thinking, kinda screwed up the back :P


Praying a window section comes up for the drawing, did it for my project :P

Heres mine;
http://img526.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cimg1632.jpg

Probably couldve done a few things a bit better but was fun to do :P

jkbrackens11

2 seperate pictures of my project.

clevertop

day practical was a joke.. We dont get to do walls and stuff like that in our school only small projects.. YE are lucky