Week Two - Drilling The Wood

on the second lesson we started to drill the pieces of wood we marked out the week before. to use the drill we had to makes sure that; we had an apron on, our hair was tied back, we had goggles on and only one of us was in the marked safety zone. the most important thing we had to make sure that everyone was in a pair to help with the drilling.


to use the drill you have to carry out all of the steps below:

1. with your partner get ready to use the drill, i.e wearing goggles and wearing apron.
2. take the wood that you are going to drill and place in the vice provided. tighten up so the wood won't move when drilled.
3. next align the vice with the drill so that the drill is directly above the middle of the cross.
4. once happy with the alignment, put your food on the peddle and press the green button on the side of the drill. IMPORTANT INFORMATION: if something goes wrong take your foot off the peddle as that will stop the drill.
5. drill your wood so that it is about 1.5cm deep, you may want to put tape at the measurement so you know when the hole is deep enough.

continue these steps for all of the pieces of wood you need to drill.

Drilling wood