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GCSE Woodwork Project - Lamp
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devon_metro
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FusionRail
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Not bad!
I made a room alarm for electronics, which didn't work,but didn't matter as they don't mark it on whether it works on not!
Engineering I made a nice Landrover 2A, out of metal, which we destroyed with my mates (left the ends on the rivets so it had to battering rams sticking out the front), pulling them back (had a pullback thingy) and ramming them. Promptly bent and buckled the fronts! (Again they dont even mark the item...)
Still, with a 150% in the exam I can get a F in Engineering. Not as bad as some, they could only get a U with 110%!!
I made a room alarm for electronics, which didn't work,but didn't matter as they don't mark it on whether it works on not!
Engineering I made a nice Landrover 2A, out of metal, which we destroyed with my mates (left the ends on the rivets so it had to battering rams sticking out the front), pulling them back (had a pullback thingy) and ramming them. Promptly bent and buckled the fronts! (Again they dont even mark the item...)
Still, with a 150% in the exam I can get a F in Engineering. Not as bad as some, they could only get a U with 110%!!
thefab444
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Oh dear is all I can say.
Ascot
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Explain.
AlexS
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Looks pretty canny to me.
Although the pattern on the shade is not manly enough for my tastes, too much in the way of material - should be made out of oak or similar
Well done Mr Loader.
I assume you lathed it?
Although the pattern on the shade is not manly enough for my tastes, too much in the way of material - should be made out of oak or similar
Well done Mr Loader.
I assume you lathed it?
Thank you Alex, yeah I got it from sticking 5 pieces of wood together to form a big cuboid shaped block. Which I then worked the corners off to get a rough cylinder shape then went onto the lathe. The amount of mess I caused with wood chippings whilst doing it though! After that it was then down to sanding it with various types of paper to get the smooth affect and believe me it is smooth!
Its made out of Mahogany (the brown wood) and Sycamore (the white(ish) wood)
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Indeed id like to know what's oh dear about the effort and hard work ploughed into that lamp.
Its made out of Mahogany (the brown wood) and Sycamore (the white(ish) wood)
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Indeed id like to know what's oh dear about the effort and hard work ploughed into that lamp.
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Beaker
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I think it looks good by the way
Could it be you 'oh dear' everybody else's hard work ?
Could it be you 'oh dear' everybody else's hard work ?
thefab444
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I didn't look at the lamp, but I saw in the thread title... "GCSE Woodwork" - that's enough to gain an Oh Dear from me on it's own.
Isn't it called Resistant Materials these days anyway?
Isn't it called Resistant Materials these days anyway?
D306
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I'm sure it is
Beaker
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What else did you get
Yes it is,
but that would suggest I'm using different materials. But here its 98% wood thus its Woodwork.
FusionRail
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Thus, its called Resistant Materials 
(where the hell did that name come from?)
(where the hell did that name come from?)
:???:
I think it looks fantastic, modern and contemporary. Most lamps seem to have a pretty dated look but this one looks great. I would have chosen a plain rather than patterned shade, though.
Is that good or bad? 
lol
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Thanks Mojo!
The shade was a quick job, as you can see its a bit small for the lamp itself. I will get a bigger, better one soon.
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I think it looks fantastic, modern and contemporary. Most lamps seem to have a pretty dated look but this one looks great. I would have chosen a plain rather than patterned shade, though.
Thanks Mojo!
The shade was a quick job, as you can see its a bit small for the lamp itself. I will get a bigger, better one soon.
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TheSlash
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Wow, making a lamp on a lathe
thefab444
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Thus, its called Resistant Materials
I think it's an attempt to "dress up" Woodwork as a more fancy subject.
This is true. I only referred to it as woodwork because for me, it was woodwork. For others it was metal work.
FusionRail
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With the quality of some idiots work, you may as well have made the circuit out of wood!
P156KWJ
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I took Res. Mat. for DT and my teacher explained it like this - if you get a piece of paper, you can punch a hole in it really easy. So it's not resistant. If you get a piece of wood or metal, you can't easily punch a hole in it. So it's resistant.
Very nice lamp, Tom
I should be making something like that this yearthefab444
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Very technical!
Graphic Products for me I'm afraid.
AKA Graphics...
P156KWJ
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argh! couldn't stand graphics! I like using saws and actually making stuff!
thefab444
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Same here, always saw graphics as more of a girls subject
Probably, down here, all the less able (academically) and disruptive kids do Resistant Materials and all the more talented ones do Graphics. That's if they are doing a technology. Girls tend to do Food Technology, Textiles or Child Development as they call it, a few do Graphics.
Beaker
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This place you live, is it a 1950s time bubble
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