PROJECT OUTLINE: Display Boxes Y10
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Project Outline

This project aims to teach students about various wood joints: however, the display itself can be completely open to the student's own creativity. The display can use narrative to tell a story or simply contain some beautiful objects. This flexibility means that both boys and girls are free to be as creative as they please.

Resources & Practical Tips
Resources- Woodworking tools and bench vices, large G-clamps, small pieces of material to use as spacers for gluing up, small self tapping screws for backing board (10mm. Make sure they are thin or they will split the wood. Less able children could just glue the back on and trip to fit). They will also need mallets and try squares to assist in getting right angles when gluing up. For the display and finish of the boxes have a selection of stains and coloured card available.
Gluing up is quite tricky for many students. Get them to do it in pairs if possible and emphasise the important of covering all contactable surfaces but not to put too much on. Also reiterate the importance of not putting the spacers over a joint area when clamping it all together.
When doing the back panel I find it helps if the glued box is places over it and the inside drawn around. This way the backboard display can be done well without the inconvenience of being inhibited by the inside walls.

Materials- lengths of pine for the box which are 45mm wide, 12mm thick and 180mm long (they need to be 150 squares when finished so they fit the vice. The size given is to allow for mistakes and rubbing down). If the material can be thicker it works well because it is less likely to split when screwing or nailing. However, if you choose a thicker material, allow more length for the extra thicknesses.
Hardboard for the back 160 square (can be trimmed to fit). Depending on the desired outcome and what skills you wish to add to the project, square acrylic can be used for the front to the same measurements.
For the display it’s a good idea to get them to collect images which they can stick onto thin MDF or plywood which can then be cut around (cutting around images really helps to elevates quality)

Some resources used for this projects can be found at Teaching Resources: http://www.tep.org.uk

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