Making things square

In my previous post I mentioned the importance of making things square. This just means that making angles 90 degrees I had to do this for the lower half of my dog house more then the top, because I made my rooo at a slant. The easiest way to make sure your angles are correct would be to use a square, which is a tool that is shapped like an L and is 90 degrees on every angle. Althouht I feel like my square was a it warped from the cold temparatues and thus wasn't 90 degrees like I though.

 Once you start you must follow through with the plan. My plan was to just stick a sheet of plywood on top to make my roof. But my mentor said I should insulate the roof,which I did, but my plywood on the side did not meet the roof due to the change in my plans. Which resulted in there being cracks in between the roof and the walls. So always follow your plan.

Dog House Update

Well I finished my dog house. and it looks pretty good. I just have to make sure that my dog actually uses it. I learned a fair bit during this project. 

I learned the importance of making sure that what ever you use to make sure that your angle's are square, that it should also be square.

I learned that planning can be very useful when you are trying to use as little plywood as possible.

I learned that you should never compromise your plan for anything, it makes it a whole lot harder. My mentor kept telling me I should do, intead of folowing my plan, then he contraridicted himself and said to go with my original plan, but then said I was doing it wrong, and it was just annoying.

So yeah. I don't know what I'm suppose to do now.

Passion Project Update

Well my walls have been put up on the inside and now all i have to do is the roof. My plan for the roof is to cut some plywood so that it will cover the inside of the dog house, Then I plan on putting some support beams on top of that with some insulation inbewteen before I put on another sheet of plywood and shingles on top. Im hoping to finally finish my dog house tommorrow.

Passion Project Update

So last week I spent alot of time working on my dog house. I picked up some insulation and started puting that in and covering the walls with sheets of plywood. This weekend I hope to finish off the walls and then some time this week put the roof on. What I learned recently is that companies fit a lor of insulation in to a small packaging. I bought two bags of insulation not knowing how much was actually was in their. Pretty sure im going to have a bag and a half of insulation left over after Im done.

Passion Project

For my passion project i've been building a dog house. I'd say im a fair way through it. I have learned a few things the major one being that screws are alot easier to use then nails.

I still have to insulate and cover the walls before I can put the roof on, but I think I may be able to

finish in a few weeks.

To Kill A MockingBird Character Perspective

Character: Dill

I had been spending the last few days staring at the Radley house.

The house was not like my aunts, The Radley house was tall, the paint had long since peeled away the revealing the wood underneath. A few pieces of the siding had been torn away revealing segments of bricks. The tower loomed high above the rest of the neighbourhood, a single window was able to see all of maycomb. I had hoped that it would allow me to catch a glimpse of Boo put the curtains had remained shut all summer. Every so often I would think I had seen a shadow move from behind the windows.

"Hey Dill" said Jem walking up the sidewalk."still looking at the house I see."

We spend the next few minutes discussing what was being held inside the house. Jem seemed to think that it was just a cat.

"I bet you can't touch it."Jem said

"I could touch." I replied "I just don't want to."

"Sounds to me like your scared."

"Im not sacred. Im just not stupid."

"Scaredy Cat."

"Fine I will." and with that i set off across the street.

I had been told not to go near the Radley house. Normally I would have, except this time I had my pride on the line.

The fence was made from random pieces of wood held together with strips of barb wire. The lawn was a barren wasteland. Random patches of dead grass were scattered through out. I could see a small hole underneath the fence that i could squeeze through. It was in a blind spot from both the street and the windows. I made my move.

I ran straight for the wall, Guiding myself throughout the many pitfalls that had been placed in my way. I cried in rejoice as my hand slapped against the hot wood.

When I returned Jem was standing where i had left him next to the lamppost.

"You do it?" he asked

"Yup." I said

"prove it."

I pulled a large piece of wood I had taken from the wall and passed it to him.

"Well looks like I was wrong Dill."

Im bored