Grade 9 CTF

Students will be introduced with a week of safety to orient them in the shop and then build 3
required projects. After they have completed these 3 projects they can choose between 3 other
projects to build to finish the quarter with independent led projects.

CTF Connections
CTF is exploring interests, passions and skills while making personal connections to career
possibilities.
- I explore my interests and passions while making personal connections to career
possibilities.
- I use occupational area skills, knowledge and technologies.
- I follow safety requirements associated with occupational areas and related
technologies.
- I demonstrate environmental stewardship associated with occupational areas.
How this class connects to the outcome:
Students have the opportunity to practice different skills associated with carpentry and
also have a chance to learn different techniques that they will be using in future shop classes
and projects if they choose to continue in shop such as dowel screw covers, rabbet joints,
routing, and biscuit joints. This class sets the base for showing how much effort goes into
different types of joinery and how different methods each have a specific setting where they are
most useful. Safety is also a huge piece of the grade 9 shop class as they have expectations to
follow every day in terms of personal safety, shop safety, and group safety. Hopefully through
having these experiences and making these projects, students can gain an interest in woodshop
and continue to explore a career or interest in the trades.

CTF is planning, creating, appraising and communicating in response to challenges.

- I plan in response to challenges.
- I make decisions in response to challenges.
- I adapt to change and unexpected events.
- I solve problems in response to challenges.
- I create products, performances or services in response to challenges.
- I appraise the skills, knowledge and technologies used to respond to challenges.
- I communicate my learning.
How this class connects to the outcome:
The first project is the CNC sign which incorporates a design of the student’s choosing
on a wood backing and then an epoxy pour to fill in the design with the student’s chosen colour.
This project is more basic but allows for more student independence and choice which should
lead to greater student buy-in. Through the choices students make, their projects all begin to
vary and personal planning and adaptation is needed. Students get to problem solve and decide
how best to tackle an issue on their personal projects. From there they each create personal
products that reflect their choices and give them something to take home which will continue to
have value for years to come as well as giving them skills to tackle bigger projects in the future.

CTF is working independently and with others while exploring careers and technology.
- I determine how my actions affect learning.
- I develop skills that support effective relationships.
- I collaborate to achieve common goals.
How this class connects to the outcome:
Since there are 25 students in the classroom and only one of me, often students have
the chance to problem solve on their own using the project steps to completion that are posted
rather than just asking for help right away. From there the classroom is set up so students are
often helping their peers who are working on the steps behind them and can show them proper
procedures. Students all work on 2 initial projects that are the same so they can work with
others who are going through the same steps but then for their 3rd project they are given
independent choice which leads to Their independence and personal actions which affect their
learning.
Stool
Wood prep
1. Pick 2 pieces of wood that are at least 5 inches wide and use the miter saw to cut it
down to 28”
2. Process wood to 7/8 thick on the planer, flipping the board each time you put it through
the planer
a. Joint the flattest edge of each board using the jointer
i. Remember not to hook your fingers over the back of the board
b. Cut off the other rough edge using the table saw
c. Cut each board into a 2” and a 3” strip, put one 2” to the side for later
3. Line the other 3 pieces of wood up (2”+3”+2”) and draw a line across the boards at 6 and
18 inches, these are cut lines
a. Label the lines with a C
4. Draw another line at 3,10,17, these are joint lines
a. Label the lines with a B
b. Biscuit joint the pieces on the lines with a 0 size biscuit
i. F clamp the pieces to the table and biscuit joint them
c. Glue wood together with biscuits to make 7 inch wide by 28”
5. Run wood through the thickness sander to get rid of any marks left by the planer
6. Use the miter saw to cut the 7”x28” into 3 pieces on cut lines
a. Cut 3 pieces out of the: 14”, 6”, 6”
b. Top and 2 legs

Legs
7. Use mold to trace a line of your leg cut
8. Use bandsaw to roughly cut out bottom of legs, either curved, pointed, or square
a. Leave ⅛” from your line
b. Make relief cuts and watch fingers
9. Use double sided tape to tape on the mold pieces and follow the mold to cut out your
legs on the router table with a top bearing bit (ask for help)
10. Miter legs at a 5 degree angle from top edge to bottom corner on each side
11. Use small table router with ¼” roundover bit to round the sides of the legs

Top
12. Drill 2 holes that are 1.25” in diameter and 3” inches apart on the drill press in the top to
start hand hold
a. Set up a rail with 2 F clamps and a spare piece of wood to make sure both holes
are even
13. Use the jigsaw to join holes to make 5 inch hand hold
14. Round off corners of top with bandsaw
 15. Use the hand router with a ½” roundover bit to blend out the handle and edges of the top
piece
16. If you want you can CNC a design or word into the top

Brace
17. Take the 2” x 26” piece you have left and cut it down to 9”
18. Use small table router with ¼” roundover bit to round the sides of the brace

Joining
19. Predrill half way at all screw points with a ⅜” forester bit
20. Use the 3/16” bit to finish drilling through material
21. Sand all pieces by hand up to 150 grit (100, then 125, then 150)
22. Line up top material with material to be joined and predrill with ⅛” drill bit
23. Screw top to legs, also pre-drilling in the same way

24. Cut dowels out of spare alder wood

a. Glue over ⅜ hole left
b. Use flush cut saw to cut off excess and sand to finish
25. Sand to finish
CNC sign
Design
1. Decide on sign size
a. Dependent on chosen logo or CNC design
2. Design CNC file to be printed on sign

Process wood and glue up

3. Miter cut rough boards to 2” longer than your sign will be and so they will be 1” taller than
your final sign when joined
4. Process wood to 13/16 thick on the planer, flipping the boards each time you put them
through the planer
a. Joint the flattest edge of each board using the jointer
i. Remember not to hook your fingers over the back of the board
5. Rip boards in half on the table saw and rip off the rough edges that are left
6. Lay out boards with alternating end grain, check with instructor to make sure they are all
in the right direction
7. Set out 3 pipe clamps so that 2 are about 1” from each end of the boards and 1 is in the
middle
a. Place boards on the clamps to test final sizing
b. Rotate each board so you can glue the edges that will be put together except for
the board that is furthest away from you.
c. Squeeze 2 lines of glue onto each edge to be joined
d. Lay the boards back down into their final positions
e. Tighten clamps until they are just touching your boards then flatten all the pieces
with a straight edge as you tighten another turn on the clamps
f. Place 2 clamps on top and tighten them, retighten bottom clamps slightly
i. Don’t over tighten or your boards will flex and bow
8. After boards have dried, usually a day, scrape off any excess glue with a scraper
9. Replane boards to get rid of any difference in height
10. Run your boards through the thickness sander on 100 grit to remove deeper sanding
marks

CNC (get instructor help)

11. Prep CNC file
a. Find PNG of photo you want
b. Start new in VCarve
c. Set project size in inches
i. Set depth to 0.75
ii. XY Datum Position to middle
d. Import png file (file with bird in it, under file operations)
 e. Trace bitmap (picture of bird, under create vectors)
i. Trace colour or black and white
ii. Apply
f. Select original picture, delete it
i. Should be left with just vector outline
g. Under transform objects, click white square with arrows
i. Center design (or move it where you would like it)
h. Under transform objects, click box with arrow up to bigger box
i. Set size of design on your project
i. Go to toolpaths on right side of the sign
i. Check flat depth, set to 0.1
ii. Set start depth to 0
iii. Make sure tool is RC 90 degree
iv. Name it (student name - picture, 90v)
v. Bottom right save logo - save tool path to USB
12. Cut design on CNC (get instructor help)
a. Nail wood into the bottom left corner of the CNC machine along the outside ½”
b. Mark out the center of your wood
c. Plug in USB
d. F6 load file, choose your file
i. Click Load
e. F3 Jog and probing
i. Use jogging to move the bit to the middle of your project
1. Fine movements with handheld
ii. Zero X and Y on the screen
iii. Get instructor help with setting depth
f. F2 program and MDI
i. Set feed to 100%
ii. Set RPM to 100%
iii. Click rewind
iv. Click cycle start when ready

Epoxy
13. Epoxy to fill design
14.

Finishing
15. Cut sign to final size on track saw
16. Sand and finish edges with router if desired
Indigenous Feather Art

Wall shelf
Process wood
1. Pick
Desk shelf

Lamp

Gumball machine