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GPHS MANUFACTURING

HIGHLIGHTING STUDENT CREATIVITY AND THEIR SHOP

Inlays and rocking chairs...

2/22/2016

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One of our students finally saw all of their hard work pay off in the form of a rocking chair (makes me want to keep teaching for a long time).  Hard work and attention to detail created a piece of furniture that anybody would be proud to have in their home.  This is made of red oak with laser etched arm details and leather seat material.  Very proud of your work young Man!

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One of the things that we are working is getting the CNC curriculum developed for the program.  Thanks to Randy Johnson and the folks at Shopbot, this is an easier task than it would have been.  We are using several of the ideas and projects from the Summer course that Randy taught in Washington to get the kids up and running.

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The first project that students actually produce on the machine is a series of three custom coasters.  This teaches the kids about pocket and v-carve techniques as well as offsets, drawing and resizing shapes and aligning objects to a vector.

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This is also an great opportunity for students to get hands on experience with operating the CNC itself.  We work on changing bits, moving the gantry (learning x, y and z axes), zeroing the xy and z axes, affixing materials to the spoilboard (we learned a lot from our first failure in regards to this particular point) and simply getting comfortable with a machine that can be a bit intimidating at first.  Next up is inlays on the CNC!!!

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More CNC template work...

2/11/2016

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We have worked up the improved templates for the Adirondack Chair (left) and the Beach Chair (right) from Phil at The Barley Harvest as well as the Beach Chair from his site.  After a mistake or two (yes, we are all still learning, every single day) we have the perfect files along with individual parts files that can begin the process of machining actual parts and not just templates.  This particular process is going to take the students some time to wrap their heads around as it takes some serious thought to get placement correct on individual boards.  What would Manufacturing be anyway if it weren't for a few bumps in the road?

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In the image to the left and to the right, we have v-carved the part designation and the number of actual parts needed of each into the template.  We'll prep the wood and then paint in the letters.  After a little sanding we will have perfect painted lettering on each template.

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CNC template work...

2/9/2016

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 We have begun the new semester here and the first order of business has been to cut out some templates on the Shopbot CNC for a couple of very popular projects.  In the past students have made a lot of Adirondack chairs but this semester we purchased some dxf files from Phil at The Barley Harvest to be used on the new machine.  Our first job turned out very nice (it's a new design for us, a Beach Chair in the Adirondack style).  The trick now is to set up the files so that students can machine individual parts from solid stock instead of a sheet of ply.

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This is the finished product for the Beach Chair.  All of the parts machined very well and if you look closely you can see the tabs that were inserted in order to keep the parts from shifting during machining.  We can't wait to get one of these new chairs assembled and give it a nice long sit-down.

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Here at Grants Pass High School in Southern Oregon, we have a lot to be thankful for.  Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in vocational education.  Yes, College is still a critical destination for our kids but the way in which students get there has evolved.  Do you think you want to be an Engineer?  An artist?  A Scientist?  All of these areas of study can benefit from the hands-on approach we offer in our modern shops.  What if College isn't in your immediate post high school plans?  Maybe you want to enter the trades or manufacturing.  We can help you get to almost any place you want to be.  This isn't your Fathers (or Mothers or Grandparents) shop class anymore.  We teach practical applications of Science, Technology Engineering Arts and Math and we do it with a hands-on ability that is unmatched in any School District in the area.  All of this in addition to having the opportunity to create some of the most amazing and beautiful work to come out of any High School we can think of.

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