Intro to Ag Mechanics Model
Units:
- FFA Issues and Opportunities
- Supervised Agricultural Experiences
- The California Agricultural Record Book
- Careers in Agricultural Mechanics
- Personal and Group Safety
- Rope Work & Load Securing
- Basic Agricultural Woodworking
- Calculating Board Feet
- Fasteners Used in Woodworking
- Cutting and Shaping Wood
- Redwood Planter Box Project
- Anticipatory Sets or Hooks
- What do these projects have in common?
- Laying out the planter box project.
- Demonstration- Cutting Down the 1"X12" with the table saw and radial arm saw
- Students cutting down their 1" X 12" with the table saw and radial arm saw
- Demonstration- Making their Dado and rabbet joint
- Students making their dado and rabbet joints
- Demonstration- Assembling your Redwood Planter Box
- Students assembling their Redwood Planter Boxes
- Demonstration- Drilling your Drainage Holes
- Student drilling their drainage holes
- Demonstration- Finishing your project
- Students finishing their redwood planter boxes
- Closure-Summary
- Push Stick Project
- Book End Project
- Basic Agricultural Electricity and Wiring
- Plumbing Systems in Agriculture
- Agricultural Cold/Hot Metal Processes
- Agricultural Concrete and Masonry Practices
- Oxy-fuel Cutting and Welding
- Electric Arc Welding Processes
- Small Engines
- Land Measurement
- Projects
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Activity Originally Created By:
Dick Piersma
Modifications to this project
Part of Lesson Plan: Project - Wood Sawhorse
Activity Overview / Details
Successful completion of this project may depend on the availability of tools and/or resources to pay for materials. Also, construct a sawhorse yourself before taking this on as a class project to see where the pitfalls (difficult parts of the project for the students) and "bottlenecks" will be. Consider the following:
1. Safety - Review safety rules for hand and power tools as needed. A compound miter saw is actually safer and easier to use than a circular saw.
2. Tools - If a compound miter saw is not available, a power circular saw would work instead. A hand saw would make this project very difficult to complete.
3. Assistance - Be prepared to assist the students with the more complicated portions of the project, especially when marking and cutting the compound angles.
4. Materials - To reduce costs, shorten the length of the legs and the top of the sawhorse. A 24" top and 24" legs will sufice. Shop around for materials and consider alternative wood sources.
