Term 3 Week 2

Last Thursday I helped to lay down Sam's board to his mould. Sam, Anand and I did this together with the help from Maddy. Firstly we evenly spread one layer of epoxy resin to a piece of plywood. Next we lay down a sheet of fibreglass on top of the epoxy covered plywood. We pushed out any bubbles from the fibreglass. Then saturated the fiberglass with another layer of epoxy resin. The epoxy resin had to be spread evenly to make an even bond across the board, this makes the board strong. We Then got another piece of plywood and spread epoxy resin on one side. We then put this ply on top of the fibreglass. Then we used six clamps and strategically positioned them along the board holding it to the mould. On Monday we took sams board off his mould so we would have the clamps to lay mine and anands boards. On period 3 Anand, Maddy, Michael and I lay my board to its mould. We used the same process as we did for sams. Period 4 us four lay down Anand's board. Today (Wednesday) I updated my blog by adding pictures and reflections. I also updated my calender. Tomorrow I should be taking my board out from my mould. We may also take Anands board out. Hopefully the class will finish laying boards so we can start doing our artwork for the boards. Next week we should be designing our final artwork for both sides of our boards. On Wednesday I will probably be on the computer updating my blog.