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Gold/Slim (Claude C. Kenni) (tothelight) wrote in sabra_la_tau,
@ 2010-07-27 06:32:00

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!days 150-159, albert de morcerf, claude c. kenni, excel, hattori heiji, lelouch lamperouge, nabuca, nakayama yayoi, rabi, syaoran, {emil castagnier}, {kirika yuumura}, {{{geddoe}}}, {{{leonard 'bones' mccoy}}}, {{{taiki}}}

Who: Claude, Cepheus, anyone
Where: Cepheon common area
When: Day 153, morning
What: Making stuff 101 o/

* in today's episode of the continuing Teach The New Kids series: a sizable pile of mushwood outside the dorms, with a few already sawn into beams or planks. There are some basic-- and more importantly, metal-- woodworking tools on-site, including a plane, a crude ruler and a couple of handsaws; one of which he's wielding *

Right, this part's kinda hard work, but basically all you've gotta do is saw as straight as you can...

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	sharksong 2010-07-27 01:07 am UTC (link)
	Well . . . if you think it'll be okay . . . (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 01:27 am UTC (link)
	It'll be fine. No worries. * picks up the plane * Right, the next thing you wanna do is make sure the sides are as flat as possible, so you use this. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 01:35 am UTC (link)
	Okay. How does it work? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 06:45 am UTC (link)
	There's an angled blade tucked just inside, see? When you run it over any wood surface it'll shave off whatever's not even in strips. * demonstrates \o/ * (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 06:46 am UTC (link)
	That looks even easier than sawing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 06:59 am UTC (link)
	It's a little less tiring. But you've gotta be careful which way you run it. * picks up a smaller block of wood and holds it up for close inspection * See these lines on the wood? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 07:01 am UTC (link)
	[nods] They're hard to miss. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 07:18 am UTC (link)
	Hahah... They're the grain. If you run the blade with the grain, it'll shave off nice and smooth, but if you go against it-- * demonstrates, and the surface ends up looking more jagged and splintery * --that happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 07:19 am UTC (link)
	. . . I'll make sure not to do that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 07:41 am UTC (link)
	* thumbsup * You wanna give it a go on the piece you just sawed? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 07:45 am UTC (link)
	Mm, there's no way I can mess that up. [holds her hand out for it] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 07:57 am UTC (link)
	* handing over * You know, you shouldn't worry so much about messing up, when it comes to this kind of thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 08:18 am UTC (link)
	[just LOOKS at him. But gets right to planing] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tothelight 2010-07-27 08:22 am UTC (link)
	* ...why do I get a LOOK what :( * (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sharksong 2010-07-27 08:36 am UTC (link)
	[because I am clearly a lamer and you're dumb for thinking otherwise] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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