Written by Kenneth Cheng Han, a student at the Melbourne School of Design
It’s the fourth day of the workshop and we’re currently working on the fencing for the boardwalk. Personally, I’m enjoying the hands-on experience of using the workshop tools. I felt I’ve learnt a lot because I’ve never done much making in a workshop and today, we’ve learnt to use the drill and saw machine which we all new to me. We were also taught to build jigs that acts as moulds, guiding the wood that needs to be cut. This is very efficient especially in bulk production.
All in all, I had a really good experience and am thankful for this opportunity to be able to travel here for this course which helps me appreciate natural use of materials (specifically timber), workshop tools, and construction methods.
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