Our Year of Connections, Beginning with Coin

Sep 13

The Teal Band is an experienced crew in the shop, even our new additions are experienced thanks to Tinkering experience. While it is important to have a refresher orientation in the shop every year, this experienced crew was ready to take on shop orientation 2.0, the next steps, with Brendon, Gever and Evan. We received a lesson from Gever on precision cutting on the chop saw. The word of the week at Brightworks is "kerf." Kerf, the groove or slit created by cutting a workpiece; the width of the groove made while cutting. We now understand the importance of the placement of the blade to our measurement to get proper dimensions. How can you cut out a path or a complex interior shape on the band saw? With Brendon's support, we learned ways to explore interior angles that allowed us to get into tight corners. Geometry continues to play a huge part of our experiences in the shop.