Masaki's account of his first day in the Restoration and Repair Course of the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding!! He sounds excited and we are very happy for him!!
Today I started a restoration class at Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding. at 9:00 clock we gather up at the Lecture room. after that we separated to two groups. I think it was around 9:30 my instructor Tim started showing the tools we use and what project we are going to work on. he also had a brilliant idea to show how we boatbuilders make money. we each have a time card and material sheet and every day every time we need to write what time we worked what time we killed time. also what materials we used and how much amount we need. Today I worked on an Cat Boat. when Tim told every one "if you want to work on the boat you have in mind speak up and I will let you work on it." so I chosen the Cat Boat. We actually started at 13:00 and I made frames. I had 9 inch × 2 inch × 8 ft Oak timber and I cut by 3 1/4 to make the frames. and I set the table saw to 1 inch and cut the oak piece by piece to sticks. So I still have 2 inch thickness so I cut it in half to make the frames. Tomorrow I need to plane it with the planer to 7/8 × 7/8+ × 8 ft (+=1/16). This in my finishing dimension. after I do that I finally can work in the boat to put the frames in. This was my First day. It was really fun and amazing. I will try take picture tomorrow of what I did and post it.
International students find us on the Internet
Masaki was a 14-year old 8th grader in Japan when he became aware of the Boat School through the Internet. Now as a young adult he attends the Traditional Small Craft Program, where he has mastered the basics of fine woodworking while building row boats and sail boats in a variety of traditional designs.
Masaki is preparing for graduation by working with the school’s educational staff to create his own business, which he is confident will fill a niche in the boat building community.
From the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding website:
http://nwboatschool.org/the-people/students/
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