JC Wood Technology case studies
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JC Wood Technology is a school- or college-level qualification in the design, making and understanding of timber products. It suits pre-vocational students, apprentices beginning joinery or cabinetmaking, and general-technical learners who need a materials grounding before specialising. The JC Wood Technology case studies are 5 cases and about 5,682 words.
1The Oak Table Top That Split in a Heated House
A student is making a coffee table from 200 × 25 mm kiln-dried European oak, bought from a local supplier and stored flat in the workshop for five days. The workshop is at about 20 °C and 55% relative humidity.
1,139 words, about 6 min2Before the Planer-Thicknesser Is Switched On
A school workshop has one 260 mm combined planer-thicknesser, three-phase, with a three-knife block. The stated maximum depth of cut on the thicknesser is 3 mm.
1,139 words, about 6 min3The Blanket Box That Opened at the Corner
A class is making blanket boxes about 900 × 450 × 450 mm from 20 mm solid pine. One student has built the carcase as butt joints held with 8 mm dowels and PVA only, and has made a solid one-piece lid 900 × 450 mm, glued along the front rail and fixed with ten 4 × 40 mm screws in tight clearance holes.
1,149 words, about 6 min4The 'Mahogany' Order and a Friday Deadline
A class of 24 is making jewellery boxes about 200 × 120 × 60 mm from 25 mm boards. The supplier's quote lists four options: 'Genuine mahogany, 25 mm, €48 per 2 m board, FSC Mix 70%'; 'European oak, 25 mm, €62 per 2 m board, FSC 100%'; 'White lauan, 25 mm, €30 per 2 m board, certification not stated'; and 18 mm MDF at €22 per 2440 × 1220 mm sheet, marked 'E1'.
1,132 words, about 6 min5Oily Rags, Solvent Vapour and a Locked Room Until Monday
Two students are finishing six turned bowls on a Thursday evening. The room has general ventilation but no extraction at the bench.
1,123 words, about 6 min