Field Trip Idea-Rockefeller Tower

My idea of a field trip is the Rockefeller Center. Rockefeller Tower is a feat in itself. Built by the the richest family known to man, The Rockefeller Family, the tower is a interesting feat of engineering and it has a garden on top of it. Look at it. Do you see this? It's just such a aesthetically appealing that it should at least be considered. I mean what other building will you see around NYC with a garden on top of the building? That itself is a engineering feat in its self. Considering it took nine years to build and it takes up 22 acres of land, there is no way to run out of things to admire. It also has an underground area full of resturants and shopping centers. There are many centers where great feats of engineering have been built, like the murals in the GE Building Lobby. It may just seem like an ordinary building, but it is in fact a great landmark that should at least be considered.       

Veneer Lamp

 On the top, you can see three pictures of the finished project. This is a Veneer Lamp. Its design was specifically meant to look like an ordinary box. However, when you turn off the lights, the box will illuminate. This gives it an odd seductiveness to it. I can't say why. It just does. Anyhow, its core purpose is aesthetics and deceptiveness. I think it is a good project. It took awhile to do, but I think it came out quite well in my opinion. Even when I cut the frame wrong, it still came out great. (Some came out horrible, but that's a story for another day). Challenges I had to overcome was the frame not being flush with the veneer wood. This can be seen in a previous post with the picture of the lamp frame. To overcome this problem, I took strips of Balsa wood and glued it to the frame. This made the frame match to the corners of the wood, and flush. So with this problem out the way, I could glue the veneer to the frame, which turned out very squared. My option before this was to rebuild the whole frame, but I insisted on finishing what I started. What are you, crazy? You think I'm gonna spend 2 days rebuilding this thing?! No way. The nonchalant is the ambiance of cause. I put effort into this project. I wanted to see it through, and I did. So I think that this was a great project overall. Not many problems, like the scrap box...

Veneer End Table Lamp

 The most recent project we have been working on is an end table veneer lamp. This lamp is being made by each student. The dimensions of the lamps measure 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. It weighs about 6 ounces and is perfectly squared.As you can see in the pictures below, we have the disassembled lamp frame, the lamp frame in progress of being glued together, the finished frame, and the veneer being cut and the finished pieces of the 4 foot veneer piece. In all honestly, I seem to take pride in this exquisite project not because of how I cut it, but the planning and process of going through the measurements seemed to give me a good feeling. Now, these lamps are technically meant for aesthetics rather than light. It is a good project and I can't wait to see what the end result is.    

Router Table

This is a Router Table. It is one of my favorite prodjects so far. This was more of an paint job project. This beautiful project was done by David A. and Tom V.S. The cabinets initnally looked like the picture on the right; paint peeling, bland, worn out. With a quick cleaning and paint job, we restored the natural beauty to these cabinets. The wood on top was bolted to the cabinets, seen below. The wood used to be nail ridden and had a terrible pint job. T make it look better, we gave it a black gloss paint job. After many coats, the table finally came through and looked really nice. I believe that this will last for a pretty long time as long as kids don't put nails in it.   

The Scrap Box

This is a scrap box. Not much to admire. It is a box ment for junk. It was a project that took a long time due to errors, miscalculation,or pure lazyness. Nevertheless, it was completed and looks good. How long it is gonna last is amiss. Judging by how most things are handled or treated, I see a gloomy future for this scrap box. The plexiglass looks nice and has an aesthetic value to it, but I concure. I really wonder if the strength and structrual intergrity of the box will hold out. Only time will tell.