Blog #3

The first thing I started on after I finished the bowl was heating up the iPod stands so I can fold them. I tried the heater with the smaller gap as the stands are pretty small. I then waited for 5 minutes and went back to check on the stands, but they weren't even hot yet. So I decided to glue the parts (pencile stand and bowl) onto the base. I was a little worried that the glue under the pencil holder is going to be a little messy as you can see through it. But I glued it on anyway and I was right. But I couldn't fix it now so I went to glue the bowl on but there was glue everywhere. I finally found the source of all the glue which was a hole in the glue packet. Some glue got in the bowl, so I tried to scoop it out but it was getting worse. I then went to the tap to try and wash out the glue but that just made scares and scratches on the outside of the bowl which did not look good at all. When I finally glued the bowl onto the base; it looked terrible! But I couldn't fix it because the glue had already dried. But that wasn't the worst part of the lesson. After the stands were finally ready after nearly the whole lesson heating up, I bent them and tried to glue them to the bottom of the iPod holder. That was a complete disaster. Because the stands are thin and the area where the stands are suppose to stick on are small; it's very difficult for them to stay. After attempting around 5 times and failing all times, I asked Mr Churchill and he gave the advice to try and use tape. But before I could try, the lesson was over. I really hope that next lessons work improves.