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Nice Little Saturday

Ash and I woke up early and went to Homegoods for some items for the basement. We also went to Home Depot to get paint and other assorted items. Ash is painting the cabinets in the basement. She is also painting the countertop with some type of faux marble finish. I decided to remove the sink, and in so doing did enough damage to warrant the purchase of a new sink. We had some breakfast at Adrianna’s and then headed home to get some work done.

In the afternoon we had tickets to see the new Top Gun movie. So we took a trip into Boston to the Regal Fenway theater. We were devastated when we arrived and were told the bar at the cinema was closed. Luckily, we were able to grab a drink next door. We enjoyed the movie, it hit all the nostalgia that most of us wanted.

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Slow Friday

It was a bit of a slow Friday at school. Many of our students went to prom the night before, and were fairly tired today. Some work was accomplished on the canoes, but not very much. Ash and I went to The Quiet Few after work and had some dinner and drinks.

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Water Jet

With our seniors leaving yesterday, myself and another student took on the task of learning the waterjet machine. The process is fairly simple, as its a two dimensional cutting machine much like several others we have in the shop. The hard part is understanding all of its moving parts, as well as its antiquated operating system and software. That being said, we were able to cut some parts out of steel on our first try yesterday, so I think we at least have a good enough understanding to keep the machine running.

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Seniors

Yesterday was the last full day with our seniors. Most of them continued to work on their cardboard canoe, which still has a long way to go, but they have vowed to come back and finish it over the next two weeks. Additionally, Myles spent some time teaching the next generation of students how to use the Omax Waterjet machine. We were able to make several successful cuts with it, and when it is working, it is a remarkable machine that has the ability to cut metal with incredible accuracy. A photo below of Myles in teacher mode.

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Summer

Starting to feel like summer here in New England. Today was a beautiful day in the shop. We had the garage door open and we were working on the cardboard canoes. A good time to be in school. Tomorrow is the last day for our seniors, although they had a lot of other items to take care of today during class so they were not around much. I expect much of the same today. Thursday and Friday they have other commitments at the school and do not have to be in class. Hoping they come back to finish their canoe in so they can compete on June 12.