Eighth Grade Shop

1,300 tables
in 
10 years

Each 8th grader builds an oak end table like this during their 9 weeks in the shop. 

DCG eighth grade students have produced over 1300 of these tables in ten years. 

 
 Click this picture to see more tables

Click on a Picture Below to See a Video of Activity Described (Video is in Real Player):

Mr. Wiemers Cutting on the Table Saw	Demonstration on Gluing & Clamping Legs	Students Gluing & Clamping Legs
Students Planing & Routering Legs	Demonstration on  Constructing the Side	Students Constructing the Sides of the Table
Constructing the Drawer Front	Demonstation to Assemble the Standing Table	Students Assemble Their Tables

Open the 8th Graders' self-evaluation rubric:

click picture to see rubric