4-9-10:
Progress has been hampered through a difficulty in the stability of the mould surface and a bump in the side deck.
Student attendance has also been fluctuating (for many reasons) which creats a difficulty in production flow.
It is necassary (at times) when a student fails to show, that another student needs to continue with a job that has been left to do. This job is often not understood by the student stepping in to complete it and we therefore risk more errors than would otherwise happen.
We are yet to see many examples of timelines and have therefore had a session on trying to have students "drill down" on the area of the project they are most involved in, to get deeper understanding. this closer examination is to create "focus" on one component area. This is turn will hopefully allow students to have input when we finally gather from all the individual processes we are working on. Each of these processes need to be included in a timeline work flow. MS project or Open project software may be used to gather a baseline (guess) as to the work yet to complete and the resources over time needed.
To this end I've directed students to read, watch videos, search images, read trade mags etc... to get perspectives from similar boat construction sources to develop their own knowledge. The self directed study involved will be challenged each day and shared and discussed amoungst all students. Questions raised may then be discussed and evaluated further in our theory session mornings.
So Monday and Tuesday mornings will start with a "WELCOME! What have you discovered around your area of expertise?"
Core inserts are progressing nicely, The hull fwd is coming along ok. The cockpit is also taking shape well.
The screen area of the mould needs some concentrated efforts to rectify some small errors. The fwd mould team have had a nightmare that we have addressed and we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, it's just that the tunnel is perhaps longer than we had hoped.
In general I'm seeing some great improvement in most of the students' capabilities, there are still some that need to 'turn the corner' and get really involved. Time is becoming a factor.
I've decided to post a new posting each week rather than keeping the whole Log going in one lineal post, so keep your eyes out for the change.
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