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4-H Woodworking Project >> Unit 1 - Measuring Up
This unit is for member’s ages 8-18 years old. This unit is appropriate for youth with little or no woodworking experience. Members will accomplish the following learning experiences:
- Learn how to organize your shop
- Learn how to identify woodworking tools
- Practice woodworking safety
- Learn how to measure and mark boards, use a square, use a hand drill
- Learn how to use a hand saw
- Identify different types of nails and screws
- Make a sandpaper block
- Construct a butt joint and use a hammer safely
Step 4:
The items listed below are your project requirements. Select each in turn to access a Word Document. Once you have your document, please save it to your hard drive or other media before entering information.
- Colorado 4-H Woodworking Project Tip Sheet
- 4-H Project E-Record for Family/Consumer Science and General Projects
- Woodworking Supplement
- 4-H Project Woodworking examples for the Specific Project Information page -- coming soon
Colorado State Fair and Local County Fair Exhibit Requirements
General Exhibit Requirements:
Project Exhibit Rules for All Units:
Units 1, 2, and 3 in Woodworking have very specific restrictions on the tools used in building an article to display. This is done for reasons of safety and to provide a fair comparison among projects in a unit. An exhibit which shows evidence of not following these restrictions will not be ranked in the top ten placing.
Note: In making all placing, judges will consider straightness, accuracy and smoothness of saw cuts, the difficulty and preciseness of joints, the skill employed in the use of nails, screws, gluing and other hardware, freedom from tool or sandpaper marks, appropriate finish evenly applied, article attractiveness, proportions and use of proper wood for the intended use, ability to follow instructions, quality of workmanship and completeness of e-record and Woodworking supplement. Always use proper safety gear.
Unit 1 Exhibit will consist of the following:
Note: Only tools used are hand tools. Articles made with tools other than hand tools will not be ranked in the top ten placing.
- Completed e-Record with the plans used for making the exhibit (tell if the plan was your own, manual or other) presented in a sturdy binder/notebook.
- List all the items you made in this project in the e-Record on the page titled Specific Project Information include: what plan source you used (your own, manual or other), kind of wood used, names of joints used and fasteners used, and list all articles made. A drawing or other copy of a plan for the article exhibited must be included in the e-record. The drawing does not have to be original or created by the exhibitor. The drawing or plan must include dimensions, list of materials used and a description of any changes in the article’s specifications made by the exhibitor. Reasons for changes must be described. The drawing or plan itself will not be judged. It is only for the judge’s use in judging the article exhibited. If the drawing is missing, the exhibit will not be ranked in the top ten placing.
- Any one article constructed by the exhibitor using the skills learned in their respective unit.
