Radial Saw and Cinnamon Rolls

The cinnamon rolls I told you about earlier made it into the oven today. We got the dough out and flattened it out with a rolling pin, only I didn't use the rolling pin until after I had kneaded it with my hands and finally figured out what the rolling pin was for. So after I finally used the rolling pin, I rolled out a half inch thick rectangle. Then I rolled it up like carpet and sliced it two fingers width. You always have to have something to gauge the distance because you're not using your vision. As soon as they started to smell, people started popping their heads into the Home Ec room. It didn't take long to have the platter gone. They turned out delicious, and everyone who had one agreed with me that they were delicious.

In shop class I used a radial arm saw for the first time. I had to measure a piece of wood to a certain length, and then line it up with the saw. After careful scrutiny with my fingers and hands, I got to finally turn the saw on. I cut a length of wood three different times, two times it was too short, and the last time it was too long. BUT I left there with all ten fingers! The instructor stressed the 3 M's: Machine, Material, and Me. The machine is checked for the guards to be on and the blade in back position. Then you check the table for chips of wood or some of your tools by sweeping your fingers across the table, to make sure nothing gets chucked by the saw. In the ME, make sure that you are holding on to the piece of wood at least a hand's length away from the saw blade. And you crank that puppy on and you let 'er rip!

The last class of the day was Traveling, and I walked around the block. I had to get the rhythm right with the cane and my feet, and the height of how high high I lift the cane with each step. For a time there it looked like a silly walk from Monty Python. I ran off the curb a couple of times, ran into one parking meter, and struck a person who was sitting on the bottom step in front of his apartment.

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