Senior project May 20 2022

Day 10 of senior project. Today was a pretty tedious day of work. I spent my day making tail and nose blocking for the surfboard. Pretty much the tail and nose blockings are wooden blocks shaped to be the nose and tail of the board. After 5 hours of drawing, cutting, and sanding, I had finished all 4 of the nose and tail blockings. I had just enough time to glue down the blocking before going to the last day of baseball practice. Practice today was working at the Andover middle school and teaching some kids how to play baseball. 

Hours:5

total: 48.5

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