Trip to B&Q

Today Joel and I took a trip to B&Q to buy the ply wood for our interactive playground final outcome.

As we had previously determined, we were looking for 9mm exterior ply wood (something I have recently learnt is wood that has been treated to be protected against weathering so it doesn't rot outside)

So our trip was very successful, as we were well prepared we knew exactly what we wanted to source from this shop.

We got there and found the wood we wanted, and lucky for us there is a system where you can get your wood cut for you which saves us so much time and laboring later on. So that's what we had done..

We found all of our other bits and bobs, (glue, brackets, screws etc) that we needed and had it ordered to be delivered at uni.

This process has given me much more confidence about outsourcing materials as I have little experience in doing so and as I have never worked with wood I have learnt a lot of little secrets that I wouldn't of found out if it weren't for this process!

I am pleased that I got the opportunity to work with a new material as it has been a challenge but the fact that I have been able to work out some issues and problem solve has really given me a boost in terms of tackling new and challenging materials and methods of working in the future.