Third week at UNITEC - Mistake or learning experience?

First lesson learned this week
The second project for the class was the oil stone box which was completed in this week. This project was a valuable lesson for me as I learned that powered hand tools have a "life of it own" if I do not work slowly and with patience. The routing literally "runs" off when I was using it to take out wood from the inside of the oil stone box; the part where the oil stone is supposed to rest in. My classmate "Tiger" put a remark on the score sheet that "we learn from our mistakes" in his peer assessment of my works. Rightly said - this mistake is a valuable learning experience for me.  I could apply my former career learning principles of Action Learning into this experience - to realise the principles of better control of the wood working powered machines or hand tools next time - I have to think through the process and exercise patience and work slower.

Second lesson learned
"Sharpening the saw" -  (Stephen Covey) - planer and correct use and setting.
It has been a steep learning curve for me in the practical aspects of this course. My previous career was mainly office works and dealing with people (Human Resources). Even though the principles of management of skills were the same such as Stephen Covey" Seven principles which I had learned years back - these principles come alive during the practical lessons in CAT at UNITEC. The proper setting of the planer and the sharpening of the iron make the task of planing very light and easier.

I have also found the brief introduction to boat lines very interesting in understanding why and how boats are built. I am looking forward to more insight study of these design aspects of boat especially the AUTOCAD design