Senior Project Log

Directions: During the Senior Project you will keep an up-to-date record of the effort, problems, solutions, results, and time you have spent working on your paper and
project. This log will be a part of the Portfolio that you will turn in before your presentation. Your log will be checked four times throughout the course of the year.
There will be two parts to your log entries. The first part will pertain to the facts regarding your project. The second part will be a reflective writing on your feelings
about the project. You must use complete sentences in the reflective section. IMPORTANT: There are four due dates for these logs; however, begin a new log each time
you complete ten hours on your project.

Project: Restoration 1968 Polara

By: Nathan Clegg
Log #: 2
Date:

10/18

10/19

10/20

10/21

10/24

10/26

10/28

10/31
11/4
11/9

Time Spent:

Accomplished? This should be brief and may include writing, note

taking, designing, constructing, planning, taking classes, interviewing,
contacting sources, volunteering, reading, purchasing materials

What resources did you use?

People? Print? Online?

120 minutes Sanding down the doors still, and found more
rust holes on door B.

Instructor

120 minutes Grinded down area around the rust holes with
the angle grinder and found more holes.

Instructor

120 minutes Asked teacher for help, he explained saying

Cut out around the area with dye grinder.

Instructor

80 Grit & long board

Angle grinder

Dye grinder

120 minutes Cut out the metal, now I have to cut out metal a Instructor
piece of sheet metal to fit the area that has
Dye grinder
been removed from door B, using the dye
120 minutes I have to prep the sheet metal out first, before Instructor
welding it on. I take the angle grinder to the
Angle grinder & Falanger
surface of it on both sides. Then I filange the
120 minutes Get the piece welded in place on door B.
Instructor
Teacher says, let the metal cool down before
Welder
grinding.
120 minutes I have the door grinded down with the angle
Instructor
grinder even with the other metal or at least no
Angle grinder & putty
high points, and ready to spread heavy filler
120 minutes Sand down filler putty with Long board sander knife
Instructor
with 80 grit, then 180, then 320 to make very
Long board sander
smooth.
120 minutes Finished sanding any other little specks on the Instructor
surface of door B. then wiped down with wax &
Hand sanding block and
grease remover.
rag
120 minutes Taped off the mirrors and windows on door B,
Instructor
dragged it into the paint booth, and through 3
coats of primer on it. (base coat/layer of paint Tape, paint gun, & paint
booth
before actually paint Is applied)

Reflective Entry
1.

Explain what you did during this log period. The length of this section will depend on the amount of time you have spent on the
project during this period of time. If you spent ten hours during this time, this section should be multiple paragraphs

2.

What problems have you encountered so far?

3.

No.

Were you able to solve them? If not, why not?

4.

No problems.

What are your feelings or thoughts about the project at this time?

5.

I learned how to cut out metal with a dye grinder, Falange edges, more welding, and how to apply
coats of primer of door B.

Interesting.
Useful in life.
Educational

Have you had any successes, or have you learned something new?
How to paint, falange, and cut with a dye grinder.