{"id":59343,"date":"2014-11-30T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59343"},"modified":"2014-11-30T11:02:57","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T16:02:57","slug":"wood-technology-facility-helps-project-come-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=59343","title":{"rendered":"Wood Technology Facility helps Project Come to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Students<\/a>Students from West Canada Valley Central School collect pieces of wood at the end of a\u00a0Strength Line Rip Saw in Morrisville State\u2019s Wood Technology facility. The pieces will be utilized for a strip canoe they are building in Bruce Bennett\u2019s transportation class at West Canada Valley High School. Pictured, from left, are Carson Marko and Nate Verbitsky, both of Newport.<\/em><\/p>\n

A class from West Canada Valley (WCV) High School recently utilized the modern equipment in Morrisville State\u2019s wood technology facility for a canoe they are building. Pictured from left are: Karl Driesel, wood technology instructor at MSC, Bruce Bennett, technology teacher at WCV, and WCV students Ben Clarke, Justin Lyman, Nate Verbitsky, Bobby Davenport and Carson Marko, all of Newport.\u00a0(Photos by Franci Valenzano)\"Class<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

By Franci Valenzano<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(Morrisville, NY \u2013 Nov. 2014) Bruce Bennett gazed at the high-tech equipment that surrounded him as he sent a large piece of wood through a Strength Line Rip Saw in Morrisville State\u2019s wood technology facility.<\/p>\n

At the opposite end, five students collected the quarter-inch pieces it produced and placed them in a pile. The stack of western red cedar strips will eventually turn into a 16-foot strip canoe being constructed in Bennett\u2019s transportation class at West Canada Valley (WCV) High School.<\/p>\n

While the project is only in its beginning stages, Morrisville provided the ideal setting for Bennett\u2019s class to mill the lumber.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have completed, in one and a half hours, what would have taken us three days otherwise,\u201d said Bennett, the technology teacher at West Canada Valley High School. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be able to rip something of this length at our lab at school.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to cutting the wood, the class utilized the college\u2019s router to place\u00a0beads and coves in it, cuts that will enable the pieces to fit together to form a canoe.<\/p>\n

Instructor Karl Driesel stood nearby setting up the equipment for the class and providing assistance when needed.<\/p>\n

Bennett has been working with the Morrisville State for the past eight years, utilizing its modern wood technology facility for various projects throughout his teaching career.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe college is a fantastic resource for us,\u201d he said. \u201cIt also provides my students with a great experience and the opportunity to see what a college setting is like.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carson Marko, 17, of Newport, was among the students taking Bennett\u2019s elective transportation class. \u201cThis is something different I chose to take thinking it may help me out in the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Justin Lyman, 18, of Newport, is eager to build a canoe in class. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty cool that we get to see it from the beginning to the end,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Morrisville\u2019s wood shop features a mix of time-honored equipment and new technology, exposing students to a vast array of machines they will encounter throughout the wood industry.\u00a0 \u201cThis is the only program of its kind and even allows students to follow the same tree, from log to finished furniture, all in one building during the two-year curriculum,\u201d Driesel said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a great program (wood technology) and it is close-by,\u201d Bennett said. \u201cFor us, this is as good as it can get.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there are no set plans for the canoe once it is finished, Bennett said it might be a winning prize in a future giveaway at WCV.<\/p>\n

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Students from West Canada Valley Central School collect pieces of wood at the end of a\u00a0Strength Line Rip Saw in Morrisville State\u2019s Wood Technology facility. The pieces will be utilized for a strip canoe they are building in Bruce Bennett\u2019s transportation class at West Canada Valley High School. Pictured, from left, are Carson Marko and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/59344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}