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Today we had last lesson in workshop and we were supposed to finish or mechanical toys. 

So today I finished making my ship, I sanded the edges, glued it on top of the follower and got all the cams fixed. 

So, I had my mechanical toy pretty much finished and I had to just test it and see what's goes right and what goes wrong and fix it. When I tested it, I realized that my front waves go up and down as they were supposed to, but they also span around. So I had to drill small holes at the end of the waves and the holes that are parallel to the ones in the waves. Then we putted pieces of wire in those holes, so they would kind of support the waves and stop them from turning. 

 My cams would hardly work because it moved the top part, so I had to make it stay still. Mr Andrews showed us how to do it, we just had to drill the holes through both of the tops and into the side of the box and then put the wire in that hole. But I thought it would be easier if I did the same thing but on the sides of the box, so it went through the side wall and into the pieces of wood that are joined with the top. When I did so, it worked out really well, it's now working properly. So, at the end of this lesson i had my toy finished and ready to be played with. I also took couple of pictures of my mechanical toy. 

So now, I will paint it on the weekends and bring it back on Monday for Mr Andrews to get it assessed.