Joshua created a detailed plan on where all the bricks would go.
To facilitate a "running bond" pattern, the bricks need to vary each row, by either starting off with a 6x6 brick, or a 6x9 brick. Then, he has to factor in the engraved bricks. For people who ordered multiple bricks, Joshua wants to keep their bricks together.
So, to work out his plan, Joshua turned to a trusted modelling product... LEGO.
He mapped out the entire brick layout at our kitchen table using a bucket of Lego blocks. It actually worked out perfectly. The Lego model also allowed us to figure exactly how many 6x9 and 6X6 bricks to order.
More Digging - July 23, 2010
While the scouts did a great job with the first excavation, we found that we needed to go back and do yet another day of digging. Ugh.
This time, we called on the synagogue's youth group to lend a hand. We also drafted my nephew, Edan, who was visiting with us from Portland. The boys all worked well together and did as much "visiting" and they did digging. It's goo that they all laughed and had fun.
At the end of the day, we felt that we had dug deep enough in the areas where we would lay the brick. All of a sudden, the project was beginning to take shape.
TO BE CONTINUED... (Eagle Project Part 3)
