Lots of Pooh!!!

ByBruce Sharp March 26, 2021August 26, 2021

Creative efforts | Disability work | Toys | Woodwork

Sensory Wall
ByBruce Sharp August 29, 2017August 23, 2021

There is a quiet room where the more stressed of my friends find gentleness. Fixed to the wall is a plywood panel that enables us to stick stuff where ever we feel. The stuff is really a collection of toys that have something sensory about them. It may be a movement or a gentle noise….

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furniture | Woodwork

Chairs and Table
ByBruce Sharp May 28, 2017August 21, 2021

Fairy Furniture Grand daughters leave grandpas with the privilege of doing cool stuff. Here is the furniture with which she can join Alice at afternoon tea in the backyard. Even though this is made from decking boards, a life outdoors will see the timber eventually split and fall apart. So, a decision has to be…

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Disability work | Woodwork

Sam’s Baskets Finished
ByBruce Sharp March 21, 2017August 21, 2021

Everything my friends make begins with best laid plans. But they do go astray! In this case there were aspects of the construction process that were so difficult that I needed to invent some extra help. Here is little bench clamp that holds up the basket end. At the beginning stage the unsupported end won’t…

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Recycling | Woodwork | workshop

Recycled Wheelchair
ByBruce Sharp December 13, 2019August 25, 2021

It has been a long absence from blogging. To explain would take a box of tissues and a patient listener. …suffice to say, I lost my workshop, but am now close to finding it again. A workbench on castors suffers from lack of mobility when small diameter wheels bump into chunks of stuff on the…

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Recycling | Woodwork | workshop

Not a Parf Dog in Sight
ByBruce Sharp August 29, 2021

Small workbenches are a continuing theme.This bench is a commission.The brief prescribed 1000mm x 500mm with dog holes that are not obstructed by objects beneath them. For instance, it is not uncommon for a dog hole to be installed directly above the screw of a vice and long hold downs become useless. There was also…

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Disability work | Toys | Woodwork

One Block of Wood
ByBruce Sharp September 12, 2017August 23, 2021

All we did was sand it and paint it. Then added a few stickers. This single block of wood gave my mates two whole sessions of relaxed fun. Pictures tell enough of the story here. Simplicity can sometimes be a good option. Every project is different. Every project has discoveries. The discovery here is that…

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