Toys | Woodwork

Wooden Easter Bunny

ByBruce Sharp March 24, 2021August 26, 2021

There are versions of this on ETSY and Thingiverse and probably many other places. I couldn’t find anywhere that seemed like an original source.

My whole family are all getting one.

They will love it because it is from my hands.

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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Rubber Band Gun
ByBruce Sharp April 11, 2017August 21, 2021

Naughty Fun Making a rubber band gun is a bit of a dilemma. Is it an encouragement for naughty behaviour? Is it a precursor for violent solutions to problems? As a child, the rubber band guns I made were delicious! Mum didn’t like them; that made them more fun! I didn’t shoot dogs or people;…

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Spotted Gum Rattler
ByBruce Sharp October 18, 2016August 21, 2021

The clock has been a gentle construction. However, it is about time my friends had some rattle, bang and thump in their work. Using a hammer to thump things together is lots of fun. But our giggles are really a response to mutual trust as we care for each other’s fingers and enjoy each other’s company. This is…

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Creative efforts | Woodwork

Wooden Cake
ByBruce Sharp February 26, 2017August 21, 2021

How can a woodworker be involved in cake decorating? My wife is a traditional cake decorator. She does the fancy thing with icing and makes sugary lace and that kind of stuff. An event called for an art deco cake. It could have been made from icing, but in that era much of the furniture…

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Back Scratcher
ByBruce Sharp January 20, 2020August 30, 2021

Here are the parts of our back scratcher. As with most of our work, fixing is achieved by belting 6mm dowels into 5.5mm holes. The handle is well suited to batch production but the body of the scratchy bit took a while. Each had to be individually marked out. It was the least efficient part…

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Grille
ByBruce Sharp July 3, 2022July 3, 2022

After a few attempts to bend fine strips into curves, I gave up and resorted to the scroll saw.

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