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ByBruce Sharp August 29, 2021August 29, 2021

The wood speaks for itself!

Woodwork | workshop

Not a Roubo Bench- workbench for a small space
ByBruce Sharp November 15, 2017August 23, 2021

A workbench is a personal statement. In a concrete way it expresses needs, resources and interests of the person who made it. Many boasts are to be found that an author/woodworker has intelligently created superior responses to the needs of a workshop. Here is another entry into that crowded arena. However, what follows makes no…

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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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Disability work | Toys | Woodwork

Pencil Case
ByBruce Sharp February 21, 2017August 21, 2021

Three Variations of the Same Theme There is a tradition in Melbourne secondary schools that has twelve year olds in their first woodwork lessons making a pencil case. Regardless of how ordinary the results may be, these things end up with magnificent decoration. During boring lessons they are canvas for expression of everything from undying…

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Toys | Woodwork

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 | furniture | Recycling | Woodwork

More Recycled Glass
ByBruce Sharp February 17, 2021August 30, 2021

These little tables are remarkably strong. Birch ply give access to lovely graphic lines. It is a happy design exercise to make a toggle that matches the legs. I like the birch ply, but should have avoided the circle of the body!

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Creative efforts | Disability work | Woodwork

Jewellery Box
ByBruce Sharp August 4, 2015August 21, 2021

For Whom Do We Make? The stuff we make involves many interested parties. There are: the makers, staff who help, managers of the centre, recipients of the objects, et al. Given the positive power of enthusiasm, it is good to spread that good feeling as widely as possible. When the makers make more than they need,…

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