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 of this project. BUT, because my friends get such a kick out of whacking bits of dowel, it was worth the effort.

Here is the finished object. Each of my friends embellished the work in their own style. This one has string, others got pieces of ribbon and graphics with a pyro pen.

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…

exploring a skill | Woodwork | workshop

DIY Simple Chisel Plane

ByBruce Sharp May 1, 2017August 21, 2021

Wooden hand plane aficionados (ambiguity intentional) make much of the fact that they can use words like “frog, cutting angle and throat” with confidence. That confidence is proof that they must be experts! If you add complexity to the activity then great reverence must be assumed. Much is made of achieving chisel cuts at particular…

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,…

Recycling | Woodwork | workshop

Pallet Wood Bench

ByBruce Sharp October 15, 2020August 29, 2021

Sometimes the universe sends cool stuff my way. A good friend took delivery of a large machine from Europe. He discarded the packaging timbers in my direction. They were 2400 x 120 x 90mm and some species of pine. These two projects are a response to this good luck. Workbench When talk turns to…

Thoughts | Woodwork

The Racing Car Won!

ByBruce Sharp October 4, 2016August 22, 2021

Decisions of Children A retailer wanted a morning’s activity with children.Making children happy isn’t difficult; they love doing cool stuff. When given a choice of projects they apply assumptions passed on by their parents. It is fun to present them with a boy’s cliché, a girl’s cliché and a gender non specific alternative. They were presented…

Disability work | Woodwork

Note Pad

ByBruce Sharp April 17, 2017August 21, 2021

Our shopping basket seemed to take foreverrrrrr to finish, but that was only because a few of my disabled friends renewed their love for sanding and painting. It was a good thing, for the results were so good we decided to give the baskets to our mothers for Mothers’ Day. But it wasn’t quite Mothers’…

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Brian H says:

July 27, 2020 at 6:35 pm

Love the creative thinking behind your work, Bruce. Everything from the recycling to the design of work that can be enjoyed by your friends. Thanks for sharing.

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