Dirty Work

ByBruce Sharp December 31, 2018August 23, 2021

Whose work is it?

Each project with my friends is really a joint effort.

An amount of work belongs to my batch production and an amount to my friends. The components of this project were complex. Sides of the tray were all cut individually on the bandsaw. Each handle involved angles that needed to be cut slowly.

Then, while assembling, the angles involved didn’t allow clumsy hands to work unguided.

As a project in disability, I’d call this one a failure!

But, I must confess, it was good for my ego to create twelve compound cut handles and have each one fit perfectly.

Whose work was it? Was it a success?

My wonderful friends are always happy to take home an object they have been involved in. I remain in debt for their generous judgements.

Disability work | Toys | Woodwork

Without a Workshop

ByBruce Sharp May 5, 2018August 23, 2021

Work with my disabled friends depends heavily on efficient batch production. For reasons not worth recounting my workshop is out of action for about a year. So, work with my friends has stalled, horribly! To maintain our hands together relationship I need to invent stuff that requires very little wood machining. Here are two pieces…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

furniture | Recycling | Woodwork

Recycled Glass Lazy Woodwork

ByBruce Sharp April 25, 2017August 21, 2021

Recycled Glass Table The major inspiration behind this table is ownership of a circle of glass that is too good to throw away. In the 1980’s it was part of a fashionable little iron framed thingy. A clever wood turner made three legs with large balls on top and slots cut to enable glass to…

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