Woodwork

Kid’s Chair

ByBruce Sharp July 3, 2022

Left over decking boards and a lazy Susan bearing. The bearings are pretty strong and should be able to take the weight of a little backside.

Creative efforts | Toys | Woodwork

Book Ends
ByBruce Sharp July 1, 2017August 23, 2021

Indulging Self and Grand Daughter Every act of making has some self indulgence in it. Here is a response to the gift of scraps of 30mm plywood. The sheet edge is a bold linear graphic. Making my grand daughter’s initials to decorate her book ends indulged my desire to play with mitres in the lines…

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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…

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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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Disability work | Woodwork

Clocks Finished
ByBruce Sharp October 18, 2016August 21, 2021

Each clock is a joint project. Each clock is a reinforcement of personal skill in dexterity, patience, and communication. We are delighted by ourselves and with ourselves! Our plan is to put these on sale at a local hardware shop. It is fair to say that all of us had fun: clients, carers and volunteers.

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Woodwork | workshop

Work Bench
ByBruce Sharp July 24, 2016August 21, 2021

Enthusiastic, beginning woodworkers look for a place to discover their skills. They read about traditional benches; material costs and required skills are both intimidating. Such great fulfilment can be had when woodworking that I hope the people to whom I talk feel encouraged to go out and experiment with their own creativity. How simply and…

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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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