Dec 7
What should I make in wood shop?
Posted on Sunday, December 7, 2008 in Other - Home & Garden
Captain Skippy asked:
So basically my wood shop teacher says we can do whatever this semseter for our wood shop project, and I need some suggestions.
So basically my wood shop teacher says we can do whatever this semseter for our wood shop project, and I need some suggestions.
No weapons, and nothing cheap and small. I’m thinking a nice ice chest, but you guys give me some better ideas!
Thanks for all your inpur and whatnot.
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Tuesday, December 9 2:02 pm
An ice chest sounds nice. I made a coffee table. I still have it 25 years later and it still looks good.
Go with the ice chest idea.
Thursday, December 11 7:37 pm
I think a chest is a great idea. I have a friend whose father made him a wooden chest years ago and it reminds me of a seaman’s treasure chest.
Friday, December 12 3:01 pm
How about something for your mom? My son made a plaQue for me in woodshop, and it’s one of my most prized possessions. An engraved handmade chest sounds dreamy
(from a mother’s point of view).
Monday, December 15 4:27 pm
If you live in the Dallas, Texas area.
There is an item I’d like to have made.
You can contact me thru clicking onto my
ID here. My email is listed.
Tuesday, December 16 3:25 pm
One of the neatest things I’ve seen made in a wood shop at school was a table with the center peice being a chess board. The guy used black walnut and cherry for the chess board and oak for the table. It was made large enough to accomidate four players around the table. Great for card games, chess, checkers, working puzzles. The teacher bought it from the kid that made it for $250.00 and uses it to show the new guys what can be accomplished in just 1 year if they just apply themselves.
Wednesday, December 17 1:56 pm
how about a spice rack for mom?
Saturday, December 20 12:43 pm
Steamer Trunk. Something that challenge’s you.
Sunday, December 21 8:14 am
In my class someone made an entertainment center. I chose to make a wooden chest.
Sunday, December 21 10:24 am
I enjoy making things out of reclaimed materials. It also saves money.
You can obtain good quality hard wood from, damaged and discarded shipping pallets, broken hockey sticks, and many steel suppliers put out wood used to stack and separate steel as fire wood.
I have obtained maple, red oak and even cherry from theses sources.
I use this material to make cutting boards, coffee tables, waste paper baskets and more. I take broken hockey sticks, collected from local arenas, and laminate them together into blocks using carpenters glue and clamps after putting them through a planner.
I then use a lathe to turn the blocks into salad dishes, planters, etc. The patterns and look of the various wood together is spectacular.
Any items I make over the winter that are not given away as gifts or kept for myself, I take to a local flea market. I rent a table for $10 a day and sell the items to raise money for new tools.
Coex Dave
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