techgirl
18th April 2010, 10:59 PM
Hi all,
At 33 I've decided to be a tech teacher. Only problem is I have no skills in the area. (girls weren't allowed in tech when/where I was at school and years of being the "hopeless one" in my boy dominated family didn't do much for confidence in my physical skills. Only recently have I found that i have a passion for it and the realisation that i can actually do it. :roll:)
The B.Ed. I'm doing promises to teach it all from scratch but we pretty much glossed over hand skills and I'm feeling at a loss. Any helpful tips, hints, online tutorials etc you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated.
At the moment my most pressing need is to know a bit more about tools. Money is short. Any tips on the absolute minimum tools needed for decent hand building? All I have at the moment is a tennon saw and an old wooden table. It's not a lot to start with. I know i need to make a bench hook but even with that I don't know where to start.
Help?
At 33 I've decided to be a tech teacher. Only problem is I have no skills in the area. (girls weren't allowed in tech when/where I was at school and years of being the "hopeless one" in my boy dominated family didn't do much for confidence in my physical skills. Only recently have I found that i have a passion for it and the realisation that i can actually do it. :roll:)
The B.Ed. I'm doing promises to teach it all from scratch but we pretty much glossed over hand skills and I'm feeling at a loss. Any helpful tips, hints, online tutorials etc you could throw my way would be greatly appreciated.
At the moment my most pressing need is to know a bit more about tools. Money is short. Any tips on the absolute minimum tools needed for decent hand building? All I have at the moment is a tennon saw and an old wooden table. It's not a lot to start with. I know i need to make a bench hook but even with that I don't know where to start.
Help?