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i use this as a quick project for my yr8 students to be able to take home something for others than themselves. my students and i for that matter get a lot out of someone wanting something that has...

Thanks for all the nice comments however all i have done is point the direction. I have been given a very talented and motivated bunch. I think that by learning how to layout and cut the dove tails...

Thank you Wongdai
The chopping block is Vic ash and Jarrah (i think ) when i got to the school there was a heap of old weathered roof trusses outside that had been there for 5 years so a parent had...

I just wanted to show a sample of the work my Yr10's have been doing while learning to layout and cut dovetails by hand. i think it is very impresive.
cheers
Hagrid

Hi all , not long started teaching at a new school and they had all sorts of off cuts that were cloging up the timber store.
i thought i would try and inspire the year 8/9 students to use some in...

Bob

There is a company in Daylesford in Victoria ( I will Get name when swmbo wakes) that has all the bending machines that the rail companies used to bend their mouldings.
They can do the most...

They[/URL] quoted me about $500 for the bearing trolley that runs on the 60mm O.D pipe. Once they found out it was for a back yard they offered to knock off a bit which was nice of them but it was...

I just graduated and got out something special and it was.
Bugger only 5 to go
Hagrid

Sorry for the slow reply.
The problem with the Gifkin jig is that the router bit is exposed all the time and that can lead to problems.
The jig i made means that at no time is the bit exposed.
As...

I have a twenty litre port Barrel and some years ago i must of had a brain fade and put a bottle of VP in it to top up or something. any way all went sour / off and i just left it thinking i should...

i will post finished pic of project on the morrow
Hagrid

Just spent the weekend at the Alcoholic frolic in Ruthergen and i must say you all missed something special.
I went to Bullers and got to try and Buy their RARE LIQUEUR TOKAY and CALLIOPE RARE...

killing infants is a practice that should be discouraged.

I have a little problem with grain and am thinking i would like to make a GB or AS and although i see these mixes here i would like to know if they are alcoholic. (hope so) so could have a drink...

Couple more Pics

As i said i would here is a couple of pics of jointer and of Australian wood smith project i am getting the kids to do i hope anyway up to what my mentor says after he sees how the project turns out...

Wild dingo that is an idea i will put into my next school next term.

Their is much i do not know about canoes. Is there a source that you would recomend that i could get myself in the know.
I can...

Thank you Wild dingo

I did a pen turning class for some visiting students from another school in the hope that they would take up wood when they moved to this school.
it went over a treat having...

I am only a novice turner so it may be my fault however i found it brittle to work with a very cranky grain in any direction.
That said it does come up a treat.
i am very pleased with the final...

This was to inspire the students to use different timbers

Hagrid

A while ago I asked some help from the members for project ideas for students I would soon be teaching.
Well I was a little disappointed at the response. However my last internship before I become a...

I put in my request for a few ideas for the kids that I will eventually teach it was in the hope that people with a passion for wood might have some fantastic ideas that may of gone beyond the pencil...

i am training at Uni of Canberra.
the kids that i will be teaching are from years 7to12 as to where i have not finish uni till June and have as yet not got a job.
i hope i get one.
as for hand...

Well i am almost done.

I started at uni 3 years ago to become a design and technology teacher.
so it is hard to believe that at the end of this semester i will be qualified.
15 weeks to go.
to...

I have been using my old soft ear plugs to stop glue and the other day i pushed them i to far so epoxy got in the end of tube after it set. i had hard time getting it off the sides untill i put a 6mm...

i will not say it however when i got mine i drilled a 3.5 mm hole in a peice of wood and then set the wood on the lath and when i made it round i sanded it to 12000 micro mesh coated in shell wax and...

Dazzer

sorry for the late reply trying to sort out the sale of part of my business and get final projects in for uni.

As for the lesson plan no sorry i did not do one it was a uni project and...

Thank you Darren

with all this talk of how much you can get and how much it cost can anyone tell me the differances in kit types and why the price is different and last of all what are the better types of kits.
when...

i use a 6.8mm drill bit and no glue it means for quicker use however glue is a far better method.
regards
Mark
ps . 7mm is good on the pen infil i used

Shedhand

If you look at how long your bench top will last before it is in such a condition that you will need to replace it imho i think you would feel better looking at tas oak rather than mdf...

I just looked at your post and i must say it was excelent.

yes i should mark the blanks and it was just being lazy that i did not. will amend my ways.

Thank you for the ca sugestion i would...

Am I understanding this right, that both blocks of wood have a brass tube fitted indiviually? Yes they do in this type of pen. most people drill a bigger hole and glue in brass tube however at school...

As i said this is aimed at year 7 students. i am studing at UC and i used this in a unit i was doing, it has not been marked yet so any feed back would be greatly appreciated.
Cam the wood on the...

Here are couple of samples of what can be done

We have turned down the wood. While it is on the lath we also need to sand it and polish it.

Now we do as for the brass inserts and use the vise to squeeze in the other pieces


Here is the...

Putting brass insert into hole in wood. Those of you who are paying attention would notice that hole drilled was 6.8mm and brass was 6.9mm so it is a tight fit.

If you make a mess of hole you can...

Looking Pretty ay. Although on this pen it is not going to make any difference it is good practice to keep grain (pattern in wood) going together because in other pens it can add a great effect if it...

We have the wood.

Next we need to make it into a more manageable size. There is a lot that can be said for how you cut up a piece of wood as the growth rings may make the wood twist after it is...

When the students first go to do this job it will take them about three lessons from start to finish. It will give them an item that they can use through the rest of there time at school and it...

This is a very basic start so i am sorry if i ofend anyone or if it has been done before however i did this for a year seven class and thought i would post here first to get some feed back on it and...

Thank you Russell for the reply

I am hoping someone can help as i am after some Huon Pine oil and have had no luck doing a google on it.

Any help would be most appresiated.

Regards

Hagrid

Major

just woundering how your bench is or is not comming along.

Regards

Hagrid

John

We did a uni project last year with pp with the main reason that it could not be glued.
Still some of the kids did try and glue it and some of them did have success until the product was...

apricotripper

I think you have taken it to far.

Hagrid

best meal was at tetsuya's.
worse was building a playground for Macers in Warrnambool ment i had to stay on site for meals not good.

regards
Hagrid

This whole thread is insane both positive and negative comments are both wrong in that if you look at the policy it is not about forcing all single parents into work.
They say that when the youngest...

Ian

They are great but i better not let the wife see them or thats what i will get my drinks in from now on.

well done.


Hagrid

The new photoshop out at the moment is cs
and it is great mate woof
if you are looking at getting it also pick up a book called "class room in a book"
it is about $70 but it is the best way to...