Exhibition

Nice projects. I’ve never thought of cutting a block of cheese on my bandsaw. I HAVE done frozen hamburger on my Radial Arm Saw though.

-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--

Great work guys and I love the finish on that pine.

-- Cad a dheanfaimid feasta gan adhmad.......?

Nice projects! The closest I have come to thisi s helping a scout troop build kayaks. It was pretty rewarding to see the happy faces at the end of the project. I’m sure you get that same reward every year. Thanks for sharing.

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

Very cool to see a new generation of woodworkers!

-- "They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." ~ Edgar Allan Poe

Nice !

it is nice too see shop class is even offered anymore, not many schools are keeping this skill building class in their schedules anymore. All of the furniture looks great, you can tell they have a good teach….nice job

-- I often wonder "how did I get this lucky?"..t rec

You tell those guy in the pics nice work and keep it up.

-- ANYBODY HAVE A BOARD STRETCHER;(

I second Chris’s emotion

-- "Come to me, all YOU who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." ---Matt. 11:28

Great work by all of you!!!! Keep up the effort, the world needs more teachers like you.

-- TurnTurnTurn

I’m glad young ones can get inspiration here. There are a lot of talented people here.
Now I gotta ask.
In the last photo, please tell me more about what looks like a giant @$$ wooden wedge.

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Great to see kids making actual things. And nice things too. However, my first thought was they don’t have eye or ear protection? Even when I was in school, way way back, decades before the Sawstop and splitters and anti-kickback pawls, we had to have shop glasses/goggles at all times when in the machine or bench areas.

-- tim hill www.newcalshop.com

First of all I would like to thank you for the great service you are providing our youth. Woodworking is a thinking mans game and a wonderful craft to obtain. My interest in woodworking was spark at the same age as you young fellas in the pic’s. Some may not realize at first the magic of woodworking but the seed is planted and may some day grow into a useful hobby or profession. More and more school are letting there vocational shop fall by the waste side due to budget restraints and liability. This is such a terrible situation and it worries me at times, these kids need to exercise the creative juices that flow in all of us and what better way than though mother natures wonderful materials of woodworking. I would venture to say that most Lumber Jocks started out the same way as your student and this web site is a testament to the teacher who make a difference… thanks again Blkcherry

Thanks a lot for looking and taking time to make all the nice remarks.
About 5 years ago, all woodwork and metalwork classes were discontinued in the mainstream schools in South Africa. What a pity! Nowadays it is only the special schools that offer the students the opportunity to carry on with practical subjects. There are only three special schools in the whole province of the Eastern Cape.
Ranche & William it is a wooden wedge. I mentioned earlier that we receive our timber from a sponsor in the form of pallets. They provide the big wedges as well and as a return favor, we cut it up into three smaller one that they use as stoppers in their plant. We use a band saw blade that is 50mm wide to cut the wedges. I would love to hear the story on the hamburgers and the radial … I once cut a frozen tuna on my band saw at home…
newTim Safety equipment is very important but the kids all want there face on the pictures!

Nice projects!

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker