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Went to he June Parent Child Shaker oval boxes weekend with my 10 year old daughter at Marc Adams School.
First three photos are from the class and arriving home, they made a stack of 5 boxes plus a bonus box.
As every year, we get an exchange student from France for the month of July.
For a souvenier to take back with her we used the templates from the class and veneer from John Wilson (shakerovalbox.com) and together Diana and I made a box at home using a foam insulation as the bending form.
Final photo is is the two girls getting so show their work at the Guild Meeting in Wichita – Sunflower Woodworkers
These realy are a great project with kids, and use no glue at all, only clinched copper tacks and some toothpicks as pegs to hold the top and bottom to the bands. you make all the bands for a set of 5 boxes including meal and instruction time listening, on day one.
The second day you have all the tops and bottoms fittend and pinned by noon. – clean up and are heading home around 3 with a stack of completed boxes.
We did all of these out of Cherry
-- "_If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves_." Edison
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a1Jim
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#1 posted 519 days ago
These are great Shaker boxes and to have fun making them with your daughter makes it a 1000% more cool.
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
DrDirt
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#2 posted 519 days ago
Thanks jim -
SHe is a real gem – - she is all about being pink and ” girly” but also wants a jeep and asks if we can build a 4X4 mud bogging truck she saw on the weekend TV Extreme 4X4 and likes being out in the shop when she isn’t playing violin in the Salina Youth Symphony. Really diverse interests.
Ten is such a fun age!
-- "_If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves_." Edison
Trev_Batstone
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#3 posted 519 days ago
Very cool boxes, and yes, with the daughter makes it that much more enjoyable. Maybe in a few more years, I can get my granddaughter involved in my shop, but she is only 18 months old right now.
-- LIVE, LAUGH, CUT WOOD.
Bluepine38
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#4 posted 519 days ago
You really have a terrific family, and those boxes are nice looking, I have a chunk of 8/4 cherry out in the
wood shed that should be about right for some shaker boxes. We had some pretty good lady drivers at
the 4th of July Mud races, but if you thought wood working was expensive, do not go near 4X4 racing.
Children are great, and if you give them a chance, they can teach so very much about enjoying life and
living it, Thank you for sharing all this with us.
-- As ever, Gus-the 74 yr young apprentice carpenter
DYankee
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#5 posted 519 days ago
Very cool, and very fun. My youngest usually joins me in the shop. Lucky for me she loves to vacuum up sawdust. For her 8th birthday I gave her her own tool box with tools (hand saw, bullet level, screwdrivers, plyers, tape measure, carpenters square, carpenters pencil).
-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards
robert triplett
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#6 posted 519 days ago
If a 10 year old can do, I bet I could! With the right teacher of course. I really like to work with kids who have varied interests. They make my day brighter and make up for the more challenging ones. That smile must light up her classroom.
-- Robert, so much inspiration here, and so little time!
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