This was a big weekend for my Grand Daughter Clara and I. This weekend she turned her first lathe project. She wanted a small bowl for gerbil food and instead of the square open box she imagined making I introduced her to the lathe.
This is a small bowl turned using a face plate. Naturally I had to set things up but once I showed her the basics of rounding off the blank she got right into it. At first I showed her how to hold the roughing gouge and supported her hands but...pretty soon I was only there for encouragement and normal support. She learned how to sand the bowl through three ever finer grits as well.
These were spontaneous projects but next time I will take her through the whole set up process. She wants to make a bigger bowl for herself next time.
Our next project was this 'natural wood' neck lace holder. We rummaged around in the wood pile until we found this rough piece. I showed her how to use a block plane to smooth out the splinters on the wood and then she drilled the holes for the dowels on the drill press.
What can I say, I am so excited when our Grand Kids are interested in making things and especially in the shop. Clara also crochets slippers and clothes for her stuffed animals.
It appears that I haven't kept up with the blogs. Well, I have been working in the shop but always on routine/maintenance things for the last while. I am planning in the next blog to talk about pochade boxes, building: what and why.
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