Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 04-05-2009
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Ideas for a woodshop project?
Hey,
I’m taking woodworking this year at my school. After about the first five weeks (where we learn about safety, using the power tools, etc.) we choose a project to build for the remainder of the year. I’ll have about three hours a week to work on whatever I build.
That being said, what are some good ideas for a project. Past students built tables, benches, and maybe cabinets.
10 points to the best idea (or perhaps the funniest if they all suck)
I think I would make a little cabinet with drawers in it. It could sit on the floor or hang on the wall. The drawers should be small, maybe for CDs, or even smaller, for knick-knacks and various things.
The idea is that the cabinet itself (the ‘carcase’) is very straightforward. Measurements and accurate sizes are important, but otherwise it’s not complicated. The drawers are just boxes, easy to do. There are several of them but they’re all alike, so you can saw out the parts all at once, and use the same setups for all of them so you make sure they’re consistent. You even have choices for joinery–finger joints if you want to get fancy, or even dovetails if your school has a fixture for that, or simpler drawer joints.
When you finish the project, it looks more complicated and difficult than it is.
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