Aloha Lenny, I absolutely love this story. When I was a small kid, as aposed to the big kid I am now, my dad would let me use all kinds of tools in the garage. He actually built a 12 foot wooden fishing boat with fiberglass on the outside and he let me help with lots of it. I think it is what made me enjoy doing handy stuff around the house. Betsy At 05:21 AM 5/11/2009, you wrote: >Well I had an interesting weekend with my grandson, Christian age 12. For a >school project he wanted to build a boat out of scrap wood. This is for a >craft trade program where kids make something then trade for something that >another kid has made. He had permission to have an adult use power saws. >Christian can use a coping saw better than most adults. We talked a little >about the design and he had a few books. I suggested that he make a rubber >band powered boat and that is what he finally decided. >I first took a piece of 1x6 pine and cut a point on the one end. In the back >he cut out a part 1 1/4 inch wide and 2 1/2 inches long. >He then used a mallet and chisels to cut two notches a 1/2 inch long and 3/8 >inch wide and deep for the motor. >I cut a thin piece of wood a little over 1/8 thick 3/4 inch wide and about 4 >inches long. >I then had Christian take a wood rasp or file to make a spot to hold the >paddle halfway in the 3/8 dowel rod. When the paddle was glued in place he >cut the rod to fit in the grooves that he chiseled in the back of the boat. >I then left him use my bench sander to round all of the points around the >boat. When he was ready to put the paddle in place I gave him two electric >cable straps and some small screws to put over the top of the dowel rods to >keep them in place. He then inserted two screw hooks right in from of the >paddle. Now a rubber band would be placed over the hooks and around part of >the paddle. By winding it a few turns when released it gave a pretty good >spin to the paddle. >I then cut a strip that he would glue to the bottom to make a rudder. Again >he used the sander to shape the front of the strip and glued it in place. >I took a small piece of 2x4 and using the chop saw made the top of the boat. >He then used the drill press to drill a 1 1/4 hole to hold a medicine >container. This will both represent a smoke stack and hold a lot of extra >rubber bands. >He got to use quite a few tools. A bench sander, drill press, hand drill, >coping saw, wood rasp, wood chisels and a mallet and a sanding block. He is >quite proud of the boat. He now has to paint it and have it ready for next >week. >Christian, like me, also has RP. I want him to learn to use as many tools as >he can while he has some vision. We have become very close and projects like >this are wonderful. >--- >Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous >with many resources for the blind. >http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ >Lenny > > > >------------------------------------ > >Send any questions regarding list management to: >[email protected] >To listen to the show archives go to link >http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >Or >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > >Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From >Various List Members At The Following address: >http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > >Visit the archives page at the following address >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the >following address for more information: >http://www.jaws-users.com/ >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy >Man list just send a blank message to: >[email protected]! Groups Links > > >
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