Sounds like a great project and a great kid!
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Lenny McHugh > Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:21 AM > To: handyman-blind > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] toy boat > > 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_p age > &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 > > >
