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Basic Hand Tools for Kids to Get Started Woodworking 22 Nov 2010 | 06:29 am
Basic Hand Tools for Kids to Get Started Woodworking (The following is an excerpt from our book, Woodshop 101 of Kids. This is the list of tools needed to build all the projects in the book.) “You c...
Building a Book Holder 5 May 2009 | 06:12 am
In this video, we build a simple but very useful project, a book holder. When this video was shot Mother’s Day was fast approaching and I needed to come up with a project that kids could make for thei...
We Want Your Feedback! 10 Apr 2009 | 02:51 pm
Even though this site is just getting started and there is still much to do, I want to know what you think. Are you glad we split our main site into two separate sites and devoted this one just for ki...
Bench Hook Jig 10 Apr 2009 | 05:32 am
This jig is a great way for kids (and adults) to cut small pieces of wood square and true. It can be made to be used with a back saw or a Japanese saw like a dozuki. It’s deceptively simply in it’s d...
Building a Folding Chair 7 Mar 2009 | 07:20 am
How to build a Folding Chair: Video We designed a woodworking project for kids that would be simple and fun to build, not to mention, extremely useful. It’s a folding chair. This is a project that’s ...
Practice Using the Brace Drill 6 Mar 2009 | 08:12 am
A Swiss Cheese “Sign” Project Here’s something fun to try. Print your name on a sign like “Katie’s Room”, or “Nick’s Tools”, in big letters on a piece of wood. Use your brace and bit to drill holes...
Drilling Straight Holes Using a Brace Drill 6 Mar 2009 | 07:51 am
Drilling holes using a brace drill is really fun, but it can be tricky to keep the drill bit going into the wood straight. This sounds easy, and it will become that way, but only with practice. When ...
Things to look for in a good brace drill and where to find one. 5 Mar 2009 | 07:30 am
A good brace will have a universal chuck (will accept any bit with a square tang), a ratchet mechanize, and a ball-bearing head. Brace drills come in a range of sizes. The distance that the handle is ...
A Trick to Cutting a Straight Line with a Hand Saw 4 Mar 2009 | 08:20 am
Using a combination square or a speed square draw a line across a scrap piece of wood. This line is perpendicular to the edge. Using your handsaw try to cut just to the right or left of the line. B...
Bat Houses Anyone? 4 Mar 2009 | 08:07 am
I had the privilege to conduct a workshop for kids at a local bookstore recently and thought I’d post about it. We built a project that some might think a little odd. We built bat houses so we could...
