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Memorial Bench, Part 2
DAY THREE On this day we worked on the pieces for the legs. We used chisels for carefully taking off the bark on the sides that we had not planed or cut before,… we used a rasper on the edges and then...
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Memorial Bench, Part 3
DAY SIX After we had assembled the pieces for the seat and the glue had dried over the weekend, we connected the pairs of legs to the seat. First we had to drill 4mm wide holes with the drilling...
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Memorial Bench, Part 4
DAY SEVEN On the last day of the project, we connected the backrest rail to its poles with nails and dowels. The overlap of the poles we cut off with the handsaw. Then we gave the bench the last finish...
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Class 4: An Armchair, Part 2
DAY FOUR The next day we finished hammering the nails in the first pair of legs … … and cut off the overlap with a handsaw. Then we continued the process with the second pair of legs. DAY FIVE Before...
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Class 4: An Armchair, Part 3
DAY SIX We started the second week of our project with working on the diagonals that we had already cut with the circular saw. We carefully took off the bark with chisels and raspers and sandpapered...
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Class 3: A Table with the Turtles, Part 2
DAY TREE On the third day we continued our work by making the parts of our table nice and smooth. The first step was using chisels for taking off the remaining bark. Amazing what those Turtles were...
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Class 3: A Table with the Turtles, Part 3
DAY FIVE Now it was time to work on the big logs for the table top. We first cut off 120 cm long parts from a trunk of a dead pine tree. Then the branches and the sides were cut off. I did this without...
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Class 3: A Table with the Turtles, Part 4
DAY SEVEN While some children still worked on the trunks, others started to assemble the finished parts of the table top. We connected the first big trunk with a rail by drilling thick 12mm holes and...
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Class 2: A Picnic-Table with the Donkeys, Part 1
DAY ONE The Donkeys task was to build another picknick-table, but not like the one the Lions had made with a metal frame. Instead we wanted to make the whole construction from wood. First we had to cut...
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Class 2: A Picnic-Table with the Donkeys, Part 2
DAY THREE After finishing the table top it was time for us to work on the legs. The children measured, marked… and cut the four legs. The next group cut the long rails that were supposed to hold the...
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