DAY FIVE
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Now it was time to work on the big logs for the table top.
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We first cut off 120 cm long parts from a trunk of a dead pine tree.
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Then the branches and the sides were cut off.
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I did this without the children, because those trunks were too heavy for them to handle.
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But the children were able to measure, mark…
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…and cut them in the right length.
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After that they started to rasper and sandpaper the logs.
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Meanwhile the children were able to measure, mark…
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… and cut the wood all by themselves.
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We even made the difficult rip cut that will be invisible later to prevent the wood from twisting…
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… and did some more raspering and sandpapering.
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It took quite a while to cut the trunks just by hand.
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But that wouldn’t keep the Turtles from doing it well.
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In between one group did the last step of finishing the second set of legs.
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They cut off the overlap of the legs…
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… with a handsaw.
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They had to continue making the logs nice and smooth as well.
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Like the next group. It was hard work but the wood became nicer and nicer…
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… and the children became better and better at handling the tools.
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After all the cutting we had to sweep a lot of sawdust.
DAY SIX
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Apart from working on the big logs for the table top,…
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…we had to make two more rails for connecting the logs with the legs.
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The children measured the sizes of the upper rail…
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… and cut another piece in the exact same size.
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After some more sandpapering…
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…the next group went into the machine room…
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… and cut another rail, too.
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After the lunch break…
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… we continued cutting the trunks with a bow saw…
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… and sawing them to the right length with the circular saw.
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At that time we had finished cutting two of five logs for the table top.
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Sawing outside…
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…was even more fun for the children.
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The raspering we continued inside.
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Then it was time to cut the wooden dowels for connecting the parts of the table top.
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First they had to be cut from a long stick to the length of 10 cm and then we made them a bit pointy with sandpaper.
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Meanwhile other children continued making the logs smooth.
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By the end of the day we had four of five logs for the table top.
To be continued in part 4…
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