Paddy Roxburgh
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Interesting thread.Me and my seven year old daughter are building a woodworking bench for her in the shed at our flat this half term so she doesn't have to stand on a stool to reach my vice. She sometimes does stuff in my workshop at work, a drydock (we used to live there in a boat). I've never let her use a machine though, don't imagine I will for many years to come, mostly because of danger but also if she's going to learn woodwork I want her to learn to do everything by hand first (I kinda learnt the other way round). I'm trying to come up with some design that will be useful for me for sawing and hand planing stock when she is not about. Other consideration is that she seems to get bigger every day. Has anyone here built a bench for there kids? If I can find a camera I might post some WIPs during the week
She's quite good with a saw, fine toothed japanese seems easiest for her, the spoke shave and block plane are also favorites. Last night I had her chopping her first mortice, that pig sticker looks enormous in her hands.
Paddy
She's quite good with a saw, fine toothed japanese seems easiest for her, the spoke shave and block plane are also favorites. Last night I had her chopping her first mortice, that pig sticker looks enormous in her hands.
Paddy
