Project:Young Hackspace/YH-2

Wood working!

We're coordinating this with a group of home schooling parents. Joy's initial suggestion was: let the kids build little sculptures from scrap wood. I really like the simplicity of this, and it gives us ample opportunity to teach the basics: hammer & nails, how to use a saw, wood glue, glue guns, ...

Links:

• Planning the next Young Hackspace: wood working. Got suggestions?

Upfront Preparation

For us:

• Get feedback/ideas from LHS members: things to make
• Find good sources of scrap wood

For participants:

• Bring scrap wood. (This will give the kids some experience in logistics: where to find materials, how to transport them, etc.)
• Bring your own tools if you have them (hammers, pliers, ... nothing big/electronic pls), make sure you label them so they don't let lost
  • If we find any unlabelled tools after the day we'll assume they belong to the Hackspace

Preparation for the day

• Stickers/labels for people's own tools (so they don't get lost)
• Collect tools the kids can use
  • Hammers & nails
  • Screws & screwdrivers
  • Glue guns & glue sticks
  • Saws (for older kids only)
• Prepare the Quiet Room, and the workshop area (work benches) for older kids
• And the usual checklist

Project Suggestions

Should be simple enough that it can be built in 1-2h.

• Dylan Beattie's Project:OneStringGuitar
• Sam K suggests: woodcut printmaking (he also offers his help)
• ...