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Wood shop : handy skills and creative building projects for kids / by Margaret Larson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: North Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 208 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781612129426
  • 1612129420
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Contents:
Setting up shop -- Your workspace -- Tools & materials -- Safety first! -- Learning about lumber -- Tool school -- Lesson 1: Measuring & layout -- Lesson 2: Clamping -- Lesson 3: sawing -- Lesson 4: Drilling -- Lesson 5: Joinery basics -- Lesson 6: Gluing -- Lesson 7: Hammers & nails -- Lesson 8: Screws & screwdrivers -- Lesson 9: Sanding -- Lesson 10: Finishing -- Projects -- Projects for my shop -- Sawing jigs -- Clever compass -- Tool tote -- My own pegboard -- My own workbench -- Projects for fun -- Easy-up tent -- Tic-tac-toe to go! -- One-board birdhouse -- Sky-high stilts -- Projects for my room -- String thing -- Twinkle twinkle star -- Hanging twinkle board -- Perky pencil holder -- DIY time -- Projects for my home -- Tea light candleholder -- Mighty message board -- Fire starters.
Summary: Come on, kids: Grab a hammer, step up to the workbench, and get ready to measure, saw, drill, and make cool things! Wood Shop is an exciting introduction for today's kids to an ages-old tradition: building with wood. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, aspiring woodworkers learn essential skills such as how to drive a nail, use a power drill, "measure twice, cut once," and saw correctly. Then the fun begins as they put these skills to work building 18 cool and creative projects to furnish the wood shop, decorate their bedrooms and homes, and create their own play equipment. Favorite projects include the Sky-High Stilts, Suspended Shelves, an Easy-Up Tent, and a Mighty Message Board. Wood Shop is the perfect gift for tinkerers, young makers, fans of Lego toys, and want-to-be carpenters and engineers-- Provided by publisher.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 684.08 L334 Available 33111009334927
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 684.08 L334 Checked out 06/05/2024 33111009286614
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Come on, kids: grab a hammer, step up to the workbench, and get ready to measure, saw, drill, and make cool things! Wood Shop is an exciting introduction for today's kids to an age-old tradition: building with wood.



With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, aspiring woodworkers learn essential skills such as how to drive a nail, use a power drill, "measure twice, cut once," and saw correctly. Then the fun begins, with 17 cool and creative projects kids can build to furnish the wood shop, decorate their bedrooms and homes, and create their own play equipment. Favorite projects include Tic-Tac-Toe-To Go!, One-Board Birdhouse, a Tool Tote, and a hanging Twinkle Light. Wood Shop is the perfect gift for tinkerers, young makers, fans of LEGO toys, and aspiring carpenters and engineers.

Includes index.

Setting up shop -- Your workspace -- Tools & materials -- Safety first! -- Learning about lumber -- Tool school -- Lesson 1: Measuring & layout -- Lesson 2: Clamping -- Lesson 3: sawing -- Lesson 4: Drilling -- Lesson 5: Joinery basics -- Lesson 6: Gluing -- Lesson 7: Hammers & nails -- Lesson 8: Screws & screwdrivers -- Lesson 9: Sanding -- Lesson 10: Finishing -- Projects -- Projects for my shop -- Sawing jigs -- Clever compass -- Tool tote -- My own pegboard -- My own workbench -- Projects for fun -- Easy-up tent -- Tic-tac-toe to go! -- One-board birdhouse -- Sky-high stilts -- Projects for my room -- String thing -- Twinkle twinkle star -- Hanging twinkle board -- Perky pencil holder -- DIY time -- Projects for my home -- Tea light candleholder -- Mighty message board -- Fire starters.

Come on, kids: Grab a hammer, step up to the workbench, and get ready to measure, saw, drill, and make cool things! Wood Shop is an exciting introduction for today's kids to an ages-old tradition: building with wood. With step-by-step photographs and clear instructions, aspiring woodworkers learn essential skills such as how to drive a nail, use a power drill, "measure twice, cut once," and saw correctly. Then the fun begins as they put these skills to work building 18 cool and creative projects to furnish the wood shop, decorate their bedrooms and homes, and create their own play equipment. Favorite projects include the Sky-High Stilts, Suspended Shelves, an Easy-Up Tent, and a Mighty Message Board. Wood Shop is the perfect gift for tinkerers, young makers, fans of Lego toys, and want-to-be carpenters and engineers-- Provided by publisher.

Ages 8-12.

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