Over 50's club

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RichHL Aug 2023 6:08pm, 7 Aug 2023 22,094 posts	0 RichHL My first woodwork project was a cassette rack.
richmac Aug 2023 6:26pm, 7 Aug 2023 22,765 posts	0 richmac Have you finished it yet ?
RichHL Aug 2023 6:28pm, 7 Aug 2023 22,095 posts	0 RichHL Almost.
Oscar the Grouch Aug 2023 6:35pm, 7 Aug 2023 6,371 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch I think my mum (and dad) still have wooden tongs for when there's a boil wash... until recently, so they may still have it, they had a large oval shaped tin tub to do it in, about 1/3rd the size of the bath.
Lip Gloss Aug 2023 6:47pm, 7 Aug 2023 70,576 posts	0 Lip Gloss I remember mum used to pull the twin tub into the middle of the kitchen so that the pipe could go over the sink when it was draining. I had a carpet sweeper and a hoover when I got married in 84. The carpet sweeper was kept upstairs and the hoover downstairs so it saved lugging the hoover up and down until a Sunday when I then was down on my hands and knees hoovering the stairs with the nozzle while trying to juggle the hoover on the narrow stair case
Eynsham Red Aug 2023 6:47pm, 7 Aug 2023 9,854 posts	0 Eynsham Red My first woodwork project was a cassette rack. I don’t recall anyone owning a cassette player when I started secondary school in 1967. I had one before I left school as I recall sneaking it in to record a Deep Purple concert in 1972.
RichHL Aug 2023 6:59pm, 7 Aug 2023 22,097 posts	0 RichHL Oh, I didn't get any cassettes until years later.
GlennR Aug 2023 7:04pm, 7 Aug 2023 71,913 posts	0 GlennR I remember making a very poor toast rack that might have made a very poor CD stand, if such things had been invented back then.
macca 53 Aug 2023 7:27pm, 7 Aug 2023 31,602 posts	0 macca 53 My first woodwork project was a pipe rack. I knew no-one who had ever smoked a pipe so I think it went on the (coal, obvs) fire.
Sigh Aug 2023 7:44pm, 7 Aug 2023 21,775 posts	0 Sigh I made a stool out of Iroko as part of my Woodwork O Level, and also a Mahogany tea tray. Still have both of them.