Over 50's club

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Flatlander Aug 2023 7:45pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,855 posts	0 Flatlander I made only one item in school woodwork. A pencil box. I must have made it reasonably well, because 55 years later I still have it and it is still in use. I look after things.
Flatlander Aug 2023 7:46pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,856 posts	0 Flatlander Sigh It sounds as if you were a craftsman, even at that young age.
Sigh Aug 2023 7:51pm, 7 Aug 2023 21,777 posts	0 Sigh Thanks, Flatlander! We had to design them as well, and marks were given for the level of complexity. My stool used stub mortise and tenon joints at the corners. I was disappointed with the seat as I just used a router for that, but scored well on the joints which were all cut by hand, carefully!
Night-owl Aug 2023 8:00pm, 7 Aug 2023 43,288 posts	0 Night-owl My mum had a twin tub. Also a pair of those tongs. For a boil wash
Night-owl Aug 2023 8:01pm, 7 Aug 2023 43,289 posts	0 Night-owl That's brilliant Flatlander
Flatlander Aug 2023 8:07pm, 7 Aug 2023 2,857 posts	0 Flatlander Sigh My pencil box wasn't so complexly joined as your stool, just simple corners. I do remember in the woodworking class practising making dovetail joints in bits of wood. We had no advanced tools only handtools, so I had to use just a handsaw and chisel. I was moderately pleased that the joints were reasonably close fitting. Our woodworking classes only ran for about one term, if that. Thanks Night-owl
Sigh Aug 2023 8:15pm, 7 Aug 2023 21,778 posts	0 Sigh
Derby Tup Aug 2023 8:18pm, 7 Aug 2023 60,789 posts	0 Derby Tup Good work Sigh
Pou Pou LePhoõk Aug 2023 8:22pm, 7 Aug 2023 4,110 posts	0 Pou Pou LePhoõk I made a bottle opener in metal work. Can't remember what I made in woodwork though.
Velociraptor Aug 2023 8:27pm, 7 Aug 2023 64,854 posts	0 Velociraptor I made cheesy scrambled eggs on toast in Home Economics. And knitted a cat puppet.