I’ve been sick and a bit frustrated about my last shop session so I haven’t been in the shop for a bit but today would get me back there. All week long, my youngest son, Mitchell has been telling me about this project that his teacher said they can do. It’s a “Stoolie”. I told [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Family’
Smurfing Good Woodworker
The other day, Xander (12) and Mitchell (10) and I were out doing a few errands. I needed to feed them and they defaulted to McD’s after a very lack luster discussion. I don’t think they were too hungry. The boys are well beyond happy meals and the toys but once in a while, the [...]
A True Luthier Experience
Today I wanted to tackle the other half of my 2nd Guitar build, specifically the binding and purfling. The first side/back side went fairly well and lessons were learned. I was very hopeful on tacking the second side/top side. As I was going out to my shop, I asked my oldest (Xander, 12 years old) [...]
School Project – Science
This year one of my volunteer areas is helping Xander’s 5th grade class in science. Sometimes this is preparation work and sometimes it is in class room help. I’ve been doing it for about a week and have been enjoying it a lot. The kids seem to be having fun. This week Xander’s teacher asked [...]
Woodworking with my son
Xander, my elder son, is ten years old. He’s in a gifted program which he goes to one day a week. Part of this gifted program is that he must do a year long research project which culminates in a presentation at the “Experts Fair”. He’s picked How to be a Video Game Designer and [...]
