making tables with kids
This is a wonderful story:
http://gamesbyemail.com/WoodTape/
Go and read it straight away!
(via mefi)
I've been doing something along these lines myself recently:
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QAfRrjYJHz0/TgJ-Od-n5pI/AAAAAAAAEcs/6tz4evop1fM/s288/IMG_1888.JPG)
Ashi said he wanted to build a table, to learn about how to do it. Mostly I think because he is irrestibly drawn to powertools, like any young person. We found some thick dowels that had been part of a clothes horse, and are cutting them to size in this photo. We're all holding the saw to 'help' which makes it really hard to cut a straight line!
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0Pi2cP7ZtPI/TgJ_PYExF4I/AAAAAAAAEfE/jVuQfhyRMoY/s288/IMG_1928.JPG)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-l_cArNnNeJQ/TgJ_aAP9DmI/AAAAAAAAEfY/ZTVO3Ih5qIA/s288/IMG_1929.JPG)
![](https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Vv_5Pkki8tQ/TgJ_h6YzhzI/AAAAAAAAEfo/EjP-J44Ya3E/s288/IMG_1930.JPG)
Ashi glueing the underside of the tabletop before screwing.
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uvKeonX1HTA/TgJ_thrJEXI/AAAAAAAAEgA/xEdt0LtqPrk/s288/IMG_1931.JPG)
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ks_e96rWF-4/TgJ_1sIj_NI/AAAAAAAAEgM/rwAek9Qj5ss/s288/IMG_1932.JPG)
![](https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nuZ-DGrqFlQ/TgJ_-EG32YI/AAAAAAAAEgo/nQxC_0eqBq0/s288/IMG_1935.JPG)
![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6NKAHOMzU9c/TgKAtXoHUzI/AAAAAAAAEiM/deN7pNYkzvA/s288/IMG_1973.JPG)
The finished table. A bit wobbly but fully functional. It has been in constant use ever since as Mnki's bedside table.
![](https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-xqlc1djvtpM/TgKAnmQ3fvI/AAAAAAAAEiE/YvUGnSDlDs0/s288/IMG_1972.JPG)
http://gamesbyemail.com/WoodTape/
Go and read it straight away!
(via mefi)
I've been doing something along these lines myself recently:
Ashi said he wanted to build a table, to learn about how to do it. Mostly I think because he is irrestibly drawn to powertools, like any young person. We found some thick dowels that had been part of a clothes horse, and are cutting them to size in this photo. We're all holding the saw to 'help' which makes it really hard to cut a straight line!
Ashi glueing the underside of the tabletop before screwing.
The finished table. A bit wobbly but fully functional. It has been in constant use ever since as Mnki's bedside table.
This post was originally on LiveJournal.