Stamped vs. Extruded vs. Cast hinges • Inexpensive hinges are usually stamped out of thin steel or brass plates. • Extruded hinges are molten metal forced into a die under high pressure. They are thicker, sturdier and more expensive. • Cast bronze hinges are among the most expensive — bronze is melted and poured intoContinue reading “Popular Woodworking Editors Blog: Your Guide to Butt Hinges”
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Check Out the Shutter Table Project on Recyclart.org
Recyclart.org is a site dedicating to showing off recycled and salvaged projects from readers around the world. If you’ve followed WodoshopCowboy for a while, you know I make the most of the Houston ReUse Warehouse’s offerings. Here’s another shot at how my boys and I used louvered shutters and fence posts to create some pretty sweet littleContinue reading “Check Out the Shutter Table Project on Recyclart.org”
This Week in the Shop: Put Your Legs Up On A Little Something (It’s a Stool)
When my grandfather asked for a footstool, I obliged. He’s one of those elder individuals with a he once built a school with his bare hands and then sent his kids across the ocean to come to this land and earn their fortune type of stories. Which means if he asks for a stool, show some respect. Do itContinue reading “This Week in the Shop: Put Your Legs Up On A Little Something (It’s a Stool)”
On the Workbench….
Make it safe this week & keep the rubberside down. Kids return to my classroom tomorrow, so I’ll see you when I see you. Oh, and like WoodshopCowboy on Facebook!
WoodshopCowboy Makes Make!
The balance bike project got a little play today from Make Magazine’s weekly Flickr pool round up. Check it out! MAKE | MAKE Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup. And remember to like WoodshopCowboy on Facebook will ya?
This Week in the Shop: On the Bench
A few pictures from the workbench…. Make it safe & keep the rubberside down this weekend. Remember to like WoodshopCowboy on Facebook! At thirty likes I’m giving something away….
Why I Do This: Well-Being
This is why my school approaches the whole child, stressing social connections for students with neurological differences as well as academics. You can’t have one without the other as an adult. Having approached my students like this for three years, I know this: I won’t teach any other way anymore. A study published this weekContinue reading “Why I Do This: Well-Being”
This Week in the Classroom: The Poor Man’s Tripod (For Taking Panoramic Outdoor Pictures)
My school is undergoing a little bit of construction…and by a little bit, I mean a cool of five mil of construction. We just needed a little documentation of the facts. I’m going to use this photography stand (and yes, I walked around with my shirt like that all day)… I put a 1/4 coarseContinue reading “This Week in the Classroom: The Poor Man’s Tripod (For Taking Panoramic Outdoor Pictures)”
Why I Do This: Invest in Teaching and the Return on Adventure
I’m a builder of things. As a child, I built models and dioramas and train sets and miniatures. In college I built poetry and plays, papers and rhymes. I built a piss-poor set of ethics also, but that’s a different post. Now, I build furniture at home and students in my classroom. I think weContinue reading “Why I Do This: Invest in Teaching and the Return on Adventure”
The High Cost of Winning the Educational Race
Interesting review in the New York Times today on parenting. Take a look… After all, as Levine notes, the inconvenient truth remains that not every child can be shaped and accelerated into Harvard material. But all kids can have their spirits broken, depression induced and anxiety stoked by too much stress, too little downtime andContinue reading “The High Cost of Winning the Educational Race”
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