Term 3 was a very busy time for all the bush craft and wood workers.  Class 4/5 and 6 added to their busy schedule by making props for Book Week.

Class 1 made decorated snakes, wax boards and had great fun making all sorts of things from the wood in the scrap box!

Class 2 showed terrific persistence and commitment in whittling their model pigs with most children making pens or drinking troughs or name signs.  The project involved using our new child friendly battery drills to drill holes for the legs, ears and tails.  Thanks to Carl Dusenberg for helping with these lessons.

Class 3 were engaged with making toys.  Some kids made several toys while others concentrated on one big ambitious project.  Lots of skills were learnt in the process and there were some terrific results.  Thanks to David Stockdale for helping with these lessons.

Class 4/5 all finished their beautifully hand-crafted wooden spoons.  They were then able to do a project of their choosing.  Pendants were popular but the more ambitious students fashioned simple daggers.

Class 5 (and Mitch) also made spoons and then went on to make Greek themed daggers which meant using the bandsaw (some for the first time) and a couple of fast workers got to fashion dagger ends on their first use of the lathe.  The finishing sanding on all the daggers was of a very high standard.

Class 6 took on the ambitious project of making their own plywood tool box; ripping their own components on the band saw, doing lots of tricky measuring and executing precision hammering.  The branch handles have added a nice rustic feel.  We’ve spent the last two weeks finishing these off so they’ll be going home next week when I get a photo of them all!