Bill Simpson
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Back in the Zoo years... Every so often we would take off-cuts and small pieces , plane, rip and cut off to a nominal size and stack in a bin. this helped clean up the clutter in the shops and provide for future endeavors. As students finished a project ahead of the class they were allowed to glue up and complete Cutting boards from those off-cuts and shorts. This kept the whole class on the same time frame as well as provide work for idle hands, also gave a reason to get busy and finish...
Back in the olden days (when teaching was fun) you didn't have to worry with keeping the group together and you let the leaders go out ahead of the pack, but as society dimenished so did the work in our shops and the methods of controling student behavior,
Still today, I mass cut-offs and shorts in piles awaiting a chance to glue up boards for such projects. They are "Simple Fun" projects with pleasurable results, protecting the environment from wood waste and keeping old shop teachers busy. Also provides gifts and saleable projects.
Not all fine woodworking requires exotic joinery. Thanks for the posting and remembering the fun times.
Back in the olden days (when teaching was fun) you didn't have to worry with keeping the group together and you let the leaders go out ahead of the pack, but as society dimenished so did the work in our shops and the methods of controling student behavior,
Still today, I mass cut-offs and shorts in piles awaiting a chance to glue up boards for such projects. They are "Simple Fun" projects with pleasurable results, protecting the environment from wood waste and keeping old shop teachers busy. Also provides gifts and saleable projects.
Not all fine woodworking requires exotic joinery. Thanks for the posting and remembering the fun times.