Chuck Thoits
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My first woodshop project ever was this little cutting board I made for my grandma when I was about 6 or so. Granddad cut the shape out of a piece of scrap maple with a jig saw, but he let me run the sander and drill for the hanging hole. I reacquired it after my grandparents passed away, and I've used it ever since, until about a year ago, when I noticed it was starting to crack.
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thats simple you foreigners drive on the wrong side of the road anyway now we know why.. they start out silly and keep going that wayMine was a racing car that only worked downhill, we drove it sitting on it with our feet put on the front axe that turned around a bolt in the center. I tink I was 10 or so.
A string attached to the end of the shaft before the wheel was the only thing we could cling on. Sometimes we didn't use the string and just hold our ankles with our hands.
The wheels were used ball bearing wheels given by a car repair shop, that were inserted snugly on the rounded ends of the shafts and held in place by two or three nails dug transversally.
I still do not now how we didn't get killed by any car because we were just going downhill on the street with all the traffic.
See attached sketch.
thats simple you foreigners drive on the wrong side of the road anyway now we know why.. they start out silly and keep going that way