Ⓕ Woodworking Jigs For Kids Scout Project - (ep97)
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Nick opened his workshop to a local scout group and made woodworking jigs for the children to be introduced to woodworking. The jigs helped them focus on just one aspect of learning so they could concentrate on the mechanics of one task and be able to use the tools safely. It is a good way for parents to get kids into woodworking and have them get comfortable with using the tools. The handful of kids we had at the shop loved it and left with a completed project and a smile!
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I hold a woodworking class for little kids each summer at my church. This is our next project. Thank you, Nick. Year before last we made bluebird houses out of Spanish cedar. About 30 kids had a great time putting these together. A nice respite from "normal" woodworking for me.
That’s awesome - if you snag a picture send it my way I’d love to see what you guys come up with!
Good job Nick. Learning how to make something with your own hands will have lasting impact. Longer than you know. The old scout handbooks used to have simple projects in them. Teaching them how and letting them do is the key.
Thanks - I agree, it is important they actually do the work
Great Job my friend!
As one who went from Cub Scout to Eagle Scout to Scout Master, I can assure you that not only did the boys enjoy the time, but their infectious enthusiasm touched you as well. Check with the local Scouting Council if you would like to work with the kids.
There are actually many different woodworking opportunities (badges, skill awards, etc.) that they can earn. The age range can run from 8 to 18. So the level of complexity will vary depending upon the particular badge/award the boys are working towards, or the craft project they wish to make. Your local Council will be glad to help you with the specifics, and Scouting is always looking for additional mentors for our various badges. Who knows, the council may already have many simple projects, like your napkin holder, that they simply a mentor to help make a reality.
What I can tell you is that my 30+ years with Scouting USA was some of my most rewarding and productive of my life, and I wish you all the fun and adventure you can handle guiding our youth to be the leaders of tomorrow. I know that you will make an excellent mentor and be a wonderful influence.
Happy Holidays!
Mike
Thanks Mike - I didn’t know that about you, that you were in the program so long - I didn’t make it much after Boy Scout - truthfully the program is run a lot looser than when I was in it - I would prefer more discipline in the meetings - my leaders were mostly Vietnam and military vets - as you know from your service their aren’t many people out there that can teach you more about respect for your country than those folks - but I understand not every pack is run the same and things evolve - I would like to offer them more time but as it is I’m spread really thin
Nick, thank you serving our the scouts. Bravo
My pleasure
This is great! I did a quick little project for my son's cub scout troop that was just a tool box, long enough for typical hammer, screw driver, etc. It had a bottom, a holder, and two small sides. Everything pre cut, I also made a sanding block for each of them with 120 grit on it. They sanded all the pieces, clamped everything, pre-drilled and screwed it together. That was a good introduction and everyone had a good time.
Thanks - Tool boxes and totes are always great - and hopefully they continue adding to it over time
Nick, I like your new thin look.
I bet you had more fun than the scouts.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Happy new year - that’s probably a fair assumption
I missed your absence Nick but then again I missed every one on RUclips for a while. Loved the jig idea. Some years ago I found a rubber band dragster from WOOD Magazine, The body looked like a kids slingshot. Rubber band powered, dowel axles, and wheels cut out of one by and two bye stock. The tires were from the bands you see around vegetable stalks in the produce dept .
This video was very nostalgic for me. My first experience woodworking was building a birdhouse as a 7 year old Cub Scout.
After my dad saw how much fun I had, he started to buy me real, child sized tools. By the next Christmas I had a hammer, hand saw, a hand drill, speed square, framing square, and a few nail sets.
I spent the whole next summer building chairs (of questionable quality 😆).
Woodworking has been my happy place ever since then. I don’t get to do it much at this point in my life.
I’m looking forward to some day having my own wood shop, spending “too much time” in it, and building projects with my kids.
Thanks for sharing - I had a very similar childhood - my grandparents were the first ones to give me any tools and I’ve never looked back since
Nick Ferry , BTW, tell your wife she does a great job editing the videos.
This is the first video of yours that I have watched.
I was shocked when you said that you wouldn’t do any videos if you had to edit them.
You have a large following, so obviously people like the information you provide and the way your wife edits the video together. Great teamwork.
Thanks much, I will let her know - I think this is the third video she’s done for me - and without her at this point, I probably wouldn’t do a ton of videos because I’m not much of a computer guy
We raced the rubber band racers across the fellowship hall for hours. Another great project for a great resource.
I have missed you and your projects! Thanks "wife" for helping out! =)
Thanks - more to come
Glad to see your smiling face again. Happy New Year's!
Thanks - happy new year Rob!
Great to see you back Nick, do a vid on how you lost the weight cos you've done a bloody amazing job of it.....👍🏻
ha, thanks much - I'd be better at doing a video on quantum physics - I probably know more about that
A project my grandfather helped start me out with was a bat house. Really cool project and a good learning opportunity not only in woodworking but also the importance of bats in the ecosystem.
And it keeps the amount of mosquitoes down!
I did bird/squirrel feeders using cedar fence pickets. They could include everything you did and a couple of more tools.What is nice about what you are doing with the kids is that as they grow you can include more complexity and intro to power tools.
G parents are often into watching and feeding birds and little critters for enjoyment.
Keep up the good work!
thanks much - some good ideas - I love using fence boards for that sort of stuff
Nick, it’s awesome that you are sharing your woodworking skills with youngsters! Trust me they will remember doing that project.
You are looking great yourself. Not sure if you have mentioned losing some weight but you look great! Keep up with the videos, I love them.
Thanks Norbert - yes I’m down about 70#
Nick Ferry - Wow!! Excellent work. Good luck in teaching your goals and good health.
It's great you're encouraging the youngsters to build something and I'm sure they were beaming with pride at the project they made themselves. Most schools don't have the funding to offer wood shop classes anymore so you may be the only experience they get to make something. Thanks to your wife for filming/editing!
Thanks Lori - it really is a shame that many schools have cut tech ed programs
Hey Nick. I haven't seen your videos much in awhile now. But I still love to catch up and binge just like seasons on shows that don't release streaming until the season ends. Anyway, great project for the little guys. I loved having Cub Scouts and Girl Scouts both come over to my shop when my kids were younger. My favorite thing to build was always the Pinewood Derby cars. They are just too fun to build. I always made one for me and the kids had to make their own. But if they could follow my safety rules and still felt comfortable using tools I let them. (With permission of course.) I never had a kid get hurt. I had alot of kids ask for help. And we made some great stuff together.
That’s really cool and I imagine you have some awesome memories making all of that happen in your shop, our shops are much a solitary confinement for the most part - I like to invite people especially youngsters in and it makes it all that much more worthwhile to have them light up and just create with their hands and it just makes it a much better shop
Good to have you back!
Thanks much! 👊🏻
For my son’s den, I had them make their own tool boxes using fence planks and 1” dowels for the handle. I even bought them each a hammer, Phillips and flat head screwdrivers, a little adjustable wrench, and a key ring tape measure at one of the dollar stores.
Now that’s not a bad project at all - I wanted to do similar with my boys and I got as far as getting some free tools from harbor freight but that’s as far as it went
Good to see you Nick. Great job. You planted seeds those kids will never forget. I'm 63 and remember doing a similar project as a cub scout at 7.
Thanks Michael - I couldn’t agree more - I remember my first projects too and that’s what started it all for me and I never looked back
What scouts don't come left handed? you sounded like a little boy who just got a Red Ryder, well when all was said an done I think you were the most excited little boy. Thank you for showing these future young men, what manhood is really about. You have a great deal of value to share, thankyou Mrs. Ferry for editing. Great job. like the other have missed you and your videos
You are most likely correct - their enthusiasm was infectious and I remember what it was to be that age and to be building those projects and I just couldn’t have been happier - thanks Andre
Great job on the project! It is a challenge to set it up so the kids can do the actual work instead of watching you do it.
Thanks to your wifey for doing the video work for you. I'm sure she had a hand in your weight loss too. She sounds like a keeper!
Thanks - yes I thought it went pretty good with the amount of effort they had to do to complete it - she’s something for sure
Having made things with the scouts before this jig approach is awesome! My suggestion would be simple little catapults. I have made em with the scouts and they love being able to launch scrap wood by the end of the project!
Thanks - I think catapults will be coming - the kids have to love that
I made some Birdhouses with my 3 and 4 Year old's. Everything pre-cut and called them in to spread Glue on the Joints and pull the Trigger on the Brad Nailer. Of which they were a little frightened :D. The fun part for the Kid's was painting it with Finger-Paint. 2 Coats of Urethane and they'll still hang Outside when my Kid's are young Adult's :)
I like the painting and clearing over it idea - would be perfect for a step stool for posterity
There is nothing better than, showing kids some hands on skills, and the best part, they are so enthusiastic to learn, awesome job Nick. HAPPY NEW YEAR
I certainly agree - happy new year to you as well!
What a wonderful thing you are doing for the young people!
thanks - a little shop time away from screen time never hurts the kids
My dad and I have been working with cub and boy scouts on woodworking
The weblos project was a camp box they could use in Boy Scouts
We’ve made tool boxes, bird house (gave them to nature center for community service)
Toy cars (gave to a local foster care... again, community service)
And of course we had a pine wood derby workshop set up
I’d have to boys drawl the shape they wanted and I would cut it out on bandsaw
They had to sand to final shape. Had drill press and hand drills set up that parents could help with wheels and axels
Getting the youth interested early is what’s going to grow and keep woodworking alive for years to come
I like the idea of donating items to community organizations - It’s a two for one with building and philanthropy 👍🏻👍🏻
Nick Ferry if I remember correct it’s part of the woodworking merit badge that you have to give it away
But I think projects you give away mean more than keeping it for yourself
It also spreads the craft. You don’t know who is going to see it and decide they want to learn how to make themselves
Christopher McCauley - I agree, it’s that mindset or demeanor of somebody making something and spending time to produce it, only to better somebody else - it builds a solid head where somebody can walk tall in life while keeping them grounded
Good for You for helping these Scouts -- from a former (~ 35 years ago) Pack Leader. Great project
Thanks John - then you know how short their attention spans are and how difficult it can be to keep them interested
Congratulations on passing on your passion.
Thank you Dale - not a bad way to spend my time
Our scouts made the triangle peg board game using dowels for the pieces. The game is found at cracker barrel restaurants. The scouts got to use the drill press and mitre box saw to cut dowels and hand sanding. You are so right about attention span. Happy New Year!
Happy new year! You know I’ve seen those games and never read up on how to play - I think I’ve seen them with golf tees too
Search "game triangle golf tee game". We used dowels to allow the use of hand tools and measuring devices.
Glad to see less you! And produce a great video, this is what I like! Thanks ! I did camp chairs with my Cubs years ago. I cut the pieces and let each one assemble their own chair. Its a simple design and easy to assemble. It uses 1x8s and 2x4s,
Great idea for the kids Nick. Great work, Really miss your videos.
Thanks, I really appreciate that - we’re working on changing up the style where it’s not like pulling teeth for me to make a video - I think we may have figured it out and hopefully that’ll mean I’ll be able to show more of what I’m doing
Great support helping the young one learn about woodworking Nick.
Thanks Larry - it’s a ton of fun seeing them feel so accomplished
Dude! You're looking downright svelte!
Thanks Ted, I’m down about 70# so far
Great Job,
I'm a Grandmother and want to help my little ones learn woodworking and share my love of making stuff.
This is a great Idea, and thank you for sharing, and YES, having to do the video stuff can suck for sure, Please give a Great Big thank you to your wife.
Please if you come up with more ideas of things we can make with young kids, please share and I will do the same,
Happy New Years, :)
Thank you - I will definitely relay that to my wife - it’s a rather large undertaking so I always make sure to let her know - if you look at my very first video I posted on RUclips it’s a birdfeeder with my oldest son and that might help out for another little project - if I do any more kids projects I will do my best to put together a video and show everyone - happy new year to you as well and thanks for watching!
Happy new year Nick. I watched the last video and was great how you set it up to have fun and be safe. High five for being that guys that helps out.
Thanks Frank - Happy New Year!
Dude! Haven't seen your videos in ages! You look like you have lost weight! Good for you man!
Thanks John - yeah I’m down about 70# right now - I’m hoping to be able to show more of what I’ve been up to
wow great video. it is so cool that you bring the scouts into your shop.
Thanks - we all had a blast!
@@NickFerry cool my Son's Eagle Scout Project was making 50 Baby Urns
Robert Kilpatrick - a very sobering task to undertake
Wowsa! Fun and the Kids got some valuable hands on time.
Exactly - and it’s those experiences that they can build from and hopefully spark some interest in working with their hands
Love this!
Thanks 🙏🏻
thumbs up !!!!!!
👍🏻👍🏻
Awesome stuff Nick! 😃👍🏻👊🏻
Thanks Fred, always appreciated - 👊🏻👊🏻
Nice work nick, and great to have a camerawife that must be a real help.
I bailed at cubs but enjoyed it immensely.
What about bird boxes as a project suggestion 1 long board cut into 6 pieces. Quite simple.
Thanks much - those are always popular
Dude! How much weight did you lose? You look great and I've absolutely missed your project videos (this was a quick one). Can't wait for the next one
thanks much - I'm down about 70# - feels good to be able to share what's going on in the shop - I'm pretty sure i've grown to hate editing videos
@@NickFerry then don't edit... there's a market for you just rambling on in the shop to a fixed camera.
Probably true but I’d rather show something halfway interesting - I can bore myself rambling
@@NickFerry understood, he said, as he paced back and forth grunting in his basement waiting for the next video :)
Hahaha - hopefully I’ll have another one out real soon
Hi Nick: Another good project for cub or boy scouts is to make a 3-legged triangular camp stool (free template on web). Use three 24" long x 1" dowels for the legs and leather or canvas for the seat. The dowels can have their ends shaped/tapered on that sanding rig on your lath and you can pre-punch the leather for them to sew the three leg pockets for the legs. Check out a Jimmy Diresta video where he used a bolt system for connecting the three legs.
Good Luck - Michael
Thanks much buddy! I have a metal and cloth folding stool that is probably pretty similar
Great video Nick. Fantastic that you are getting young children into woodworking. Have a great New Year. Cheers, Huw
Thanks - Happy New Year!
Glad to see you're still alive Nick! You're looking great. 70#? Very nice! I'm down 110# so far. Keep it up!
Damn! Congrats - yeah it still want to drop a few more - I’d rather be 110 down myself
@@NickFerry Same here, I still have more to lose. started doing Keto back in February and the weight has just been falling off. No gym, no workouts, just changing what I'm eating. It's made me far more productive in the wood shop now.
Hey Nick, Candle lanterns, bird houses, snow shoes to name a few. It's all about simplifying to their age. The younger the more thought I put in for the jigs. You hit a home run with that project. You're making me feel young again. I even opened up shop for pinewood derby kids of divorced or no father in the picture. Your approach seems to be identical mine. You have more experience and ideas than I did. Wish I knew then what I know now. Dean Kramasz p.s. let me know if you'd like a pm.
Trebuchet, bridges, things are still coming to me. Catapults are a hit.
Thanks Dean - a trebuchet sounds like more fun for me than anyone else - hope all has been good in your neck of the woods
Great video greetings from Germany.
Thanks much!
How weird you upload a video after all this time for me!
I was watching a very old Izzy Swann video last night where he gives you a shout-out!
I've missed your videos! You're one of the first few makers/woodworkers I started watching on RUclips!
thanks much man - that must have been the theater cart one he mentioned - man time flies!
I'll shamefully admit that I was on an Izzy Swan old videos binge and cant remember exactly which one! I think it was the one you mentioned above! Hope you had a great Christmas and Happy new year!
Nick! I've found the video I was talking about! Its the automatic Slingshot video.
ruclips.net/video/Q6xHvEcuTwE/видео.html
He gives gives you and Bob a shoutout!
Time.. 4:05
Cool thanks!
Wow your alive nice are you coming back to make more videos????? Miss ya have a great and a better New Years
You as well! Thanks!
Pinewood Derby is coming up in the next few months. They will want to make their own cars but there are rules on dimensions you need to research. Thanks for doing this.
Thanks - I do the cars with them each year and they always enjoy it
Hey Nick, nice tips. Your wife did a great job! Have a Happy New Year!
Thanks Ron - you have a great New Year!
Very cool! How does someone give a thumbs down on this video?!
I'm gonna chalk it up to someone having fat fingers and didn't realize i hope that's it anyways c:
Great build Nick. Gimme a good jig any day! Any no cub scouts were harmed in the making of this video.
Coasters are always popular. How about turning sticks for marshmallow sticks? Too much for the age? Just a thought.
Thanks Javi - coaster would be good for using up scrap too - I had another thing planned were it was kind of a candleholder thing but eh... maybe maybe not
Nice job.
Thanks
good thanking
I have my moments
I got bored in the garage one day, and just made a model bi-plane,
dowels and some wood, screw in the front with that part with no thread (see how technical I am), for the propeller, cheap, simple and doesn't take a great deal of skill :)
I really like the biplane idea - I think the kids could have a lot of fun with it with their imagination after too - thanks
Nick. Looking good buddy. Been hunting. Have not been watching maker videos my man.
Hopefully you’ve had good luck!
I bet those kids had a blast! Hope you and the wife and family had a great Xmas..... Looking good Bro!
Thanks Mike they had an absolute awesome time!
I had the local troop over and we made step stools.
Step stools are always a hit
He's back!! Lookin good brother!
Thanks much man 👊🏻
Ciao Nick 💯💯💯💯💯👍❤️
saluti
Scout project: simple bird feeder or house from a cedar fence board. Softer wood is easier for them to work with, no finish required
I’ve done those a couple times - always a hit
That could be the shortest video you’ve made. Great to see you in the shop again!
A new record!
Nice!!! Miss your vids and podcast keep it up bro
Much appreciated 👊🏻👊🏻
Scout project idea: an Oven Rack Puller. can be as simple as a couple drill holes, and a couple bandsaw\jigsaw cuts. then can be shaped extensively if wanted.
Thanks Travis, that probably would make for a pretty decent project
Hey Nick, nice project. Not sure where you are and how bad mosquitoes are but... bird houses are always a hit, step it up a notch and make bat habitats, interesting animals for the scouts to watch and they eat a ton of mosquitoes.
I’ve thrown the idea about bat houses around a few times and for whatever reason the majority the people around here get freaked out by it despite the fact that our state bird pretty much is the mosquito
another grate vid Nick
nice addition to the channel there having that ponytail ;)
on the idea of kid´s project´s
have you thought about simple car ? you know block of wood on a block block of wood for body, hole saw for wheel´s , dowels for axle and drill oversize hole thru block of wood and splitting it for axle mount. easy to make it look like Ford or Dodge pickups ;)
A toy car isn’t a bad idea - I do help out already with their pine wood derby cars
Hey Nick, if they enjoy shaping give them a 20cm (8”) piece of 2x3 in something very soft and draw a whale on it. Disc sander to shape the front. Two small saw cuts for a mouth. Forstener bit for the eye and to remove most of the material around the tail. Spindle sander to finish the 2D shape, then the lathe setup for rounding it all into a 3D toy.
We did this in year 8 (middle school?) but used a coping saw for the 2D part of the shaping and a rasp first the 3D
Edit: imgur.com/a/Gsm2RWM
Blue is sanding, green is sawing, red is drilling
Thanks Rick - I bet they’d love that for shaping and it’d be interesting to see how different they all turn out - some of the older kids could even carve in a fin or two
Hey Slim. How about a simple bird feeder? Seems like you may have done one of those before. Might be easier than getting 7 year olds to build a theater cart.
Haha Ted - we SERIOUSLY need to hangout one of these days - you know, for old time sake
Awesome. If you type in. boy scout wood projects, you can find some simple projects for the boys to do. Like wood board TicTacToe.
I hate to be blunt but those projects are really lame and children lose interest quickly on them
@@NickFerry I get it. How about a bird house.
@@rcchar again it seems rather pedantic - aside from the ecosystem benefits which will probably be missed because people won’t follow what the actual birds want in their local habitat so just have a board with a hole in the front - I gave a great deal of thought to the pedagogy to the whole thing
как всегда отлично
я ценю это
If you rub two scouts together they make fire
Only if they have the fireman’s chip
Thanks for sharing that
thanks for watching
Missed you here on RUclips!!!!! I know you guys are posting all kinds of stuff else ware, but I can tell you that I tried to chase content all over hell's half acre and it got old really fast! I don't care if the content is high production value, I am not watching it for how well it is produced, just for the information, subject matter, personality, and entertainment! I like most people do not do much actual woodworking! Being disabled it is difficult for me to do much of it anymore, but I do enjoy watching it being done, I guess I live in the shop through you guys in you videos! Kind of like 98% of Norm's viewers never made any of his projects. Some people I have commented to on this subject have said well if I post like I do on Facebook, my views on RUclips will go down. I cant see how they can get lower than they are when there is nothing new at all to watch. Just food for thought. Love your stuff, and hope to see more of it.
thanks much for the input - I'm not a huge social media guy by nature - being the wife has been kind enough to handle some of the computer stuff I've gotten re-energized to show more of what I'm making - youtube is still my favorite place to post - I fully understand about the watching to watch - most videos I watch are just for entertainment
Sorry for assuming you were doing the same thing as so many others are! There are so may old RUclips builders that have abandon us here and have went to other platforms, it has been a nightmare trying to keep up with all of them, so I just gave up on them on other sites.
No worries - if the viewers jump ship then I suppose I’ll stop posting - I know there’s been a lot of talk about trouble with the platform but I don’t really see the problems...yet - then again, I’m don’t really know what I’m doing so maybe I’m doing it wrong
Looking good big guy! How about a simple box to hold rocks or award pins?
Boxes are never bad - I like the idea for their awards and achievements - thanks 👊🏻
Great ideas for helping kids have some fun creating things Nick. Blakey would have loved it. BTW your looking good,,, losing some weight?
Thanks Gary - down 70# - this would be a great project for another Skiatook
Nick Ferry Nice. I’m down 30. Hoping to lose 25 more. Keep it up 👍.
Looking good bro. Good to see you back.
Thanks, that’s much appreciated
Hו Nick , I build toys with kids from all ages in a group of 20-30 , i would suggest a more simple toy\ project for kids 6/7 you can build a snake , its basically very simple , you cut 3 pieces of wood ( made of 1 inch thick sticks ) about 6 In in length , on two of the pieces you cat a 45 angle on only one of the sides ( one angle is for the head and the other for the tail ) you then let the kids paint it with markers ( only otherwise its gonna be a big mess) they then connect the tree pieces , they first drill holes in the middle part in two ends ( no angle was cut on it ) , then they connect them using screws, this allows the kid to shake the snake tail and create snake like movements , if you need more info , let me know
Thanks - that’s a pretty cool idea I haven’t heard of before - and yes to the markers!
If you're working with scouts etc.; why not do the pine wood derby cars? Yes, there are kits available, but with all of your scraps, they could design custom cars, develop sanding, and finish/paint skills. My oldest son wanted to do an Indy style car, so we added additional wood to the sides between the tires, glued on a spoiler, removed wood from underneath, etc. I cut the shape on the band saw to ~ 1/8 inch, and let him sand the final contours. The only issue was it took us a month to complete. And if you have sheets of plywood left from stage projects or recycled props, you couls build the m a 4 or 8 line track.
Being that is part of the scout program I thought that was a given - I should’ve mentioned that I do the pinewood derby with them every year as well as the rain gutter Regatta - they have an absolute blast with that and my favorite part is that they get to dream it up and I can tell him whether it’s doable or not - last year my son hollowed out the complete inside of his car to put wheel weights in the center and then we put Apoxsee to hold them in place and threw it in a pressure pot so it was clear - The possibilities are endless
I always learn a lot from looking at other guy's jigs... Errr... Yeah, I look at other guy's jigs and I'm not going to apologize.
As long as you don’t stare for more than a few seconds I don’t see a problem
Great job! How about a bird house? There are a lot of easy ones on RUclips.
Not a bad idea but we’ve been down that road before
When my son was a cub scout he made a step stool.
I love the projects that are functional as well - they tend to hang around the house much longer than some other stuff
Just awesome :-) thanks for the great content.
Thanks Eric 👊🏻👊🏻
Hey Nick!! Nice. Long time no see. Where is the other half of you. Nice also! JimE
Thanks man - I hope I never see that other half again
Dang 70lbs! Good for you.
Thanks Steph!
Well hello! I have missed you.
Thank you
Missed ya! Miss the podcast, too.
Thanks - credit goes to my wife for the filming and editing - it’s hard for me to sit and edit when I know I have other stuff to make
Well I really enjoyed the video. I'm impressed the simplicity of the setup for the kids, and how last minute it was. I laughed outloud when the pic of the woodchipper appeared! I'd say the wife has a knack for editing. Looking forward to more vids!
I will let her know you said so - I was happy that the kids kept interest and walked away with a completed project
Love it! you may ask, but im pretty certain they cannot use power tools.... I dont like the rule, (Guide to safe scouting) but it may worth checking into.
Thanks for investing in them, and teaching them!
thanks much
Good video Nick! Thanks for sharing it with us! Hope you had a great Christmas! and Happy New Year!👌👍😎JP
You as well JP - Happy New Year!
Thank you Nick! i appreciate it 😎
What is that new finish on the cabinets behind the lathe? Very unusual! ;)
Haha - that’s my patented centrifugal dye application system - CDAS for short
Hey. Missed your videos. Have a happy new year!
Thanks much - you have a great new year!
how about a pistol that shoots rubber bands? I have one that is just a pistol shape with a clothespin on the top back and a short dowel on the front, it's pretty cool.
Thanks - I had been kicking around rubber band gun ideas - anything that kids can fling, shoot, or catapult seems to be a hit
How's it going Nick. I almost didn't recognize you! You look great.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Chem - Happy New Year!
Hopefully the scouts will help you out next time by providing kids with pre-blurred faces to save on editing time.
Haha - slackers!
Didnt know you were a fellow lefty. We have rights to.
Southpaws unite!
If only a few more power tools were designed for Lefties.
What's up with the tree branch grinder @ 1:03 ?
It’s what I’m talking about
How about windmills for another project? You could cut the parts out to rough length, drill pilot holes for some brad nails, give them some glue, and let them assemble them. You could cut out the vanes and slot some small dowels. Cut the hub with a hole saw for them and drill the hole for the vane assembly in advance.. Shoot a coat or two of lacquer or shellac when they're assembled.
Thanks Dave - that could be a really good one - maybe even if we played around with the fan position and size and see which one spins better they’d be learning a little bit about that too
@@NickFerry We did that when I was in scouts. One of the dad's had a wood shop and he pre made some of the difficult things like attaching the hub to a wood block that attache to the tower structure. The tower structure was notched out for horizontal supports and they were pre drilled and we hammered in brad nails to make the tower. What kid doesn't love to use a hammer. lol
You remember Patrick’s workshop right? I know he does larger size windmills and I think he had a video on doing the hubs that I thought was pretty cool
The hub was attached by a small screw thru a hole into a small block of wood. I think the tower was made from 3/8" x 3/8" x 12" long pieces of pine with 2 or 3 supoorts between each section. The windmill was attached to a small base.
KSFWG - now you have me wondering if I could make one myself to power some sort of small magneto or something
The omly way this could have been better is if you would have published it a week ago. After the last video I stopped by the lumber store and bought a board and dowels for my 3 grand kids. One thing led to another and I just ran out of time. I like you was trying to find ways to have them help but not get little fingers in fast moving tools. I ;ooked for the earlier video a couple of days ago and couldn't find it, And POOF! here you are with the link and all the build answers. Well the grand kids (8, 6 & 5) are off from school all next week. Now you know what I'll be doing this weekend.
I really wish I would’ve had it out before Christmas - it always makes me wonder about these people that do time. Specific videos and what their actual intentions are when they have them out weeks and weeks in advance - especially the April fools videos that come out on April fools and they must’ve Pranked them a week ago- I digress - either way it sounds like you have some work ahead of you