The Kids' Building Workshop

by Robertson, J. Craig; Roberston, Barbara; Robertson, Camille; Robertson, Allegra; Robertson, Barbara

• ISBN13: 9781580175722
• ISBN10: 1580175724
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Storey Books

Summary

Boys and girls love woodworking projects! But most kids (and most parents) lack woodworking skills. That's where Kids' Building Workshop steps in. Craig Robertson, a master carpenter and renowned designer and builder of furniture, and Barbara Robertson, an art educator who specializes in teaching children, have developed an inspired method for teaching kids and their parents the basics of woodworking. In this lively, fully photographed and illustrated book, the Robertsons present fun projects that teach essential woodworking skills. For example, the Spider-Web String Art project teaches kids how to wield a hammer, and the Drilled Name Plaque project teaches kids the safe and proper way to use a drill. Building on these basic skills, the book moves on to intermediate-level projects. Kids learn how to make a sawhorse, a tool box, a step stool--all things that every carpenter must have to build bigger and more elaborate projects. Finally, the kids are ready to take on seriously hip projects: a cricket cage, a book house, a dollhouse (and dollhouse furniture!), a lemonade stand, and a kids' play table. The Kids' Building Workshop is a great primer that passes the hammer to a new generation of woodworking kids (and their parents).

Author Biography

Craig Robertson is a skilled carpenter with 20 years of experience designing and building houses and furniture. Barbara Robertson is the director of education at the Williams College Museum of Art. Their daughters Camille, 13, and Allegra, 11, helped write this book

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Setting up shop: getting to know your tools
Hammering	p. 6
Sawing	p. 10
Furniture Factory	p. 16
Drilling	p. 20
You Name It	p. 24
Block Plane	p. 26
The Perfect Curl	p. 28
Measuring	p. 30
Checkerboard	p. 34
Down to business: building your own projects
String Art	p. 40
Twin Birdhouse	p. 46
Single Birdhouse	p. 52
Sturdy Stool	p. 56
Cricket Cage	p. 62
Perfect Toolbox	p. 68
Horse Sawhorses	p. 74
Flip It	p. 82
Allegra's Table	p. 92
Bookhouse	p. 102
Lemonade Stand	p. 114
Puppet Theater	p. 126
Index	p. 136
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