Zac wingert
07-11-2018, 5:32 AM
My 11 year has been bugging me to help him build something, so we built this step stool for his 5 year old brother. This was a spontaneous thing, done after work on a week day. Used only scrap 2x4 ends and finished with amber shellac that’s been sitting.
point is, it was built for free, basically, and is not a masterpiece or fancy, but the time I spent with my kids was prices less. I cut the edges off the 2x4s with the table saw. The 11 year old made all the cuts down to size on the miter saw and drilled all the pocket holes. All by himself (with me watching). They both put it together with pocket screws. It was bed time, so I sanded it and put a couple coats of amber shellac, which I have found useful for nothing but pine, and it’s done.
The lesson I learned is to teach what little I know to my children. It is time well spent.
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point is, it was built for free, basically, and is not a masterpiece or fancy, but the time I spent with my kids was prices less. I cut the edges off the 2x4s with the table saw. The 11 year old made all the cuts down to size on the miter saw and drilled all the pocket holes. All by himself (with me watching). They both put it together with pocket screws. It was bed time, so I sanded it and put a couple coats of amber shellac, which I have found useful for nothing but pine, and it’s done.
The lesson I learned is to teach what little I know to my children. It is time well spent.
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