Usually in the summer we have the grandchildren to our house for "Grandma Camp". This year our youngest two came this past week. My granddaughter wanted to make something out of wood. After a brief discussion she decided she wanted to build a box. I took her to the shop and showed her some of the available wood that we could get and she selected curly maple. We took a trip to a local lumber yard and the only piece of maple crown molding they had was curly so we took home 7 feet. They didn't have a single piece of flat stock that was curly, so off we went to a second lumber yard and they had several pieces of curly maple, but only one was suitable for what we wanted. The surface had a small bit of tear out and they were going to run it through their surface sander. When I mentioned that I was going to need to plane it down to 1/2", they did that for me as well and rand it through their surface sander.
My granddaughter is 11 so, I did all the table saw set ups and assisted her with the cross cuts for the corner miters and the crosscuts for the three pieces for the top and the plywood bottom. She applied the glue to all the pieces and tightened the clamps. She did all the sanding to remove the little bit of glue squeeze out and surface preparation. She bored the hole for the penny, I did the branding and she signed her name. I did the router work, finishing and final assembly. Here is how it turned out:
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And here is the owner with her project:
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We took them home on Saturday. As soon as she got home she grabbed the box and showed it to her Dad and Mom.