Ideas for a woodshop project?
Posted by The Woodworker on Mar 2, 2010
Daniel аѕkеd:
Hey,
Hey,
I’m taking woodworking thіѕ year аt mу school. Aftеr аbουt thе first five weeks (whеrе wе learn аbουt safety, using thе power tools, etc.) wе сhοοѕе a project tο build fοr thе remainder οf thе year. I’ll hаνе аbουt three hours a week tο work οn whatever I build.
Thаt being ѕаіd, whаt аrе ѕοmе gοοd іdеаѕ fοr a project. Past students built tables, benches, аnd maybe cabinets.
10 points tο thе best іdеа (οr perhaps thе fυnnіеѕt іf thеу аll suck)
A tresure chest! ha cause you can add as much detail as you want, and its decently hard to build. I think it’d be pretty cool.
I think I would make a little cabinet with drawers in it. It could sit on the floor or hang on the wall. The drawers should be small, maybe for CDs, or even smaller, for knick-knacks and various things.
The idea is that the cabinet itself (the ‘carcase’) is very straightforward. Measurements and accurate sizes are important, but otherwise it’s not complicated. The drawers are just boxes, easy to do. There are several of them but they’re all alike, so you can saw out the parts all at once, and use the same setups for all of them so you make sure they’re consistent. You even have choices for joinery–finger joints if you want to get fancy, or even dovetails if your school has a fixture for that, or simpler drawer joints.
When you finish the project, it looks more complicated and difficult than it is.
A cuckoo clock! Or a functional small-scale fairground carousel… That’d be pretty boss. It’s just basic piston and cylinder mechanics for a carousel to turn, but it would be extremely cool if you pulled it off. On second thoughts I should say I probably like this idea because I’m female, don’t want you getting beaten up after school! Not much of a challenge in building a table or a bench in all fairness. Confident that you’d get big kudos for showing creativity and ambition in whatever you build.