About Tempering Metal (how I explain it to kids): The little metal guys normally stand at attention in rows — millions of them (molecules). When you heat them up red hot, they start dancing and get all mixed up and out of order; not in rows any more. When you cool them down, they get [...]
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(Ezra) making a wooden box
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged Box, Clamps, Drill, Goggles, Kids, Nails, Plywood, Wooden Box, Workshop on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ezra brought me a piece of plywood today with pencil marks drawn all over it. That is where he wanted it cut. So I ripped it on the table saw and cross cut it on the compound mitre saw… I gave him a little help laying this out, showed him how to clamp it, and then [...]
