What did you make in Woodwork?

[dmwill]

Here are my major things....

Was year 11 or 12 I made the Spiral candle stick, Year 12 the Sheaoak clock
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~dmwill/woodwork/clock.JPG

Coffee Table (Year 11)...Always covered in Mum's bloody craft magazines or bits of sewing.
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~dmwill/woodwork/table.JPG

Wall Unit (Year12). My major Project, I was the only one in the class to actually meet the requirements and get mine finished! Cost me about $200 in materials and similar things at furniture stores cost at least $700-800, Even more if you got Ikea! I'm quite pleased! :D
http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~dmwill/woodwork/unit.JPG

So...what did you all make?

[nhd]

wow nice one!!
i made a chopping board, and a small bookshelf, both quite crap, in year10.

[alexMc]

Im only in yr8

In yr 7 we had the worst wood work teacher ever, it took us a whole year to make a little money box, ive lost mine with money in it:) and this year in yr8 i have a different teacher and were making a serving tray

[Hopper]

I made a spatula (Yeah it was like fully sick and took a whole 2 lessons to design and make). A box for storing DVD's with a nice swinging door and dove tail joins.

They are the only wood work ones I've made but Ihave also made a metal candle stick holder and a metal/wood trivet in the shape of a turtle which came out really well.

[Kona.S.P]

Got Skill??..... You Do!!!
Nice work, one of my mates is right into wood work, i'll get some pics and put them up.

[Reptileman]

I made a billy cart for the kid across the road. And a pencil case.


Some awesome talent there Dmwill!!!! Thinking of a career??

[naz]

i made a box with sides that didnt match up, a fire, and a wooden candle holder that didnt stand up by itself.

[tu plang]

among other things i made a coat hanger that is incredibly impressive in the joint department. i also made quite an impressive dartboard cabnet, so impressive that my dropkick teacher decided to take it to a subject selection night for yr7 kids...where he promptly lost it. now he was fairly slow at projects so it took as a good 6 months to make... only one day to lose.

[naz]

among other things i made a coat hanger that is incredibly impressive in the joint department. i also made quite an impressive dartboard cabnet, so impressive that my dropkick teacher decided to take it to a subject selection night for yr7 kids...where he promptly lost it. now he was fairly slow at projects so it took as a good 6 months to make... only one day to lose.

i dont blame him.

[funkymonkey]

I made a 3/4 size pool table, cant find my pictures though, so its up to you if you believe me. Cost me a fortune... Would of been just as cheap to buy one... But hey, it gave me something to do.

[dmwill]

Thanks Fellas!

...Some awesome talent there Dmwill!!!! Thinking of a career??

Nah, not looking as making it into a career, although the pay would be good. I'm going into IT instead.

It's more of a spare time thing...thats if I have spare time. It was good back in the school days having access to brilliant tools such as drop-down mitre circular saws worth $3k, Planes that you can feed timber 3feet wide through and many other top end machines. At home I only have a cheapo Arlec mitre saw and a nice $400 Panasonic Cordless drill...still not adequate to make what I did at school, but it's a start :D

[ripper323]

Let me see, A clock, a coffee table for my mum, a 6' x 3' bookcase, and my personal favourite was the rocking chair for my mum. It took forever cause everything had to be turned.

[cutter]

didn't get to do woodwork in senior years. i did tech studies though. ended up making myself a unicycle

[CHEWY]

Workbench, Yr12 D&T
I think I got a B+?
Very useful, I love it
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/186943.jpg

[dmwill]

That looks way too good to be used as a work bench Chewy!

[CHEWY]

yea It actually turned out pretty good, I thought it was gonna look like a lump of turd..
The frames Vic Ash, and the shelf is some wood I cant remember with amora edging.
The tops galv steel folded and welded.
It got scratched to shit in the trailer on the way home so it wasnt too hard to put it into service.. :D

[dilemma]

Nice wall unit dmwill. Adjustable shelves on the left hand part would come in handy too.

I made a coffee table and a honey dipper (back in year 10). Not very prolific :o The honey dipper head was so big (cos I couldn't get the fine grooves done on the lathe without making the chunk of wood fly across the room) so it would get about half a jar of honey with each dip :p That's if it fit in the jar at all :eek:

Since then I've made stretcher frames for canvasses when I was at art school which were a bit more successful. My dad gave me a drop saw for my birthday once (don't know why :confused: ) but it came in handy for uni.

[bighitter184]

My parents Up untill recently still had the Opera House Model I made in wood
work on there display shelves.
way back in 1982 I made in yr8.

[tim_69]

well its not exacly wood its project tech you can make anything you want so where in the middle of building a kicker

[dromana7411]

i made the scal model of a house in my VET building and construction in the 2nd year o the course, (we had to design it from scratch, and do all the plans, ect, then build it)
i built the saw horse in the irst year of the course (you can just see it infront of the car)

and i built the bed head for Design Tech 3&4 last year, but never got around to finishing it. its got merbau slats, pine rails (top and botom) and cedar legs. and it was all made from timber found on a worksite, so it was all recycled. now it gets stuff put on it, and holds my extension leads...

oh, and i made that strange creation of a dragster/lowrider in systems 1&2 lastyear, and havnt used it since