Woodworking for Kids [antikvár]

Introduction YOU CAN BUILD IT! Not the whole forest—just one leaf. —P.L. Trovers When the author of Mary Poppins wrote this line, she could have been talking to a young woodworker just like you. Let's think about it. If you tried to picture in your mind a forest that you'd only walked through once, you'd have an awfully hard time, wouldn't you? And if you tried to build a six-story building with tools you'd never used before, the building might collapse! But you can get to know a forest, and you can become a top-notch woodworker. How? The secret is simple: "lust one leaf." You can get to know a forest, but only if you start by getting to know the leaves and trees in it. In the same way, you can become a great woodworker by getting to know your tools and materials before you head straight for the most comphcated project you can think of. Begin with the basics; read the first two parts of this book. Then get some practice by making the workshop projects in "Part Three." Once you've completed these five useful projects, you'll be ready to move on to the building adventures in "Part Four." A small stack of boards, some nails, and a little glue can become just about anything you want— your own wooden tool box, for a start. Yes, the tool box is one of the first projects in this book, and you can build it. What about a rope ladder to hang in a backyard tree, a pair of stilts, or a puppet 6 Introduction theater? All these sensational projects (and 36 more) are included, and they're yours for the building. Some are simple, and others are more challenging, but every one of them is designed to help your woodworking skills to grow. And once you've mastered basic woodworking skills, there won't be any stopping you. Before long. you'll be dreaming up the "impossible" and building it. In the meantime, have fun! HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Anyone can buUd with wood. You don't have to be an adult to use woodworking tools. In fact, you don't have to be anything except Building Dreams Wood, the amazing forest material that we use every day and see around us everywhere, is full of magic. People have used it for centuries to build almost anything you can imagine. Did you know, for instance, that the Spruce Goose—a~giant airplane with the widest wingspan ever built—had a body made entirely of wood? Or that the body of the first motorcycle, built in eKryrwT Germany in 1885, had many wooden parts—including its wheels? Wood is perfect for building dreams! Now that plastics and other man-made materials are everywhere, we still use wood for its great strength and beauty—and for the excitement orworking with this wonderful material. You'll soon find that it's the friendliest, most fascinating material you've ever used. First motorcycle ever made, built with wooden parts. Riding Car (Daimler-Benz), 1885. Courtesy German Information Center, New York. " - .