This blog is dedicated to sharing the concept that our hands are essential to learning- that we engage the world and its wonders, sensing and creating primarily through the agency of our hands. We abandon our children to education in boredom and intellectual escapism by failing to engage their hands in learning and making.
Friday, March 20, 2009
rocks in bench top.
You can see what I've been doing today, fitting the rocks into the bench top.
All that red stuff on the rock in the photo above is lip stick. You rub the lip stick on the rock, then nestle the rock into a recess cut in the top. The lip stick rubs off onto the wood in spots that need shaving in order for the rock to fit.
Now the bench is ready for final sanding and the application of the oil finish. I will be careful to avoid getting Danish oil in the recesses where the rocks fit, so it will not interfere with the bond of the epoxy glue.
well, aren't you a smart one? I mean that. Respectfully.
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