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Granddaughters Project

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Granddaughters Project

jake niedling

My granddaughter asked on Monday, if we could make her 3rd grade teacher a baby gift. Her teacher is just about a week or so from her due date. So we needed to get it done this week. She asked if we could make an angel. My granddaughter helped handsaw the a piece of wood for the project. She turned maybe 10%, but did 90% of the sanding, assembly and finishing. She was proud to sign her name to the bottom. We finished it last night and she was taking it to school today. It is so much fun do projects like this with the granddaughter and showing her all the steps to make something and having her participate as much as she can or wants to do. Here is the finished turning. Thanks for looking.

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Gary clarke

Well done. 50years from now she will have fond memories of this and her time spent with you.👍

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Nice!

John K Jordan

My kind of fun!

Is that bradford pear? How are wings fastened?

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jake niedling

Thanks John. I think the wood is soft maple. The wings are a very shallow bowl where I left a 3/16" tennon on what we would call the bottom side. Craved away the portion of the bowl I didn't want. Drilled a 3/16" hole into the body of the angel and glued the tennon w/wings on.

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Ralph Watts

Nice work Jake, the memory will be a treasure.

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Donna Parrillo

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Donna Parrillo

Not only will your granddaughter cherish the memory of making this with you, but that teacher is going to be really touched. My daughter is also a teacher who had a baby last year, one of her students gave her a baby gift, nothing fancy, but of all the gifts she received that is the one that meant the most.

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#7

Great job Jake


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Phil Powell

What a nice grand dad!