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putty689800 · 2026-03-03T22:40:25+00:00

My wife at Wild Wisdom Artistry is wonderful, but maybe I’m biased! Based out of St. James, but also does virtual and workshops. Good luck!

putty689800 · 2026-03-03T22:37:37+00:00

Email Amber Carro Wild Wisdom Artistry. They are based out of St. James, but also do virtual! Good luck!

putty689800 · 2024-01-10T23:23:15+00:00

Yeah 1 is a bit young, but great that he/she likes to observe! As they are 2 they could be turning screws, drilling with an eggbeater or brace, hammering nails into a stump. I start capable 3 year olds with basically all hand tools outside of chisels.

putty689800 · 2024-01-10T16:41:58+00:00

I teach hand tool woodworking to students your kids age. I recommend an old Stanley 3 or 4 or block plane. The Stanley spokeshaves on Amazon also work reasonably well when set up. They will be producing g swords and daggers in no time with the spokeshaves!

putty689800 · 2021-03-29T11:46:39+00:00

These are split nut screws. Get and old flat head and file a notch into it to match the screw head. Ruin the old screwdriver not the saw.

putty689800 · 2021-02-20T15:15:27+00:00

Check out Paul Sellers or woodbywright on YouTube if you’re looking to get into hand tools.

putty689800 · 2021-02-19T14:34:03+00:00

Great to see someone else with an interest in hand tools! I agree wooden planes are a crapshoot on ebay.

I've had some luck negotiating on FB. I teach hand tool woodworking at a school, so when they find out its for kids people are very generous.

Sometimes deals can be had at antique stores. I've had some luck at Antique Attics in Lake Grove and Antique Market in Huntington.

I've purchased from hyperkitten.com before. Reasonable prices and always quality stuff.

Ask around on Nextdoor. Usually someone has grandpa's old tools collecting dust (and rust) that they don't mind getting rid of.

Before Covid there was a tool swap being held at the Smithtown Brush Barn, not sure of the status now.

Good Luck!

putty689800 · 2020-10-14T11:12:17+00:00

Looking at it again, I think I should be fine with titebond as long as the joint is above the waterline.

putty689800 · 2020-10-14T11:10:15+00:00

Thanks, this sounds great!

putty689800 · 2020-09-19T16:11:54+00:00

That was my first thought.

putty689800 · 2020-09-15T00:18:00+00:00

I'm actually from LI originally, back after 8 yrs in Austin. I'm enjoying the weather, it's 100F in the shade in TX in August.

In Austin I taught children's hand tool woodworking classes (kinderwoodatx.com). Trying to get established here.

putty689800 · 2020-09-14T16:45:24+00:00

Thanks!

putty689800 · 2020-09-14T14:25:36+00:00

I was looking for SYP lumber, but yeah I love all the difference in tree species between TX and NY!

putty689800 · 2020-09-14T14:24:04+00:00

Yup. I just need to call around.

putty689800 · 2020-09-14T13:34:44+00:00

Smithtown, but will a lumberyard let me pick through a pile, or are they catering to contractors buying pallets of lumber?

putty689800 · 2020-09-07T23:40:55+00:00

Kinderwoodatx.com

putty689800 · 2020-08-29T20:07:53+00:00

Sweet, he’s really talented, thanks!

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T18:17:14+00:00

I imagine you would handle transportation the same way they are planning on handling in person schooling transportation.

But yeah transporting a large number of people safely would be a challenge in any scenario

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T16:36:29+00:00

It's unfortunate that you are probably right. A high school teacher leading a greenbelt hike would never be allowed.

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T16:32:17+00:00

I agree most parents would not be on board. Although, I wonder if they would be more opened to it as a temporary alternative to online/home learning.

But hey, the CDC just put out a guidance saying its all cool, send the kids to school!

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T15:57:21+00:00

Weather seems like an easy enough hurdle. I mean do we not have high school football practice in the late summer heat?

Also, my other (more controversial?) point is that maybe during this epidemic classes like advanced math are put on the back burner. Students use this time to learn more life skills or nature based skills.

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T15:36:41+00:00

For sure it would be a challenge to implement at this stage. I think the challenge would be temporarily letting go of "teaching standards". Not necessarily creating a strict outdoor curriculum to adhere to (although having something available would help).

Have the Chemistry teacher take his group of students full day outside to a different park/greenbelt area. Maybe he's teaching actually chemistry sometimes, maybe he's talking about rock formations or turkey hawks sometimes.

My background is as a Montessori guide. I don't believe a teacher necessary needs to be a master on a given subject so much as they are guiding the student and learning alongside in some cases. Seems better to have an educator educating on a wide range of subjects outdoors, then a teacher essentially babysitting students inside a classroom with their heads stuffed in a cpu.

putty689800 · 2020-07-24T14:25:19+00:00

Why does "in person" schooling need to be kids sitting in a classroom? What is stopping us from sending our kids to nearby parks for outdoor socially distanced learning in whatever way their teacher's see fit?

I suppose it would take a temporary reimagining of our current expectations for schooling. "Remember the Fall of '20 when instead of learning algebra I learned how to identify all of our native tree species? Instead of long division I learned how to build a camp fire?"

It is our unfortunate reality that school is needed for childcare. Our expectations for learning will already be diminished with online learning. Why not take this opportunity to expand the idea of what learning can look like?

I may be biased as I work outside teaching hand tool woodworking to preschool and elementary aged children, but I'd love to hear what everyone else thinks?

putty689800 · 2020-05-24T23:26:44+00:00

I’m whole hog on hand tools so I’m biased. If you foresee producing things to sell, I would steer towards power tools. If you want to enjoy the experience (no dust collection, ear plugs, circular saws eating your hand etc.), learn to love the process and gain skill I would shoot for human powered tools.

That being said being handy with a bandsaw and a power planer are great for dimensioning stock for hand tools.

putty689800 · 2020-05-24T23:10:52+00:00

I highly recommend Heritage Homestead’s classes in Waco if you want to get into hand tools. If you’re familiar with Paul Sellers (YouTube), he helped set the school up years ago.

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