An Afternoon At My Wife's School

So it really doesn't feel like I've stepped out the workshop much over the last month. I have been having a good month of sales, and I have been putting in the hours to try and keep up! I'm looking forward to that say when the last posting date is done. 

Yesterday I did take a bit of time though. My wife was doing DT with the children in key stage 2 and asked if I would come and give her a hand.

I aways find something like this fascinating, how some children will listen and just get what they're being told, how others need to be shown and how some won't get it this time! I managed to have about 4 sawing at a time, and it was running pretty safely. 

 I did think her school needed a bit of an upgrade with some of the equipment, I'm going to make them some new bench hooks, as these were just too small and not up to the job. The grove in the top was to put the wood in, but it meant that you couldn't hold it very well. I think it was trying to be too clever, and I encourage the children to cut up the side of it. the bottom of the hook was also really small so it slipped off the table. 

An interesting afternoon and always interesting to see your partner at work (although I doubt my wife would say that as I work in a workshop 20 yards from the house!).