[Golden Legacy]

For my woodshop class, we have three months to create anything we desire out of wood.

So, I need suggestions. I have a fairly decent amount of wood available (2 boards of 17 feet by 1 foot wood, 1/2"" thick). Thanks for any help.

(btw, examples of some projects last term include things like a foosball table, cabinets, jewlery boxes, etc. but those are relatively small projects, and this one is expected to be bigger, or at least more elaborate).

[Mars Djinni]

Cloud's Buster Sword or First Tsurugi, maybe? Considering you've got large pieces of wood at your disposal, those could be relatively fun to make.

[Split Infinity]

A wooden sword, riiight...

How about one of those home cinema cabinets?

[Toasty]

Wooden swords own. My friend has a wooden katana. 'Tis ursome.

MAKE A WOODEN COMPUTER!

[Split Infinity]

Wooden swords are child's play.

[Toasty]

I doubt you could lift a sword even if it was made with balsa wood. Besides, they're great for hitting people with! *impales split wuth wooden katana*

Now seriously, you should make a pool table. And Cue sticks to match. That'd be cool.

[Golden Legacy]

Forgot to mention also that my lab teacher has to approve of all designs - and yes, that means no weapons :D

Unless someone could find me a simple design for a pool table, that one I won't be able to do, as students have attempted it in the past, and it's simply too elaborate to make (again, lab teacher's restrictions, not my own).

[Split Infinity]

Hey, why don't you make one of those Rube Goldberg machines?

[Eugine]

A bed? A clothes rack? A computer desk? A study desk?

[Ironsight]

how about a chair, or a stool? a coffee table maybe?

[TheEnglishman]

I'd have said a table as it would be one of the easier things to do.
(Foosball table? Are people in America so reluctant to call soccer by it's real name that they need to change one letter in it to make themselves feel better? :D )

[Split Infinity]

Yeah, like building a table in a Year 12(?) class is going to score you top marks.

[Wiflewood]

How about something simple with a twist? For example, a Table with a single leg in the middle that rotates? (Perhaps for playing a board game on, so that when its the next persons go, and the can't reach the part of the board they're playing on, they simply spin the table round to where they want the board)

As for pool table, I'd suggest against it. Firstly, it'd just have to be a simple snooker table style one (With nets under each hole to catch the balls), as creating a proper one with all the internal mechanisms would be hard; and therefore may nto fulfill the criteria of being complicated enough. Secondly, you'd have to get the actual dimensions of a pool table and scale it down. Depending on the size and shape of your wood, it could end up being a pretty small table. Plus you'd have to cover it in cloth etc.

[PDM]

Make a single wooden paddle.

:)

[Golden Legacy]

Eugine, on Apr 10 2007, 11:22 PM, said:

A bed? A clothes rack? A computer desk? A study desk?

DarkSword, on Apr 11 2007, 02:23 AM, said:

how about a chair, or a stool? a coffee table maybe?

I was definitely considering all those projects, but they're all fairly "typical" and cliched.

Wiflewood, on Apr 11 2007, 05:19 AM, said:

How about something simple with a twist? For example, a Table with a single leg in the middle that rotates? (Perhaps for playing a board game on, so that when its the next persons go, and the can't reach the part of the board they're playing on, they simply spin the table round to where they want the board)

This is a great, unique idea, exactly what I was going for.

In addition to WW's suggestion, I was considering making a wooden version of Pong. (bear with me here, as I'll explain the design).

We have a generally large piece of square wood. On either side, say a few inches from the edge, two slits ("trenches") will be created. Now, in them I'll place two small pieces of rectangular wood, so that they can slide along the path of the slit, but not in any other motion (essentially, just moving horizontally). A little "hinge" on top would allow the top part of the wood to bend forward - hitting a small ball back and forth between players (hence, Pong).

... eh, I like Wiflewood's suggestion better, simpler and cleaner. :D

Any other suggestions/comments?

[Toasty]

As for the pong idea, I would suggest replacing the wooden bars with rubber bands. But you could always make a rotatable poker table, and mabey put another seperate rotating table in the center for food or something. That'd be pretty cool to have at parties or something.

[EDIT] Kinda like this, but a lot better. :D

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/2289/pokertablerx5.png

[PDM]

How about a single wooden paddle?

[FlamingDuck]

The pong idea sounds interesting, or you could try a ping pong table...Maybe a credenza? Or is that a little big?

[Lemontime]

How about a single wooden paddle?


:)

[PDM]

That's a great idea, Lemontime.

[Ironsight]

Lemon..you realy killed it that time :)

[Lemontime]

Quiet Darksword, I am your superior.

[Ironsight]

:) I HAVE NO SUPPERIORS!!!
GL, after all i the ideas i have seen so far, ive gotta say that the spinning table thing is probobly your best bet.

[Lemontime]

Nah. I think a single wooden paddle is a better idea.

[Aquamarine]

I've actually got a single wooden paddle my brother made a few years ago. I can send it to you if you want, GL. I'll just attach to a PM...

[FlamingDuck]

How about a Pinko(I think?) game, where you drop a disc onto a board with little pegs sticking out of it and try to guess where it will land? Am I making sense?

[Split Infinity]

So what did you make in the end, GL?

[Lemontime]

I hope it was a single wooden paddle..

[Golden Legacy]

DarkSword, on Apr 18 2007, 02:39 AM, said:

GL, after all i the ideas i have seen so far, ive gotta say that the spinning table thing is probobly your best bet.

Yeah, I definitely agree. I modified the design that Mr. T posted, so instead I'm making a small bedside table that rotates.

Thanks again everyone, I appreciate it.

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