Reddit mentions of The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking: 150 Easy Projects (Big Book of ... Series)

I got a book from the local bookstore on weekend woodworking projects. It's full of plans and descriptions. Start going through and building them. Try to do good, but don't get mad if they're crappy. Keep doing it and slowly get better. Similar books are packed with smallish projects.

The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking: 150 Easy Projects (Big Book of ... Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1579906001/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_Fn52wb72KWMP3

Building Small Projects: The New Best of Fine Woodworking https://www.amazon.com/dp/1561587303/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_awd_gq52wb1KD32KA


Also Wood Magazine has a newsletter with free plans in it you can sign up for. A lot of them are jigs, but sometimes more interesting stuff.
https://secure.woodmagazine.com/common/profile/quicksignup.jsp?regSource=3027

And the better you get, the better you feel about giving them away as gifts lol

A.) why are they dropping this on you?
B.) Safety! Safety! Safety! Before you do anything, you need to brush up on safety in both a shop setting and when it comes to tools. Both Hand and Power.
C.) Boxes. Learn how to make boxes. 95% of all woodworking is making a box. Picture Frame??? It's a box without a top or bottom. Dresser??? A box with smaller boxes in it. Well, maybe not 95% but learning to make a box is a pretty good step in being able to take different projects.
D.) Safety
E.) Do you know what kind of tools you will have access too, space to work, how much time these kids are going to have?


You may check out the following Youtube Channels:

• Stumpy Nub
  
• Woodworking for Mere Mortals
  
• Paul Sellers
  
  Some books that might be handy as well:
  
  
• Woodworking Basics - Mastering the Essentials of Craftsmanship - An Integrated Approach With Hand and Power tools
  
• The Complete Manual of Woodworking: A Detailed Guide to Design, Techniques, and Tools for the Beginner and Expert
  
• The Joint Book: The Complete Guide to Wood Joinery
  
• One-Board Woodworking Projects
  
• The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking Projects

I got this for Christmas. It’s plans for a ton of really small projects. Not a lot of “here’s how you use a miter saw” stuff in here. For that I’d recommend YouTube. But this book would give you a good set of projects. If you want some YouTube channel suggestions let me know. I’ve bookmarked tons of videos for certain topics that I go to when I have questions. Helps me weed through all the crap I’ve watched but didn’t get anything from. The Big Book of Weekend Woodworking: 150 Easy Projects (Big Book of ... Series) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1579906001/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_s72BCbPBKC6DZ