[Nfb-krafters-korner] Fwd: Model car kits for the blind.
Blindhands at aol.com
Blindhands at aol.com
Sun Sep 16 21:04:56 UTC 2012
Now folks I have invited this fellow to our list and hope he takes up my
offer. I would love for him to teach a class, too, on his model kits. He
can learn, share and teach what our abilities are. So he will be able to
create his kits with a better understanding and challenge for the blind.
Joyce Kane
_www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
Blindhands at AOL.com
In a message dated 9/15/2012 4:26:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
joseli at thezoolady.net writes:
Right... Guy's heart's in the right place, now to show him where to put
his
head.
Sighted person to apply the glue indeed... Ok fella.
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[mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:33 AM
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Fwd: Model car kits for the blind.
>I have been asked to circulate the following...
>Greetings Mr. Andrews,
>
>I am developing a series of model car kits that can be built by the blind.
>
>The models consist of hand cut corrugated cardboard parts, that are
>assembled by gluing one upon the other, to form the completed
>model. The pieces are aligned by feel, by using the bumper
>protrusions as reference points. Help from a sighted person would
>be required for applying the glue to each part before handing it to
>the blind person building the model. Help would also be needed for
>aligning the wheels on the Q-Tip swab stick axles, because they are
>meant to roll.
>
>I assembled each of these prototypes with my eyes closed.
>
>1950 Studebaker.
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>1950 Nash.
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>1955 Packard.
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>More information is available here:
><http://cardboardmodelcarshowcase.lefora.com/forum>http://cardboardmodelcar
showcase.lefora.com/forum
>
>I will gladly answer any questions you have.
>
>Sincerely,
>Mark Crowel
>Mattawan, MI
>
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