[Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

David F scopist65 at gmail.com
Thu Oct 31 11:13:23 UTC 2013 

I'd like hand tools but do understand how things like sanders could be
useful.  

Do you have a favorite wood?

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Denise Shaible
Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:32 AM
To: List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

David,

That's where you and I differ.  I love the noise except when several saws
are going at once.  Yes, it's better to start with hand tools like we did at
Louisiana Center and then move to power tools, especially if you've never
worked with tools before.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----
From: David F
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 10:30 AM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

I once read a young adult book and it mentioned in the olden days carpenters
and boat builders had specialized hand tools for each part of the building
process.  I liked that and would have wanted to learn that first and
gradually moved to power tools.  I f ind the noise power tools make
upsetting.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Denise Shaible
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2013 12:31 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

Well, JD is a character, that's for sure.  No, it wasn't dangerous because
he's great at teacing safety tips.  Yes, he gives the students one on one
but, then he lets them go on their own.  I mean, that's the structured
discovery method.  JD doesn't help that much.  In fact, he let me roam
around the shop for about 15 minutes one time until I found my way.  He
doesn't do that on the first try, though.  I really liked James.  I think I
learned more from him than JD.  Some of the students thought he was a bit
harsh but, I really enjoyed working with him and I really regret not having
the time to complete a project.  The biggest thing in the shop was safety.
I'm sure you would have done well, especially if I'd been there to mentor
you.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----
From: David F
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 5:45 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

I attended LCB back in the Stone Age pre JD.  I cannot imagine doing any of
this.  It just sounds so dangerous!  I'm almost glad I was not there when
they started that stuff.  I could not get a reading on JD when I was
attending the state convention the one time I went last year.  I hope you
get lots of one-on-one.  I worry my mind wanders so much I'd snip a finger.
It does sound most interesting and I'm glad you liked the class.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nfb-krafters-korner [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Denise Shaible
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 11:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter

Lindy,

When I trained at the Louisiana Center for the Blind, I learned how to use
the table saw, radial arm saw, band saw, and sander.  I also used the router
which was a problem for me since I had difficulty holding it when going
around the wood.  I also used a hand drill and drill press.  We had to make
a Braille block which is a block of wood which has pegs in it to represent
the Braille dots.  It took lots of work because the instructor was very
specific about precision work.  I never got to do a project because I
graduated but, my husband Adam made a mantle clock and learned home
maintenance skills like marking and using a circuit breaker and fixing a
toilet.  I'm not sure I could still do some of the work I did back in
Louisiana but, I'll bet once I got into it, I could do it.  the one thing I
wanted to learn was how to hand a picture but, we didn't use hammers or
nails on our projects.

I hope this helps you.  I can tell you that when I started, I was scared
because I had never worked around power tools before.  I learned how to use
a valuable device called a click ruler and how to make a grid with a scratch
awl and mallot.
We had a long piece of wood called stock and had to bring it with us so we
could work on our Braille blocks.  I grew to love it and mentored several
students who didn't like shop.

Regards,

Denise

-----Original Message-----
From: Lindy van der Merwe
Sent: Monday, October 28, 2013 1:14 AM
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Wow, Denise, I'd love to do some stuff around the house or even be able to
do some simple wood crafts.
My son, now 7, is also interested, and I'd love to do some basic stuff with
him as well.
What kind of power tools have you learnt to use?
Lindy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Denise Shaible" <denise.shaible at att.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2013 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter


> Okay, Joyce, I don't know how I missed this.  I actually have some 
> pink tools.  they're in a pink tool box and a friend of mine gave them 
> to me because I was taking shop class in my training at the Louisiana 
> Center for

> the Blind.  I'd love to see some chats about fixing things and how to 
> use tools.  I mainly know how to use power tools but I'd love to know
more.
>
> In fact, some of the people who came by the table at National 
> expressed interest in wood working and working with tools.  It might 
> be difficult over the phone but, at least talking about tools and how 
> to fix things around the house would be so cool.  Let us know what you
learn.
>
> Regards,
>
> Denise
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blindhands at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 9:35 PM
> To: nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter
>
> Now do I hear a new part of Krafters Korner growing over here!
>
> I don't have a clue what I was doing a search for on google , but I 
> came up with this:
>
> Pink Tools for Women: Learn today, Teach tomorrow, Build forever.
> OK I  just took a fast spin thru this website and I remember what I 
> was searching  around for...
>
> http://www.tomboytools.com/
>
> Pink Tools for Women Learn today, Teach tomorrow, Build forever.
>
> House Party sales.  I am running a Holiday Gift Boutique at our VFW  
> and renting tables, so I was poking around looking for maybe some 
> scrapbook sales
> and stumbled across   this.
> It definitely got me thinking about Krafters Korner.  I thought we  
> need to ask around and get more "fix it chats:.  We did have some 
> hguys do  a chat that were blind and we asked lots of questions 
> regarding how to do this and that.  We need to develop a Pink Tool 
> Section for everyone and find  blind folks to do some chats.
>
> Pink Tools for Women Learn today, Teach tomorrow, Build forever.
>
> I will do some more digging around on this.    I like their  logo, too.
> Yes, maybe we can get linked or exchange web sites or  something.  I 
> will do some digging, maybe with a pink shovel!?!?
>
> Joyce  Kane
> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/) 
> Blindhands at AOL.com
>
>
> In a message dated 10/13/2013 8:49:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jillbilly4 at comcast.net writes:
>
> Becky,
> I saw that story!  I thought it was awesome.  I  am ready to get my 
> carpenter training!  I am so sick and tired of  getting taken by these 
> so called handy men!  I wonder if he would come  to Alabama to work???
> Jill who is giggling like becky and  Jake!lol!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfb-krafters-korner  
> [mailto:nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Becky  Frankeberger
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2013 6:35 PM
> To: 'List for blind  crafters and artists'
> Cc: PawsForward at yahoogroups.com
> Subject:  [Nfb-krafters-korner] blind carpenter
>
> (CBS News) TYLER, Texas -- Just  outside Tyler, Texas, there's a 
> single-story house with a story-and-a-half.
>
>
>
> Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Graham is building this house  pretty much 
> by himself. And although that alone is not remarkable, just  imagine 
> trying to put up a three-bedroom, two-bath ranch without any  
> blueprints -- and doing it in total darkness.
>
> Thomas says he started  dreaming of this shortly after he went blind 
> at the age of 18. He had some  friends help him with the roof and the 
> wiring, but the rest has been all  him. All this in just five months.
>
> All this and still 10 fingers -- an  accomplishment so unbelievable 
> that a lot of his neighbors don't believe  him. Thomas says people 
> don't believe he's blind.
>
> "And then I tell  them, 'Well, let me drive your car, then,'" he says.
> "And
> then they usually  back off. 'I believe you, buddy.'"
>
> For the record, he is totally blind.  And on occasion, he even 
> unwittingly hammers home the point.
>
> Blinded  at age 18, Thomas Graham is now building his own house -- and 
> reclaiming  his childhood in the process.
>
> "Before I had these walls up, I fell  right off the front of the house 
> here,"
> he says. "And, you know, it's real  hard to make it look like you 
> meant to do that."
>
> As you can probably  tell by now, Thomas has a great sense of humor.
>
> "I just bounced right  back up," he says.
>
> But there's also a dark corner to this house. The  building is 
> actually a replica of the house he grew up in, and his wife  suspects 
> there's a reason for that. Away from Thomas, in the camper they're  
> living in for now, Evonne told me she thinks part of this is about 
> Thomas  reclaiming his childhood.
>
> "I really think that's a lot of it," she says  of the healing that's 
> going on as Thomas builds. "And I hope this does  it."
>
> Thomas acknowledges, "As a teenager, at the age of 18, I made some  
> bad choices."
>
> The worst choice, by far, was agreeing to go with his  dad on a 
> burglary attempt. Things went bad. His dad shot and killed a cop,  and 
> then got shot and killed himself. Thomas got a face full of shotgun  
> pellets.
>
> He lost his vision, his father and his freedom, all in one  fell swoop.
> And
> it was after serving his six years in prison that Thomas  decided he 
> would one day build his childhood home.
>
> For his part,  Thomas doesn't care about the reasons behind the project.
> All
> he cares  about is getting it done before winter. And if he can 
> inspire others along  the way, all the better.
>
> "I truly hope that there are people who think  that they can't will 
> find something inside themselves, and, you know, and  say that 'I 
> can,'" he says.
>
> To contact On the Road, or to send us a  story idea, e-mail us.
> <mailto:%20OnTheRoad at cbsnews.com>
>
> C  2013 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights  Reserved.
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>
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