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Jeremy VanGelder wrote:The SKIP program has a whole set of badges for dimensional woodworking There are a bunch of fun projects and your daughter could prove her skills. In the past Paul has invited people to teach at SKIP events once they have accrued a certain number of Badge Bits. So maybe she could teach woodworking at one of those someday.
There is a pathway for people to teach at Washington's career and technical high schools. All you need is a couple years of experience in a given career. I believe you can get hired, and then earn your teaching certificate as you teach. That is how my Dad taught at a Skills Center for 30 years.
Down here in Vancouver, WA we have Friends of the Carpenter which teaches woodworking to homeless people and others.
Steve Zoma wrote:My suggestion is to just be very open-minded.
I say that because where I live you might not find classes on how to make kitchen cabinets but there are multiple schools on how to build small wooden boats. She might find out she LOVES working on boats, and even if not, the boatbuilding skills I learned when I built yachts carried over into skills I used last week to build new kitchen cabinets. There is a great carry-over with woodworking skills.
But if not boats, what about wooden toys, or what I specialized in… wooden models.
Another great area to look is with Adult Education Courses through your local high school. Years ago I could not make the class on making hand cutting dovetails due to my schedule, but I could with the beginning woodworker course. Because it had the same instructor, I asked him if he would teach me to cut hand cut dovetails… he taught the whole class and some had never picked up a chisel before in their lives! So be very flexible and you might find something for her. And… do not miss this either, she could TEACH adult education too so the dream of hers may not be as dead as she thought!
Also consider woodworking kits that you can buy. You can buy wooden models on Amazon to build wooden truck models… or anything else for that matter, or if the idea of small boats appeal to her, have her check out the kits available at Chesapeake Light Craft. Kits works good because they often cost relatively little money to buy, but take a long time to do… perfect for someone who is currently unemployed! And when she is done, she has an incredible kayak to float around in. I think Cape Falcon is located in Washington state and the cost of wood to build a skin-on-frame kayak is something like $350 and takes a few weeks to build. They also have boat building classes…
And keep in mind currently there is a 425,000 carpenter shortage in this country. There was never a greater time to be a skilled woodworker…
In the meantime, has she considered being a substitute teacher? My daughter is 19, going to college but does substitute teaching on the side as it pays well, the need is great, and only takes having a high school diploma.
Here is a picture of my daughter's train cradle/toy box. At the time I worked for the railroad. The first was of the cradle and all the compartments closed, and the next is of them all opened.
Woodworking is just plain awesome!
Cristobal Cristo wrote:Tess,
I would hire her for a month or two if you were closer, as my woodworker disappeared. I have a lot of serious projects, all machinery and material.
--Tess
hans muster wrote:If you have only a small space (garage, basement, or shed) to spare, just buy a few tools, second-hand, one at a time.
Then, with inspiration from online videos (do you know the scrapwood challenges by Pask Makes?), she can improve day by day.
In many towns there are also community workshops, where you can use the tools for a small fee. And it is always great to learn from each other
--Tess
Mac Johnson wrote:I've read about the woodworking scene in the Northwest with Gary Rogowski being one of the legends. He teaches near Portland. Not Washington, but you're a lot closer than me. This is his school.
https://northwestwoodworking.com/
J.P. Waters wrote:Have a very similar mindset...but call it navigating by joy.
I DEFINITELY make a distinction between happy and joy.
The easiest way to describe the distinction is that I don't think I could be happy in a prison camp; but I could feel joy.
Because I can observe nature. I can watch an ant do its thing, and be joyful. Even in a prison camp.
Joy feels like helium for your backpack.
I've learned if you seek joy each day, it's much harder to get stuck in unhealthy thinking.
So probably for a lot of us, nature=joy (even if being in it is difficult)
Joy and curiosity are in a positive feedback loop.
It's much easier to be your best self when you're seeking and experiencing joy.
The other cool thing, is joy vs happiness.
Is that you can be with someone who is really suffering or in deep grief and go right back to your joy when you've been there for them.
Maybe not so for happiness, at least for me.
Hope this helps.
If someone tells me a poet already wrote exactly this, I would laugh and say: Well.....I studied engineering; not English, and that may have stunted my spiritual growth for awhile...
But I am pleased to be in this spot and thank Jon Kabat Zin, Michael Singer, Don Miguel Ruiz, Rumi and many others to help me along my path to peace.
I do describe the book 'Untethered Soul' as a flashlight to help you find the path to peace (and eventually joy too)
Wishing you abundant joy!
-JP
J.P. Waters wrote:Hey Tess, Thanks for your well wishes!
Yes, I'm a big fan of the NP system. Took a 6 month RV trip and got to see many along the East coast, then over to AR, TX & NM and got to see ones there too!
Have amassed quite the list but have not seen Badlands NP yet, so I will be stopping there for sure.
Have done Glacier & Yellowstone previously but just scratched the surface!
I do carry the Nat Geo Adventure atlas which makes it a little easier to see what's around.
Thanks again!
JP