| Project by patchwoods | posted 05-05-2013 05:33 PM | 2613 views | 3 times favorited | 4 comments |  |
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These Star of David puzzles are patterned after better ones by Bob (at http://lumberjocks.com/projects/61701). Mine are of oak & poplar, oil-finished, < 4.75” in diameter. Photo 1 is of one star partially slid open (l.) & one fully closed (r.). Photo 2 has the six pieces of a star surrounding the closed star puzzle. Many thanks to Bob for generously sending me additional clues. This exercise added to a bag of wood puzzles & games I share with a lovely group of 4th grade urban students. They’re mostly children of refugees (from Africa, Nepal & the Near East). I engage them in conversation to improve their fluency in English. For me, such volunteering is great fun, easy & an exhilarating work in progress.
-- Bob, Pittsford, NY @ www.patchwoods.com
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eddie
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#1 posted 05-06-2013 10:36 AM
love the puzzles,they should enjoy them and mt hats off to ya for your work there ,may God bless
-- Jesus Is Alright with me
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#2 posted 05-07-2013 03:41 PM
That’s fun and cute puzzles. What you do is a great cause and an inspiration. You make the world of those kids a better place to live in.
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#3 posted 05-07-2013 03:52 PM
Great puzzle, we’ve got a new c&c machine at work and am going to make something similar to this! will have to design something!
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#4 posted 05-12-2013 01:42 PM
Bob,
These look fantastic!
It was my honor to share the plans and building tips with you – especially knowing who would be using them!
While not easy to make, they are fun!
Cheers!
-bob
-- Robert Rhoades WoodWorks / Email: [email protected] / www.rhoadesclan.com
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