Shop Class is Soul Craft

Build your own equipment!

These tools which your students can build will help bring them to the next level. They'll continue to develop skills such as measurement, cutting, welding, grinding, and finishing, and when they are done they will have useful tools to work on their own vehicles. All welds for jack stands and car stands should be inspected thoroughly!

An ice fishing stove will help you stay warm during the cold days of winter. Great project for senior students to develop skills such as measurement, layout, cutting, welding, grinding, fitting, and finishing.

Build an Ice Fishing Stove | Lincoln Electric If you have ever considered building an ice fishing stove, here is a simple set of plans developed by a competitor in one of the past James F. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation School/Shop Award programs.

Here's a great introductory lathe project for junior level students that will help them to build confidence around the lathe and develop safe-work habits. This whistle can be build from any metal though here brass is recommended. Skills include layout, lathe setup, turning to a specified outside diameter, drilling, brazing, and more.

Simple Brass Whistle Simple Brass Whistle: This is a simple brass whistle I made from a solid piece of 3/4 in. brass rod on my wood lathe. It can easily be made in an afternoon and is a great addition to any emergency pack or hiking backpack.

Advanced welding and fabrication project ideas.

For senior level students, projects like these will challenge students while helping them to further develop their welding skills, as well as design, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing.

Table projects.

These projects will help your students develop their welding skills, as well as design, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing.

Some misc metal work projects, from introductory-level to junior high-level. Students will further develop their design, measurement, layout, drilling, cutting, bending, grinding, fitting, and finishing skills.

Machine shop project ideas.

From basic to advanced. Check out these projects that will have your students planning, designing, drilling, milling, turning, etc.

On a roll?

These toilet paper roll holder projects are a great way to practice skill and make a fun gift. Helps develop their welding skills, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing.

Compact Camping Grilles.

Here's two different designs to help your students practice basic skills working with metal while building something fun for outdoor adventuring. Cutting, heating, bending, and for the one, drilling, are involved in a project that should only take about 3-4 hours to complete.

Shoot and score!

For an advanced-level project, try these shooting targets, complete with auto-resetting capability. These will help your students develop their welding skills, as well as design, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing. For best durability targets should be made from AR500 plate or similar.

Recycle, reuse!

These fire pit projects will help your students develop their welding skills, as well as design, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing.

Fire in the hole!

These fire pit projects will help your students develop their welding skills, as well as design, measurement, cutting, grinding, fitment, and finishing.

Barbie is all the rage these days. Be trendy.

These are great senior-level projects for use at home or out camping. Skill development includes design, measurement, cutting, welding, fitment, grinding, and finishing. Push your students to add advanced features to test their skills. If you have a CNC plasma setup you can also incorporate computer drafting (CAD) and CNC programming to your course in order to develop basic skills which will be useful in the workforce.

Handy man (or woman!)?

Hand skills are essential. Projects like these teach patience, persistence, attention to detail, as well as fine motor skills, layout using dye, scribing, hack-sawing, filing, and more. These are great for junior level high school classes such as grades 9 or 10, or as time fillers in senior level courses to evaluate proficiency. If you include annealing and heat-treatment, these projects can also include useful edged tools (some supervision required). The two-finger knuckle may be illegal in some places... use your judgement.

Fountain of youth anyone?

A waterfall project is probably best for senior high school level (or advanced juniors). Skills include design, measuring, layout, cutting, bending, welding, grinding, finishing, and some minor plumbing.

Learn to Burn!

The love of welding, and the enjoyment of the artistic side of the craft, is one that can be instilled as early as middle-school years with creative projects such as these and a mig welder. Students learn to plan out their project while also being open to change along the process. Basic welding safety can be taught (auto-darkening helmets recommended). In the course of a few short sessions, students can produce something memorable they will cherish for many years to come. Skills include design, welding, drilling (in some cases), safe handling of hot materials, cutting, shaping, bending, and more. The best part is these can be made from scrap that businesses and yards will happily donate to your program!

Timing is everything!

Clocks are a great project for high school students who already have a solid foundation of basic skills and who want to make a project that is both creative and useful. Skills including design, welding, drilling, fitting. Depending on the complexity, this project could be used as a great filler or or add-on for extra credit for those students who finish ahead of others on main projects.

Hold up!

These shelf brackets are great projects for beginners and experienced metal workers alike.

Skills involve heating, bending, cutting, drilling, measuring, welding, and more! Depending on the complexity these could be great for a middle-school introductory course or senior-level initial project to build while demonstrating competency and safe-work habits.

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Misc Metal Shop Organizing Ideas

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Welding Tables

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Crazy Custom Bikes, Part 2

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Crazy Custom Bikes, Part 1

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Extend-a-Wrench!

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Dinner Time!

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Hold on!

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Nice Rack!

Cart Racing Anyone?

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