You probably remember the Rocking Horse Charity Build, right? Well, we had a late addition from Matthew Agate: a 10 year old from Newfoundland, Canada.
With the help of his father, Michael Agate, he cuts and assembles the project in the family kitchen! So awesome! To make it all the sweeter, they filmed the entire thing for our enjoyment. Does my heart good to see a budding craftsman do his thing! Congratulations Matthew and thanks to Michael for being the supportive cameraman.
It truly is wonderful to see a young person take an interest in building something for others with his own hands.
Go Matthew!
Kitchen table > Roubo
What a great video for a great cause. I hope this inspires more young people to take part in the cause and the craft.
Can I adopt this kid?
Awesome.
Perfect sized for Mateo
AMAZING! He cuts better with a coping saw, than I do with a jig saw.
Great work, Matthew. May you inspire your friends to one day become woodworkers too.
Congratulations Michael (full time camera man, part time hold fast).
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Great Job there Michael — from a fellow, albeit older woodworker from St. John’s, NL. You did a splendid job. Kudos to your Mom for letting you use her kitchen table as a workbench :)
I was fairly sure he was going to cut his thumb and/or the table when he first started cutting. Good job though.
Hey everyone,
Thanks for the kind comments. Matthew is so excited over his video, and the comments he is receiveing, has him on cloud 9. He is a very mechanical 10 year old. Give him a Math book and he don’t know what to do with it. Give him a Measuring tape and he’s breaking down fractions. go figure. a true south paw like his Dad. A huge thank you to Marc for putting this up on here. *Gary, you’re on the island? You want to ask your wife if you can use the kitchen table as well. The workshops are cold here this time of year. :)
Loved the way he honored his parents – especially his dad throughout the video.
Maybe we should take up a collection to help them buy an electric saw.
I love it, great job Matthew keep up the good work.
I love this kid! What an inspiration… We don’t need the big tools to do the job (although it is very nice). ANd what a great project for a father and son to do!!!
Great post. Also, I was very proud of the young man for saying thanks to his family where they helped. Giving credit keeps us humble and inspires those around us. Kudos!
Great job Matthew ! You are an inspiration to all us ” old” woodworkers. If you continue to practice and build, you wil surely be an amazing craftsman in the future. Maybe you should start your own blog and keep us up to date on your creations.
That was awesome. Nice job.
Great post, watched it with my 2 kids, 6 & 9 years old totally glued to Mathew’s project. When I was 10, I was still taken things apart, not knowing how they go back together. Good luck to ya, sky is the limit.
Matthew, you absolutely ROCK, young man! And so do your parents! Speaking as Marc’s mom, you remind me so much of The Wood Whisperer while he was growing up. I foresee wonderful things for your future young man. I know your parents are very proud of you. Keep up the great work. Your rocking horse is awesome! Email your mailing address to lorna@thewoodwhisperer, I want to send you something. Great Job! TWWMom
Great Job Matthew, and Stan, that sounds like a great Idea!! I’m in!… Im up for another tool fundraiser!
What a great job!
One thing he really needs though- a couple of clamps…..stat! Maybe Marc could spare a few…..lol
Seriously, keep up the great work.
Well done!
Maybe just a little tape happy?
Nice work with the coping saw though!
Keep up the good work! :P
Great job Matthew!! showing such great skill and woodworking ability at such a young age is very impressive. I think in the film business your Dad might credited as the ‘key grip’… LOL. Well done to Dad Michael for all the help!
This must be the power of the WWW (‘World Wide Whispering’) LOL.
Keep up the great work Matthew!! Marc look out :-)
Can I borrow this kid to help with coping crown molding?
Marc,
You better watch out, in two years Matthew will be the competition :) I can’t wait to see what Matt does for the Roubo build.
Boy that brought me back to my first project, a fish.I used a copping saw too…… now all I use it for is back cuts. I think after seeing this I will put it out and make something….. maybe I can get one of my boys to do something……..NOT. Great job, son’t quit, love it, have fun.
Thomas
Nice little horse, and an inspiring project. It’s a good start in woodworking. My son still has his first project, a little tool tote built when he was about 7. He is 37.
Fantastic..Nice mom and dad.
WOW – Marc, you have an awesome group of people following you.
Very kind for everyone to comment. Matthew’s youtube views have jumped from 600 views yesterday to a stagering 1,235 today. Thanks Marc!
*Alec – he “was” tape happy, but for the purpose of sanding to the line without disrupting the pattern :) All the tape kept everything firmly in place. He did struggle to get it off though :)
For all you woodworkers with young kiddies running around, We have had a number of requests come in for a Matthew Blog, and he is all for it. He says he would like to gear it towards simple projects that the Average child can do with the assistance of a parent/guardian. He will be posting to LumberJocks when we create him an account.
*Tom nice that your Son still has his tool tote, Matthew and I made a copy of his minature rocking horse in hopes that when he becomes a father he can build one with his son/daughter.
I sent an email on Matthews behalf to TWW’sMOM if she hasn’t received it, feel free to reach out to me via my email magate@tacamor.com.
Thank you one and all for the comments thus far and for the ones to follow.
Kindest Regards,
Michael, you rock! (ha…pun intended!) Nicely done. I get nervous when my 10 year old son wants to bash in nails….maybe I need to let him do more?
I love the ‘can-do’ attitude…esp when he says he’ll be using a coping saw “because we don’t have a scroll saw…but we’ll get through it”. Nice!
Hi Michael,
greetings from Germany. Nice work.Just hang in there!
Best regards, Achim
That’s special!!!
THis is a very special video that hits a nerve with me, as me and my 3 year old son are building benches together. While I build my Roubo, my son is having some input on how his mini me bench is being built. He sits at my moxon benchtop bench trying to follow a line with a chisel and a saw telling me what to do differnent with his bench. I wish I had the production skills you guys do. You must be a very proud father to say the least.
@David Haniquet – David, We have no production skills. This was made with a canon power shot digital camera, set to the record setting and edited inside of windows movie maker. This is very easy to do. If you would like to know how, send me a message on twitter @michaelagate or Google + Michael Agate. I would be happy to setup a gotomeeting with you and show you how to do this very easily. Thanks for the comment.
Matthew that is fabulous!!!
when I was your age I too did woodwork on my mother’s dinning room table … only I was not as accurate as you and the table 40 years on still has the saw marks in the edge.
Keep up the good work!
Awesome job Matthew, As a fellow Newfoundlander and someone who took part in the rocking horse build I think it’s great to to see a 10 year old take interest in this great hobby. Keep up the great work and I look forward to some new content. You really rocked that horse.
That kid is a beast!!! I rather watch him then Tommy Mac.