Caboose Painting Next Week

We are scheduled to start the final phase of exterior paint stripping and
painting of WP668 next week. Avi Lenchner, who has painted two houses for us, of Avi
Decorative Painting, 650-329-0770, Menlo Park, CA, has us on his schedule!

Also, Tanya Jankot found a 2007-2008 Catalog of Classes for

The Crucible (A nonprofit collaboration of Arts, Industry, Community based in
Oakland, CA) which includes an entry-level Hot Wheels class called

“Caboose Restoration and Modification (Part I)”.

In 2004, a class at The Crucible restored and modified a vintage fire truck to create our Educational Response Vehicle (ERV). Heartened by the success of that project, we’re at it again. A generous donor has provided us with a 1940s railroad caboose, which we are restoring and adapting to make a café to serve healthy food in our West Oakland neighborhood. Taught by The Crucible’s founder Michael Sturtz in collaboration with a handpicked team of metal fabricators, wood workers, and other artists, this class is a team-oriented, hands-on learning experience, with continuous skill-building opportunities. Aspects of metalworking, blacksmithing, wood refinishing, furniture making, painting, coppersmithing, glass working, and electrical wiring will be part of the work curriculum. And while you’re learning and working, you’ll help create a piece of Crucible history, that will provide meals to students and the neighborhood!

Looks like fun!