Dan Hahr
04-06-2012, 12:30 AM
Well, its kind of woodworking related. My 6 year old son calls me at work and says, "Dad, I need to use your metal cutting saw. Can I use it?"
Not exactly asking the correct question, I respond, "Okay, why?" I am given the answer, "Because I want to cut something metal, and I don't want to dull my other saws." (He has a small back saw and a coping saw that he is quite proficient with.)
After just a hint of panic thinking about all the metal things that might suffer in my shop, I follow up with a question or two to make sure he knows the metal cutting saw is also known as the hacksaw, and that it is the one with the plastic handle and blue blade, not the $50 dozuki in the blue plastic shroud next to it. He reminds me that he knows which one it is and I ask him what he wants to cut with it. He responds that he wants to cut a nail with it, so I tell him to have at it, but be careful and that it might be tougher than he thinks.
When I get home, he shows me a small cross made with two small oak branches that he nailed together perfectly with a 4d finishing nail. He didn't want to bend over the nail, so he cut it off on the back side. The cross was for the grave of his pet lizard that accidently got ran over by the neighbor yesterday (another story altogether.)
Anyway, very proud of my little man and thought I'd share the story.
Dan
Added photos, sorry for the poor quality. Rattle snake was the name of the lizard.
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Not exactly asking the correct question, I respond, "Okay, why?" I am given the answer, "Because I want to cut something metal, and I don't want to dull my other saws." (He has a small back saw and a coping saw that he is quite proficient with.)
After just a hint of panic thinking about all the metal things that might suffer in my shop, I follow up with a question or two to make sure he knows the metal cutting saw is also known as the hacksaw, and that it is the one with the plastic handle and blue blade, not the $50 dozuki in the blue plastic shroud next to it. He reminds me that he knows which one it is and I ask him what he wants to cut with it. He responds that he wants to cut a nail with it, so I tell him to have at it, but be careful and that it might be tougher than he thinks.
When I get home, he shows me a small cross made with two small oak branches that he nailed together perfectly with a 4d finishing nail. He didn't want to bend over the nail, so he cut it off on the back side. The cross was for the grave of his pet lizard that accidently got ran over by the neighbor yesterday (another story altogether.)
Anyway, very proud of my little man and thought I'd share the story.
Dan
Added photos, sorry for the poor quality. Rattle snake was the name of the lizard.
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