Pete Staehling
08-04-2019, 9:37 AM
Anyone have luck finding safety gear for younger children? Face shields in particular. My grandson loves helping in the shop and he grabs the face shield and wears it when the power tools are on but it doesn't fit very well. Toddler and kid sized hearing protection is readily available but face shields less so.
He is 2-1/2 and knows the names and functions of all the machines right down to small items like chuck keys and such. He knows how to safely stay out of the way when he watches operations where i allow him in the shop, and where safe enough he actually helps by handing me parts or tools or holding things. Some operations Grandma helps out where the work requires too much attention to properly supervise him by myself.
Sometimes time in the shop is spent just asking me to do stuff like make curly wood (shavings with a hand plane), which he seems to delight in. Some times he pulls pieces from the scrap bin and requests cuts or holes to be drilled. Often the finished pieces wind up with his blocks or on his play work bench. Other times we actually do projects like building little trucks or a little adirondack chair. I love it when I do something and he quickly goes and gets his toy version of the tool I used and follows behind and does what I just did. He is still mostly at the watching and handing parts and tools stage, but is starting to be able to drive brads and small nails and to fit pieces together. He is really interested and a quick study.
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He is 2-1/2 and knows the names and functions of all the machines right down to small items like chuck keys and such. He knows how to safely stay out of the way when he watches operations where i allow him in the shop, and where safe enough he actually helps by handing me parts or tools or holding things. Some operations Grandma helps out where the work requires too much attention to properly supervise him by myself.
Sometimes time in the shop is spent just asking me to do stuff like make curly wood (shavings with a hand plane), which he seems to delight in. Some times he pulls pieces from the scrap bin and requests cuts or holes to be drilled. Often the finished pieces wind up with his blocks or on his play work bench. Other times we actually do projects like building little trucks or a little adirondack chair. I love it when I do something and he quickly goes and gets his toy version of the tool I used and follows behind and does what I just did. He is still mostly at the watching and handing parts and tools stage, but is starting to be able to drive brads and small nails and to fit pieces together. He is really interested and a quick study.
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