Lord give me the patience to explain and identify every tool in my shop to my three year old grandson...every day.
He's at the "Whats that?" stage. I know, it'll pay off in the end when I get my little shop buddy.
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Lord give me the patience to explain and identify every tool in my shop to my three year old grandson...every day.
He's at the "Whats that?" stage. I know, it'll pay off in the end when I get my little shop buddy.
Sounds like a good job! I hope you are giving demos ,too. Amazing how much they can quickly soak up and build on.
I understand Roger. I'm grateful to have had that experience myself with my grandkids. I love to patiently explain and demonstrate tools to them.
It brings me back to when I was a kid.
At age 4 or 5 I was allowed to play in my uncle's basement alone. Half of it was his woodshop. I was told " DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING" in the shop half. I'd stand there studying every tool and machine. I new my uncle built all the cabinets for his home and others in the family. When I asked what did what I was told"just don't touch". I think they were afraid if I knew what did what I'd be to tempted and get in trouble.
Didn't stop me from begging my parents to let me buy a table saw. At age 8 I was allowed to have one if I promised to only run it when someone was home! No one ever showed me how to use it. Never saw someone use one. But I studied the heck out every Popular Mechanics magazine I ever got my hands on. Luckily I've never been hurt by the many table saws I've had in 60 years.
Roger, good on ya. This also guarantees that your tools will have a home when you pass.