...picking up a pair of child sized safety goggles.
Like a Dad who buys his newborn son a glove, I might be pushing it a bit.
He's almost 4.
But there was nary a hestitation when I saw them hanging there at McGukin's.
Can't wait.
Don't care if it's Son #1, Son #2 or Daughter #1.
Mix n' match don't matter either. Come one, come all.
Can't wait.
"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> ...picking up a pair of child sized safety goggles.
>
> Like a Dad who buys his newborn son a glove, I might be pushing it a bit.
> He's almost 4.
> But there was nary a hestitation when I saw them hanging there at McGukin's.
>
> Can't wait.
> Don't care if it's Son #1, Son #2 or Daughter #1.
> Mix n' match don't matter either. Come one, come all.
> Can't wait.
Four isn't too old. Sure he'll slow your work down a lot but my guys
started short visits to the wood shop at about 3. Don't forget the ear
plugs, dust mask, and the designated seat to be occupied when any A/C
powered tool is on. Make sure your dust collection is good so the
mask is "extra protection".
Try the designated seat with tools that are not going to damage you
(much) if you get distracted by someone getting out of the seat.
Dangerous tools always require eviction from the shop while in use.
Also remember you are modelling shop safety so this is a good
opportunity to help you break *your* bad habits.
My silly dad things for each of my two boys were: 1 ea egg beater
drills and 1 ea Japanese mini wooden plane (picked up in Tokyu Hands
in Tokyo while attending a conference). Now we're working on adopting
our foster daughter so I have to keep an eye out for another drill but
I'll probably try to find her an old domestic plane rather than order
out of Japan Woodworker.
hex
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"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> ...picking up a pair of child sized safety goggles.
>
> Like a Dad who buys his newborn son a glove, I might be pushing it a bit.
> He's almost 4.
> But there was nary a hestitation when I saw them hanging there at McGukin's.
>
> Can't wait.
> Don't care if it's Son #1, Son #2 or Daughter #1.
> Mix n' match don't matter either. Come one, come all.
> Can't wait.
Pushing it? Saturday morning found my 2 week old son in his bouncy
seat sitting on the table saw while I was wiring a new 220 outlet for
the Red Star RAS.
At age two my son had his own safety glasses and ear defenders. He wanted to
be in the woodshop while I was working so they were a definate must have.
Before he could walk his favorite toys were the pneumatic brad nailer (no
air hose attached) and the cordless drill (no drill bit and clutch at
minimum with the chiuck cranked closed).
He can identify most woodworking tools from the catalogue.
An easy way to frustrate him is for me to be in the shop and his mom
upstairs in the kitchen baking, Eventually he looks at one of us and say
"You stop! Sit down I'll be back later" as he heads off to where the other
is.
George
"patrick conroy" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ...picking up a pair of child sized safety goggles.
>
> Like a Dad who buys his newborn son a glove, I might be pushing it a bit.
> He's almost 4.
> But there was nary a hestitation when I saw them hanging there at
McGukin's.
>
> Can't wait.
> Don't care if it's Son #1, Son #2 or Daughter #1.
> Mix n' match don't matter either. Come one, come all.
> Can't wait.
>
>
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