The scraps.

WarnerConstCo. · Aug 16, 2015

It has become apparent that I can't afford to hang with the hand tool collectors at auctions. I can only hang out under then table and try to get the good scraps.

I did manage to get some decent scraps though.

Greenlee lathe tools in their box:

nice millers falls no. 74 miter box with a Richardson saw, I lubed this and spent a few hours trying to teach my daughters how to use a hand miter box.

Interesting slide out rule, got a pair. I think the buck bros. pig sticker is in the back ground

Interesting parallel jaw vise

James Cam mortise chisel

I also picked up some nice books, lots of old tool catalogs.

Shane Holland · Aug 16, 2015

WarnerConstCo. said:
nice millers falls no. 74 miter box with a Richardson saw, I lubed this and spent a few hours trying to teach my daughters how to use a hand miter box.

[thumbs up] [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

WarnerConstCo. · Aug 17, 2015

Shane Holland said:
WarnerConstCo. said:

nice millers falls no. 74 miter box with a Richardson saw, I lubed this and spent a few hours trying to teach my daughters how to use a hand miter box.

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[thumbs up] [thumbs up] [thumbs up]

Isn't that what dads are for?

clark_fork · Aug 17, 2015

I still use my Millers Falls Mitre Box. I call it Kapex Jr.

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Putting a 45 degree cut on a Domino

I wonder how much you paid. I have no idea how much mine is worth It has been in my family for years.

Shane Holland · Aug 17, 2015

WarnerConstCo. said:
Isn't that what dads are for?

Yes, sir, it is. But there are some dads who don't. I think my youngest is getting old enough now that I need to start introducing him to some cutting tools.

travisj · Aug 17, 2015

I learned from my father and grandfather - memories I will never forget. My daughters now work in the shop with me, but so far they are restricted to their coping saws and occasionally they will assist with the drill press. It's the quality time that really matters, plus it's time away from all the electronic junk.

Cheese · Aug 17, 2015

travisj said:
I learned from my father and grandfather - memories I will never forget. My daughters now work in the shop with me, but so far they are restricted to their coping saws and occasionally they will assist with the drill press. It's the quality time that really matters, plus it's time away from all the electronic junk.

[member=53578]travisj[/member]
Just curious, are the girls really interested in making stuff? That'd be pretty neat if they were driven and wanted to "create". What a great start at an early age to begin a creative/inventive life.

travisj · Aug 18, 2015

Cheese said:
travisj said:

I learned from my father and grandfather - memories I will never forget. My daughters now work in the shop with me, but so far they are restricted to their coping saws and occasionally they will assist with the drill press. It's the quality time that really matters, plus it's time away from all the electronic junk.

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[member=53578]travisj[/member]
Just curious, are the girls really interested in making stuff? That'd be pretty neat if they were driven and wanted to "create". What a great start at an early age to begin a creative/inventive life.

I have twin seven year old girls.

Addie (the analytical one) likes everything to be precise. Both girls have their own tools (coping saw, hammer, tape measure, etc...), but Addie likes the power tools. Her and I made her a little trammel/compass, where she sticks the eraser from one pencil in a hole as the pivot and uses the another pencil to make her circle and curves. She is the one who sees things out in the stores and explains to me how we could make it and why we should.

Ellie (the artistic one) knows how to use the face vise on my bench and will grab a scrap board, mount it, and go to town with her coping saw. She doesn't always have a plan and tells me she will figure it out as she goes. Both girls made decorations for their room with my dad (block letters "A" and "E" out of 2x2) and Ellie made a jewelry box out of plywood and nails (fairly innovative for a 7 year old with a pivoting lid). My dad said he just watched them enough so they wouldn't hurt themselves and let them figure everything out. Their projects look like the projects of 7 year olds, but they chose them and completed them on their own.

Currently the two of them want their own small shelves in their bedrooms for some small stuffed animals, so they are on the lookout for what they like so that we can build them together.

I struggle to get the girls into a boat and go fishing, but they are eager to work in the shop so I'll take it! Ellie has an anaphylactic food allergy and asthma. She is my main reason for buying into the Festool system - no more dust!

I apologize to the OP for digressing the thread slightly.

WarnerConstCo. · Aug 18, 2015

I don't care about getting off topic, I actually prefer it.

My 9 year helped make Christmas presents for her cousins and brother and sister.

She picked out the project, did the lay outs and drawings, did the math, fed the planer, used the domino, glue and clamps, sanded, primed and painted.

She has been wanting to start using my 36" bandsaw and 24" disc sander.

I have been thinking about getting a small BS and little table saw for her.

The 5 year old girl and 4 year old boy are happy just using the spindle sander and pounding nails.

bertv · Aug 18, 2015

Continuing in the off topic ramblings here: German (online) tool shop Fine Tools has a special section with stuff that either is meant for children or are safe to use grown up tools. Very enlightening and exciting. Can’t wait for a grandchild to pop out of the cabbage field… : )

See: http://www.fine-tools.com/kinderwerkzeug.html

mike_aa · Aug 18, 2015

WarnerConstCo. said:
My 9 year helped make Christmas presents for her cousins and brother and sister....

I have been thinking about getting a small BS and little table saw for her.

So, when you say small, does that mean a 14-18 inch BS and a 10-12 inch TS? LOL!!!

WarnerConstCo. · Aug 18, 2015

mike_aa said:
WarnerConstCo. said:

My 9 year helped make Christmas presents for her cousins and brother and sister....

I have been thinking about getting a small BS and little table saw for her.

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So, when you say small, does that mean a 14-18 inch BS and a 10-12 inch TS? LOL!!!

I was thinking like a 14" delta or 16" Walker Turner and probably a PM66 for her. [big grin]

When she can prove to me she is confident in her actions and motions, she will be introduced to more tools.

She has mastered the sawzall and my little 9" dewalt RAS.

Mort · Aug 18, 2015

My kids are showing some interest too. My 7-year-old daughter is my ROS operator, she loves it (but says my DeWalt makes her arm tingly, maybe time for an upgrade). My 11-year-old son designed and built an outdoor chair himself, used all the tools and everything.

Beats the hell out of Minecraft.

teocaf · Aug 18, 2015

Proxxon makes some great mini tools:

http://www.proxxon.com/us/micromot/bench-top-units-and-related-accessories.php

I have a few that I use for concept models and my 9-yr. old son has good fun using them with supervision. Although it is a bit troubling that however benign his projects start out as, by the end of the build they have managed to morph into some kind of weapon.

Cheese · Aug 19, 2015

teocaf said:
Although it is a bit troubling that however benign his projects start out as, by the end of the build they have managed to morph into some kind of weapon.

Like father like son... [poke]

John Broomall · Aug 22, 2015

You got some great scraps!

jacko9 · Sep 11, 2015

I brought my 9 year old son to Japan Woodworker a long time ago and while I was talking with Fred about some new chisels, my son Brian was using a Japanese Wood Plane on a bench set up for demo's. I was a bit concerned but, the owner (Fred) told me to let him go and have some fun. 35 years later my son is a Journeyman Carpenter who knows his way around my shop as well as his work sites.

Jack

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