proud dad

[norseman]

Ive been in the shop quite a bit lately doing odds and ends welding/fab jobs for
other people. The other evening my daughter allison walks up to me and says "I want to learn how to use the drill press" lol I showed her how it works and how it can really hurt you if your not careful. She loves her safety glasses. She spent an hour and a half drilling holes in a piece of 1/4 inch aluminum bar which now looks like swiss cheese. Yesterday it was the bandsaw, she cut the same bar into a jillion pieces. I think as soon as I can teach her to read a tape measure Ill let her start helping build stuff..Next door neighbor boy is the same age but nowhere near ready to tinker..She hasnt mentioned running the welders yet...Paul

 

[LumenAl]

Now cool this that! What a great way for form a life long bond!

 

[putz]

My niece(15) was over the other day and wanted to help put my new wiring harness in My bucket.She said it was cool seeing how the harness worked. Better than these kids being attached to there cell or some other electronic equipment.

 

[Track-T]

Back in Norway they start the kids out at 5 running drills and such.
took my till 6 though.....

 

[Youngster]

They can really catch you off guard sometimes. The other day my 35 year old daughter stopped by. After we had a little chat (that cost me $50) she wanted to know what she could do to help. I was pleased when she offered to cut some pieces out on the band saw. When I asked her want this was all about, she simply said if she was going to drive it she wanted to help build it.

Ron

 

[VegasBruce]

its great when the kids want to help....... maybe I'll get my daughter back out there someday.

 

[donsrods]

It is so cool when kids want to do the same stuff we are doing. So many Kids have their noses buried in video games that they know nothing else. Good for you taking the time to show her the proper way to do stuff.

I did the same thing with my Kids when they were little, and now they are teaching me better ways to do stuff. :lol::welcome::lol:

Don

 

[Coupefreak]

I would be makin' sure the neighbor boy, stays away from your Daughter

show him your gun and shovel collection:lol:

at least your Daughter shows interest in cars, and not boys......yet!!

good luck

Vance

 

[Duke]

I had to laugh at the guns because when my girls were growing up and their boy friends would come over first question I would ask is can they run at 3000 feet per second, and then ask if they knew anything about guns. Then I would just say " you hurt my daughter and they will find out if they can run fast enough.

 

[norseman]

well tonite it was welder time.. got her all duded up in a welding coat, gloves doo rag and an old but functional automatic change hood. Shes a bit scared of that tho. Too many sparklies, lolol I will give her credit tho, she watched patiently and tried. not bad for a 7 year old. Cool having her in the shop with me. I know it will probably only last for a brief time so I am going to enjoy it..I pity the boys in highschool shop classes, they will be light years behind..

 

[LumenAl]

That is just so dang cool... perhaps I'm just a bit jealous... not one of my kids show any interest in the car... bike... :neutral:

My youngest daughter (turning 18) is actually embarrassed to ride in the T! :rock:

 

[norseman]

wow, that kinda sucks! I guess allie really doesnt know any different.
She would just as soon take the T everywhere we went. There are just as many rods/musclecars on our street as normal cars. Shes not in the shop tonite, shes out turning my blacktopped driveway shades of pastel with sidewalk chalk..

 

[all-world1]

When I started this build, my youngest son was motivated enough to scrape the greasy crud off a transmission housing, he's going to be a great help.
The oldest son, however just drives 'em and could care less what makes 'em go. I can hardly wait till he gets his first repair bill.

 

[Youngster]

For those of you who maybe haven't had a chance to teach a kid about working in a shop, you wouldn't believe the feeling of pride. A few years ago, there was a 17 year old kid that stopped by the shop one day. Long story short, he wanted a T. No dad around to teach him, just his Mom and him. In a years time he could run the tools in my shop and lay a good bead with the welder.Today He's driving a neat little T that he built by himself with a Model A coupe waiting for his touch. I couldn't be more proud of what he's done if he where my own son.

Ron

 

[LumenAl]

For those of you who maybe haven't had a chance to teach a kid about working in a shop, you wouldn't believe the feeling of pride. A few years ago, there was a 17 year old kid that stopped by the shop one day. Long story short, he wanted a T. No dad around to teach him, just his Mom and him. In a years time he could run the tools in my shop and lay a good bead with the welder.Today He's driving a neat little T that he built by himself with a Model A coupe waiting for his touch. I couldn't be more proud of what he's done if he where my own son.

Ron

You made my day reading that Youngster!

 

[der Spieler]

This past May I was removing some casters from a cart. My nephew was visiting from Illinois with his 3 going on 4 year old son. The little guy wanted to help "Uncle" so I got him a wrench and showed him how to do it. He had a heck of a time understanding the concept of 'righty tighty, lefty loosey' but after about 20 minutes he was able to get one off and start on another. His dad is a Master Certified ASE (my nephew says that stands for Ask Someone Else) diesel mechanic so maybe some of his talent has rubbed off on his son. What really surprised me was my patience. I'm not noted for that. Maybe it had something to do with a grandparent-like instinct and the fact that my heart melted when I first held this little guy when he was 6 weeks old. I wish he lived closer. Now I'm tearing up. Gotta go. Steve

 

[Youngster]

Steve...you're just an old softy!!!:clap:

Ron

 

[TubT]

My youngest daughter (turning 18) is actually embarrassed to ride in the T!

I once let Dottie's brother-in-law borrow my T for a week or so. His 3 daughters quickly discovered they were some of the most popular girls at school when he took them in the T a couple of times.

So...your daughter just hasn't seen the value in it to HER, yet.

 

[Signman]

My youngest son (7) is a worker if I ever saw one. I caught him one day taking apart his brothers bike!! The wheels were off and the handle bars!! I asked him why he had taken apart his brothers bike and he said "he didnt want to ruin his own bike"! He cant wait for this car to come in (Monday!!) to help me work on it. I told him he could have his own tools and have his own project (with some extra parts)

 

[LumenAl]

I once let Dottie's brother-in-law borrow my T for a week or so. His 3 daughters quickly discovered they were some of the most popular girls at school when he took them in the T a couple of times.

So...your daughter just hasn't seen the value in it to HER, yet.

lot's of kids with very well off parents at her school (she's done now however)... no status in T-bucket... BMW's, Lexus, Accura's, etc is what they all roll in... crazy!