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who else's kids help out in the workshop
« on: January 10, 2016, 09:57:41 PM »
as the topic asks. whos kids help them in the shed

this is my 4 yo daughter "learning" how to wire up trailer brakes.





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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2016, 07:59:08 AM »
Brilliant. Kids should be exposed to this stuff and encouraged to think about how things work.

One afternoon in the workshop like this might open her eyes to the world of engineering and trades and have an untold benefit on her career.

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2016, 09:45:52 AM »
My boy has his own tool kit.  I encourage him to use the tools. If he can't do something, I help him out.  Yesterday he wanted some roof racks for one of his toy cars. So I gave him some dowel and pine offcuts and let him go.  He loves it. The best part is  while he has his own tools, he is leaving mine alone.
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2016, 10:30:37 AM »
Hi,
   Mine were allowed to use appropriate tools e.g. orbital sander on real jobs. Help with digging by hosing clay stuck to shovels for me.
By age 8 they could load and mix cement and help screed in and be useful.
Definitely more an asset than liability.

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2016, 12:05:43 PM »
My boy loves the worship helps with everything and best he is a gun at post work clean up.

I tell him what we are doing and he fetches the tools req.

Best memories we will both have is our time in shed , but I must make time to help him build something as he is always helping me out .

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2016, 12:57:05 PM »
I grew up helping my dad in the workshop (he was a mechanic) and also all round Handyman at home.  He taught me all the tools so he would be under a car and ask me to get the tools for him.  I learnt a lot from him and have used those lessons in and around the home and car.  Some of my best memories are of us working together making or fixing something.  Whether you have boys or girls, you should encourage them to "hang out" with you in the shed.  It really can help in their later life and also create special memories with their Dad.

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2016, 01:15:34 PM »
I wish my up bringing was like that, then I wouldn't be so useless with everything now
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2016, 01:56:38 PM »
both love to help out
mr 8 much prefers to work in the garden, and miss 4 loves the mechanical side
but both wanted to help out on this one
miss 4, drilled the holes and mr 8, put the screws in.

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2016, 03:50:41 PM »
9yo son starts out helpful, then goes MIA, later I find him crushing Matchbox cars in the 6" Joplin bench vise.

8yo daughter is actually more useful in the workshop! :) She loves to help and really thinks things through - often she'll know what tool or part I want next.

11yo daughter doesn't want to know about it...
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2016, 03:56:46 PM »
Even if they just stand around & watch they are little sponges soaking up everything you do . then they learn to understand which tool is for what job & how it works Background knowledge is so important . Power saws , laths    , band saws , drills all can do real damage but shown how to operate & respect  tools will set them up for life . Well Done   Do you supply  :cheers: after work are completed  ???                        :cheers:
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2016, 04:13:47 PM »
My boy helps me a lot.

He's especially handy for high things or heavy things..... ;D ;D

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #11 on: January 11, 2016, 04:54:52 PM »
My young bloke walks into the workshop, gets himself a beer from the fridge, then sits on a milk crate and proceeds to tell me how I'm doing it all wrong...  ???

But they get like that when they reach their 40's  ;D
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #12 on: January 12, 2016, 12:36:22 PM »
12yo is too busy skulking inside but 8yo is good with the drinks and food and moral support, both girls so not expecting much in the way of real help.
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2016, 12:51:55 PM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on January 11, 2016, 04:54:52 PM
My young bloke walks into the workshop, gets himself a beer from the fridge, then sits on a milk crate and proceeds to tell me how I'm doing it all wrong...  ???

But they get like that when they reach their 40's  ;D

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #14 on: January 12, 2016, 05:59:04 PM »

Quote from: Troopy_03 on January 11, 2016, 04:54:52 PM
My young bloke walks into the workshop, gets himself a beer from the fridge, then sits on a milk crate and proceeds to tell me how I'm doing it all wrong...  ???

But they get like that when they reach their 40's  ;D

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #15 on: January 12, 2016, 09:41:59 PM »
Young bloke, 2, loves helping out in the shed. Playing with the tools pretending to do what I'm doing. HeS in training now to get beers from the fridge so Ive had to make the switch to cans. Picking it up nicely. Loves his broom broom (mower), sitting on the bikes, and wearing his high vis shirt too
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2016, 01:46:49 AM »


My 10yo girl is fantastic. She is always buzzing around helping.  In fact, she gets pissed off if I don't tell her I am working on something.

This is her painting 'our' current project. 

My 12yo son, on the other hand, is not interested and will only come out every now and then to hang sh1t on me.

Cheers


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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2016, 06:27:49 AM »
Mine help, they like to play a game called "lets see how long it takes for dad to find the tools I never put back".........

I think my father is quietly enjoying his revenge.........
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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2016, 06:37:53 AM »
Quote from: Troopy_03 on January 11, 2016, 04:54:52 PM
My young bloke walks into the workshop, gets himself a beer from the fridge, then sits on a milk crate and proceeds to tell me how I'm doing it all wrong...  ???

But they get like that when they reach their 40's  ;D
Thats the problem when the first thing you teach them when young is where the fridge is & how to open a stubby (good for building wrist stength). When they grow up they then associate the shed with beer (not that there's anything wrong with that)
The other golden rule (for my shed anyway) is what gets said in the shed, stays in the shed.

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Re: who else's kids help out in the workshop
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2016, 12:56:00 PM »
Quote from: Moggy on January 13, 2016, 06:37:53 AM
Thats the problem when the first thing you teach them when young is where the fridge is & how to open a stubby (good for building wrist stength). When they grow up they then associate the shed with beer (not that there's anything wrong with that)
The other golden rule (for my shed anyway) is what gets said in the shed, stays in the shed.

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So true LOL, my grandkids are going through that at the moment and the grandaughter dropped a beauty the other day that she picked up from one of the son in laws mates.. She won't be saying that again for quite a while haha.. she hates the taste of soap.

On another note, I taught my young fella to weld (well to burn some electrodes and eventually get 2 bits of steel to stick together) when he was about nine. By the time he was 15 or 16 he wasn't too bad at it.

On the other hand I got my mrs to give me a hand when I had to remove a head from my old XP falcon and take it in for some warranty work, with very little time to get there. She was going well till I heard a 'crack' noise and looked around to see she had sheared off one of the studs holding the carby on. She said... " oops, it's supposed to go the other way to loosen it isn't it" Just shook my head and made a note to pick up some easy outs while I was out.
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