Workbench for our kids

[EddieWalker]

Steph and I thought it would be fun to give the kids there own set of tools and a place to use them. The tool part was easy, figureing out where to put a workbench took some creative thinking.

I figured I could move a few things around and give them the space under my workbench. I bought some wheels and started cutting scrap wood.

The kids were very exited about this and wanted to help out.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

I had an extra vise laying around and wanted to put it on there bench. The bench had to be a certain height for it to be usable, which put the vise too tall to fit under my workbench.

I cut out a piece of the bench top and reinforced things. Than I put on some hinges and drilled a hole for a piece of half inch pipe to support the vice. Pull the pipe and the vice drops down. Lift the vice and slide the pipe under it, and you have a solid work station.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Now that they have a place to build things, they got right to it!!!

Eddie

 

[BB_TX]

Nice work Eddie. Looks like they will have some fun times with it. It is always great to see parents so involved with the kids.

 

[AlanB]

Toooooo Ccoooooolllll

Looks great Eddie, I really like the vice.

 

[dooleysm]

Safety glasses and no shoes, I love it!

 

[tommu56]

Eddie
Take it from one with 3 girls and one son lock up your tools!

I finally bought them each a small set for Christmas one year that slowed down the exitus. I still get their major repiars (engine and transmission and trouble shooting and electrical), but they all can do oil / grease tire changes and front brakes.

My son is in the service and fuled the diesel generator last week with water (He says can wasnt marked) he scrounged up the tools to drain fuel system and bleed injectors and had never done it before the Captin said were did he learn to do that he said from watching my father, another proud father moment!

tommu56

 

[Bird]

they all can do oil / grease tire changes and front brakes

Yep, when my girls were teenagers, they had to demonstrate that they could change a tire before they were allowed to drive by themselves. And they learned to change oil & filter and do the other routine maintenance.

 

[midlf]

Yep, when my girls were teenagers, they had to demonstrate that they could change a tire before they were allowed to drive by themselves. And they learned to change oil & filter and do the other routine maintenance.

One of my SO's major burns is that after she got her license and before she was allowed use of the car she had to rotate the tires to prove she could change one. By the time her youngest sister (3rd down the line and 6 years younger) got her license the folks just gave her a AAA card.

Interesting followup. One of the SO's nieces came over when she got her first car and asked for us to show her how to do maintenence and minor repairs on her car. And later with the next car, to teach her how to drive stick.

 

[schmism]

anyone else think its ironic that the kid wears plastic safty glasses while useing a hand saw the probibliy predates the invention of plastic safty glasses?

looks like they are enjoying it.