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22nd May 2019, 02:51 PM #16GOLD MEMBER
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Some years back my mate was a teacher. You wouldn't believe the things 10 and 11 year old boys can turn out.
You said yours were 10 and 8. They could have been in the shed 6 years ago.
By the time mine was 4 I had already taught him how to hammer nails. I wrote his name on a pine block. Then he studded it with small tacks. I started the nails for him (this is the bit that risks fingers) Then he sent the nails home with his little hammer. That block hung around the workshop for years afterwards.
So you just design something that is simple enough for their age and experience and supervise them very closely. Remember that small children have short attention spans. So in my example, he didn't hammer all those nails in one sitting.
Also you can design something related to their other interests. For example a mini wooden pirate chest to store their game controllers in. Build a dinosaur on a scroll saw. Stuff like that.
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23rd May 2019, 09:00 AM #17
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23rd May 2019, 04:36 PM #18SENIOR MEMBER
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Whenever they show interest is my advice. Obviously you need to work out what is safe for them to do, but I've had my 4yo and 18mo both help with doing up screws by hand. It took a lot longer but they both loved it and so did I really. My 18mo likes to come and sweep the floor for me aswell, which is always welcome and I've helped my 4yo drill some holes in scrap blocks while it was in the vice. He got a great kick out of it and it was a great oppurtunity to teach him how to do things safely.
just make it clear to your boys what they are and aren't allowed to do and why.I cut it twice and it's still to short.
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23rd May 2019, 07:38 PM #19GOLD MEMBER
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I was three when dad gave me my very own saw, I was told to only cut wood with it. One day mum and dad heard some noise in my sisters room and come to find me sawing along the front of a chest of draws, dad turned to mum and said “Well, it is wood”
I was in the shed with dad well before I was 3 and I would help or hinder him in any way I could, be it with wood or with cars.
My kids have all been in the shed with me from about 3 as well, hammers and nails or a screwdriver and pre-drilled holes. My eldest girls are now 15 and love to make things including helping me make their ukuleles!
I think that if the adults are sensible then there is more to gain than loose.
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28th May 2019, 07:05 PM #20SENIOR MEMBER
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IMO you'll know when they are ready.
Some kids are really careful with what they do some are not, the ones who are not probably needs a few more years, whilst the ones that are careful will be ready.
Plus it depends on what they are doing, obviously if they can't see past the table saw, probably not a good idea. I've got friends who have their kids in the shed when they're 3, not doing a whole lot just bashing stuff with a mallet and playing with his impact driver, obviously no bits installed.
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29th May 2019, 11:29 AM #21Senior Member
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I was in the shed before I was in primary school, sanding with an air sander, hammering things, cutting with a hand saw. I have cut myself, hit my fingers with hammers etc, all good learning experiences. My strongest advice, isolate all your machines by turning off at the wall and only turn on at the wall when you want to use them. A green start button is a tempting thing to press and can be fatal.
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29th May 2019, 11:33 AM #22GOLD MEMBER
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I had an isolating switch in my garage/workshop when my kids were small. It was up in the rafters where I was the only one who could just reach it.
Tom
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29th May 2019, 05:32 PM #23
Last weekend my daughter asked me if I could repair an old timber chair that had become wobbly due to the dowels working loose.
Her partner's 9 yo daughter (from an earlier relationship) has shown interest in woodworking so my daughter brought her along to see the shed and to see how I was going to repair the chair.
I didn't want her to sit on a seat and just watch so I asked her to help as she had bought her own tape measure. I asked her to measure the diameter of the existing dowels as 1 of the existing dowels had snapped and I had to replace it.
She was keen as mustard and I let her use my digital calipers to measure the dowels as well as describing how it can be used for different measurements from diameters to depth of narrow holes. She used it to measure the depth of the existing dowel hole and the length of the existing dowels.
After we repaired the chair, my daughter asked if there was something else for the her to do like sweep up the floor. I said that would be no fun so I set up the machine that could do the least damage to her fingers....the Scrollsaw fitted the bill and she had a great time drawing her own shapes on some board and then cutting them out.
It was a fun morning to see a young person interested in wood work.
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29th May 2019, 06:28 PM #24GOLD MEMBER
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My kids have been in the workshop from when they could walk. They soon picked up on putting things back where they found them and keeping back from moving machinery. When it came time to learn the art of using tools it was almost like second nature to them as they had seen it done so often.
My Dad was a detective and spent a lot of time in court. As a kid he would take me along from about the age of four. I have always been grateful as the early education into the formalities of the place have put me at ease any time I have been in a court room.
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29th May 2019, 06:42 PM #25After we repaired the chair, my daughter asked if there was something else for the her to do like sweep up the floor. I said that would be no fun so I set up the machine that could do the least damage to her fingers....the Scrollsaw fitted the bill and she had a great time drawing her own shapes on some board and then cutting them out.
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3rd July 2019, 11:34 AM #26
In nappies get them use to sounds & smells. My own 3 were all keen from the time they could steady on their own feet. Not long did it take to become hands on be it in the shed or garden.
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3rd July 2019, 02:49 PM #27China
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Can't speak for "Sons" although my niece was 3yrs old had to build her special tiny bench, now she runs her own antique furniture restoration business
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6th July 2019, 07:32 PM #28GOLD MEMBER
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My youngest grandchildren were boy 5 girl 4 and I couldn't keep them out of the workshop if I had wanted to they would go through the bin and constantly ask can I have this of the off cuts and the things they produced were mind boggling monster trucks/ castles and the likes their imagination is endless. They would be gluing and nailing all day while I was doing the same, they were hours well spent enjoy them for as long as they want to be there.
Regards Rod.Rod Gilbert.
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