wtnhighlander Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 Did you point out that he's getting compliments from strange and faraway lands, like the USA? .... and even the UK? I didn't pay attention, there may even be a comment or two from the land of OZ. He's an international superstar! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 This is really cool. Your son has better skills on the bandsaw then i do. I can't follow a line to save my life. Neevr used a spoke shave so he's probably better with that then me too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 9 minutes ago, Chestnut said: This is really cool. Your son has better skills on the bandsaw then i do. I can't follow a line to save my life. Neevr used a spoke shave so he's probably better with that then me too. LOL. Thanks, Drew, he will appreciate your post. He did do surprisingly well even though he didnt do it the way I was trying to teach him. I like to use my front hand anchored to the table and it acts as a stable guide and the back hand pushes and turns. If you look at the photos he didnt quite get that. Thats ok, one step at a time, I dont want to bombard him. For me, it was a good learning experience because he listened to me about keeping his hands out of the danger zone. As for the spokeshave, he did really well for the first time. Next time I will try to get him to take a lighter finger tip grip. He was kind of death gripping it which is kinda understandable. He did learn to skew it a bit and was doing that. All in all an awesome experience for the two of us. I love teaching woodworking and he was quite receptive. He got home from school yesterday and the first thing he said was, "Dad, can we go in the shop !!" Unfortunately our schedule didnt permit but we will get in there soon to get it finished up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 1 minute ago, shaneymack said: LOL. Thanks, Drew, he will appreciate your post. He did do surprisingly well even though he didnt do it the way I was trying to teach him. I like to use my front hand anchored to the table and it acts as a stable guide and the back hand pushes and turns. If you look at the photos he didnt quite get that. Thats ok, one step at a time, I dont want to bombard him. For me, it was a good learning experience because he listened to me about keeping his hands out of the danger zone. As for the spokeshave, he did really well for the first time. Next time I will try to get him to take a lighter finger tip grip. He was kind of death gripping it which is kinda understandable. He did learn to skew it a bit and was doing that. All in all an awesome experience for the two of us. I love teaching woodworking and he was quite receptive. He got home from school yesterday and the first thing he said was, "Dad, can we go in the shop !!" Unfortunately our schedule didnt permit but we will get in there soon to get it finished up. Huh i use your method as well maybe I'll have to try his. I'd say you should teach me how to use a spoke shave but i bet I'd be a bad student i have a lot of bad habits from a time i didn't know better. BTW did you hear that Lee Valley's last day of free shipping is today . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 4 minutes ago, Chestnut said: BTW did you hear that Lee Valley's last day of free shipping is today . HAHA ! I got the shipping refunded for the last order! No more orders for me, i stopped at my Festool dealer earlier this week..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonR Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 HAHA ! I got the shipping refunded for the last order! No more orders for me, i stopped at my Festool dealer earlier this week..... What's on order from Festool? I love how one of the featured products in the LV email blast about last day of free shipping is a toast holder or something! Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 What's on order from Festool? I love how one of the featured products in the LV email blast about last day of free shipping is a toast holder or something! Sent from my SM-G920W8 using Tapatalk Nothing too intersting, a ct sys vac and the new syslite duo. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post shaneymack Posted November 21, 2016 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I was working on a project yesterday and my boy came in the shop asking to work on the sword. I was jointing some walnut and he was working at the bench when I heard him calling me. I looked over and he was holding a broken piece in his hand. I shut down the jointer and dc and went over to see him. He must have been going balls to the wall with the 13 grain and busted off part of the handle. I was able to teach him that a huge part of being good at woodworking is being able to fix mistakes and being able to call an audible mid-build sometimes. I got out the wood glue and taught him to use his fingers as glue spreaders. Another important lesson lol Glued the piece back on I saved the day and was able to save the poor boy from having a broken heart. Won't be able to do that once he starts dating.... My boy went in the house and i went back to jointing. My 4 yr old daughter came in the shop to clean up the mess my son made while using the rasp. Too cute. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 35 minutes ago, shaneymack said: I saved the day and was able to save the poor boy from having a broken heart. Won't be able to do that once he starts dating.... Not true you can be the super hero that gives him a good day after the fact. My dad is still saving the day and I'm 28. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Not true you can be the super hero that gives him a good day after the fact. My dad is still saving the day and I'm 28. Very true. Not sure you got what I was saying though. I meant that I won't be able to prevent his first girlfriend from slaying his heart in a million pieces. I'm sure most of us have been there. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpt life Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 1 minute ago, shaneymack said: Very true. Not sure you got what I was saying though. I meant that I won't be able to prevent his first girlfriend from slaying his heart in a million pieces. I'm sure most of us have been there. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Eh, they're notorious for not listening once they start dating even if you could help them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Eh, they're notorious for not listening once they start dating even if you could help them. Haha. I remember being like that. I knew it all ! That's why I moved out when I was 17 ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JosephThomas Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 I thought for sure the story was going to be about how you cut the tips off all your fingers at the jointer because he distracted you, and had to super glue them shut to stop the bleeding.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 I thought for sure the story was going to be about how you cut the tips off all your fingers at the jointer because he distracted you, and had to super glue them shut to stop the bleeding.... If I haven't cut anything off yet with my wife coming in the shop and yelling for my attention surely he was not enough of a distraction. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 55 minutes ago, shaneymack said: Very true. Not sure you got what I was saying though. I meant that I won't be able to prevent his first girlfriend from slaying his heart in a million pieces. I'm sure most of us have been there. Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Yeah but you didn't prevent his sword from being broken you just helped him fix it. I feel like i learned more form the mistakes that my dad helped me fix then i ever learned from him preventing things from happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PlaneOleWoodWorker Posted November 22, 2016 Popular Post Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Love the sword! My dad built my brother and I a sword and shield set when we were younger. We spent many hours beating the snot out of each other. Mom wasn't very happy! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Love the sword! My dad built my brother and I a sword and shield set when we were younger. We spent many hours beating the snot out of each other. Mom wasn't very happy! Hahah! That's awesome! I hope my boy will have great memories from this as well. Hope he doesn't beat his siblings with it though Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaneOleWoodWorker Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Just now, shaneymack said: Hahah! That's awesome! I hope my boy will have great memories from this as well. Hope he doesn't beat his siblings with it though Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Yeah I think he made them for us because we kept taking his dowels and cracking them over each other. Now that I buy my own wood it's a wonder he didn't beat us with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Wow. Very cool Shane. Somehow i missed this when you first posted a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Wow. Very cool Shane. Somehow i missed this when you first posted a few weeks ago. Thanks Mike ! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llama Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Very cool! I also missed this... Too much taco talk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-MattK- Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 14 hours ago, shaneymack said: Glued the piece back on Seriously, Shane? I think you missed the "teaching opportunity" here of the power of the domino. I'm disappointed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 Seriously, Shane? I think you missed the "teaching opportunity" here of the power of the domino. I'm disappointed. Hahah!!! He's faaaaarrrr from ever touching that bad boy Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan G Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Shane I just came across this. I was scrolling thru enjoying the pics and your journaling and was smiling the whole time. Warmed my heart. It really is great to see you teaching and working with your son in the shop. It must have made his day to fire up that bandsaw and cut out his design on it. At 10 years old that would have blown my mind. Cant wait to see the finished sword especially with some ARS on it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted November 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Shane I just came across this. I was scrolling thru enjoying the pics and your journaling and was smiling the whole time. Warmed my heart. It really is great to see you teaching and working with your son in the shop. It must have made his day to fire up that bandsaw and cut out his design on it. At 10 years old that would have blown my mind. Cant wait to see the finished sword especially with some ARS on it!!! Thanks Alan! Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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