Scrollsaws and Grandkids - a great match!

[Blaughn]

Had 3 of the grandkids for the weekend.  The thirteen year old, Bodhi, selected Steve Good's Door Sill Sleeping Dog, the ten-year old, Harper, chose Rocking Kitties, and the seven year old, Maddox, did the heart out of the practice sheet.  What a great way to bridge the years with smiles and more smiles.

 

 

 

[Scrappile]

That is totally awesome!  Had my eleven old with us this weekend.  We so rarely get to see him that the first few hours is spent just getting to know each other again... Did not do shop work this time.  It was so nice outside we wanted to enjoy it while it lasted.   So we shot the pellet rifle at spent spray paint cans and salvaged the marbles that were inside.   We had a good time.

[stoney]

You bet it is Bruce!   I can still remember all the great time I spent with my grandson in the workshop.

[wombatie]

Great way for grandpa to spend the day/days.  Lovely effort by all.

Marg

[John B]

Step aside Pops, the kids are here !

They did a wonderful job Bruce.
 

[artisanpirate]

Awesome, Teaching the next generation and making memories.

I remember my Grandpa teaching me how to use the scroll saw at 14 years of age

[FrankEV]

Great job Grandpa.  It is great to see your young ones with something they actually made in their hands rather than an electronic device. 

[Bill WIlson]

That is the definition of "awesome"!

[barb.j.enders]

Those are perfect.  Looks like everyone had fun!

[daveww1]

the kids did some very nice work

[heppnerguy]

Great time spent. I love it when I find the perfect item for my grand kids and great grans. We have a total of 25 of these, so you can see how lucky we are.

Dick

heppnerguy

[Lucky2]

That's awesome, each of them did a fantastic job, how much practice did they have with the saw beforehand? That's how I got started in woodworking over sixty years ago, I worked with Grand dad over fifty years ago. He used to build cedar strip canoes, and he needed someone short to work on the underneath the canoes. They were up on sawhorses, and me only being 12 at the time was just the right height 

 

Len

Edited October 22, 2022 by Lucky2

[Blaughn]

1 hour ago, Lucky2 said:

That's awesome, each of them did a fantastic job, how much practice did they have with the saw beforehand? That's how I got started in woodworking over sixty years ago, I worked with Grand dad over fifty years ago. He used to build cedar strip canoes, and he needed someone short to work on the underneath the canoes. They were up on sawhorses, and me only being 12 at the time was just the right height 

 

Len

I let each of them start with a practice pattern and then set up for their chosen project.  The two older ones had used the saw previously and had a rudimentary understanding of the process.  This was the first attempt for the 7 year-old and I needed to do a little clean-up after he had done the cutting.