Woodworking Perspectives #2: Woodworking - The Next Generation

Great time with them, eh Todd? :-)) Looks like they are big enough to learn to ride, rope and shoot to!! After all, they are in Montana.

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Todd those photos remind of the day my grandaughter and I built her a small dog house for her stuffed puppies. One of the best days ever in the shop. It looks to me like woodworking will not be lost in your family.

-- Guy Kroll www.thelandsathillsidefarms.org

I’m guessing that you are the most famous and the most impressive woodworker in the world in their eyes (as well as many of us here as LJ, I might add).

What a wonderful blog, time, example. Thank you

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (https://www.facebook.com/DebbiePribele, Young Living Wellness )

It is up to us to pass the torch. When the school budget gets tight and the ax falls, the shop classes get cut.

-- So Many tools, So little time

You have a great shop area for working with the grandkids. Looks like their experiences in the shop will make them woodworkers for life :) Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences.

David

-- There is little that is simple when it comes to making a simple box.

Todd, this is a nice blog and it really look like you are having a ball. Not only are you and the kids having fun and getting to spend time with one another but they will come away with some wonderful memories whose value they will better appreciate when they are older. It is nice to see them just having fun and enjoying themselves, which is the way it should be.

-- Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful- Joshua Marine

Thank you for being you… and reminding us what counts.

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

I love to have my oldest grandson be out in the shop .just watching a young mind grow is the greatest \thing for me . I have the the kids come on most Saturday to build bird house and that is the moses t fun for me .

-- Robert Laddusaw and no I am not smarter then a fifth grader ( and no I canot spell so if it is a problem don't read it ))

that is AWESOME Todd!

and what a better way to share something we really enjoy with those we really love?

for the kids its also great since they get to do what “daddy” or “mommy” does all the time, just need to pay extra attention to everything that goes around.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Great job passing the torch Todd. Seeing your grandson with the nail gun reminds me my daughter is still scared of them. She is going off to college now, the other day she was cleaning her room and getting rid of some of the old things she doesn’t use anymore, and I noticed she still has the doghouse we built for her pound puppy, “Lucky” when she was probably about four years old.

-- A thing of beauty is a joy forever...

That is great Todd, I hope to do the same if I have some kids.

Thanks for this blog, Todd. Ever since my son, grandson and I spent an afternoon in the shop last summer working on a soap box derby car together, I have wanted to get us and my granddaughter back in the shop to build something else, but what?

Your blog showed me that you don have to have a specific project or plan. You just have to proved the means and the materials, the kids provide the imagination and, together, you see where it goes from there.

Great pics too.

-- Best regards, Jack -- I may not be good, but I'm slow -- www.TinyWoodworks.com

You are so right about passing the torch. My 9 year old has taken an interest in woodworking. He asks questions and has no problem giving honest feedback. He wants very much to start building a project but my wife is so scared he will hurt himself. I am working her slowly on the idea and hoping to get him in the shop very soon and actually have him doing something. I do look forward to building many projects with him. Thanks for posting Todd and the pictures are fantastic.

-- Brad, Oregon- The things that come to those who wait, may be the things left by those who got there first.

Hey Todd
Thanks for the reminder of the important things in life. your A grand, granddad.

-- https://www.artisticwoodstudio.com/videos

Way Cool. Can’t say much more than that.

-- Working at Woodworking http://www.VillageLaneFurniture.com