Grandson update. Safety glasses needed. Shirt buttons flying from Grampy's puffed out chest…

Doug, you have a job to do now:
A responsiblilty if you like.

1. You must spoil the heck out of him.
2. You must teach him to love woodworking.
For the time being , stick with #1.

Cute little man!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

Great, happy looking kid. You did great. Must be the genes.

Teach him safety. and not to use your chisels to take the heads off stubborn nails.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

ALLRIGHT! Congrats Grand-pa!

-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!

We get him every Sunday. I’ll be all about spoiling him, as well as filling up his Language Acquisition Device (Noam Chomsky). Little guy already has his first set of bib overalls.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Actually Karson, he’s my stepson’s boy, so thankful he might avoid some of my potential genetic pre-dispositions.
I will teach him early on the difference between a cold chisel and a wood chisel. And to stay away from the big bucket of white paint. I’m still laughing about your post.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

2 months and he’s already learned to mug for the camera! He looks like somebody just gave him 1,000 BF od curly maple.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Curly spalted maple Charlie!

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Yeah, that’s a kid!! If he hangs around Grandpa there just ain’t no tellin’ what’ll come of it. Remember, he’ll learn all the wrong words first. I remember when Lizzie was about 3, her dad was working on the car and hit his thumb. He blurted out,”Son of a…...........!!” But didn’t finish it because she was there. She looked at him and replied “B—-h?”.

-- Thos. Angle

ah the joy of life …

Thos. – that’s funny!

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice, Douglas!

-- You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. (Plato)

I really have to watch it, since “Skip” did teach me to string together some pretty creative runs of blue language.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Nothing like a new buddy, a chum, a pal; some to be a hero to. Grandkids are the greatest thing in the world, next to a new table saw.

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

Hello Douglas,

That’s a fine looking little woodturner… :-) Yes, I predict he will take to turning like a duck to water. Trust me, I know these things! He may even like regular woodworking, but he’s going to love woodturning… ;-) You better start practicing your woodturning lullaby:

“The blank on the lathe goes round and round, round and round, round and round. The blank on the lathe goes round and round all day long.” Congrats and best wishes to you and yours!

Steve Russell
EWW, WVP, EWWFS
The Woodlands, Texas

-- Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry... http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com

lucky man

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

“the blade on the scrollsaw goes up and down, up and down, up and down; the blade on the scrollsaw goes up and down… all day long”

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

and the blade on the table saw goes round and round.

Congrats….gramps

-- DocK, WV

Dan, If he ever develops a penchant for older women, we may have to do some matchmaking with those fine grand-daughters of yours.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Congratulations, gramps! You, sir, are in for one fun, wild, and incredible ride – grand-kids are the best :)

-- --==[ Pappy ]==--

Hello MsDebbieP and DocK16,

Humm… What’s a scrollsaw MsDebbieP? What’s a Table Saw DocK? :-) Must be some new fangled lathe or something… <vbg> Hehehe…

Although I’m a professional woodturner, on occasion I do some flat work… I have a Delta Unisaw, with a Unifence, but no scrollsaw MsDebbieP… :-o

Steve Russell
EWW, WVP, EWWFS
The Woodlands, Texas

-- Better Woodturning and Finishing Through Chemistry... http://www.woodturningvideosplus.com

Teach him to drink double coffee mochas like a man and buy him a puppy! I might be a little new at this grandpa stuff myself

-- http://www.woodsongsfurniture.com

Handplane Guy as well as a turner I think.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

Well I’ll be steering him to be an inlay guy and boxhound, but he’ll be well-rounded with all the “grand-uncles and aunts” from Lumberjocks. Besides you need all those skills for boxes (turned lidded forms, pulls and knobs, trimming and fitting, tight shaved miters, glass smooth surfaces without sanding all day, leather linings or tooled leather panels). You have all been wonderful. And hilarious.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

No doubt about it Doug.

You’ll need to be ready for the upcoming question: How come when he does it, it’s cute. When I did it you yelled at me.

My answer to this is “I’m older now and much more patient. (which happens to be true).

Congrats.

Lee

-- by Lee A. Jesberger http://www.prowoodworkingtips.com http://www.ezee-feed.com

That is some serious food for thought, Lee. Can’t imagine yelling at him ever. I didn’t come into Nic’s life until after his 9th birthday, and only yelled (dressed down with the dreaded “measured calm voice”, actually) at him once. His Mother will have to answer this one more specifically.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Doug,
A really cute kid. “Congratulations”
God bless

-- Gene, a Christian in Virginia

Thanks Gene.
I always get a kick out of your picture with Gregory. While every person is different, Trisomy 21 kids always seemed to be extra sweet and free of the a lot of the guile some other children exhibit (I was a NICU and Pediatric Nurse for 13 years in my former existence). You are a very special Dad. God bless you and your family.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.