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Originally Posted by cjh
That looks cool!
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It does. But I wonder how it would look through a child's eyes, children that grew up with computers, phones and e-games.
I think to want tools is preceded with needing tools. I don't actually remember how I learned to work on bikes like changing a tube. All I knew was that a crescent wrench wouldn't fit where a narrow one was needed.
So I needed a tool and I respected that tool because it was mine and had a purpose.
The Handy Andy set looks useless to me. I see a brace in 2 of the sets but no bits. On one it looks like a couple of driver bits are missing. What kid is gonna fool with a brace when he sees cordless driver drills everywhere?
No, I'd pass. You can't buy a 10 YO a wood lathe but you can do better than Handy Andy. That's for your memorabilia shelf. Like an Erector Set.
I guess Legos are the contemporary Erector Sets because you could actually get hurt building things with the ES. I think I got my finger in the gears of the motor once. Once was enough. But then I started abusing the thing like running paper through it just to see it wadded up.
I was a destructive little fk. I tore down everything I owned and by age 14 I was the sole mechanic on my McCulloch race kart. My dad didn't know
JS about tools. He did buy me some tools — sockets, end wrenches and Allen keys, etc. I still have all of it except what got lost and that was rare.
I had more tools than most men by 16. In that day a corded drill motor was big time. None reversed and all used a chuck key. I bypassed the brace and bit.