Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Drill press for a 3 year old
Dave Thompson
>I've been waiting for these guys to be old enough to use this gnome size drill press and this weekend they did for the first time. Previously they came in my shop and created rhinos out of cutoff scraps. They decide this tool was good for giving the rhinos eyes. Anyway, thought I'd share...
enjoy,
Dave
Now THAT is cool! Thks for sharing.
Frank D. in Montreal
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Dave...you evil genius!
Thomas Skaggs, Foothills of Mount Level
>One of the reasons I know you lose shop time is because of being called away for fatherly duty. So you figured out the great loop hole....get the kids involved in the shop! I salute your craftiness! ;-)
Let me know when they get good with a cabinet scraper. I might hire them! :-)
Tom
Re: Drill press for a 3 year old
vlparisian in Houston
>Now that is the cutest thing I've seen today.
Victor
Damn, thats clever !
s.mackay@worldnet.att.net
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Where can I get one?
Wendell @ Murphy, TX
>Did you make that or buy it? I have a three year old daughter I'd like to get out in the shop with me.
Wendell
Beginning of the end
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>That's a great idea.
Warning: you may question your judgment in 10 years, when you can't reach your bench for the projects on it.
Best way to raise kids - show them they can solve problems and be competent.
Bill, father of a carpenter/metalworker/plumber/electrician/designer/musician and a graphic artist whose day job is architectural drafting.
Very cool...
Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA
>As long as they keep their little fingers away from the gears.
Anyone played with a Fiskars hand drill? *LINK*
Wendell @ Murphy, TX
>Speaking of child and drill gears, has anyone messed around with a Fiskars 8511 6984 Hand Drill? The gears are enclosed so little fingers wouldn't be at risk. Unfortunately, the ergonomics for a small kid don't look that great to me.
Wendell
Fiskars Hand Drill
Re: Where can I get one?
Dave Thompson
>I picked it up at a local auction for $15. No one was really interested it, so I got it for the opening bid. Given the size and lack of smoothness in gears, I suspect it may not have been intended for an adult, though it's a pretty nice kid tool. If I recall correctly, there is no maker name, but it says that it is made in "Germany" (not Deutschland).
good luck,
Dave
Re: Anyone played with a Fiskars hand drill?
Paul M. in San Diego
>I used one of those Fiskars drills for a long time before I got a real eggbeater. The chuck is very difficult to get tight so that the bits don't slip. But other than a weak chuck, they actually aren't bad little drills.
If you tighten the bit in the chuck yourself, then your shop gnomes should be able to make holes in nearly anything!
Re: Anyone played with a Fiskars hand drill?
Ken in Sacramento
>Be careful what you ask for. My dad had a brace and bits(mine now) and I am surprised the basement stairs didn't collapse with the holes my brother and I drilled in the supports.
Ken
Also called "lightening"
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>Look at pics of the 1950's racing cars - they drilled out everything they could.
Of course, most basement stairs don't go racing.
Re: Concealed Gears
paul womack
>I don't know about America, but in the UK I've found a few concealed gear hand drills.
There's the famous Stanley "Continental" 748a (although I don't find much use for breast drills) and the ever-so-sixties Stanley 5803.
Having caught a slightly too baggy shirt in the gears of a hand drill befoe now, I now prefer the concealed gear varients.
BugBear
Re: Working Height
paul womack
>Kid definitely needs a platform to stand on.
BugBear
My limited experience
Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA
>My older son swore off working with tools for a week or so after he got his arm "waffled" (his term) by the gears of a hand drill about the age of five. This may explain why he was so thrilled, as an adult, when my father gave him the concealed-gear drill we had around the house in my youth.
I picked up a Stanley 610 on eBay a while back, and it has, at least for the moment, pushed all the others aside, not just for its concealed gearing, but for its smoooooothness.
Re: Anyone played with a Fiskars hand drill?
Dave Tardiff
>The enclosed gears do reduce the pinching risk.
Control of direction and smooth rotation of the crank is another issue. The fix for that is the little Yankee with the multiple settings, as there's one that always moves the chuck in the right direction NO MATTER which way you turn the crank.
All still retain the biggest problem, that of keeping the drill axis steady. The kids usually don't and then you bend or snap the drill bit. The same problem occurs with pushdrills. The drill press option with the simple lever for pressure does cure this problem very nicely....