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11 Tools to Get for Your Kids
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| December 15, 2008
| Mark Clement
Posted on 09/02/2010 8:16:26 AM PDT by Immerito
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Anything else that you would add to this list?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:16:27 AM PDT
by
Immerito
To: Immerito
Why do they need any tools when playing with a Wii, Xbox or Nintendo?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:22:24 AM PDT
by
caver
(Obama: Home of the Whopper)
To: Immerito
#12: Sawzall.
I am 41 and just got my very first one ever, and it is awesome. It is so fun that I literally walked my property and looked for things to cut up. A lot of tree limbs lost their lives that day!
To: Immerito
Speed square and carpenter's pencil.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:26:00 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
(freerepublic.com - Thanks JimRob! The flags are back! - 8/17/2010.)
To: Immerito
Excellent ideas.
Good list. We all need these basic tools.
Thank you for posting this article.
vise grips, wrenches, and screw drivers of various sizes, types are also basic. and necessary for most all projects.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:27:15 AM PDT
by
geologist
(The only answer to the troubles of this life is Jesus. A decision we all must make.)
To: Immerito
#12. Pocket knife
#13. Hatchet
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:28:22 AM PDT
by
ConservativeWarrior
(In last year's nests, there are no birds this year.)
To: Immerito
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:28:53 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: Immerito
I would put wrenches, screwdrivers, and pliers above the "work clothes (???)" and any cordless power tools. Best to learn with manual. Also, that Japanese saw is nice ... but not my first choice. Better a simple crosscut saw. IMHO.
Also, I'd suggest that while it's good for a child to have "his own" tools, his toolkit can be built up according to need ... using Dad's tools under Dad's supervision is where to start. Again, IMHO.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:29:31 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Immerito
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:34:01 AM PDT
by
greatdefender
(If You Want Peace.....Prepare For War)
To: ArrogantBustard
2nd the Sawzall. Those puppies are awesome!
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:35:43 AM PDT
by
Radagast the Fool
("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
To: Immerito
Cute list.
First of all, in my opinion, should be instruction on how to READ a tape measure and that it is made for the right hand.
Each inch on a tape measure has lines of varying lengths ... the 1/2" line is the longest .. the 1/4" lines are next, followed by eighths and maybe sixteenths being the shortest.
I really heard from a grown man, "8 feet 3 and a half and 1 little line inches"
I'm right handed so I usually use the tape measure in my left while I mark with the right ... this forces you to read the tape upsidedown, because the tape was engineered to be pulled with the right hand and marked with the left.
I would include a coping saw in the list.
Learning to cope is a wealth of finger/hand/wrist training that works out well in other tasks.
Prolly most important will be a good Boy Scout type whittlin' knife.
Jes' th' two o'ya, whittlin'
What's that?
An arrowhead
Yep .. fine one too
priceless.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:36:17 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: ConservativeWarrior
This one is a must!
To: greatdefender
the shotgun ain’t bad, either!! :)
As far as work clothes, I use old stuff of mine that’s worn but still good-and I often stop by my church’s thrift store for used clothing.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:39:23 AM PDT
by
Radagast the Fool
("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
To: Radagast the Fool
Sawzall??? For a small child?
Ummm ...
OK. You give your seven-year-old a Sawzall.
Me?
I'll give it to him when he's seven MONTHS old.
Why are you waiting so long?
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:40:44 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Immerito
Magnifying glass.
For cooking... err... *looking at* ants.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:41:14 AM PDT
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: Immerito
I can think of about a million, but Vise Grips, Channellocks, and saw-horses come to mind. My dad was a superintendent for one of the largest construction companies in the world, and I spent a good deal of my youth on mega-construction sites. He knew his way around tools and passed some of that on to me. I worked as a farmhand as a kid, and later worked in the printing industry, so I got a lot of practice building and fixing things; as a home-owner those lessons have saved me tens of thousands of dollars. Every person - man and woman, boy and girl, should be able wire a switch, change a fixture, replace a faucet, frame a wall, build a table, sharpen tools, and use an electrical meter to check a circuit. I am stunned to know men my age (early 50s) who wouldn’t have a clue on how to do any of those things - if you know how, pass it along to someone who doesn’t; if you don’t, learn.
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posted on
09/02/2010 8:55:45 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Immerito
When my daughter moved out to her own apartment, I gave her a cordless drill and some bits, and a small box of tools. As far as I recall, it contained: channel locks, pliers, and needle nose pliers, a set of wrenches and sockets, a hammer, a level, some carpenter's glue, GOOP and epoxy, electrical tape, 3-in 1 oil, WD40, a tape measure, a box cutter, a small cross cut saw, a set of C clamps, a set of screwdrivers, a set of precision screwdrivers, a picture hanging kit, a kit of washers, bolts and nuts, some tacks, brads, and nails, some sandpaper and steel wool, and a tube of silicon sealer and a tube of spackle. I figured if she couldn't use them to fix whatever, she'd have some friend nearby who could.
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posted on
09/02/2010 9:35:05 AM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: ArrogantBustard
LOL!!!
I know, a sawzall isn’t the best tool for a kid, but it’s a real nice tool to have!!!
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posted on
09/02/2010 9:46:22 AM PDT
by
Radagast the Fool
("Mexico-Beirut with tacos!"--Dr. Zoidberg)
To: Immerito
ISBN: 0143117467
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posted on
09/02/2010 9:49:05 AM PDT
by
T-Bird45
(It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
To: Immerito
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