Teaching my kid.. what a kick

My youngest stepson, 26, is here for a month and wanted to spend some time in the lathe..

It's been so cool to pass on the joy of turning, especially to such an apt and attentive learner..

This kid is a computer nerd and has always been "non-mechanical", mostly because his 2 older brothers convinced him that he was... To see him realize that he has skill in his hands as well as his head is just so cool..

In the last week, he's progressed from making shavings and kindling stick through a couple of honey dippers, a few really bizarre (to me) incense holders, a few surprisingly nice turned boxes and today his first couple of pens..

I love to learn through teaching, but this has really been a kick.. better than any drug that I ever tried. (But I never exhaled)

It was fun teaching my 2 kids and my 2 oldest stepsons turning and "shop stuff", but they had confidence and a bit shop experience.. Seeing this kid glowing with pride because he did something that he didn't think that he could possibly accomplish is mind blowing..

A sign of the times: Here's this kid visiting Mexico, up all night turning... and having his girl friend in WA watching him on a web cam while they talk.. lol

mac

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Mac - that is so cool! Very heartwarming in a lot of ways.

Thanks for sharing.

TomNie

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I can't think of anything much more rewarding than teaching the skill of something you love doing on to someone that is really interested.

That can be an inroad to a real bond between you two.

Good for you both!

Robert

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l.vanderloo

For sure, Leo... I think I just saw the tail feathers.. *g*

mac

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"mac davis" wrote: For sure, Leo...

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like bananas.

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