It was the Easter holidays, off to the various parents' for a few days, and Grandad had a surprise for #1 and #2 son - he took them to his school workshop to use proper power tools.
Of course, they needed to actually make something, so he prepared the parts they needed to make a wooden puzzle - The Tower of Hanoi.
Of course, they needed to actually make something, so he prepared the parts they needed to make a wooden puzzle - The Tower of Hanoi.
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Wood, and tools. Lots of both. When Grandad works in a high-school technology department, you can get both quite easily.
The boys used 15mm-thick MDF for the base, 5mm thick MDF for the puzzle-pieces and 5mm dowel for the posts.
The tools they used included coping saws, tenon saws, scroll-saws, files, glass-paper, a pedestal drill, power-sander, band-saw, circular saw and a mallet.
Oh, and goggles.
The boys used 15mm-thick MDF for the base, 5mm thick MDF for the puzzle-pieces and 5mm dowel for the posts.
The tools they used included coping saws, tenon saws, scroll-saws, files, glass-paper, a pedestal drill, power-sander, band-saw, circular saw and a mallet.
Oh, and goggles.
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- Kitewife and myself are teachers.
- Their Grandad (Kitewife's father) was a teacher, now he's a technician (all in the same school he went to as a pupil!).
- My sister is a teaching assistant.
- Both grandparents on the other side (my parents) both used to lecture at college.
- Kitewife's brother trained to teach, but gave it up.
- #1 son's best friend's father is a teacher.
- Kitewife's best friend and her husband both teach.
Yup, they're doomed...(#1 son, age 11, was helping me mark maths papers over the Easter break. His predicted grades for May's exams are equivalent to children 3 years older. #2 son has run out of books to read in his school library.)
And the money...
("Daddy, If I bolted rockets onto the car here, here and here..." )