Silver Case

After I woke up at 1030 and had my morning latte, Luke and I went to the workshop and played  with the planks of wood and hardware I bought him yesterday.  I just wanted to give him a chance to hammer nails and saw wood with the full-sized rip-saw I bought.

I turned the stupidly-expensive, yet garbage quality, “shelving” planks into a three-sided squat bench/worktable.   Luke hammered in nails with some of Pa’s old ball-peen hammers, ranging from a few ounces to a heavy oak skull-cracker.

After he tired of nailing, we got out my Bosch hammer drill and  drove holes into the worktop.  I put on the auxiliary second handle so he could manage more easily by himself.  He got sick of the 1/4″ drill, migrated to a bigger one, and wasn’t satisfied until he’d run the 1″ spade bit.  He was endlessly curious why the wood was hot after drilling through it.

Matilda was anxiously watching the whole affair. I don’t believe she thought playing New Yankee Workshop with Luke was the greatest idea.  And she jumped when I let Luke drink the last of my brewed black coffee left sitting under the Snap-On. haha

Oh, and a little African one-mand-band kit arrived for Luke from Aunt Megan today.  I’m trying to figure if the Pie Bird will double as a ceramic flute. Thanks Gemini

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