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Gene Howe
05-08-2009, 09:14 PM
Made this for the grand kids.
http://i600.photobucket.com/albums/tt86/GeneHowe/IMGP1774.jpg
Good looking digger and it looks like he LIKES IT. Isn't it GREAT when ya built somehthing form them and they play with it.
judaspre1982
05-08-2009, 10:02 PM
Heck , Id crawl in there and play with it myself. Cool idea , I like it----Dave
charlese
05-09-2009, 02:17 AM
Boy! That's a homemade toy both of the kids will remember fondly 50 years from now. Beautiful!!!! Couldn't be better!:D
mbcabinetmaker
05-09-2009, 06:54 AM
Great job Gene. It is fun and games to them now, but that toy will be with them for life in one way or another. My Grandfather was an old time carpenter and always carried a wooden toolbox. He made me a smaller version of it when I was about 5 years old. Not only do I still have it I have his original with tools displayed in a special place in my upstairs office. I am still amazed at the work he could do with just a few hand tools.
Mark
Looks like the makings of a great engineer there, with only about 50 years difference.
tom_k/mo
05-09-2009, 10:22 AM
Well done Gene, that looks great. Should keep him busy for hours.
Gene Howe
05-09-2009, 11:16 AM
Thanks for looking and commenting, guys.
The little guy, Sam, is 4 and his sister, Ella, is 2. She likes it as much as he does. She just doesn't quite have the lever movements figured out yet. Sam figured it out in about a minute.
They're all headed for Kadena AFB on Okinawa in a few weeks. Guess I'll disassemble it and ship it when they get settled. Probably have to clean out all the diesel and drain the crank case, first.