View Full Version : Latest project
kalynzoo
10-20-2009, 04:59 PM
It might be a year or two until my 9month old grandboys will be able to play with this, but it was fun to make. I'm going in for foot surgery tomorrow, and will have to be non-weight bearing for 2 months. Not sure how that will affect my shop time. Anyway, this was fun to make.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/kalynzoo/Dads%20woodworking/earthmovere-mail.jpg
mickyd
10-20-2009, 05:56 PM
It might be a year or two until my 9month old grandboys will be able to play with this, but it was fun to make. I'm going in for foot surgery tomorrow, and will have to be non-weight bearing for 2 months. Not sure how that will affect my shop time. Anyway, this was fun to make.
Sharp looking toy!!! VERY nice job. That looks just as good if not better that anything you'd find in store. Congrats!! The little guy will surely get many years of good use out of that. If they aren't already, better locktite those fasteners....if the boy is like me, curiosity will figure out how to disassemble pretty fast. I was one of THOSE kids.
efmaron
10-20-2009, 06:04 PM
Nice Job, a very cool toy he will be out in the yard digging with that for years.
mbcabinetmaker
10-20-2009, 07:20 PM
Super nice toy Gary and good luck with that surgery.
fjimp
10-20-2009, 07:41 PM
Gary,
Great job that toy makes me wish I had a grandson in the age group to enjoy such a toy.
I wish you the very best on the foot surgery. I am doing my best to avoid foot surgery. I pray yours goes well and you are back on both feet very soon. fjimp
"Way cool", Gary. He will enjoy that for quite awhile.
Go easy on that foot for several days after tomorrow
I'm going in for foot surgery tomorrow, and will have to be non-weight bearing for 2 months. Not sure how that will affect my shop time. Anyway, this was fun to make.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii163/kalynzoo/Dads%20woodworking/earthmovere-mail.jpg
GREAT looking crane Gary. Love the various woods ya used.
Good luck with the foot surgery. Just get an adjustable stool with wheels, that ya can put your knee on in the shop.:D
charlese
10-20-2009, 09:41 PM
This is one super looking backhoe, Gary! Hey! while the boys are growing and your are keeping weight off your legs, why not practice with it picking small stuff off of the bed?
I vaguely remember a child's poem my Mom read to me, It had to do with a sick kid playing, while in bed, with his covers like hills. There were references to the "Hills of Counter-pain".