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Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:14 pm

Made this for the grand kids.

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Fri May 08, 2009 9:32 pm

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 · Post by **judaspre1982** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:02 pm

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charlese · Post by **charlese** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:17 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 · Post by **mbcabinetmaker** » Sat May 09, 2009 6:54 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

Len · Post by **Len** » Sat May 09, 2009 8:52 am

Looks like the makings of a great engineer there, with only about 50 years difference.

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Sat May 09, 2009 10:22 am

Well done Gene, that looks great. Should keep him busy for hours.

Gene Howe · Post by **Gene Howe** » Sat May 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.

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Sat May 09, 2009 1:16 pm

Gene Howe wrote: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.

Gene, my Sister and Brother-in-Law were stationed there for a couple years. My youngest nephew was born there. If you get the opportunity to visit, you should go.

a1gutterman · Post by **a1gutterman** » Sat May 09, 2009 2:16 pm

Hi gene,

Great looking shovel you made! Where did you get the plastic shovel for it?

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