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Considered signing them up to a men's shed or equivalent? We have them in Australia - no idea what they're called in other countries. Over here - they have a c
by an_aparallel 3y ago
Considered signing them up to a men's shed or equivalent? We have them in Australia - no idea what they're called in other countries.
Over here - they have a community focus and the folk that run them are retirees and will spend time with folks...i think person to person instruction is excellent for stuff like this.
The men's sheds also have a component where they teach you, and you can use the work areas for your own work - provided you participate in the community efforts like "make 50x cutting boards for veterans next weekend" etc.
EDIT: cost is also minimal...tonnes of good tools..etc
- tmnvix 3y agoThis is a great suggestion. Thanks. We do have these in New Zealand.
- an_aparallel 3y agothat's great :) as a personal note, i signed up to a lapidary club which was a similar sort of thing to a mens shed. Also retirees, ex-engineers teaching lapping, stone setting, jewellry design and so on. It was a great experience. I have the form for our mens shed down the road, they have heavy duty large work area benches, CNC cutters, table saws, hand tools and so on. The guy i met was super into building guitars - showed off his work - and was really cool when i went down. Made it a good point to tell me there was some sort of training/compliance where the people who run the joint needed to ensure your competance before letting you loose on the tools :) EDIT: two other things....considered buying them a broken down car, bike or lawn mower and tell them to get it running? :) Or - buying them Ben Eater's "Build an 8 bit pc" and get them to build that?