Back in March I become a Dad, and as things are now calming down I can
start doing more woodworking, with one problem, tools make noise, wake
baby up SWMBO becomes militant.

I have now found a solution, put baby in backpack(one made for caring
babies, Child services get upset if you use there other kind), and go to
work. I can't use power tools with the baby, he doesn't like the noise,
dust and I'm worried about the safety issue(can't find safety glasses
his size)

Growing up watching New Yankee, and Woodwright shop I admit I liked the
way Norm did things better, I like power tools; but Watching Roy build
some of the projects he did as fast as he did with out power tools just
amazed me. so over the years I've collected a number, mostly using them
for large projects, now I'm happy I can take what I leaned from Roy and
use it. Baby's happy(he likes the back pack), SWMBO is happy to get a
break from the baby(new stay at home mom, still adjusting), and I'm
happy(I get to do woodworking, I get to spend time with my Son doing
woodworking, granted at 5 months he doesn't contribute much, and SWMBO
isn't threating to kill me, because if mama isn't happy, NO BODY is happy)

So thank you Roy

Richard Clements

Enjoy the baby, let him/her smell wood from as early as possible and
stay away from angry moms! They're more dangerous than lightly fastened
router bits!
Enjoy the new family member!

Richard Clements wrote:
I have now found a solution, put baby in backpack(one made for caring
babies,

I don't think it's a good idea to have a kid in a backpack while using
handtools.
It's a potentially huge distraction. Wouldn't want the kid to suddenly
scream and have that cutting tool slip.

Can't you put the kid in a seat while you watch him?

bf wrote:
Richard Clements wrote:
I have now found a solution, put baby in backpack(one made for caring
babies,

I don't think it's a good idea to have a kid in a backpack while using
handtools.
It's a potentially huge distraction. Wouldn't want the kid to suddenly
scream and have that cutting tool slip.

Can't you put the kid in a seat while you watch him?

I have a jumparoo (kinda like the old johnny jumper, only it has it's
own stand) but he doesn't like it as much. but I haven't had any
problem with him screaming or anything in the backpack and if noise is
an issue, he makes more noise in the jumparoo then the pack by far, in
some way's I do better, take more time, pay more attention to how I'm
setting stuff up

Wed, Aug 30, 2006, 9:46pm (EDT-2)
(Richard*Clements) doth claimeth:
Back in March I become a Dad, and as things are now calming down I can
start doing more woodworking, with one problem, tools make noise, wake
baby up SWMBO becomes militant. snip

Big mistake. HUGE mistake. Went thru that crap with the first
kid, tiptoe around, whisper, least little noise'd wake him up, then drop
everything to get him back to sleep. PITA. Second kid we had to finish
the inside of this place. Didn't have time for the tiptoe crap, so got
smart; put the kid down in the back room, then hammer, saw, play radio,
whatever; after about a day, the kid'd go to sleep and sleep thru
whatever noise we made. No prob.



JOAT
Justice was invented by the innocent.
Mercy and lawyers were invented by the guilty.

(J T) writes:
Big mistake. HUGE mistake.

Agreed. My kids can sleep through pretty much anything, even alarm
clocks (they use the "buzzer" mode because music doesn't wake them
up).

As the father of twins now 6 years old I often thought of new ideas that
would help the harried parent. One idea I thought would be good was a large
version of a hamster ball...


--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.


"Richard Clements" wrote in message
...
Back in March I become a Dad, and as things are now calming down I can
start doing more woodworking, with one problem, tools make noise, wake
baby up SWMBO becomes militant.

I have now found a solution, put baby in backpack(one made for caring
babies, Child services get upset if you use there other kind), and go to
work. I can't use power tools with the baby, he doesn't like the noise,
dust and I'm worried about the safety issue(can't find safety glasses
his size)

Growing up watching New Yankee, and Woodwright shop I admit I liked the
way Norm did things better, I like power tools; but Watching Roy build
some of the projects he did as fast as he did with out power tools just
amazed me. so over the years I've collected a number, mostly using them
for large projects, now I'm happy I can take what I leaned from Roy and
use it. Baby's happy(he likes the back pack), SWMBO is happy to get a
break from the baby(new stay at home mom, still adjusting), and I'm
happy(I get to do woodworking, I get to spend time with my Son doing
woodworking, granted at 5 months he doesn't contribute much, and SWMBO
isn't threating to kill me, because if mama isn't happy, NO BODY is happy)

So thank you Roy

Richard Clements

As the father of twins now 6 years old I often thought of new ideas that
would help the harried parent. One idea I thought would be good was a
large
version of a hamster ball...

Seems like a good idea until the ball starts to head downstairs...

Back in March I become a Dad, and as things are now calming down I can
start doing more woodworking, with one problem, tools make noise, wake
baby up SWMBO becomes militant.

I suggest you get back to running the power tools as soon as you can. I
never stopped when my children were born and it was never a problem. Maybe
your child is different from mine (how could that be?!), but infants are
pretty good at adapting once their needs are met.

- Owen -

I wish I had discovered how to tune a handplane long ago, as my
daughters crib would have gotten finished, and I'm STILL hearing about
it (she's almost 11).

However, you DO need to make noise so the baby sleeps harder. Went
through hell with that scenario, but number2, with No1 in the room, he
slept through the noise.

Alan