Where the love of woodworking started.

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Well here I am in 1972 at the age of 4. I am with my grandfather as he builds my fathers workbench. 43 years later im building my own workbench. He taught me all the names of tools he could and by age 7 I could get whatever he asked for.

Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"

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Great! Thanks for sharing that with us Jack. It looks like you enjoyed the times in your grandfathers shop.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

That’s great. You must have great memories of that.

Losing fingers since 1969

Oh yeah lots of memories. Its amazing how they come back at times. Its just funny how things come back into your head when working on things.

Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"

Jeff,

I love the old photos!

L/W

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin

Thanks LW

Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"

This is priceless Jeff.
We always cherish these time. Always inn our heart.

Thanks for sharing.

Abbas, Castro Valley, CA

It is and its just to bad everthing has gone digital. So easy to loose memories. Yes i know you can still get film but man its so expensive to develop. But they will last a life time. Ive lost pictures of my kids growing up on sd cards. The gold prongs got scratched and opps cant recover the digital photos. Somethings are just best left alone.

Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"

Thanks Jeff, awesome photos!
Passing the torch is the best we can do!

steve66

i agree Steve66

Jeff Vandenberg aka "Woodsconsin"

That brings back memories of me and my grandfather. I do the same thing with my 2 year old son.

Billy

Enjoyed the photos and the words Jeff. Those kind of memories are priceless, even for a young guy like yourself.

Mike, an American living in Norway