mspringer Posted January 15, 2014 #1 Posted January 15, 2014 Greetings. New to the site and had a quick question regarding what folks do to keep the knives and other shiny pointy stuff out of the way of the grandkids? I'm setting up a new work area in a spare room in the house that is frequented by a 4 and a 2 year old who can be quite curious. Right now, I keep most everything in the top of a closet. I'd like to keep it on the work table where it is quickly available. I use a collection of the small plastic tray cabinets but they do not lock, hence their home in the top of the closet. Ideas? Thanks Mark
Ponto Posted January 15, 2014 #2 Posted January 15, 2014 With all due respect, I would suggest a lock on the door to the "spare room".........and allow visiting only under supervision. Just my two cents........... JP WackoWolf 1 Built & De-Commissioned: HMS Endeavour (Corel), HMS Unicorn (Corel), Abandoned: HMS Bounty (AL) Completed : Wappen Von Hamburg (Corel), Le Renommee (Euromodel)... on hold Current WIP: Berlin by Corel On Shelf: HMS Bounty (Billings),
JeffT Posted January 15, 2014 #3 Posted January 15, 2014 I bought an 8 drawer wood chest from harbor freight that locks. trippwj 1 Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard
mspringer Posted January 16, 2014 Author #4 Posted January 16, 2014 JP, I had thought about that, but this room is also Lego Central...so it would be selfish of me to lock the babes out. There is nothing else they can hurt aside from themselves with the tools. Thanks for the thought. Jeff, I think you hit the nail on the head. That is exactly what i've been imagining. I had forgotten about HF and there is a store about 20minutes away from me. I think I'll make the trek this weekend and check those out. JeffT, WackoWolf and Q A's Revenge 3
JeffT Posted January 16, 2014 #5 Posted January 16, 2014 It happens to be where I keep my sharp stuff stored. WackoWolf 1 Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard
grsjax Posted January 22, 2014 #6 Posted January 22, 2014 I bought a machinist chest on ebay for about what I would have paid for the wood chest from Harborfreight. It is a Kennedy 8 drawer metal chest with felt lined drawers. Much better quality than the HF offering. WackoWolf and justsayrow 2 My advice and comments are always worth what you paid for them.
cdogg Posted January 22, 2014 #7 Posted January 22, 2014 I just bought a 4 drawer metal cabinet at Menards for $30. It has locking drawers as well as a lock on the top for all drawers. It works great for the dangerous stuff. As for the boat it goes up high on the shelf! Casey "I drank what?" - Socrates Current Builds: Corel Scotland Baltic Ketch 1775 AL Mare Nostrum 1/570 RMS Titanic - Revell Plastic Model Kit Finished Builds: Midwest The Dinghy Midwest Chesapeake Bay Flattie Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Future Builds: Mamoli Golden Hind Mamoli Black Prince AL Swift
NenadM Posted May 6, 2014 #8 Posted May 6, 2014 (edited) Next question is, how to hide tools from grown kids? Not to protect kids, but to protekt tools? First Dremel set, then paintbrushes, after anvile (!). Yesterday soldering iron ... BTW, with locking door, you will hide Lego from yourself Edited May 6, 2014 by Nenad M mspringer and dgbot 2 In progress: CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653 Content of log : http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381 Past build: Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic
AON Posted May 6, 2014 #9 Posted May 6, 2014 My daughter wouldn't give any of it a second glance. I explained to my son that "all this" is his inheritance so it all needs to be treated as such So he started taking them home! He calls it borrowing NenadM 1 Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021)
mspringer Posted May 10, 2014 Author #10 Posted May 10, 2014 Nenad, it's rather odd...but the Legos seem to be multiplying at an alarming rate. Where once there was only one set, there are now 6 separate and distinct sets. The 4 year old knows the exact inventory of each of hers. So far the ship yard and the lego yard are coexisting peacefully. I found that I only use a small subset of the total inventory of pointy sharp tools, and I have these in a small plastic storage shelf set that I can easily put away in the closet. Alan, I think that means it's time for you to upgrade your collection!
NenadM Posted May 10, 2014 #11 Posted May 10, 2014 I liked to play Lego with kids ... waiting for their kids to continue playing ... mspringer 1 In progress: CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653 Content of log : http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381 Past build: Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic
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