Workbench and tools at Tesco

kingfisherblue

My first grabbit, so please be gentle. I've benefitted from many other posters kindness, so hopefully I can return the favour and help someone else.

In Prescot Tesco Extra today, I bought a boxed set that included a workbench, electric drill, electric jigsaw, electric sander and electric screwdriver (with accessories such as bits, sandpaper, etc). It was reduced from £120 to £39.

My 11 year old son is mad keen on DIY, so it makes a perfecct birthday present for him, although I realise that he will have to be supervised.

sunnyone

kingfisherblue wrote: »

My first grabbit, so please be gentle. I've benefitted from many other posters kindness, so hopefully I can return the favour and help someone else.

In Prescot Tesco Extra today, I bought a boxed set that included a workbench, electric drill, electric jigsaw, electric sander and electric screwdriver (with accessories such as bits, sandpaper, etc). It was reduced from £120 to £39.

My 11 year old son is mad keen on DIY, so it makes a perfecct birthday present for him, although I realise that he will have to be supervised.

Im sure you have seen my post's about my lad, he has so many tools, nearly as many as his dad and he has a full workshop kitted out to help him with both his hobbies and I hope his future engineering career but more importantly he has fun doing something he loves, you lad might be severely disabled but he is still a lad who wants to do what all out lads want to do, hammer, bang and make a noise while destroying anything thats going spare on the way to the bin/tip.

I hope he enjoys his birthday present KFB and that your home survives it.

When is he twelve?

kingfisherblue

Sorry for the late reply sunnyone. I couldn't find my post . The set is for my younger son, not the one who is disabled. He is twelve in November. My disabled son is thirteen.

My disabled son will probably enjoy learning a few things from his brother though - the younger one will hopefully enjoy helping his older brother to knock a few nails into bits of wood. It might be an idea to get some things for my older son, though. He definitely likes to make a noise! :rotfl:

A couple of weeks ago, they both made bird boxes with The Mersey Forest. The older one made a robin box and the younger one made six :eek: boxes with different sized holes, for nuthatches, blue tits, etc. My boys enjoy watching the birds, especially at my mum's house - she backs onto fields and has a good range of birds, including an occasional woodpecker.

My younger son was very disappointed last year to find that he is colour blind. This means he cannot pursue his wishes to be either a soldier or a policeman. Instead, he is now looking at being a joiner. You have made me think, though, sunnyone - maybe he should find out more about engineering and think about that. He is bright (level 5 in science and 4A in maths and English at the end of year 6). At the end of the day, though, I just want both of my boys to be happy.

sunnyone

kingfisherblue wrote: »

Sorry for the late reply sunnyone. I couldn't find my post . The set is for my younger son, not the one who is disabled. He is twelve in November. My disabled son is thirteen.

My disabled son will probably enjoy learning a few things from his brother though - the younger one will hopefully enjoy helping his older brother to knock a few nails into bits of wood. It might be an idea to get some things for my older son, though. He definitely likes to make a noise! :rotfl:

A couple of weeks ago, they both made bird boxes with The Mersey Forest. The older one made a robin box and the younger one made six :eek: boxes with different sized holes, for nuthatches, blue tits, etc. My boys enjoy watching the birds, especially at my mum's house - she backs onto fields and has a good range of birds, including an occasional woodpecker.

My younger son was very disappointed last year to find that he is colour blind. This means he cannot pursue his wishes to be either a soldier or a policeman. Instead, he is now looking at being a joiner. You have made me think, though, sunnyone - maybe he should find out more about engineering and think about that. He is bright (level 5 in science and 4A in maths and English at the end of year 6). At the end of the day, though, I just want both of my boys to be happy.

Sorry when you said the age I though of your disabled lad, I didnt realise they were so close together in age.

My son started his BTEC young apprenteship in ehgineering at 14 KFB, he loves every single minute of it and it not about choosing what type of engineering at 14 but it gives a broad base to any type and since nearly every pratical trade will have engineers its a pretty good subject to choose as one of your options.

kingfisherblue

Thanks sunnyone - I'll let my son know about the BTEC. I know his school offers some BTECs, so he can find out more about it from his teachers. Today he has taken in a photo on his phone to show his woodwork teacher the stool and the bird table that he has made so far (not the birdboxes, though, not sure why).

My boys are close in age - there is just 19 months between them. It was like bringing up twins for a while, but the younger one overtook the older one a few years ago. The younger one is tall as well, so everyone thinks that he is the oldest. When a paediatrician told me that I had mixed them up, and that the younger one was too tall to be the youngest, I pointed out that not only did I know my own children, but that it is fairly obvious which one has Down's syndrome.......