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cajundad

cajundad

Can't Leave
Nov 1, 2012
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Louisiana
My son was home sick for a few days on antibiotic therapy for a touch of Right lobe Pneumonia recently . For the last 2 days he has been sitting in my shop working with the new dremmel set I gave him . I noticed him being quite secretive , so I crept up on him to discover he has been working on a gift for me :) . He took a corn cob from friday nights supper and made me a pipe . Cob bowl , shank made from one of his Oak promark drumsticks . And the stem was a blue swirl I had and never used . He asked for it recently , and I never thought about it and said sure . I was truly proud of this , and it smoked DARN good !! Here's my gift .

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cajundad

cajundad

Can't Leave
Nov 1, 2012
468
1
Louisiana
He is 10 , and dried it in the oven . He said he wraped it in foil and baked it at 180 degrees for 30 min , then microwaved it for 30 sec. I may be biased , but brilliant ! He said he read it on a web page he found from google lol .

 
pstlpkr

pstlpkr

Lifer
Dec 14, 2009
9,694
31
Birmingham, AL
:worship: Ten year olds Rock!

Quite ingenious using the drum stick for a shank.

It's awesome when your offspring begins to reason out problems and plan.

You must be very proud.

:puffy:

 
cajundad

cajundad

Can't Leave
Nov 1, 2012
468
1
Louisiana
absolutely Josh , @ Lawrence , I sure am . He even told me that he knew the drumdtick would work because oak is a hardwood , lol . I got a shop full of tools and a lathe thats never used . Time to learn how to make pipes I guess ? Im still hooked on fixing the old ones though . Maybe he will be the pipe maker .

 
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john218

Part of the Furniture Now
May 5, 2012
562
1
Connecticut
Cajundad, your son is a very impressive young man.
I was thinking your son was in his twenties, until I saw your post giving his age. Now you have to get him some blocks of briar.
That pipe is a treasure beyond measure.

 
crk69

crk69

Part of the Furniture Now
Jun 30, 2012
751
1
That is such a cool gift... Your son definantly has some skills. Who knows, maybe the next great pipe maker is living under your roof... Congrats and Enjoy!! :puffy:

 
tbradsim1

tbradsim1

Lifer
Jan 14, 2012
9,104
11,066
Southwest Louisiana
You know I didn"t have my coffee and smoke this morning when I read this and wondered how did he make a shank with a drumstick , thinking chicken LOL, good hands , good heart ,you are a lucky man. The old cajun :clap:

 
roudoudou

roudoudou

Might Stick Around
Aug 24, 2012
81
1
Montreal
Wow! Creative, problem solver, autonomous, good hands!!

I'm quite impressed! He will go far.
Yup, you must be a proud father.
PS: I hope that pneumonia is gone forever.

 
fnord

fnord

Lifer
Dec 28, 2011
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8
Topeka, KS
But what I'm really thinking is how that kid did his research and knocked something together for his old man. And, as a dad, what can be more special than that?
Keep him, CD. But teach him how to use that lathe and any other tool he needs.

 
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