Weeeeeeee

16 Comments on Weeeeeeee

1. awesome!

   great memories for those lucky kids.

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2. I might be the worst grandfather who ever lived….

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3. How many of those Weee’s at the loading side BEFORE grandpa there said, it’s time for a beer!

   Fantastic carpentry. Those ‘glides’ look like bent oak stair railings.

   Thanks C…

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4. Awesome.
   I rarely ever see my grandchildren.

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5. Do me do me do me.

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6. Well build.Took alot of time & $$$.
   The curved rails are the most impressive!
   Humanity & Western Civ. are not dead yet.

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7. OSHA will be visiting shortly.

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8. Great workout for grandpa too!

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9. I want a motorized one, so I don’t keel over in front of my grandkids, cause that would burn a bad memory in their minds. “Pa’s not looking too good, why is he blue???”

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10. Let’s see the Salt and Pepper.

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11. episode 2: grandpa goes to the chiropractor
    episode 3: grandpa crafts a back brace

    pretty cool though

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12. I’m sure there’s a missing link and a lift system on the drawing board.

    (I think I got my love of building stuff from my dad. He once made a little table and chairs set for we three youngest kids. Mom was making dinner as he was finishing up the final chair, and since my two younger sibs were sitting at the new table, eating, I decided to wait until dad was finished with the last chair before I would eat dinner. My mom understood and kept mine warm for me.)

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13. Backyard coasters have been a thing for a while now. Here’s a bunch, motorized and un motorized.

    The coaster rails are usually made out of PVC pipe.

    Someday when I have grandkids, I’ll probably hire a contractor to build one.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhDzg34PQO0

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14. If I remember correctly when I researched this a while back, PVC is cheap but obviously breaks down under the suns UV rays and temperature extremes…. so you paint the PVC pipe to help protect it.

    The blue flash (one with the loop) is all metal so I have no idea how long that would take to weld up.

    My plan was to start with a land coaster (first one) that only has two raised elements, and make it more complex from there.

    You can buy the safety wheels online but I’m pretty sure you have to hand fab the carts.

    Yeah…..it’s possible I may have spent waaaay too much time looking into these things a few years back.

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15. My bet is this guy is related to this grandpa. If not by genetics, at least by attitude opposed to the anti-fun-can’t-do-anything-zombie-nazis.

    https://www.gocomics.com/mike-lester/2020/08/29 .

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16. ‘Stick’ to the wood, it expands and contracts with temp and humidity, like grandpa.

    That carpenter has that ‘built in’ to his design.

    @Abigail Adams – Thanks for bringing that UP. Can you imagine the drawing board??? Most master carpenters wouldn’t even need a drawing, but I sure ‘wood’…

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