No toddlers on the workbench!

[Reece]

That would've been me in 1955 but I think I had enough sense to solder stuff back in my workshop and not on the rug. How many kids today know how to make things, take things apart and fix them and put them back together? So much is throwaway and it's easy to get instant gratification with cheap cheap electronics. A lot of us gathered old chassis for parts and made our radios and such. What a feeling to hear the first squeals of regeneration and know that it was going to work! I know what you mean about lawnmowers, too: I kept one running fine until the chassis no longer cast a shadow!

[electroking]

At least the kid (first picture) seems to be keeping one hand in his pocket
while probing the chassis...

[Geist]

Hi All;
I think it would have been me in the first picture, only it would have been me doing both things, at the bench..
THANK YOU Marty

[Sandy G]

Uhh, no, a Toddler has NO BUSINESS around a soldering station..He/She can help Grampa in OTHER ways..

[Boobtubeman]

Darn i miss the days of floor tv repairs.. I'de be doing it these days if my muscles would allow

SR

[Einar72]

Sure wish I could find that poster with all the test patterns on it...

[StellarTV]

Originally Posted by Phil Nelson

This Radio Electronics cover kills me. Is Junior poking around in a live chassis while Pop adjusts the oscilloscope?

Wow, look how clean that chassis is!!

[Celt]

And here we see little Johnny pee himself when the probe he's holding hits a live 400V lead.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Uhh, no, a Toddler has NO BUSINESS around a soldering station..He/She can help Grampa in OTHER ways..

Right on Sandy - Sorting and finding resistors! Kids love colors

[Geist]

Hi All;
I thought it is interesting the price of the Magazine.. 30 cents !!
THANK YOU Marty

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

Uhh, no, a Toddler has NO BUSINESS around a soldering station..He/She can help Grampa in OTHER ways..

Two of my cats are always walking on the workbench. I have to keep an eye on them, when I use the soldering irons.
I use my Weller, when working on the old sets, as it cools immediately.

[Reece]

Back then, 30 cents would also get you a hamburger, or a gallon and half of gas.