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My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:11 pm
by Mopar_man
Had to do a little plumbing and got a few extra parts so Angie could lead how to Sweat a pipe. I told her all good Italians need to know how. Ha!!!
Cleaning it up
A little flux
Now for the fire!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5BqVLYo2U
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:29 pm
by DLodge
Mopar_man wrote: ↑Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:11 pm
.... and got a few extra parts so Angie could lead how to Sweat a pipe. I told her all good Italians need to know how.
Funny, I've heard lots of stereotypes of various nationalities, but I don't recall anything about Italians and soldering....
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:40 pm
by Mopar_man
Ha! Well she is half Italian. Daughter her to mix cement as well. Ha!!!!
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 10:54 am
by perry kete
I think it is fantastic that you are teaching her the different trades and that she wants to learn them.
I have a friend who is a plumber and whose young daughter would come to work with him and would clean parts, flux, hand him tools etc. and then one day I saw her soldering the joints. I worked with another fellow who owns an excavating business and his daughter dug ditches by hand, ran the skid steer, drove truck and many other chores. I missed her when she went off to college, she worked harder than most of the other crew.
I enjoy your threads and how you work together on the cars.
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 8:13 pm
by Mopar_man
Thanks Dennis! I've be having her work on stuff with me since she could hold a tool. She loves doing different things.
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2022 9:39 pm
by Mopar_man
OK so now I'm the proud Dad. This kid has been at it for a long time. Sorry for all the pictures. She shoots better than me and can out pushup any boy at school.
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 10:12 am
by Norman Kling
How old is she? When she gets a bit older, she might get other interests, so enjoy it now. And the good thing is that when she gets older she will have "A trade to fall back on." as they used to say when I was young.
Norm
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 7:09 pm
by Mopar_man
Norman, She is 17 now getting ready to head off to college soon. I've been having her do anything that I would do. She loves being able to do things that most kids can't You should see the smile when she drives a stick. Ha!!
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2022 8:27 pm
by otrcman
With the skills like your daughter has, she might intimidate some insecure young men. But for the right kind of guys who are secure in their own skins, she will be irresistible.
We have one daughter-in-law who was raised on a farm. She will tackle (and succeed) in just about anything that comes along. We cherish her.
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:00 pm
by BE_ZERO_BE
I am sure her workmanship is A.S.N. quality. (At-Sa-Nicea)
From another Italian who taught his two daughter to use tools.
Re: My daughter Soldering her first pipe.
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 8:35 pm
by ironhorse
My Dad always said teach them while there too young to know their working, I guess that's why I was mowing the lawn when I was seven ( I got to drive the tractor)