{"id":3656,"date":"2022-01-18T16:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/?p=3656"},"modified":"2022-01-18T16:58:06","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T22:58:06","slug":"toolbox-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/18\/toolbox-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolbox Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Grampa, my dad&#8217;s father, built this for me when I was a young boy, about 8 or 9 years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_2484.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2484.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2484-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2484-150x100.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The toolbox came with a saw (original still in the box), a hammer, screw drivers, pliers and a number of small glass jars containing various sizes of nails. I still have some of those glass jars too! The box is very well constructed and has a lock which was quite magical as a young kid. Something I could lock up and keep secrets in. Sadly, the key has gone missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"523\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_2485.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2485.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2485-300x245.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2485-150x123.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My earliest fond memory of using the tools was in Sudbury on a sunny Saturday afternoon out in the garage cutting up various bits of scrap wood and making my version of a toy boat. Something like this only less fancy. I thought it was a masterpiece! After all I did it all by myself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/Eric-Jacoby-Design-Toy-Boat_large.JPG.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3657\"\/><figcaption>Fancy Toy Wood Boat<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the years this toolbox has held lots of childhood treasures and good memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When we had Eric and Scott my dad decided to keep the tradition going and build our boys similar toolboxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_2470.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2470-40x40.jpeg 40w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"574\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/IMG_2471.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2471.jpeg 574w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2471-269x300.jpeg 269w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_2471-135x150.jpeg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Grampa, my dad&#8217;s father, built this for me when I was a young boy, about 8 or 9 years old. The toolbox came with a saw (original still in the box), a hammer, screw drivers, pliers and a number of small glass jars containing various sizes of nails. 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