What wood be a good "soft wood" that he could pound nails in with his little hammer?
2007-02-04 05:31:05 · 8 answers · asked by tom2day 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
By soft wood you mean a wood that isn't too dense? The actual definition of soft wood is one that comes from none deciduous trees like pine and actually yew, hard wood comes from deciduous trees which includes balsa. Balsa is actually one that a lot of people start with but god knows why because it's a pig to work. Having said that it's pretty easy to bang a nail into. I'd suggest pine because it's cheap and easy to get hold of, not too hard and if he's only banging in nails it doesn't really matter. When he gets on to more high tech stuff it's harder to get a satisfactory finish with pine.
Considering in a few years investing in a lathe for him. They are a great tool for the novice wood worker. It's actually really hard to hurt yourself with a lathe.
2007-02-04 06:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-05-10 04:47:47 · answer #2 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you are not a wood worker yourself (ie you don't know what woods are soft) then I would recommend teaching him how to put wooden things(blocks for example) together (with glue maybe) instead of hammering nails....you don't want him to get hurt and never pick up a hammer again!? It's sweet that you are trying to help him be creative though!
2007-02-04 05:41:39 · answer #3 · answered by katiebug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-01 23:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pine is er soft, balsam is even softer. If you can make a dent in it with your finger nail the wood is going to be relatively soft.
You should get him a play school work bench as opposed to him to playing with real nails. you can create construction projects with wooden Popsicle sticksand glue for him to complete. He is quite young and could get hurt playing with actual wood and nails.
2007-02-04 05:40:28 · answer #5 · answered by smedrik 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He's three? Get him the little tykes wood working set. You don't want to give him real nails. It's too harzardous.
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2007-02-04 05:36:21 · answer #6 · answered by Bingo's Mommy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard of "soft" wood but they have all these toys now made by home depot and they are really cute maybe he will like that.
2007-02-04 05:33:38 · answer #7 · answered by K J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they sell play plastic wood at wal-mart, toys r us and i think target
2007-02-04 05:39:30 · answer #8 · answered by sha sha 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe cork or something?
2007-02-04 05:34:13 · answer #9 · answered by =] 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋