[Vigilanteman]

My Dad picked up some old steel rasps at a yard sale and taught us how to turn them into cool long hunting knives with the help of an electric grindstone in the garage.

I actually took the final result to metal shop class to show off. They didn't lock down the school or suspend me. In fact, the teacher thought is was way cool and said he might have a future class do such a project. This was junior high, circa 1969.

[Norm Lenhart]

I really mourn for what kids today miss out on that we had (and I was an 83 grad). I wonder if a shop class remains in America.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

Do they still have metal shop in today’s schools or has that been banned already?