Gift ideas 19yo engineer....GO

monster • Apr 10, 2018 6:51 pm
This young man likes anything with an engine, and plans to get a licence for all of them... but already owns most toys/tools one can think of and has access to a machine shop with every thing he could possibly need. He had had a couple of (plane) flight lessons in the past, a helicopter flying extreme experience is a little out of my price range (we tend to keep below $100 for gifts) ((an when I say we I mean me now, I guess :( ), He already races off road vehicles he builds himself (and doesn't was his own helmet for that), his motorbike is currently out of commission....and he has all the shit he might need for that

He already owns most toys/tools one can think of and has access to a machine shop with every thing he could possibly need in that respect....

what obscure but handy gadget does he need that I don't know about? What can i do? Help me out here, gang, I'm without my co-pilot and we always struggled with this one anyway (hence his amazing tool collection....)

please and thanks
monster • Apr 10, 2018 7:33 pm
didn't want the helicopter thing anyway
Clodfobble • Apr 10, 2018 8:06 pm
Does he have a manly, sturdy watch?
monster • Apr 10, 2018 8:51 pm
yup.

last year's b'day...

or maybe the year before
glatt • Apr 10, 2018 9:13 pm
Does he drink coffee?
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monster • Apr 10, 2018 9:15 pm
no :( just milk

maybe I should get him a cow
Griff • Apr 11, 2018 7:02 am
Pocket tools?

https://www.crkt.com/shop/multi-tools.html
Clodfobble • Apr 11, 2018 7:27 am
Something completely out of the gadget realm, like a DVD set of Top Gear or whatever show he likes?
Gravdigr • Apr 11, 2018 4:06 pm
Hammer
glatt • Apr 11, 2018 4:29 pm
If they had DVDs of the YouTube series "Project Binky" he would love that.

Fitting a Celica motor in a Mini.
monster • Apr 11, 2018 5:45 pm
I will look into that, thanks.

I gave up and asked him and apparently, he does want a watch A dress watch. :lol:

done deal. :D

and a mechanical (wooden) metronome. "Just to admire"
monster • Apr 11, 2018 5:54 pm
glatt;1006865 wrote:
If they had DVDs of the YouTube series "Project Binky" he would love that.

Fitting a Celica motor in a Mini.


you are right, he will love that :D I wonder if he's already seen it?

The boy just scored a summer internship earning more than I do :eek:
monster • Apr 11, 2018 5:55 pm
....The Man, I should say....


I think GoalieBoy may have evolved into MotorMan :lol:

(He's quite small ;) )
Flint • Apr 11, 2018 6:00 pm
LEGO Technic Off-Roader 8066 $100.53 + Free Shipping

It's got rack-and-pinion steering, plus realistic front and rear suspension.
monster • Apr 11, 2018 10:47 pm
lol. fun, but he builds 'em life-sized and drives 'em

http://baja.engin.umich.edu/
Griff • Apr 12, 2018 7:19 am
Just asking him turns out to be the better plan. I was going to send you to the Garrett Wade catalog but it looks like he's way more into grease than sawdust.
monster • Apr 12, 2018 11:41 am
Oh he likes the sawdust too. His sister marvels his bedroom floor doesn't collapse he has do much heavy wood furniture...
Bloke • Apr 12, 2018 6:16 pm
An Xiaomi Wiha screwdriver set. It’s the coolest set ever.
Griff • Apr 12, 2018 6:38 pm
Hand tool porn.
https://www.garrettwade.com/

I've given sets of Japanese saws to young men of potential. It usually goes over well.
monster • Apr 12, 2018 9:16 pm
ooh nice... he wants to spend the money Banana lady left for him on a knife and something else toolish, will pass it on, thanks
Griff • Apr 13, 2018 7:00 am
:)