Thanks to Sean Hellman for sharing Ian Swain’s idea for mounting a drill bit in a wooden file handle to make what is essentially a hand drill for kids.  These are probably more accurately referred to as a Gimlets.  They lack the power of a Hand Brace, and the rpm of the egg beater hand [...]

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A vise is rarely one of those tools where we expect kids might get hurt.  Typically a vise is more of a safety feature than a risk.  You want kids to get in the habit of securing their workpiece in a vise rather than trying to hold it by hand. Other than a workpiece slipping [...]

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