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My thought is that
children through young adults should be limited to hand tools. A number of things are accomplished by this.
1] Your hand tool skills will remain sharp because you resurrect them in order to teach the young.
2] The youngsters learn how to visualize the assembly elements of the project they are involved in and they start internalizing woodworking basics.
3] The youngsters retain all their digits until they are of legal drinking age at which point, hopefully they have learned a healthy respect for all things powered.
Clearly it is the responsibility of the adult to exercise reasonable judgement. Accidents do not happen on their own. They are always the result of poor judgement on someone's part.
Ed
children through young adults should be limited to hand tools. A number of things are accomplished by this.
1] Your hand tool skills will remain sharp because you resurrect them in order to teach the young.
2] The youngsters learn how to visualize the assembly elements of the project they are involved in and they start internalizing woodworking basics.
3] The youngsters retain all their digits until they are of legal drinking age at which point, hopefully they have learned a healthy respect for all things powered.
Clearly it is the responsibility of the adult to exercise reasonable judgement. Accidents do not happen on their own. They are always the result of poor judgement on someone's part.
Ed