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Re:The ChompSaw: A Benchtop Power Tool That's Safe for Kids ... by conductr on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:28PM (#44534855)
I agree, I'd do the Makedo style tools before this thing. But, I think the other part is this is an indoor activity with these tools. Handsaws would be outside for me (I don't want my house/furniture getting nicked during play).

The other part is, I simply don't want to heavily supervise their creative play. Everything kids do these days is planned and supervised, building a fort in your house shouldn't be.

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Re:The ChompSaw: A Benchtop Power Tool That's Safe for Kids ... by rtkwe on Friday July 11, 2025 @01:35PM (#44534939)
Yeah do the hand tools and if they get into it in a big way this is a neat improvement, looks super easy to cut out complex shapes very quickly compared to the Makedo version.

I got some of their connectors in an Adabox I think a few years back and they were neat.

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