And I always thought they were fence posts...
LOL...I don’t remember where I heard it, but I do recall someone listing the stupid things adolescent boys do in those 7th grade shop classes...:)
My shop teacher, Mr. Stauffer, put my hand in a wood vise because I had been squishing fountain pen cartridges in it...he didn’t hurt me, but...he tightened it enough to make me wonder for a few seconds! (He really was a great teacher)