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And, Wendymom, how do you handle younger students on your team? We were recently talking about hand tools v. power tools, supervision, etc. with younger students because we've had a few approach us. Do you have anything written down or is it more of a common knowledge approach?

The rule on Bacon is this: If you have an older sibling on the team you can be on the team starting in 6th grade. If you are in 8th grade and have one season of LEGO under your belt you may join the team. Everyone can use any tool ( power or hand) as long as they have passed a safety test on it and the shop manager is ok with it. My daughter started using the drill press when she was 12. They gave her a milk crate to stand on to reach it. Kinda freaked me out to be honest but she was fine and the shop guys made sure she knew what she was doing before they let her do it alone.