Compasses, Dividers & Trammels
I think the seed for my woodworking journey was planted in grade school. When we had to get supplies at the start of the school year, one of my favorites was a simple compass.
It was just a pair of stamped metal legs connected by a pivot point. One leg held a sharp metal point and the other held a pencil. Friction held the legs in position (sort of) to adjust the compass for drawing an arc or circle. And I drew a lot of them!
That basic compass continues to exist because kids still need to draw arcs and circles. But it probably looks more like the one you see at the upper
