Crucifixion
The punishment dealt out to those who deserved it, and equally often to those who didn't. On the workbench where there was a vice in each corner, your victimchild would have a blazer cuff in each of the top two vices and trouser leg in each of the bottom two, leaving him open for various wood and sawdust-centric gags. Chisels presented those playing the Romans with interesting sword-in-the-side opportunities.
written by excluded pupil, approved by Log