Woodworking Shop Safety Download the Faculty's guidelines for work safety. Access The woodworking shop is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 am to 3:00 pm. Some time slots are reserved for students in courses. The shop is also open Monday to Thursday from 3:00 to 11:00 pm, and on Saturday and Sunday from 1:00 to 5:00 pm. No additional hours will be scheduled. The construction lab (Room HA26) is open to students for modelmaking at all times. Support Dale Arsenault is the shop supervisor. If you have a question or encounter a problem, check with him. To be eligible to use the woodworking shop, students, staff, and faculty must complete an introduction from Dale on the use of the equipment. If you do not know the proper procedure for using a hand tool or power tool, check with Dale first. Advanced instruction in woodworking may be available to small groups of interested students. During evening and weekend hours a shop assistant is present at all times for advice and supervision. Equipment available during daytime hours thickness planer jointer table saw radial arm saw band saw jigsaw drill press lathe sander grinder hand tools Equipment available during evening and weekend hours band saw drill press sander hand tools Tools Hand tools must be used in the shop; they cannot be signed out. Additional hand tools owned by the ASA may be available in the studio or the construction lab. Materials Students supply their own materials. Check with Dale if you would like large items (lumber, plywood, etc.) to be delivered directly to the shop. Recycled materials may or may not be cut on the saws, depending on the condition of the blades. Permission must be obtained from Dale. Shop rules Access: if you have not completed the shop orientation, you cannot use the shop no more than ten people (including supervisors) may be in the shop at any time during weeks when the shop is used heavily, students who sign up have priority tools cannot be taken out of the shop minor machines (band saw, drill press, sander) cannot be used unless a supervisor is present in the shop major machines (thickness planer, table saw, jointer, radial arm saw) cannot be used without approval each time from Dale major machines cannot be used after 3:00 PM when Dale is advising another student, do not ask to use a major machine closed-toe shoes are required (no bare feet, sandals, etc.) Operation of machinery: ask Dale if you do not know the proper use of a tool or machine turn on the dust collector just before using a machine and turn it off immediately after wear eye protection at all times (available in the shop) use a push stick when working close to blades do not leave a machine running unattended do not rush do not talk when you are using a machine do not talk to someone else who is using a machine recycled materials cannot be used without approval from Dale return all blades and guards to their safe operating position clean up wood scraps and sawdust from the machine and the floor if you notice something that needs repair, report it immediately to Dale (in writing, if he's not present) After hours: only minor machines and hand tools can be used a trained shop assistant will be present at all times for advice and supervision all machines must be turned off if the assistant is not present a shop assistant cannot permit access to the shop outside the scheduled hours