Safety FirstEach piece of equipment has it own unique safety rules. Reading and understanding all safety documents is a must. Everyone should be taking personal responsibility for his or her own personal safety in the wood shop. With so many new woodworkers joining it is important to reinforce the things that may seem like common sense to an experienced woodworker. Even experienced woodworkers can always use a refresher on these key safety attitudes:
Additional safety guidelines can be found here. General Info & RulesQuestions about anything shop related should be directed to the Wood Shop Resource Manager, Mathew.Marulla@makeitlabs.com, or posted in the resource-wood-shop channel on Slack. General woodworking discussions, not specifically rated to the shop or its tools should go in the general-woodworking channel. Anyone wishing to use the Wood Shop needs to be a member in good standing and must complete the MakeIt Labs Wood Shop Safety & Orientation Class. This is conducted once per month, generally on the first Wednesday, but additional classes may be scheduled based on demand. You can sign up in the MakeItLabs Class Schedule. Note that lathe operation is not covered in the orientation - there is a separate class which is scheduled aperiodically. Before leaving the Shop, it must be returned to as-found or better condition. This includes, but is not limited to, sweeping the floor, vacuuming dust from tools, putting hand and power tools back in their proper homes, emptying the scrap bin when full, etc. Any work on reclaimed material will not be done without prior approval of the Wood Shop Resource Manager. In determining if the work can be done on MakeItLab's equipment, the Wood Shop Resource Manager's may consider:
Shop users agree to follow Wood Shop Resource Manager's directives, including leaving the shop if not following the shop rules. Repeated violation of these rules is cause for losing shop privileges and other membership privileges pending Board of Directors decision. The user will be responsible for any equipment or shop damage due to negligence. Dust CollectionThe shop has an extensive dust collection system that extends to every major tool. Use it! Each tool has an associated blast gate - just open the blast gate and the dust collectors will turn on. Close the gate when done and they will turn off. Each blast gate has a knob which should be tightened (not a lot - just snug) in both the open and closed positions. Tighten when using the tool to prevent suction from pulling the gate closed and tighten when closed to prevent it from rattling open and turning on when no one is present. The only blast gate that may not be obvious is the one for the table saw. It is located to the right of the saw, next to the router table:  At times, you may close a blast gate and the system does not shut off. First, make sure no other blast gate is open. Especially check the one between the two lathes as it has a tendency not to close fully. If you are sure that all blast gates are closed and the collectors remain on, then the relay is probably stuck. Turn off the dust collector using its own switch:  Once the dust collector spins down, you should be able to turn it on again and it will remain off. If after doing this it still does not stay off when all blast gates are closed, leave it off and notify us on the resource-wood-shop Slack channel. There is an additional dust collection line suspended above the table saw outfeed table. This can be used with handheld tools like sanders or biscuit joiners. It's blast gate is just above the one for the router table. Please hang the dust collection hose back up when done. For extensive sanding, please use the sanding table:  This should be attached to a shop-vac rather than the dust collection system - it requires high-velocity air flow. Finally, if you are doing anything that produces fine dust, turn on the ventilation system. Instructions and the remote control are located on the paint cabinet, to your right as you enter the wood shop area:  Available EquipmentExact equipment can change faster than this wiki, but this list should be pretty close.  Delta 3hp Unisaw with Unifence  DeWalt 12" Miter Saw  Craftsman 14" Bandsaw    (Note: Manual is for a Grizzly Planer, but is virtually identical to this unit.)  Delta 6" Jointer  Wen Benchtop Drill Press  Jet Belt/Disc Sander   Wen Spindle Sander    Includes several each of the following: Drills, Routers, Belt Sanders, Finish and Detail Sanders, Circular Saws, Sawzall Biscuit Cutter, Tool Sharpener, Jigsaws, etc. ConsumablesCertain items are not provided by MakeItLabs - You need to bring your own. Here are the sizes and guidelines.
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