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METAL TOOLS LEVEL 1

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Housekeeping

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  1. Land acknowledgement
  2. Introductions - Name & Pronouns
  3. Waivers
  4. Structure
  5. 30 min presentation
  6. 2:30 workshop time
  7. Bathrooms
  8. Safety - Exits, Fire Extinguishers, First Aid Kit & Eyewash Station

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Program Overview

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To provide you with the confidence to independently make safety conscious decisions in the metalshop

  1. General Shop Expectations
  2. Body position
  3. Tool setup
  4. Understand Kickback

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General Shop Expectations

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

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Working with other users

  • Warning others when striking an arc
  • Be aware of your surroundings
  • Communicate your intentions
  • Being respectful of other projects
  • Being responsible for your own work
    • Label your project materials
    • Store your work to take up as little space as possible
    • Clean up your work area and left over finishing materials

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End of session expectations

  • Allow enough time to clean up!
    • Sweep
    • Reorganize tools
  • Leave the space better than you found it
    • Look for general cleanup tasks that need to happen
  • Label your work
  • Don’t clean for yourself, clean for the next member

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PPE for the Metal Shop

  • Glasses (Polycarbonate)
  • Ear Protection
  • Dust Mask or Respirator
  • Other Considerations
  • Face Shield for grinding

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Other considerations

  • Tie Back hair
  • No loose clothing
  • No synthetic clothing
  • No Jewelry
  • No gloves on machines
  • Good footwear (welding? Non synthetic)

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Body Position

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

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Body Position

Stance

  • Bent knees
  • Staggered feet
  • Centered weight
  • Mindful of tool slipping or kickback

Ergonomics

  • Position your body to allow for arm movement
  • Set up material and workspace to reduce awkward positioning

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Tool Setup

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

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Tool Setup

Material stability

  • Use more than one clamp
  • Verify

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Tool stability

  • Set guides and blades
  • Verify with dry run

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Tool Setup

Two points of contact between tool and material

  • Vertical and horizontal axis support
  • Verify material is straight and solid

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Sharp and properly functioning

  • Visually inspect tool and blade
  • Do a test on scrap first
  • Ask if unsure!

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Understanding Kickback

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

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Understanding Kickback

What is it?

  • “A sudden forceful recoil”

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  • Kickback is the rapid increases of friction between a material and a tool in an unsupported direction that results in the material or tool to uncontrollably jolt.

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Understanding Kickback

How does it happen?

  • Feeding material in the direction of rotation
  • Material trapped between the moving tool and a stop block or fence
  • Kerf collapse
  • Poorly supported material or tool
    • Angle grinder
    • Chop saw

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Understanding Kickback

How to avoid it

  • Inspect and support your material and tool.
  • Always use blade guards, clamps, grinder handles etc.
  • Ask yourself ‘where is the danger?’ before each cut

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MEMBERSHIP

Membership

Section 1 title

Section 2 title

Section 3 title

Section 4 title

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AS A SPECIAL THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY

Get 50% off your first month when committing to 3 months of membership.

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(See our front desk after the class for more details)

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ANY QUESTIONS?

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

METAL TOOLS LEVEL 1

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METAL TOOLS 1 - TOOLS COVERED

  • Hand Files
  • Hack Saws
  • Sandblaster
  • Horizontal Bandsaw
  • Angle Grinders
  • Drill Press
  • Metal Chop Saw
  • Bench Sander
  • Finger Sander
  • Bench Grinder

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