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WOODWORKING FOUNDATIONS

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We’re grateful to be able to live, Create and build community on the lands of the Squamish people

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Housekeeping

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  1. Waivers
  2. Bathroom
  3. Personal Introduction

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  • Name / preferred pronouns
  • Your Experience
  • Something you would like to gain
  • A Project you would like to complete

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Program Overview

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

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  1. Shop Expectations and Safety - Toolbox practical
  2. Tool box Practical 2
  3. Understanding Wood - Cutting board Practical 1
  4. Cutting board Practical 2
  5. Cutting board Practical 3

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General Shop Expectations

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

Membership

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Working with other users

  • Looking out for others safety.
  • Communicate your intentions and project requirements
  • Being respectful of other projects
    • Do not move work without permission from user or admin
  • Being responsible for your own work
    • Label your project materials
    • Store your work to take up as little space as possible
    • Label your glue ups with glue time and expected cured time
    • 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
  • Don’t clean for yourself, clean for the next member

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PPE

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  • Eye protection

Glasses (Polycarbonate)

Face sheilds

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  • Hearing Protection

Over ear

In ear

Noise cancelling headphones

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  • Lung protection

Dust Mask or Respirator

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What PPE is required in a woodshop?

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PPE

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Other Considerations

  • Tie Back hair
  • No loose clothing
  • No Jewelry
  • No gloves on machines
  • Closed toe shoes with good grip

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Tool Setup

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

Membership

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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 supported

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Sharp and properly functioning

  • Visually inspect tool
  • Test if needed
  • Ask if unsure!

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Supporting material

Suported along full length is best

Use sacrificial material to protect work surfaces

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Allowing waste to drop away.

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Never cut between two points

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Understanding Kickback

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

Membership

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Understanding Kickback

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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/Tension in the wood
  • Poorly supported material or tool

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Understanding Kickback

How to avoid it

  • support your material and/or tool.
  • Cut against the direction of rotation
  • Maintain control of piece between stopblock/fence and blade.
  • Sharp blades!
  • Anti kickback devices

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Body Position

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

Membership

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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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Hazards

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

Membership

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Fires and Explosions

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  • Suspended wood dust particles can be explosive
  • Nails, screws and staples can cause sparks, and cause fires
  • Wood dust build up is fuel that could be hazardous

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Fire Mitigations

  • Metal detector
    • Must check all wood (even if new)
    • Hangs on drum sander door
  • Regular cleaning protocols
    • Staff and members
  • Changing dust bags before 70% full
    • Overfull bags = reduced suction
    • Surrounding work must stop to avoid sparks

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Health Hazards

  • Wood contains chemicals, bacteria, fungi, mold
  • Wood dust is carcinogenic - especially cedar!
  • Irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, lungs and skin

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Health Hazard Mitigations

  • Dust collection system
  • Air scrubbers always on during woodwork
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
    • Respiratory and eye protection

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ANY QUESTIONS?

Wood Foundations

General Shop Expectations

Body position

Tool setup

Understand Kickback

Hazards

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