This weekend I attended a welding class. I’m trying to get some practice laying beads with a MIG welder. A major safety hazard of welding is being “flashed” by the spark of electricity between the machine and workpiece. “Flashing” means the brightness of the arc has burned your retinas and can cause severe eye irritation,Continue reading “Safety in the Shop: Other People’s Tools”
Category Archives: Tool Safety
Community Watch: Lie Nielson Toolworks Show, Oct. 21st-22nd
I took my students to the Lie-Nielson Toolworks show being held at the Kellogg Furniture Studio on Fri, Oct. 21st. My students were able to use some pretty expensive and sweet-working tools from Lie-Nielson and Glen-Drake tools were there. I especially got a thrill watching a student get pointers from the man that created theContinue reading “Community Watch: Lie Nielson Toolworks Show, Oct. 21st-22nd”
Current Projects: The Butterfly Chair
One of my woodshop classes have ended for the week, so I took the opportunity to document the progress: And this is what happens when a student ticks me off! (ok, ok, I was pulling a big nail with a small hammer…)
Teaching New Techniques in the Woodshop
In the Masterclass, I had the oppurtunity to bring out my rasps. What a successful technique for my students to make matched part! I usually have to show a technique two or three times before a student picks it up – but this was pretty intuitive. I’m defnetely reworking the tool list: should I addContinue reading “Teaching New Techniques in the Woodshop”
WSC Designs 