Safety and usage of wood working machines.

We were taken through the safety aspects in the Wood workshop by the technician, Showing us how to operate each machine, from switching ON to finally switching OFF after use. This included how to set them for correct use without compromising safety.

They are categorized into three classes, which are differentiated by color codes, which are Green, Amber and Red. These groups are used as follows;

Green labelled machines can be used by students without supervision and can ask for for from the workshop technician if need be.

Amber labeled ones are also used by students only under the supervision of the technician.

All the Red labelled ones are for staff usage only.

In the afternoon, it was our turn to demonstrate to use some machines, the facilitator cut equal pieces of boards for each learner, we were given a drawing that we had to mark on the piece and use machine to cut it out. Below is the facilitator cutting out pieces for us while demonstrating how to use the machine safely as seen using the push stick and holding the longer side of the bigger board.

The picture below shows the drawing i was given, the board piece and the final product i made using machines. Even though i managed to cut out the shape required, i exceeded the measurement from the inner shape during cutting, but i leveled the curve with a hand file.