EDS Getting Started-Hands On With Portable Power Tools 26-32

Getting Started – Shop Safety for Beginners

Instructors: Aiden Allen

Class Assistant: Micah Stolowitz

Prerequisite: Introduction to Guild Safety

The Getting Started class is a continuation of the safety process in good woodworking practices taught in the Intro to the Guild class.

Getting Started is a required class for those needing experience with the safe and appropriate use of portable power tools, prior to starting the path to the Guild’s Shop Certification classes.

This is a four-hour class, with ~2½ hours of practice with a jig saw, a trim router, a random orbital sander, drill motors (battery), and installing their accessories.

Curriculum includes:

• Drawing up a plan and cutting list
• Wood characteristics, hidden hazards
• Simple approaches to accuracy,
• Specific tool safety techniques.

The final section of the class will be using these tools to create a cutting board. Material provided by the Guild.

Please review the Guild’s PPE (personal protection equipment) policy from the Intro to the Guild class.

Have all your PPE for this class. Approved wrap around safety glasses, hearing protection, a dust mask (these tools are not connected to the dust collection system).

Class size is 6 students. Each student will have their own area in the Shop with each tool to be demonstrated. No tool sharing. Safe distancing.

Dress appropriately for working in the Shop. (hair tied back, no dangling sleeves, bracelets, strings etc)

The handouts will be reviewed in class.

These items will be used during class pencil, combination square or similar, razor knife, tape measure, notebook, piece of chalk, blank piece of paper for drawing and a straight edge.

Please bring your own PPE and pencil.

Upon completion of Getting Started, members can sign-up for the Core Tool Certification classes.

• Staying Home When Sick: Members are urged to prioritize their health and the health of others by refraining from attending Guild events when experiencing symptoms of a contagious illness, especially those associated with flu, RSV or COVID-19.