In Australia, the NSW Department of School Education plans to ban the following tools from school's industrial arts (shop) workshops:
List of prohibited items:
angle grinder, disc> 100mm automotive pit belt sander (portable powered) >75mm belt chain block/block and tackle combination woodworking machines foundry equipment grinder (fixed), fitted with wire brushes GTA (TIG) welding jointer (planer) nail/stapling machine, staple > 20mm power plane (portable powered) powered sheetmetal machines router, radial arm router, table (fixed) saw, radial arm saw, circular (portable powered) saw, drop and slide spindle moulder
Many of you had your first taste of this wonderful hobby at high school, many went on to enjoy it as a career.
Look at the list above and work out how many of these tools you first used at school and how many are going to be denied to NSW children.
If you're an Aussi, please write to your local school / local member and voice your disgust.
Just think how hard it will be for teachers to teach "building & construction" to year 11 / 12 kids without these tools.
Need determined support please. If you feel stongly about this please email the minister, The Hon. Dr Andrew John REFSHAUGE, snipped-for-privacy@parliament.nsw.gov.au and tell him how we will become the laughing stock of the world.
Thanks Glenn