Happened upon this school website
Check out all the router table action with no push blocks or sticks, hands inches from the bit.
Happened upon this school website
Check out all the router table action with no push blocks or sticks, hands inches from the bit.
Bruce Johnson's alma mater?
I particularly like the overhead router on/off switch hanging loose by some wirenuts
Is he still on TV or did OSHA require the DIY channel to remove him? ;~)
You scare me Larry. I didn't see a picture there where they were doing anything unsafe. Push sticks on a router table is not one of the best ideas I've ever heard. Hands inches from the bit? Yeah - it's called woodworking. It requires control in order to be safe. Look at what they are routing and suggest a safer alternative.
Ouch - I didn't see that one the first time around.
I too don't see any glaring safety hazards. Some of the kids in the background(s) didn't have their safety glasses on...but I'm sure they've been told umteen times. Table saw guards and spliters in place. No long sleeves or long hair evident. I noticed some have hearing aides but one might wonder why they don't wear the muffs to preserve what little hearing they might still have.
Larry(...not the original poster)
I guess I am missing the reason for alarm. Yeah, I see a couple of pics that make me a little nervous but snapshots don't always catch the action. If the router example is the young lady in Orange, I can't imagine controlling that block she is routing with a push stick - she has her hands in a defensive position and unengaged fingers raised. The young fellow using the shaper does bother me but I don't know if the right hand crossed over the knife path or he just put it there.
It is easy to pick a shop class apart from a few pics. If you look at all of them there appear to be some pretty well-trained hands and eyes among that group.
BTW - Did anyone notice the PROJECTS these kids were building? Pretty impressive.
Shaper was the only one that really bothered me, too. I'm a stick and featherboard guy.
Overarm router should have a pin underneath to follow the pattern, limiting the danger.
I really like the middleschoolers' stuff. They've got a lot of enthusiasm at that age, and they really like a quick project. Always a challenge to get some sort of result quickly. I liked box-jointed boxes for the first one. Teaches square and same size pieces, about a third of any woodworking project.
Well, he does still have all his fingers, but I wonder if the bookies in the UK are taking bets yet?
He scares SWMBO and she doesn't know a router from a table saw. I don't know why I continue to record his show as I just FF over the first few minutes and erase it almost immediately.
Once, I did see him build a nice little oak bookshelf, with very nice lines, that was put together correctly, but most of his stuff is cheesy DIY to the max, IMO.
But he must be doing something more or less pleasing to the powers that be ... he's on TV and we're not (although I am convinced there is a real woodworker hiding somewhere off camera). ;>)
"Dylan" on the shaper, and "Tabatha" routing that small piece, were the only ones that really made me want to say "be careful there". But the pictures certainly may not give a proper perspective.
Pretty impressive work, though.
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Yeah he has to know something... I guess he rushes through the projects to show more of what can be done.
I was thinking I might swing by and see you some time next week, Wednesdayish. Will be be around?
I'll make a point of it. Give me a holler e-mail.
I'm impressed that they even have a SHOP, or a class for it.. They haven't had shop classes in Calif. forbears, that I know of..
Kids hear you talking about high school shop class and think you're talking about training mall rats..
I suspect the power tools have a lower noise level than the cars-turned-into-boom-boxes in which they drive around. :-(
Your title reminded me of the old railroad ditty:
Uphill slow, downhill fast, Tonnage first, safety last.
"Chetandra sanding her yo-yo" is one caption which might have been reconsidered. :)
FoggyTown "Cut to shape . . . pound to fit."
"Ryan using a vibrator..."
I have to agree with others here, other than the photographer running around doing flash photography while the kids are in the middle of operations I don't see anything to get in a twist about. I hope they warned them a flash was coming before they fired up the machine.
-Leuf
sticks,
You guys serious? I'd shake your hand if you had any fingers left. You don't think this is a problem?
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