Let’s get together on the 23rd of February and discuss the woodshop and form a Committee on who wants to help learn how to keep it running.
I want to learn how to maintain the equipment we have.
I’m free all day on the 23rd, but I was thinking 10 am or 2 pm.
Good idea! If I am in town I will be there.
I’m going to make it be 2pm since it will be on a Sunday.
Interested but I will still be out of town. Keep us post when you hold another meeting.
Will do.
I will be around the space at 2pm today.
I know this post is quite late, and the meeting has already occurred, but if you see it I am happy to help. I am a new member, but have been a wood worker for more than a decade. Furthermore, I personally own several of the same tools the shop has; as an example, I have a Saw Stop and it appears to have the exact same internal mechanics as the one in the wood shop.
I would be delighted to help with tool maintenance, but I do request access to all of the manuals. If we don’t have them I can attempt to find PDF versions. Have a pleasant day.
Chad
I believe all the manuals for our machines are on the Wiki as PDFs.
I was thinking of doing another meetup. But not sure when I got the time.
Ok I’ll start looking through them. Thanks for the info.
Chad
I have never performed tool maintenance in a shared space. In my personal shop I can be certain that power has been killed and nobody will flip it back on while I am working on tool. I would like to know about our specific procedures, as some steps (like cleaning and lubricating a table saw arbor height assembly) require my hands to be in a rather compromising position, if the tool were to become energized. Does anyone with experience in this area have time to meet and discuss the topic? Additionally, other than the forums, is there a way to block out a set time for maintenance work on a specific tool or set of tools?
There are lock out boxes for the plug of equipment you are working on.
@ckillblane As far as I know, most everything that you might be performing maintenance on, eg. smaller tools, is plug-in equipment and not direct wired. What can be unplugged, should be unplugged when you’re performing maintenance, and you should be in direct sight of the plugs at all times. But yes, there should be lock-out boxes as stated above. At any rate, it’s always a good idea to get the info directly from someone competent in maintaining the equipment you want to work on.
Any tool direct wired will meet a junction box at the wall that will have a code in the form of, Panel : number.
The number will correspond to a breaker on the panel for that shop. The panel controlling both Wood Shops is located in the South East corner of the East Shop. For tools that plug in we have lock out boxes and padlocks to go with them in the Cold Metal shop, though wood shop should have it’s own set printed.
I hope this helps, I guess we’re not covering it in New Member Orientation anymore.
Thanks all for your help.