Woodworking

Link titleTinkerMill has a wonderful and complete woodworking shop. We communicate using Slack in #woodshop for tool repair status and event coordination. The wood shop is a great place to learn basic woodworking and more advanced woodworking skills.'

Top things you should know about the Wood Shop

1. Woodshop classes are taught every month. You must take the Wood Shop Introduction and Safety class before using any of the power tools that are not hand power tools. All TinkerMill members can use hand non-powered and hand power tools. All larger power tools, such as the planer, drill press, chop saw can be used after taking a certification class. The ShopBot and Lathe have their own separate certification classes. See the MeetUp calendar for the coming classes.

2.The Wood Shop community night is every other week and it is a great place to get advice on how to approach a project or get finer points on wood craft.

3. The SawStop table saw is incredibly accurate, powerful and full of safety features. It can be used after the wood shop certification class.

Tool and Room Usage:

• Find out if the SawStop Table Saw is in use on the https://tinkermill.slack.com/archives/machine-usage slack channel
• Find out if the Wood Shop is reserved: http://wiki.tinkermill.org/index.php/Resource_Scheduling#How_to_View_the_Resource_Calendars

Checkout MeetUp to find out when the next class or Community Night will be held..

Here is a non comprehensive list of tools. Read up here to find operations manuals and some usage guidelines.

• Hand Tools
• Hand Power Tools
• Table Saw aka the SawStop
• Thickness Planer
• Joiner
• Miter (Chop) Saw
• Belt Sander
• Lathe
• Band Saw
• Router Table
• Drill Press
• Drum Sander

While this tool is not in the Wood Shop, it is a great resource for sharpening tools in the shop.

• Tormek - This is a wet grinding stone and is capable of producing finely sharpened tools.

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