Today I had the 3D workshop induction to learn about all the safety procedures and how to use the equipment.
We were instructed on the pillar drill, band and fret saw and the disk and bobbin sander. For each of these pieces of machinery you must remove your lanyard, tie long hair back, wear strong shoes in case anything hard is dropped and wear goggles. For certain pieces of equipment such as the saw, ear privation must be wore.
On each machine we were also taught how to stop/start it and how to stop it immediately incase of an emergency, as well as how to set each piece up by fixing in drill bits and saw pieces of needed.
To start the workshop off, we made various lines on a small piece of wood to which would be our guideline when using the equipment. We made a straight line down the edge of the wood, a circle in the middle with a centre point marked out. A random shape was the made around that.
The pillar drill was used to drill a hole through the centre point of the circle. I then used the band saw to cut through the line at the edge of the wood and then the outline of the circle. The disk sander them sanded down the edge of the circle. We used the bobbin sander to smooth out part of a curved piece of wood. Finally we used the fret saw to cut out the random shape on the middle as it is best used for smaller detailed cuts.
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