Wood Shop

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The IDeATe Wood Shop is a small workspace dedicated to woodworking and building with wood.  In addition to hand tools, the room includes a drill press, band saw, belt sander, table saw, wood lathe, and other power tools.  Our Wood Shop stocks wood, fasteners, and supplies for IDeATe courses, however, other shop users are encouraged to bring their own wood, fasteners, and other project materials.  Scrap wood may be available for common use.

The wood shop is only open to IDeATe students and affiliates when required by IDeATe courses.  To avoid scheduling conflicts, IDeATe affiliates should email help@ideate.cmu.edu at least 1–2 business days in advance to negotiate a class reservation to use the Wood Shop.

Students must have training and IDeATe faculty, instructor, or staff supervision to use this shop.  EH&S maintains applicable safety training courses on BioRaft.  (Shop Safety and Tool Training are the minimum.)  Completion of safety training does not confer access.  

IDeATe does not have full time staffing for the wood shop, and may, at our discretion, decline shop use for time consuming projects, in particular, those that are outside the scope of IDeATe courses.

Wood Shop policy basics (see Shop Safety):

1. COME PREPARED:  Wear proper attire when using this space.  When using equipment, make sure all loose items are properly restrained or removed.  Long sleeves should be rolled up.  Jewelry should be removed.  Long hair should be tied back.  Neckties and scarves should be removed.  Closed-toe shoes are required.

2. PERSONAL PROTECTION:  Protective eyewear is required at all times in the shop.  Hearing protection is recommended when the dust collector and/or powered equipment is in operation.  Dust masks are recommended when any operation produces dust not collected in the by the room's dust collection system.

3. CLEAN UP: Clean up after yourself.  Your access privileges will be revoked if you fail to do so.  Allow at least 10 minutes at the end of your job for cleanup.

4. ACCESS: Access to this equipment is limited to users who have received training from the shop supervisor.  You can only use the shop when IDeATe staff are available to supervise.  The supervisor also has the authority to limit the number of people admitted to the shop at any time.

5. EQUIPMENT: Users must observe equipment specific policy and practice safe operation, see Shop Safety and Tool Training.