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UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, COVID-RELATED PROCEDURE MUST BE FOLLOWED TO RETAIN SHOP ACCESS - SEE MORE DETAIL ON ABOUT PAGE.

Architecture Shops are in two different locations:

• 3-402
• 3-402A
• 3-410
• 3-412

• N51-160

SHOP SAFETY RULES

ALL SHOP USERS ARE REQUIRED TO KNOW AND FOLLOW THESE RULES AT ALL TIMES

• DRESS APPROPRIATELY -
  • NO LOOSE CLOTHING OR JEWELRY, OR OPEN-TOED SHOES
  • NO HEADPHONES IN ROOMS HOUSING CUTTING TOOLS/CNC MACHINERY
  • TIE BACK LONG HAIR TO PREVENT CATCHING IN MACHINERY AS WELL AS PREVENTING OBSCURING OF VISION
  • SAFETY GLASSES, HAIR TIES, AND HEARING PROTECTION CAN BE FOUND IN PPE CABINETS, WHICH ARE INSTALLED IN EACH SHOP ROOM
• SAFETY GLASSES MUST BE WORN IN MACHINE SPACES AT ALL TIMES IN 3-410/N51-160 AND/OR IN ANY SPACE WHEN ANY POTENTIAL SPLASHING OR SHRAPNEL MAY BE CREATED


• NEVER USE A TOOL OR MACHINE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN CLEARED FOR BY HAVING RECENT TRAINING/TRAINED EXPERIENCE WITH. ASK SHOP STAFF FOR TRAINING


• NEVER WORK ALONE WITH ANY CUTTING TOOLS OR MACHINES


• MATERIALS MUST BE EXPLICITLY APPROVED OF IN WORKSPACE (SEE "APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR MATERIALS & PROCESSES" TAB)- CONFIRM WITH SHOP STAFF


• DISPOSABLE GLOVES MUST BE WORN WHEN WORKING WITH ANY NON-WATER-BASED LIQUIDS, AND SHOULD BE WORN WHEN USING ANY LIQUIDS


• PRACTICE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING. PREVENT SLIP/TRIP HAZARDS, WIPE UP ANY SPILLS IMMEDIATELY. KEEP WORK AREAS ORGANIZED, AND LEAVE THEM CLEANER THAN YOU FOUND THEN


• DO NOT LEAVE MATERIALS, TOOLS, DUST, OR ANY OTHER DEBRIS BEHIND. ASK ABOUT WIP STORAGE BEFORE STARTING WORK


• FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE FOR ALL WASTE DISPOSAL SEE WASTE DISPOSAL


• DO NOT WORK WHEN TIRED OR DISTRACTED. YOU MUST BE FOCUSED ON YOUR WORK AND YOUR SURROUNDINGS IN THE SHOPS


• ALWAYS ASK FOR TRAINING/HELP, EVEN WITH THINGS THAT ARE FAMILIAR


• ALWAYS CHECK MACHINE/TOOL SETUP BEFORE USE - SHARED EQUIPMENT SHOULD NEVER BE ASSUMED TO BE READY TO OPERATE
  • ALWAYS REMEMBER TO PUT/KEEP MACHINE/TOOL GUARDS IN PROPER POSITION ~BEFORE~ TURNING POWER ON, AND ALWAYS KEEP HANDS SAFELY CLEARED OF POINTS OF OPERATION
  
  
  • USE PUSH STICKS OR OTHER TOOLS TO KEEP HANDS SAFELY DISTANCED WHENEVER NECESSARY
  
  
  • NEVER USE HANDS TO CLEAR MATERIAL SHAVINGS OR DUST
  
  
  • NOTIFY SHOP STAFF IMMEDIATELY ABOUT ANY TOOL OR MACHINE ISSUE
  
  
  • NEVER WEAR FABRIC/LEATHER GLOVES WHILE OPERATING ANY MACHINE!
  
  
  
  
• DO NOT EAT OR DRINK IN THE SHOPS

Shop staff are longtime 'makers' with extensive experience in a wide range of materials and processes. We are here as a resource not just for machine training, maintenance, rule enforcement and supervision, but for all aspects of your work.

Please reach out to us in the beginning stages of your projects, as we can help you develop more efficient plans, identify appropriate materials and methods, and avoid many potential problems in addition to making sure you are working within fundamental shop and campus health/safety policies. There is no question that should not be asked - please check in with us early and often.

• Always leave the space at least as clean as you found it.
  You want to start work in a space that is ready to go - you must also leave it in that condition.


• Always work on brown paper when doing any work with glue, paint, plaster, concrete, or other liquids/powders that may be difficult to vacuum or wipe completely away.
  You are responsible for cleaning up entirely after yourself; working on brown paper can make that much easier.




• Remember to ask about using the correct tools for particular jobs - these clippers (below) are trashed because they are only strong enough to cut thin, soft wire but were used to attempt to cut very hard steel modeling wire (like 'piano' wire)




They were bought specifically for electronics work. We have other tools for cutting harder wire. Shop users need to ask us which tools are appropriate for certain jobs to avoid damaging things like this.




• When finished, always put all tools away where they belong, so it's easy for everyone to find things when they're needed.


• Never leave the space without checking carefully to make sure you've cleaned up any of the debris created by the work you were doing. All trash/recycling must be put in the correct location, all tools put away, and machines cleaned up for the next use.





• Vacuums are provided for dust, cleaning materials like paper towels and several kinds of cleaning liquids in spray bottles, are available for wiping surfaces, and extra trash/recycling bags are kept in the PPE cabinets (with more in storage). Users must be aware of all the mess they make, and do a thorough job of cleaning. Some things need very specific types of cleaning materials- this will come up in training.


• All users must pitch in and remove full trash/recycling bags. No one on campus staff is responsible for organizing your trash for you- you all, as users, have to keep on top of it yourselves. A bag must be able to be lifted by a facilities person into one of their large rolling gray bins - so tie a couple of solid knots into the top of a full bag (do NOT overstuff a full bag!) and leave it against a wall in the hallway for them to pick up.


• Remember that trash bags are black, and recycling bags are clear. The bins' color or signage are meaningless - it's the bag color that determines what goes into it.





• Recycling in the clear bags is ONLY household-type single-stream recycling. Unfortunately, a material may be technically recyclable, but that does not mean it's okay to put into this stream. Used gloves, dust masks, paper towels, plastic bags, cleaning materials like cotton swabs, etc are NOT recyclable. Small "flyaway" plastics are not, either, if only because the processing facilities can't handle pieces that are only a few inches in length or less. These are the same general rules that dictate what you can and can't put into recycling at home.


• The shops have containers for several very specific, different types of waste. All of the various scrap or special recycling bins will be labeled - a blue bin is not necessarily recycling. Check its sign to determine what goes into it (see WASTE DISPOSAL tab for more info). For example - the blue bin in 3-402A (laser cutter room) is for scrap like masonite, acrylic, and scrap thermoforming plastic. These are usually large, sharp scrap pieces that can't be put into a regular black trash bag, which is why we have a separate bin for them. That bin is NOT a recycling bin, though, so please do NOT put any paper products in there. They will not get recycled.