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Top Woodworking Safety Rules Every Woodworker Shoudld Know
The "I Ams" of the Wood Shop

Here is a great place to start!  What exactly are you always responsible for in the shop environment.  Read them carefully as you copy them in your journal----apply them daily and you will be successful!

Many safety rules are simply applying common sense----others just plain "make sense" as you continue to learn and enjoy the woodworking experience.   Here are ten good ones.  Copy the numbered titles and write one summarizing sentence.

Over the years, I have developed a list to ask myself every time I have come face to face with the varied experiences of using equipment for the first time.  Learn to apply these everyday in the shop and also in any of your future tool encounters. 

The Seven Things You Ask Yourself When You First Operate Any Machinery
The Big Ten Safety Rules You Must Know

As we begin the semester and class taking note of the importance of safety, we will start an individual "safety journal".  Below are four  articles that reflect some very important beginning thoughts and topics that will serve to build a foundation of safety in the shop.  Please write them in your journal

"The Safety Journal"

These are ten important woodworking safety concepts that I consider to be "musts" when working with new students and adults.  Apply them diligently and they will minimize your risk while keeping you safe.  

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