How to get BANNED from a woodworking shop forever!

I did up 8 houses in Australia all in thongs

FYI! Feet are not nasty. Do you call your hands nasty? Feet are like hands, just in the other end of your body. But I agree, no sandals or flipflops in shop.

While I dont have a shop, I always make sure the table saw blade is down b/t uses. If I'm done with it, blade goes away.

Though I think many will feel you're over doing it, I completely understand. In my job there are many things that seem ridiculous, but as newbies gain more experience the ridiculous requests start to make sense and are either about improving reliability or for maximum efficiency and performance.

I would add: Disconnect power tools from the power source when they are not in use, and ALWAYS disconnect any power tool when making any adjustments to the tool or reaching into the tool for any reason (changing or adjusting bits/blades/etc.).

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Even if you don't like mumble rap it's still music everyone has different taste as long it isn't distractingly loud I think any music is fine

All good advice. I worked in a wood factory after high school. Looking around the break room one day I noticed about half the workers were missing fingers. There was also a one-armed fork lift driver. He was very good. There was seasoned birch logs coming in on one end of the build8ng. They got ripped down to 4" wide boards that were glued up and pressed in an induction press to make 3' X 4' boards. Everything the factory made was made from those boards. There were no guards or safety devices on any machine. I still have all my fingers and arms. The factory is long gone. It had a sawdust furnace for the kilns. One day the furnace blew up.

Oh dude, I have a titanium wedding band, but stopped wearing it after I crossed a wrench on a positive battery lead to ground through the ring in the tight quarters of a motorcycle frame. Shoulda known better. HOT HOT HOT HOT HOT ow. I also replaced it with a silicone one. Great minds?

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No mumble rap in a woodworking shop rule is funny as hell

Me walking in with my yellow flipflops, unbuttoned hawaii shirt and "t-h-u-g l-i-f-e" finger rings blasting muble rap 😎

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I ran a biomedical research laboratory for 30+ years. While I may not agree with all of your rules, it is your workshop, or my lab, so those are the rules. The only rule I might quibble with is the flip flop one. Unless you are wearing work boots, feet are not so protected regardless, but once again, your shop so your rules. I would follow them just to learn from you.

YES!!! I lot of these are great points!!!

Ok as somebody who been living in southeast Asia for the last 18 years, I stand behind the flip flop wearing. It's just to dam hot here, I need the breeze between my toes. 😅 ....... Sadly I have to admit I used the chainsaw disc this week. I don't like to use it. But I had to make a live edge to a thick slab of wood that was cut on 1 side. I started with a file but that was taking way to long. Next month I will buy an electric chainsaw and trow away that deadly disc. 🙏

Things I would add to the ban list: long hair, long nails and trim routers. That last one caused my own stumpy last year.

I totally agree with the sentiment about footwear in the shop: Anything less than S3 certified is unacceptable.
However: the blanket statement about flipflops and sandals being bad for your feet in general needs some caveat: there are both sandals and flipflops that do not suffer from this, but those are (very) expensive ...

Whether you're nitpicky or not isn't a valid question. You manage the workshop - your rules. Until you go into forced-labor no one who works beneath you has any right to complain about your rules. Any adult in the shop should self-enforce the rules at least 90% of the time, whether by compliance or by leaving. Anyone who needs a nanny can find multiples of them in any public-sector office.

The next person that uses the tablesaw to support something painted or epoxied is getting their toes glued together.

i really dont understand why anyone would set a drink on a table saw in the first place. Its equipment not a serving tray. You would not set a drink on a welder or on a electrical panel so treat it the same.

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I really think the chainsaw disc was invented for use in the Thunderdome...

What we really need is for somebody to invent the steel-toe flip-flops! 😜

Chainsaw disks are the one tool the first time I saw it I said f no that thing is dangerous in the package.

Honestly I would prefer to sort some (not all and not every time) tools after lending my workshop instead of having someone photographing all my tools :)

But I get what you mean. One way of "takibg responsibility for returning the tools" cpuld be to just ask me if I can help out or do it.

Completely correct on all points!

profanity - your most likely not a sailor so dont cuss like one. If you cant communicate any better than to cuss every other word, then you are too stupid to run equipment.

leaving the chuck key in the lathe chuck is a big no-no as well.

I don’t let people use my tools. Most really have no idea how to use tools safely. I instead offer to help them build it, I do not allow anyone in my shop when I am doing anything that is potentially dangerous. Again most do not have good sense about such things.

I do both woodworking and metal working, including welding. One of the things I hate is anyone trying to get my attention anytime I am in the middle of a cut, drill, or mill operation. Or doing anything that could startle or distract me in the middle of doing something with any power tools.
Unless i am on fire, it can wait.

Good info and I like the rules. But the nitrile gloves and silicone finger ring….they will probably save your arm, but the poor finger will take a beating.

Misusing tools to do tasks that they weren't designed to do:
A Philips head screwdriver is not a scratch awl.
A flathead screwdriver is not a chisel.
A chisel is not a paint can opener.
A drill press is not a router.

Dumbest I’ve seen: a young guy who thought it was a good idea to cut 1/4-inch aluminum plate on a table saw.

I always, always put my tools back in their place. My dad was a joiner and he taught me to clean up properly at the end of the day but I also clean as I go along because it's safer. I'm not slipping on sawdust or tripping over offcuts. In the past when I was a bit lazy and didn't clean I found that somehow I made more mistakes or that the job didn't turn out as well as it should have. A simple video but excellent too. From the UK.

100% on the flip flops. 😅

I have an honest question.

I remove gloves when using tools like the drill press and table saw, but what about grinding hot metal with an angle grinder? If I’m getting hot shards or wire wheel fragments embedded in my hand, is it just a matter of adjusting the tool or material angle? What about wearing just one glove for certain tasks?

I’m well aware of how quickly loose clothing, hair, or gloves can cause serious injury or worse. I focus on safety and teach my kids the same; my 5-year-old daughter now reminds me to use three points of contact on the playground lol.

Are there any situations where gloves are safe around spinning tools, or is it always user error?

Big safety concern in our shop (cabinetry and custom tables) was to NEVER approach someone while they were operating a machine. Don't tap me on the shoulder when I'm using the tablesaw or any other finger-removing equipment.

Thanks for the safety and shop practice video.

Someone had a bad day and got triggered.....that's it, the final straw, I'm making a video!

Great video, safety cannot be discussed or implemented enough. A clean shop is vital for safety too. I have literally walked out of those shops with junk, sawdust and tools lying around everywhere. Those shops are an accident waiting to happen. As usual you are on point as safety is number one.

Since i do both wood and metal work in my shop, i do wear the tite fitting rubber palmed cheap gloves. If not i constantly get dirty fingerprints on my woodwork.

I have a small DIY shop and, on my tool cabinet, a sign that reads - only half jokingly: TOOL RULES: Don't use them, don't borrow them, don't move them around, DON'T EVEN LOOK AT THEM. Nuff said. Also, neither food nor drink have any place in a shop. You want a drink of water? Go out and take it, then come back.

Sounds like you are hiring =) dream job ❤

When I started work with my dad I was given a broom and told, “When you know how to use that tool, you’ll be shown how to use other tools.” To this day, I clear up after every operation, even if it’s just sweeping the dust into a convenient pile in a corner to be picked up later.
Speaking of working with dads, how’s Moustache Mike? I keep expecting him to pop up and give us a cameo on one of your vids.

I’m still quite irritated about my table saw getting a rust spot when I wasn’t even there to prevent it 😖
I had it under my garage door rails, and someone opened the door during winter, with snow. Didn’t even notice it drip water on my less-than-year old table. I only noticed when I returned from a vacation or the like to find my brand new table blemished. MMM I’n getting frustrated just thinking about it

I don't have other people in my shop so I don't have to worry about that. I counted 8 different things mentioned in your video, I'm only guilty of 2- rings and table saw blade guards. I understand about the rings and I may change my practice there but you won't change my mind about table saw blade guards.

Some seriously good common sense here that could be applied to other types of shops in addition to woodworking shops. Wisdom being spread here and that's not a bad thing.

No musical genre-bending in his woodshop, ya hear!