HEARTWOOD COHOUSING - WHO WE ARE
Workshop Use Guidelines
01/17/09
TOOLS & MATERIALS
Almost all of the tools and materials in the workshop are privately owned. Please get permission before using someone else's tools or materials.
Tools marked with fluorescent green paint indicate that the owner has made the tools available for community use. Most of the community use tools are located on the COMMUNITY workbench (with the pegboard on the north wall). Community use tools may be borrowed (removed from workshop) for only 1 day.
Major tools (table saw, drill press, chop saw, planer, jointer, etc.) are available only to Guild members.
Materials on the COMMUNITY shelves to the right of the COMMUNITY workbench are available for anyone to use. There are also materials available for anyone to use on the fluorescent green bunks in the Boardroom.
STORAGE
TOOL & MATERIALS
Please store tools and materials in the workshop ONLY if they are:
• USED ON A REGULAR BASIS
• KEPT WELL ORGANIZED
Private tools and materials should be stored under the workbenches on the south wall, on the shelves labeled “PRIVATE” on the south wall, or on private bunks in the boardroom. Do not store tools or materials on top of workbenches. Please leave the workbenches available for others to use.
PROJECTS
Please store projects in the workshop ONLY if they are:
• CURRENTLY BEING WORKED ON
• LABELED WITH OWNER'S NAME
If they fit there, projects should be stored on the PROJECTS bunks on the north wall. Otherwise please store them as out of the way as possible so that work space is left open for other shop users.
SAFETY
Close all workshop doors when not in use. Unplug tools and retract blades when not in use. Children need adult supervision to be in the workshop.
WOODWORKING GUILD
The Heartwood Woodworking Guild has been created for the safe and equitable sharing of the major shop tools (table saw, drill press, chop saw, planer, jointer, etc.). It is open to anyone who is willing to learn and practice major tool safety and equipment care and share in the cost of maintaining the tools. Major tools are available only to Guild members. Guild membership requires a one time $100 fee per household. Please contact a current guild member if you're interested in joining. Current guild members are Mac, Eric M, Eric H, Ronda & Jack, Jeroen, Barry, and Bevan.
COST
Non-commercial use of the workshop by members is free. Commercial use of the workshop by members doing work for members is also free. Commercial use of the workshop by members doing work for non-members costs $2 per hour. Commercial use of the workshop by non-members doing work for non-members costs from $2 - $5 per hour. See our Private Use of Community Resources Compensation Guidelines for complete details.
OTHER
Thoroughly clean up after yourself.
Reset heaters to 45º when workshop is not in use.