Use of my own equipment

[mblatz]

I noted (just now) a potential compromise on the current SYP thread here:

Pine wood differences

Is a potential happy medium that a person had to supply their own blades? This would apply to table saw, miter saw, and band saws. I can make a pretty good case why this policy exception is more trouble than it is worth, but in the spirit of trying to get as many people making their make as possible, I thought I’d toss it out there.

Other than that, and I am not strongly championing it, I really don’t see a good solution that gets us to the people that want to work on SYP being able to. Maybe in new woodshop configuration we have a dedicate low-end miter saw, band saw and 1 or tow crap blades for the table saw? It’s not a huge stretch actually with a redesign of the miter station (a saw on each end).

Personally, with good of other committee areas in mind per @Ryan’s post, I am OK with wood chip production in wood shop annex and elsewhere (e.g. carving, Japanese joinery, etc.) but would not allow wood dust generated outside the main woodshop and being collected by the Felder…it is just too much of an issue for everyone else. But I guess as long as the slab flattening table is out there, it’s open season and something of a moot point.