Woodworkers – SVE Woodworkers

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE SVE WOODSHOP

The SVE Woodshop is open to SVE Association Members only (includes renters). No guests are allowed to use these facilities, due to safety training and liability issues.
Prior to your first use of the Woodshop, you must read the Woodshop Rules and Guidelines, fill out and sign a Liability Release Form and pay a $50 membership fee for the current membership year.
Members must attend a safety class within 30 days after signing up and paying the membership fee.
The membership year is from October 1 to September 30.

BASIC WOODSHOP PRINCIPLES

Monitors have absolute control of your actions in the Woodshop. There will be no debate about this control. The working atmosphere in the Woodshop is very relaxed, and the monitors are un-intrusive except in cases where they are concerned about safety. When they ask you to do something a different way, it is not optional. It must be done the way they say, or not at all.
Safety is paramount. Safety is every member’s business. If you see something that you think is unsafe, report it to a Monitor immediately.
If you are familiar with a particular power tool, you are free to use it. If you are not familiar with it, then do not use it until a Monitor has given you an overview of its operational and safety requirements. Monitors are always willing to help you with tasks you are unfamiliar with, and with tasks that take more than one person to accomplish.
Cleanup is your responsibility. After using a tool clean up before leaving the work area. Monitors are in the Woodshop to assure safety and to train those who need it. They are not there to clean up after woodshop users. General cleanup at the end of a woodshop session is also a user responsibility.
The SVE Homeowners Association provides the building, electricity, water, sewer, and trash collection for the Woodshop, and they also provide the massive dust collection system. This is the part of the Woodshop that your Association “dues” pay for. Nothing else. Through their volunteer efforts, the Woodshop Members provide the funding for all the woodshops power tools, hand tools, and supplies. This funding is raised through the annual Woodshop Spaghetti Dinner, aluminum can collection and recycling, special projects for the Association and residents, and donations. Volunteering is your dues for using the Woodshop.

If you are a SVE association member but not a woodshop member you can request a monitor to do an occasional small project, for example cutting a board, drilling holes or some other request. When completed we have a donations box by the main entry which is how you should show your application for the job. The donation box is an honor system for you to pay for supplies supplies and services received.