[Swansea Hackspace] Minutes of Introductory Meeting 2013-04-02

[Tom Lloyd]

On Apr 4, 2013 8:43 PM, "Justin Mitchell" <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:
> The statement i was trying to summarise was saying to avoid some of the
> worst H&S issues by just not performing those activities, e.g. if you
> dont have a lathe you don't need to make sure everyones suitably trained
> on one. and that therefore the less dangerous chemicals and heavy
> machinery we have the less there is to worry about.
>
>
> but then some of us think that part of the usefulness of a hackspace is
> somewhere we can go to do exactly those kind of dangerous things.

A big part of why I'm interested is the hope that we'll eventually have
heavier stuff like lathes. If we do, obviously we must take suitable
precautions - but for now it's a moot point given that we don't even have a
place to keep one, let alone the money to buy it.

Please consider that just because it's big doesn't mean it's more
dangerous. A flying blob of solder can blind you. We're adults; we get to
play with grown-up toys if we want to :)

-- Tom
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