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|tool_testers      = [https://www.artisansasylum.com/tool-testing Sign up here] or [mailto:compositeshop@artisansasylum.com email the shop lead]
|tool_testers      = [https://www.artisansasylum.com/tool-testing Sign up here] or [mailto:compositeshop@artisansasylum.com email the shop lead]
|hours              = Same as membership hours
|hours              = Same as membership hours
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The Composite Shop provides space and equipment to fabricate projects working with a wide range of materials including resins, acrylics, polyurethanes, silicones, plasters, waxes,  and foams. The shop is equipped with designated areas for mixing and casting a variety of flexible materials, allowing the creation of bubble free castings and molds using pressure pots, vacuum chambers, and heat tools. The Composites Shop provides dynamic workspace and handheld tools including dremels, heat guns, foam and mat cutters, and clamps for detailed projects, and houses a spray booth, downdraft table, vacuum former, belt and disc sanders, and band saws for larger assembly and fabrication.
The Composites and Plastics Shop provides space and equipment to fabricate projects working with a wide range of materials including resins, acrylics, polyurethanes, silicones, plasters, waxes,  and foams. The shop is equipped with designated areas for mixing and casting a variety of flexible materials, allowing the creation of bubble free castings and molds using pressure pots, vacuum chambers, and heat tools. The Composites Shop provides dynamic workspace and handheld tools including dremels, heat guns, foam and mat cutters, and clamps for detailed projects, and houses a spray booth, downdraft table, vacuum former, belt and disc sanders, and band saws for larger assembly and fabrication.




The following tools in the composite shop '''may not be used without testing and approval. You must be tool tested to use the:'''


* '''band saws'''
== Tools ==
* '''belt and disc sander'''
* '''pressure pot'''
* '''vacuum former'''


Even if you are tested on a similar tool in another shop, you must be tested in the composite shop in order to use the composite shop's tool.
RED tools require a tool test. Even if you are tested on a similar tool in another shop, you must also be tested and approved for use in the composite shop. RED tools with a tool test required include:


Please clean any shop/area after using it! We've got shop vacs all over this place, and they all love to be used :)
Band Saws


== Tools ==
Belt and Disc Sanders
 
Pressure Pot
 
Vacuum Former
 
 
 
GREEN tools do not require a tool test. Most GREEN tools have a Teach-Yourself instructions linked below or by QR code on the tool itself; please read and follow these self guided instructions before using a tool. GREEN tools that do not require a tool test before using include:
 
 
Vacuum Chamber
 
Dremels
 
Heat Guns
 
Hot Glue Guns
 
Caulking Gun
 
Downdraft Table
 
Fume Hood/Spray Booth
 
Clamps
 
Scales


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{{ ToolTableItemRed | Band Saws
{{ ToolTableItemRed | Belt and Disc Sander
{{ ToolTableItemRed | Pressure Pot
{{ ToolTableItemRed | Vacuum Former
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Dremels
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Heat Guns
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Hot Glue Guns
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Caulking Gun
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Scale
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Clamps
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Mobile Fume Extractor
{{ ToolTableItemGreen | Vacuum Chamber
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Latest revision as of 15:26, 17 May 2024

Composite Shop
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Composite Shop
Building Holton
Lead Myra C
User email list members@artisansasylum.com
Tool Testers

Sign up here or email the shop lead

Hours Same as membership hours


The Composites and Plastics Shop provides space and equipment to fabricate projects working with a wide range of materials including resins, acrylics, polyurethanes, silicones, plasters, waxes, and foams. The shop is equipped with designated areas for mixing and casting a variety of flexible materials, allowing the creation of bubble free castings and molds using pressure pots, vacuum chambers, and heat tools. The Composites Shop provides dynamic workspace and handheld tools including dremels, heat guns, foam and mat cutters, and clamps for detailed projects, and houses a spray booth, downdraft table, vacuum former, belt and disc sanders, and band saws for larger assembly and fabrication.


Tools

RED tools require a tool test. Even if you are tested on a similar tool in another shop, you must also be tested and approved for use in the composite shop. RED tools with a tool test required include:

Band Saws

Belt and Disc Sanders

Pressure Pot

Vacuum Former


GREEN tools do not require a tool test. Most GREEN tools have a Teach-Yourself instructions linked below or by QR code on the tool itself; please read and follow these self guided instructions before using a tool. GREEN tools that do not require a tool test before using include:


Vacuum Chamber

Dremels

Heat Guns

Hot Glue Guns

Caulking Gun

Downdraft Table

Fume Hood/Spray Booth

Clamps

Scales


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