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Shop Safety

• No open-toed shoes
• Long hair must be tied back/secured

Basic Procedures:

• Cutting blanks to length (bandsaw)
• Drilling/reaming blanks (Drill Press)
• Insert/glue tubes
• Machine blanks to length (belt/disc sander?)
• Mount blanks on lathe mandrel (lathe)
• Turning the pens (lathe)
  • rough turning to round
  • turning to approximate diameter
• Sanding/finishing (lathe)
• Pen assembly