SHOP RULES

* Clean up! Any mess you leave is a direct imposition on someone else who is forced to clean up after you.

* Think! Make sure you know how machines can hurt you, and how you can hurt them, before you touch them.

* Do not use power tools alone, or when you're tired, if you value the integrity of your extremities.

* Vacuum your work areas, and wipe down machine tools after use.

* Put away used materials in the stock areas.

* Put away tools and safety glasses.

* No tools are to leave the shop.

* Do not install software or change the configuration of the shop computers without approval.

* Report missing supplies, broken machines, or accidents right away: it's far worse for them to be discovered later.

* Only authorized users are permitted to use powered tools in the shop.

* Approved UROPs are allowed into the shops 9-5 Monday-Friday, when they can be supervised, unless they are accompanied at all times by a grad student.

* Shop safety training is arranged by request from a faculty member to shop-admin@media.mit.edu, and can rarely be done on short notice.

* The shop functions as a collectively-supported resource; ask yourself how you can improve it as well as use it.

* Use of the shop is a privilege, which can be revoked for any infractions of any of these rules.