Safety First!

Typical safety gear

Wise words, but a real bind when your goggles are steaming up while your cutting wood or painting (I guess I need better ones!)

Before you set out and get building the tools you'll need for ceremonial magic, you'll need some simple items for protection, a willingness to read the manuals for your tools (if using power tools, this is a must!), and a lot of common sense.

Do

• Get goggles, gloves suited to the work you are going to undertake and USE THEM all the time.
• Make sure that you sweep your workplace often (the dust makes the floor very slippery)
• Check that you are wide awake and focused before using any tool
• Focus on job in hand, Do not let your mind wander while cutting/drilling etc...
• Use common sense and take a few moments to look at possible problems you may run into
• Read the manuals, research risks for the jobs you are doing

Don't

• Use tools without knowing what they do
• leave shavings/dust around
• Get over confident and do jobs without protection

Cheap kitchen mat saves slip ups

I'll discuss specific safety issues as they arise for each piece also.  There are many accidents that can happen, most can be avoided with common sense.