RE: woodworking shop | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Lynn Nadeau (welcomeolympus.net) | |
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 12:35:10 -0700 (MST) |
At RoseWind, we are considering the addition of a "hobby shop". Aside from the need for thousands of dollars not in our current budget, there are some cautionary concerns. How have other groups dealt with this sort of thing? Insurance. Whose insurance, at what cost, covers liability? Does your main insurer, for general liability, also want to raise your rates? Whose insurance, at what cost, covers property loss or damage? Can a resident be joined in the work by a nonmember? Ownership and stewardship. Quality of "donated" tools. Common vs personal tools. Free access vs private locked cupboards. Access to the shop - locks? Who cleans it? Does it require another committee? (There are only so many volunteer hours available.) Are there limits to how long one person can take up a bunch of the space, for example building a boat? People are going to have diverse attitudes. (I think of our kid room: I put quality, fairly-sturdy stuff in there and it gets repeatedly broken by kids whose parents let them experiment in rough ways.) Safety. Is there a required training or "test" to pass, to be allowed to use certain machinery? (Our tractor mowers sustained serious damage from intelligent well-intentioned people who were ignorant of some aspects of the equipment.) Is there a minimum age? How are toxic products stored? Sharp things? Clean vs dirty space. One might want to have two kinds of space. Someone doing one project might want a dust-free environment, and someone else might generate a lot of sawdust. Utility and maintenance costs. Will it be a challenge to heat? What will be the costs of heat, electricity, trash, plumbing if any. Noise and fumes. Can you position it so that the sounds of power saws, or the vapors of epoxy and fiberglass, won't be a challenge? One doesn't want to be run by fears, but common sense and prudence still need to be in the balance. Any stories you can share, about how you did or didn't deal with these sorts of considerations, would be valuable! Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature) http://www.rosewind.org http://www.ptguide.com http://www.ptforpeace.info (very active peace movement here- see our photo) _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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