Cohousing-L Mailing List: Workshops

[mark (mark]

Hi Folks:

We at Bellingham Cohousing finally have a functional workshop....not 
that anyone's had time to use it much.  We were wondering what other 
groups have thought, done or negotiated regarding power tool use by 
the young 'uns.  We've got some teenagers who'd like access to 
potential amputators of fingers (tablesaws, chopsaws).  Under what 
circumstances, if any do you allow them to use these sorts of tools?

We wondered particularly what you've done about insurance issues; 
currently all the tools in the shop are privately owned but available 
for use by members.  Before we alert our own insurance agents to the 
situation we were hoping for some advice.

Thanks much.

Mark