Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken Loyd
As a nine year veteran of FIRST I have seen some extremely stupid and unsafe power tool usage in the middle of the pits. I for one am happy to see the removal of some of the more dangerous machines from the pits.
|
Banning band saws won't improve hack saw safety. Banning drill presses can easily cause
more incidents involving hand drills. The way I see it, it's not the
devices that need more regulation, it's the procedures for
using them.
After, all, the most dangerous machine in a typical pit is a FRC robot.
Before I get too upset at this new rule, I'm going to wait for some information on what "FIRST-approved machine shop" is supposed to mean.