Update #16

[Tytus Gerrish]

Originally Posted by Alan Anderson

After, all, the most dangerous machine in a typical pit is a FRC robot.

somone took the time to teach me how to use every shop tool they are not dangerous if in good repair and used properly. i have never dammaged myself with anything in the pit other than an FRC robot

[Swan217]

Originally Posted by Tytus Gerrish

somone took the time to teach me how to use every shop tool they are not dangerous if in good repair and used properly. i have never dammaged myself with anything in the pit other than an FRC robot

Please note the phrase "in the pit." OUTSIDE the competition, however .

Tytus has a really good point here, which is that if someone as accident prone as him can operate machine shop tools without getting injured, so can everyone else. It's not the use of the tools that is dangerous, it's the lack of educated use. You can injure yourself on "FIRST approved" machinery just as easily as on non-approved machinery, just because you don't know how to use it properly. Education is the key.