WOODWORKING
Unit Prompts
Answers to prompts must include one reference from the class text and one
reference from an internet article (dictionary and encyclopedia resources will
not be accepted). Be sure to put quotation marks around your citations, number
them, and place footnotes at the bottom of your paper to reference where your
citation came from.
Prompt 1: In 150 words, explain the number one cause of accidents in the
woodshop and why it occurs. How can you avoid it happening to
you?
Prompt 2: In 150 words, look over the Ten Commandments of Machine Safety
as found in this text. Place the commandments in order of most
important to least important. Explain your reasoning.
Prompt 3: In 150 words, explain three ways people put themselves in danger
while working in the woodshop and three ways they put others in
danger while working in the woodshop. Also, list the purpose,
warning, and major cause of accident for each of the following:
miter saw, drill press, table sander, and scroll saw
Prompt 4: In 150 words, explain how impatience and hurrying to finish a task
can be your worst enemy. Explain how the virtues of patience,
peace, and self-control will help you?
Prompt 5: Write the definition for the following woodworking terms:
Board Face Board Edge Board End Fence
Grain Grit Kerf Warp
Clamp Square Paint thinner Joint/joinery
Countersink Kick-back With the grain/Across the grain.
Rip Cut Crosscut
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