¶ Raccoon Fabrication
Raccoon at the Department of Architecture, NCKU holds various fabrication equipment available to students and faculty who have completed the necessary training. These tools are intended to provide students with hands-on experience in creating and manufacturing various projects. To learn more about the specific equipment available, such as 3D printers, laser cutters, and woodworking tools, please refer to the individual pages.
¶ Shop Safety
Machine shops are inherently dangerous environments. What you do not know can seriously injure you. The purpose of these lessons are to provide specific safety rules and develop an overall attitude of safety awareness. This awareness will lead to wariness which is your best defense against injury. Nurture this wariness until you develop a habit of always working in a thoughtful, methodical and deliberate way.
No project or deadline is worth risking serious injury. Don’t let a moment of inattention or neglect adversely impact the rest of your life.
¶ Shop Clothing
Follow these rules of personal dress for the shop:
- Hair Restraint: Tie back long hair or secure it under a hat to prevent it from being caught in moving machinery.
- Safety Glasses: Always wear ANSI, CNS, or ISO approved safety glasses in the shop, not just when using a machine.
- Hearing Protection: If machine operations are loud, use hearing protection.
- Clothing: Avoid wearing loose long-sleeve shirts, as they can get caught in equipment. Long sleeves are acceptable if they are fitted and tight without overly long or loose parts. Alternatively, wear short sleeves or T-shirts.
- Gloves: Do not wear cloth gloves when handling machines with moving parts, as they can be caught in the equipment. Otherwise, cloth gloves are acceptable. Latex gloves are acceptable at all times.
- Accessories: Remove rings and watches when operating machinery.
- Pants: Do not wear shorts. Wear sturdy long pants like jeans or work pants.
- Footwear: Do not wear flip-flops or sandals. Leather shoes are ideal, but regular fabric shoes are acceptable in many situations. Steel-toe shoes are not necessary unless handling heavy objects that could crush regular shoes.
Proper Machine Shop Attire