mostly owned by PS
donated; some are on long-term loan

Safety

PPE & Clothes
- wear appropriate clothes for the tool
Do inspection
- Do a full inspection of all equipment before using it. This is a shared space, and even if you only walked away for 2 minutes, someone else may have altered the setup of any machine without you realizing. This "pre-flight" inspection is also a good opportunity to ensure that you know how to use the emergency stop on the machine you are using. It is a good idea to test this emergency stop so that you don't have to think about it in a real emergency.
Turn off
- Don’t leave the tool in unsafe state
Cleaning
- Keeping your machine and surroundings clean while you work reduces the risk of injury

Respect

Treat the equipment better than you would if it were your own
Power off
- To save electricity
Put it back in storage
- In case of portable tools
Share the tools: 4h max

Volunteering

Maintenance
Cleaning
- Keeping your machine and surroundings clean while you work reduces the risk of damage to your project.
Update wiki

Broke / noticed broken

In a shared space all equipment sees very heavy use. This inevitably means that things will wear out and break. We can mitigate this by using all equipment properly, but it is inevitable that something will break on you eventually. This is not a big deal, as long as you do the following:

Safety
- Flag
  - Put a label that the tool or machine is out of service.
Respect
- Post on a forum
  - This may seem daunting, but it is in everyone's interest, and as long as you were not being negligent, you should not expect to be scolded.
  - In this manner, we can ensure that Protospace and the tools within are available to everyone as much as possible.
Volunteering
- Fix it
  - If possible, fix it! This could be as simple as replacing a loose nut or swapping out a blade