• Buying, taking care of, collecting, and working with tools can be exciting, enjoyable, creative and gives one a real nice feeling working and completing tasks, but we need to always be aware that our tools can be dangerous, so we need to keep our wits about us when using tools.

• Keeping tools sharp is well spent time and saves time in the long run. A person is more likely to get cut or mess up a job with blunt tools, just be careful using them and become an expert with your tools.

• If your chisel falls of the bench don’t try to catch it – this is what I mean about keeping your wits about you, being mature and enjoying your work. Wildly grabbing for a sharp chisel is a dangerous thing to do.

• Keeping the tools away from the edge of the bench is a good idea, then there is less likely chance of anything falling off.

• If you are offered any old cabinets take them and put them in the workshop to hold your tools.

• Learning how to use your tools will help you do repairs.

Being familiar with the tools used in carpentry can save you a lot of hassle and ge the job done in a simpler, more professional manner, while also being safe.

So get to know the tools. Buy new tools from time to time and use them until you are familiar with them enough to use them with ease and confidence.

There are some good rules for safety, such as when you are using a chisel keep your hands behind the chisel because the chisel can’t cut you if you are behind it.

It is easy for us to think, “What is the easiest way to achieve this?”
And then we come up with something that is not safe but we have not realised it yet. All those work accidents around the world were never planned or even seen before they happened, they were accidents, so please, be careful.