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{{ambox|type=content|text=<span style="color:#800000">'''Notice, March 2024 -</span> Confirm authorizations on [[Discord]] first'''<br> | {{ambox|type=content|text=<span style="color:#800000">'''Notice, March 2024 -</span> Confirm authorizations on [[Discord]] first'''<br> | ||
Post pandemic, we're (slowly) updating old authorization info. If there's a <span style="color: SteelBlue ;font-weight: bold; ">blue Authorization Course Info box</span> on this page or a tool's page, the authorization course info in that box should be up-to-date. Otherwise, any other info you find should be considered out of date. Confirm in the appropriate area channel on Discord if the info is correct or not.}} | Post pandemic, we're (slowly) updating old authorization info. If there's a <span style="color: SteelBlue ;font-weight: bold; ">blue Authorization Course Info box</span> on this page or a tool's page, the authorization course info in that box should be up-to-date. Otherwise, any other info you find should be considered out of date. Confirm in the appropriate area channel on Discord if the info is correct or not.}} | ||
==What is an authorization?== | ==What is an authorization?== | ||
[[File:Authorization-required.png|thumb]] | |||
[[File:Sample auth sticker.png|thumb]] | [[File:Sample auth sticker.png|thumb]] | ||
'''Any tool more dangerous than a soldering iron requires authorization before use''', these are marked with an "Authorization Required - Do Not Hack" sticker like the one pictured. Authorizations are how we keep each other safe and maintain our tools for the community, this is why '''authorizations are still required even if a member has prior knowledge of how to use a specific tool'''. ''Be cool, get authed''. | '''Any tool more dangerous than a soldering iron requires authorization before use''', these are marked with an "Authorization Required - Do Not Hack" sticker like the one pictured. Authorizations are how we keep each other safe and maintain our tools for the community, this is why '''authorizations are still required even if a member has prior knowledge of how to use a specific tool'''. ''Be cool, get authed''. | ||
Note that the process for getting authorized varies greatly between different tools/areas, affected by: | |||
<li> Whether a canvas course exists or not. | |||
<li> How frequently people are interested in a specific authorization. Some are scheduled, some are at member's requests, some are "we haven't done this in awhile". | |||
<li> The authorizer's preferred method of contact. | |||
===I want to get authorized, the crash course=== | ===I want to get authorized, the crash course=== | ||
<ol><li> '''Read''' [[How Do I Get Authorized?]] | <ol><li> '''Read''' [[How Do I Get Authorized?]] | ||
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<li> Search for the tool's wiki page | <li> Search for the tool's wiki page | ||
<li> Or look through the list on this page | <li> Or look through the list on this page | ||
<li> <li> | |||
</ul> | </ul> | ||
<li>'''Follow the instructions in the blue authorization notice box''', see example below | <li>'''Follow the instructions in the blue authorization notice box''', see example below | ||
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==[[:Category:Wood Shop|Woodshop]]== | ==[[:Category:Wood Shop|Woodshop]]== | ||
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<section begin="woodshop"/> | |||
Need help? Questions? Try [https://discord.com/channels/1270929620224704544/1270939083685892229 #woodshop-general] on [[Discord]]. | Need help? Questions? Try [https://discord.com/channels/1270929620224704544/1270939083685892229 #woodshop-general] on [[Discord]]. | ||
The Woodshop Basic course only covers the tools listed in the blue info box below, it does not cover specialty tools listed further down. Keep in mind the Woodshop Basic course is a required prerequisite for all other woodshop specialty tool authorizations. | The Woodshop Basic course only covers the tools listed in the blue info box below, it does not cover specialty tools listed further down. Keep in mind the Woodshop Basic course is a required prerequisite for all other woodshop specialty tool authorizations. | ||
===Woodshop Basic=== | ===Woodshop Basic=== | ||
{{:Authorizations/Woodshop Basic}} | {{:Authorizations/Woodshop Basic}} | ||
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{{:Authorizations/SawStop Dado Stack}} | {{:Authorizations/SawStop Dado Stack}} | ||
<section end="woodshop"/> | |||
==Small Metals== | ==Small Metals== | ||
Need help? Questions? Try [https://discord.com/channels/1270929620224704544/1270938338760724573 #small-metals-general] on [[Discord]]. | Need help? Questions? Try [https://discord.com/channels/1270929620224704544/1270938338760724573 #small-metals-general] on [[Discord]]. | ||
