As the Guild’s activities involve the use of wood and power tools, the attention paid to health and safety is especially paramount.

To this end, the following links provide best practice guidance on the use of tools in woodworking and methods of protection that we should all use when carrying out our Guild activities.

As there are bodies who provide this best practice and, given that methods change over time, we have decided to provide links to these sites here, rather than offer content, so that you can get the latest information ‘from the horse’s mouth’, so to speak.

These links contain a wealth of information, including safe working practices and details on topics such as wood dust and noise in woodworking in general: