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A blade in a bandsaw had been left exposed and ice that had formed in a walk-in freezer left people at risk of slipping, they said.

Bob chats against the buzzing backdrop of whirring industrial tools and woodwork machines in the next room - a laser cutter, bandsaw, lathe and a 3D printer among them.

The work included sanitizing dangerous equipment like head splitters, jaw pullers and meat bandsaws in hazardous conditions where animals are killed and rendered.

In small groups of nine, students will learn to use a table saw, bandsaw, jointer, planer and drill press and will make a hardwood cutting board in the process.

Gayle Friedman’s colorful assemblages feature painted bandsaw blades stretched into loops to impart a sense of tension.