DIY Safety Signs

[Brad Knabel]

I occasionally look at Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools website
http://www.kk.org. They describe and review a "cool tool" once a day or so. It can be anything from a book about building houseboats to a weed torch to precious metal clay. Not everything is directly useful to me, but there are a lot of fairly interesting ideas.

One of the recent tools was a link to a technical communications company that has an online "safety sign generator." http://www.stclaire.com/go/industrial_signage/sb2/html You just type in the text that you want to appear and pick an appropriate ANSI pictogram and you get a PDF containing the completed sign. They have similar generators for HAZMAT NFPA compliant signs and OSHA compatible lockout tags.

You do have to sign in, but the service is free. The resulting signs are generated in PDF and can easily be printed directly from your browser.

I don't know if this is really useful or if it just appeals to me as a software engineer. But I thought some folks here might find a use for this.

[Charles McKinley]

Hi Brad,

If you want to play with precious metal clay the Society for Contemporary Craft, in the Strip, is offering a class with it on the summer schedule.

They are also offering some woodworking classes. I'm taking the mortice and tennonclass and the dovetail class. Ther fees are reasonable.

[Per Swenson]

Brad thanks,

This is a great site. Of course I had

to make signs for the shop and the refrigerator.

Here is one I am going to glue to my Fathers

dashboard,

Per

[Sam Chambers]

Brad:

Thanks for posting that link. I had fun making signs for the entire family, and both dogs.

SWMBO's Sign: "Danger! Migraine Sufferer at Work. Just Keep Quiet and Nobody Gets Hurt"

15 year-old Daughter's Sign: "Warning - Teenager's Life Being Ruined by Parents"

10 year-old Son's Sign: "Warning - Trespassers Risk Being Shoved Into Closet or Swept Under Bed"

English Pointer's Sign: "Warning - Neurotic Pointer With Overactive Licker. Rain Gear Recommended."

Yellow Lab's Sign: "Notice - If You Don't Have Food or a Ball, You'd Better be Here to Scratch My Butt!"