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Edge Sander delivery
Channel Men’s Shed has recently taken delivery of a Carbotec stationary edge sander for the woodwork area. Currently the unit is awaiting installation requiring power and dust extraction. Edge sanders are used for sanding table edges and sides of boards ensuring a neat square edge.As with most machinery in the workshop a small charge will…
Read MoreWorkbench on wheels
The recent sale of the willis tourer has created space and allowed some rearrangement of our workshop area. Wheels on levers have been added to the heavy woodworking benches. This raises the workbench a few millimetres from the floor and allows the workbench to be rolled to a new location. The initial design had a…
Read MoreWorkshop Hour Meters
Recently a number of hour meters have been installed. These hour meters will give us new ways of managing the stationary power tools. We can now do usage-based preventive maintenance schedules which will be more relevant than calendar-based schedules. It will also allow us to see the extent of usage of the machines and when to…
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