April 2017 Sheddies’ Chatter The Men’s Shed (North Shore) Trust Welcome to the April 2017 Edition of Sheddies’ Chatter. Well, another month has gone by. Hope you all had a relaxing Easter and the rubbish weather didn’t spoil any of your plans. As usual, after sweating over having little to put in the newsletter, I end up with a mountain of stuff that runs to several pages. Hope you find something of interest. Also hope you enjoy the philosophies of Horatio Pringledink, seafaring philosopher, created by my dear friend Paul, who has kindly allowed me to use them here. You can see more of Paul’s amazing pottery characters at: https://www.artfindnz.co.nz/project/paul-heffernan/ Happy shedding. Roger Curl, Editor Overdue Subscriptions Many thanks to those members that have renewed their membership but there are a still quite a number that are now overdue. Those who have yet to pay the $90 sub are asked to do as soon as possible. The preferred method of payment is by direct credit to the Shed’s bank account: 12-3072-0772783-00 - The Men’s Shed North Shore Trust or by cash/cheque at the shed or by cheque to P.O. Box 311012, Glenfield. Members are reminded that only financial members are able to use the Shed’s machinery and vote at the Annual meeting to be held on the 7th May. If you do not plan to renew your membership please let us know by emailing: . [email protected] Looking Good! Some of the new Library Boxes Shed Members Assemble Shed for Community Projects - Interested? Mairangi Play Centre The projects are continuing to come in on a regular basis In March, Trevor, Eric and Eddie volunteered to assist the Projects include: Mairangi Play Centre by assembling their new shed. Many Blackboard, Carpentry toolboxes, rabbit perches and metal thanks to Trevor for relating their experiences: stakes for Rangitoto Kindergarten Like all self assemble articles the instructions were Gable frame house for Glamorgan Kindergarten ambiguous to say the least. No descriptions for top, bottom Library boxes - KCFT left or right and the base showed five floor joists in a photo, but the instructions said four. The assembly was a coin toss Paint desk and shelves to sort out which bits went where. While Eric prepared the Ply dividers - Taiaotea Kindergarten site and Eddie read the instructions. I carried the respective Palisade sets - Oaktree Kindergarten items from the top yard to the site . It took three afternoons Overhaul press parts to get it done and if there was another word for flimsy that’s what it was, no wall bracing or corner supports, just the sheets riveted together to support it all. It was a fun 3 days If you would like to work on any of these or other projects, please sorting out the bits then getting them together. It is a pity contact Dave Wardlaw at the Shed, or contact Larry Klassen by email: [email protected] these forms of structures do not have better informed instructions or the panels marked to identify their positions. Recently Completed Projects: The CD found part way through the job was a little help but it Cut and sand ply squares showed everything done on a factory floor, not a dirt, almost Laptop stands level site and done by people who had not used the instructions as written. Repair high pressure spray pump Trevor Pugh 1 City Menzshed Wellington Looks like the guys down there are still struggling to find a new home. Makes you realise just how lucky we are. Hope they can get something sorted soon. Below is a link to their website: www.citymenzshed.org.nz And their latest newsletter: http://www.citymenzshed.org.nz/170413CMSNL.pdf © 2017 Paul Heffernan The X-Y Table Larry has a good friend in Canada who recently bought an X-Y Canadian to $126 CAD + $20.00 shipping. So I figure all things Table to adapt to his drill press. considered, this was not a bad deal. This is his story: As it happens, I inherited a bench-mount drill press - not a Well, you could have knocked me over with a feather when, new one, but in good shape - but I've already got one floor on Friday afternoon, there was a knock at the door and the X mount and one bench mount. So, the spare will be an ideal -Y table I'd ordered for buckshee milling on the drill press playground for experiments in "Milling By Guess & By Gosh" arrived, by courier, intact. And to top it off, I paid CAD$50.51, or Gooching 101. unlike Buddy on YouTube (I sent you the link, I think) who A guy at the ham radio club pointed out that if I wanted to paid 90 US greenbacks for the identical item, and thought have digital readout capability (DRO) on the tables, I should he'd gotten a deal. The invoice price was actually 10% lower wait for Canajun Tire to put their 8" digital callipers on sale than what I'd ordered it at - apparently this vendor was just for $8.99 or whatever they're at when they go on sale. I starting a sale when my order came in. guess they're not all that great as callipers, but work just fine I opened the thing this afternoon - this being the first day in when adapted to be a readout for an X-Y table. Some kind of nine straight that I have not been laid flat on my backside bracket required, of course, but that's why we have Plastic with migraine problems - and everything seems to be there. Steel and all that jazz. The fit and finish are astonishingly good, and there are Anyhow, I'm passing this on to the two of you, just in case proper gib strips, etc., to snug up the movement. I didn't you might think that at some point you might want to try have access to my dial indicator (it's in the garage), but I did setting up to do light milling in your drill press. The YouTube take a handheld laser and try it across the flat surfaces, just video I linked to earlier by AvE covers all the main points, and to see if they were even remotely flat. And they are - he's put up a couple of supplementary short ones since then amazingly so. The hardware and clamps all look serviceable, (Does that guy ever sleep?). and all the edges of the machined parts had been broken, so no razor-slices when handling it. Since the last four of my Ebay orders either arrived broken, I'm b##### amazed! I bought an X-Y vice from Princess Auto or didn't arrive at all, I was astonished by the speed of this a while back (like about 2 years), and it's the typical crude shipment, as well as the price and the quality, and that it was Chinese product - accurate to within 1/4" per turn of the delivered by courier unbroken. B##### amazing! movement screw, if you're lucky. But this thing - smooth as butter, and if there's any backlash, it's pretty tiny. Below is a link to a YouTube video on the setup. Warning: contains bad language. I see on EBay.ca that the same table is still for sale from about 2 dozen vendors at prices anywhere from $54.00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY-wXcFhx5w 2 Tools for Schools The Men’s Shed North Shore has offered to assist the Rotary Clubs’ “Tool for Schools” Project. The project aims to repurpose second hand tools and send them to schools on Taveuni Island , Fiji so the students there can acquire the necessary skills and experience to build cyclone-proof buildings. If you have any surplus tools as listed below, they will be gratefully received. See Roger Dallimore at The Shed or contact Larry Klassen [email protected] Above: Trevor and Roger recondition donated tools for the Tools for Schools project. Left: The building centre top is the pre-school Rotary Taveuni built (no damage), whilst the primary school block below it was almost a total re-build. Woodworking / building: Mechanical: First priority: First priority: claw hammer set of ring and open end spanners (6mm to 23mm) pry bar (aka wrecking bar) ball pein hammer crosscut handsaw1 full set of screw drivers set square needle nose and square nose pliers quality 8.0m tape measure vice grips ¾” chisels with sharpening stone hacksaw and blades1 screw driver assortment centre punch egg beater drill2 steel ruler woodworking drill bits 1 – 10mm1 stillson wrench med size tin snips set of adjustable spanners (8, 10 and 12") hack saw and blades1 lockable cyclone proof toolbox wood plane (could use same sharpening stone as chisels) lockable cyclone proof toolbox Nice to have: Nice to have: mallet oil can brace and bit drill Allen keys centre punch spark plug spanners pincers feeler gauges woodworkers pencil emery cloth screws file nails socket set sand paper – various grades electrical wire and connectors wood glue electrical tape clamps – various sizes multimeter / voltage tester assortment nuts bolts and washers assortment nuts, bolts and washers 3 Clockwise from left: Gwynn is making good progress with his casket Chris and tony discuss Chris’ bench Barrie and Winston with the laptop stands Waghi repairs a food mixer The Dropsaw extraction system has been “re-sleeved” 4 Tugboat Project - Interested? Dennis Munn is offering his model tugboat to any member who would be keen to finish it off.