Chatter and rattles june 2013

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Project of Pomona and District Community House Inc.— Phone 5485 2427

Latest News In the last edition we were waiting on word from the bureaucrats as to how our application was going for our shed.

We can tell you that we are looking at the Pomona Fire Station and surrounding land as our home for Men’s Shed Pomona.

This does not mean that we are all joining Pomona Fire Service however we are negotiating to have the build-ing and land gifted to us.

We are now in a transition period with Sunshine Coast Regional Council and every-one is very busy establishing the new Noosa Council. Council have been supporting the process so our little pro-ject is stalling at the post.

All we require from the Queensland Government is a YES to the proposal and we will then know that in time it will be ours.

If you think that we are hav-ing a few hurdles to over-come then look at the

conditions that the crew at the fire station have to endure.

They do a fantastic job in all weather conditions. We know the shed floods and each time this happens something is damaged. It must be frustrating for them to watch other projects get the nod as they have been waiting patiently for a very long time.

From the latest news release the government is not building the new station in the current budget and if you take into account the build times it will be at least 2015 before they can have a new fire station. Let’s hope that we do not have as many floods in the future.

You may wonder why we want a site that floods? We intend to use the existing building as a non-critical work space and will con-struct new buildings above the flood level. The location is central and can be secured easily.

Brian has prepared drawings for the site and it is all very achievable. Doug

Men’s Shed Meetings: Held on the first Saturday of the month. See you there!

I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :

Latest News 1

Myna Bird 2

AMSA Cook Book

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Men’s Health I had a Dream

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Workshop 5

Gold Wing Story 6

Tucker Time Projects Photos

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News

In our last edition we were just start-ing to build our Myna Bird traps and at that point we thought that we had the system to build them fool-proof.

Well, we were wrong and some funny incidents happened during their construction.

Fifty traps were built and delivered to Council and everyone is very happy. For us it means more con-crete for the shed.


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Indian Myna Bird Trap Project

Making the Traps

Everyone who was part of building the Indian Myna Bird traps agreed that it was a great project.

Brian had prepared jigs for the many parts of the trap and even then we found that there were slight differences in size of wire making us prob-lem solve during as-sembly.

We all had our mo-ments and for me very sore fingers from bending the wire supports and dry cracked hands from the zinc wire.

After a while we de-veloped speciality areas and this quick-ened the construc-tion time.

In the end we all agreed that we would make more if required.

The traps were dis-tributed by Council to the various areas in our region. Doug

AMSA BBQ COOKBOOK

Any Mugs Cook Book

Compiled by the Australian Men's Shed Association

and Plenty Valley Community Health

"This cookbook doesn't set out to make your coffee table look like an intellectual's collection from Aladdin's cave. It's basic good commonsense - a collection of basic, good recipes for basic, good blokes to BBQ in their basic, good bloke's sheds." - Peter Russell-Clarke

"We hope that you enjoy value adding to your BBQs through some of the ideas contained within the book and I look forward to sampling of your work at your BBQ next time we meet. Don’t forget to use your imagination. Happy BBQing!" - Gary Green, Community Engagement Coordi-nator, Australian Men's Shed Association. To get a copy of the cookbook go to -

Phone: 1300 550 009, Email: [email protected]

Postal Address: PO Box 68, Windale, NSW, 2306

Who is eating our morning tea? Our special thanks to Brian and Carol for the use of their

under house area for the building of the bird traps. It was a great space to work in and the morning teas were fabulous. Our lunch followed soon after so in between we were on a high.

Have a look at the scones (left) that were served for one of our morning teas. On the menu were scones, muffins, fresh baked cookies and when Brian was batching dry biscuits.

There was more to building the traps than first thought. This is a quote from Brian. “I think we all agree that this has been a great experience and a great bonding process and I for one will miss our production line and hour long smokos, hour and a half lunches and as Doug put it solving the problems of the world over a cuppa”.

Thanks everyone. Doug



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Know the facts CANCER from Movember Australia Foundation

It is expected 1 in 2 Australian men will be diagnosed with cancer by the age of 85. 1 in 9 men in Australia will develop prostate cancer in their life time. Prostate cancer is the second-most common cause of cancer- related death amongst Australian men - each year in Australia, close to 3,300 men die of prostate cancer which is equal to the number of women who die from breast cancer annually. In 2007, testicular cancer was the second most common cancer among young men between 20 and 39. On average, 13 men and 8 women die from lung cancer every day in Australia. Tobacco smoking is the largest single risk factor for lung cancer in Australia, and is responsible for about 90% of lung cancers in males and 65% in females. While not as common, men can get breast cancer. The number of men diagnosed with breast cancer in Australia increased from 62 in 1982, to 103 in 2007. Australia has one of the highest incidences of skin cancer in the world, at nearly four times the rates in Canada, the US and the UK. The rate of melanoma incidence in Australian men rose by 18.7% between 1993 and 2003. It is estimated that at least one in three cancer cases in Australia can be prevented. Smoking, sun exposure, poor diet, alcohol consumption and inadequate physical activity are significant risk factors, which can be modified. For males, prostate cancer is expected to remain the most common cancer diagnosed in 2020 (25,300 cases), followed by bowel cancer and melanoma of the skin (about 10,800 cases each) and lung cancer (7,500 cases).

If only we had listened to the guys at Men’s Shed Pomona

Health checks men should

have Health screening is an important part of disease prevention. There are many screening tests and examinations that healthy men can un-dertake to help with detection of dis-eases such as can-cer. Your General Practitioner is well placed to carry out some of these tests, refer you to have other tests, or to ad-vise you on some of the self-checks you can be doing to monitor your health. One of the key roles of your GP is to pre-vent disease, so they will be only too happy to help you. -

Information:

MIMS Australia

WWW. mims.com.au

“To keep the body in good health is a duty ... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear”

Buddha



I had a Dream Ever had one of those days where everything goes perfectly then at the end of the day something goes wrong? Here is a story that happened during the building of the Myna Bird Traps.

I was having a great day at Brians with everything going well and we were all happy as the project was coming to an end. The last of the inner transfer chutes for the traps had been assembled and all that remained was fitting them to the main cages.

The chutes were fitting perfectly in the main cages and it was not long before the job was finished. We decided to call it a day as what was left could easily be finished next week.

It had been a long day so when I arrived home I decided to have a sleep in my chair. Later when I awoke I was con-vinced that I had fitted the chutes to the wrong side of the cages. I rang Brian in a panic and informed him of my er-ror and he assured me that we can fix it next week without much trouble. Brian rang me two days later having a little giggle.

The next day he changed one of the chutes to the other end of the cage only to find that all the cages were correct in the first place. He suggested that my short naps after our day’s work would best be left till bed time. We had a great laugh about the whole affair. So in the end was it just a dream? Doug

Member’s Project

I received a photo of an interesting project from Greg. He intends to con-vert this removal van into his home. I hope he keeps the paint job as it is part of the history of the removal van.

Brian showing us how to eat a

scone

These blokes have funny dreams about work



Workshop Safety Guidelines Wrenches/Spanners

Most people will at some time in their life use spanners and wrenches. Here are some tips and guidelines for their use. Wrenches and spanners have never been so cheap and of reasonable quality so the old adage if in doubt throw it out is a good call. Information from University of Western Sydney OH&S handbook.

Safe use of all wrenches requires that the user always be alert and pre-pared for the possibility that the wrench may slip, the fastener may sud-denly turn free, or the wrench or fastener may break.

The user must always inspect the wrench for flaws. Keep jaws sharp and clean.

Place the wrench so that the pull on the handle tends to force the jaws fur-ther into the nut (lower jaw leads).

Pulling on a wrench is safer than pushing

Open end wrenches have strong jaws and are satisfactory for medium-duty turning.

Replace an open end wrench if the jaws are no longer square.

Box and Socket Wrenches are necessary for a heavy pull. Never overload the capacity of a wrench by using a pipe extension on the handle or be striking the handle with a hammer.

Replace a box end wrench if the box edges aren’t sharp or true

Where possible, use penetrating oil to loosen tight nuts.

Socket and Adjustable Wrenches should be kept clean of dirt and grime in-side the socket to ensure that the tool fits securely on the bolt or nut.

Replace an adjustable wrench if the jaws have noticeable play, the mecha-nism slips or binds, or the jaws are rounded.

Replace a socket wrench if the wrench binds, if the locking mechanism no longer holds, or the wrench won’t easily switch from forward to reverse.

Replace individual sockets if they are cracked, they don’t stay on the wrench or extension, or if the faces



1975 Honda Goldwing ~ GL1000 P A G E 6

This is the second part of John M’s restora-tion story. The final result is a credit to him. In the last edition we left off with - The main oil pump and case oil scavenging pump were fitted along with the three chains, the main driving chain was a tight fit due to the fact there is no tensioner.

New genuine piston rings were fitted and the two rod assemblies fitted in the conventional way through the bores down to the fitted crank shaft. After many hours work and all case parts fitted the final two rod assemblies were fitted onto to crank pins. The top half of the crankcase was slowly and carefully lowered over the pistons as the rings compressed as they entered the large chamfer at the start of the bores. The only crank case seal is a liquid seal now put on the mating surfaces and the two halves bolted together. The clutch, starter motor, oil filter and oil were fitted before battery leads were connected and the engine spun to check that oil was circulating round the engine. Once this was confirmed the two heads were fitted followed by the timing pulleys, tim-ing belts and covers. The valve timing was checked again and again as this is very criti-cal. The water pump was fitted along with the cover, water was poured in the confirm there were no leaks.

The four carburettors had all been cleaned and fitted with new "O" rings, float valves and gas-kets. This was assembled in one piece on top of the engine. The engine weighing 106 kilos was carefully fitted back into the frame. The new coils and condensers were fitted and the engine timed statically. It has a "wasted spark" system with two coils, two condensers and two sets of points working four cylinders. Once the radiator and all parts had been fitted the fuel was turned feeding the new fuel pump. The ignition was switched off while the engine was turned over to make sure the oil light went out confirming good oil pressure. The ignition was switched on and within 4 revolutions the engine fired much to my surprise! Later a new complete chrome exhaust system from Florida, USA was fitted with modifications to the side stand. Other adjustments had to be made but basically the engine and the entire bike was OK. The very old hard and perished tyres were re-placed before the bike went onto the road. The whole project has taken over two years with many headaches, I think the previous owner would be very pleased. “A man who is master of patience is master of everything else”. George Savile

Johns restored 1975 Honda Goldwing GL 1000

2012 Honda Dream Yugaw



Method:

Cut all the vegetables into small pieces starting first with onion which is lightly fried with a small amount of butter or cooking oil in the soup pot and when done add garlic and lightly sauté. With heat still on add 3 cups of water into pot then gradually add all the cut vegetables as you dice. Then add tinned and frozen ingredients and lightly stir. Add more water and cover ingredients. Add rice and remaining ingredients and fill to 20 mm from the top of pot. Bring to boil, fit lid and lightly simmer for one hour. Stir every 10 minutes. Decant into containers and place in freezer.

Enjoy

Best served piping hot and with a little

green garnish

Tucker Time Hey guys, this is the best time of the year if you want to make simple wholesome meals that can be stored in the freezer. Our winter special is vegetable soup. Easy to make and there is enough soup to last for several days. I call it “through together soup”. All you have to do is throw the ingredients into the pot.

All you need is a very large stainless steel pot with lid that holds about 4 liters and some small storage contain-ers for later when you decant the soup into containers for freezing.

Vegetable Soup 1 large onion

1 medium carrot

1 parsnip

2 turnips

2 sticks of celery

1 clove of garlic

1 medium potato

1 cup of frozen peas

1 cup of frozen vegetables

1 400g can of tomatoes or 4 fresh tomatoes

1 400g can of cannellini beans

1 400g of red kidney beans

2 tablespoons of fruit chutney

2 vegetable or other stock cubes to suit your fancy ~ this can be substituted with liquid stock of your choice

1 cup of rice or barley

1 tablespoon of sugar

1 large pinch of salt ~ add more salt later at serving if

required

1 teaspoon of black pepper or to suit taste

water to fill pot - cooking oil or butter

Serve - garnish with parsley or other green herbs

Vegetable Soup



Members Projects

Above is a 3 inch Fowler model trac-tion engine that is awaiting further works. Many years have been spent on this beauty and there are more to come.

Above is a 1929 Bentley Special awaiting a new body and mechanicals.

Above - Our overseas correspon-dent is looking for another project. This was sent in by a member and suggested he may be interested in restoring this Jeep

Being alone does not mean you are lonely, and being lonely does not mean you are alone.

Above - Myna Bird Trap Project

Everyone hard at work building the traps.



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Photo Gallery

Morning tea on the verandah Pay attention, this is how you do it

Where do you reckon this goes? That’s it! I need a cup of tea

St. John's Tomb - found empty - maybe looted by Crusaders

Next edition we will have a selection of photos from John and Mary’s over-seas trip and some wanderings of the desert nomads. This is one photo -

Can we have one

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