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Manning Men’s Shed Newsletter An activity of the Manning Senior Citizens Centre October 2018#10

Editor’s Note: The purpose of this Newsletter is to showcase the involvement of MMS in various shed,

community, and personal projects, plus the usual members’ news. While working on your projects please remember to take photos of what you are doing or have completed, and forward these to Eric Goddard, preferably via email or on a memory stick.

Mon: 8:30 -12:00 1.00 - 4:30 Tue: 8:30 -12:00 1.00 - 4:30 Wed: 8:30 -12:00 1.00 - 4:30 Fri am: 8:30 -12:00 Fri pm: 1.00 - 4:30 for machine and shed maintenance only Thur: The Shed is also open on Thursdays 9:00 - 3:30 for toy making only - if you are interested speak to

Don, Bernie or Allan.

Oranges and Lemons

We now have both an orange tree and a lemon tree in the garden. The lemon tree was planted earlier this year but the orange tree was planted on 25th September 2018 and is located just to the left of the entrance gates.

The orange tree is a mature Valencia and was obtained from a block a little further along Downey Drive that was being cleared for a building development. David Vicary, under the supervision of Kingsley Waterhouse, pruned branches from the tree to make it easier to remove.

Eric Goddard was able to retrieve a substantial number of the ripe oranges from the cut off branches and these were placed in the crib room for members to take.

Thanks to Ken and Alan, the two contractors clearing the block, who kindly assisted with removing the tree and placing it on Kingsley’s trailer for transporting it the short distance to the Shed garden.

The hole for the tree was dug out by Kingsley, David, Jack (Jock) and his friend who were assisted at times by Greg Abbott and Eric Goddard.

After pruning of the tree roots, it was placed in the hole with some of the compost (moved from the compost heap by Jock and his friend). Sand and more compost were then placed onto the roots and watered in.

A final pruning of the tree was carried out by Kingsley, and to stop water loss Eric painted the cut ends of the branches and the damaged parts of the trunk with acrylic paint.

The tree was and is being given a lot of water and only time will tell if it will survive the move.

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The orange tree on the block before removal

Kingsley (left with big stick) directing David to prune branches

Contractor Alan, Kingsley, and David with the tree on the trailer

Contacts - Shed Telephone Number: 9313 2739 Shed Email; ManningMensShed@iinet.net.au Shed Coordinator: Allan Waugh Shed Committee: Ron Tompkin (Shed Chairman), Keith Hayes (Vice

Chairman), Kingsley Waterhouse (Sec), John Paisley (Treas), Bernie Dierks, Greg Abbott, Brett Goodwin, David Vicary, Dennis Menzies (Representing the Rotary Club of Como) Membership: Don Cameron and Greg Abbott. Assets Management: Eric Goddard. Manning Senior Citizens Centre: Glenn Rogers, 9450 6273

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Jock, Graeme, Kingsley, Jock’s friend, and David dig the hole

The Orange Tree in place

General News and Notices

New Shed Co-ordinator

At a special meeting of the Shed Committee in September Allan Waugh was appointed as Shed co-ordinator. Ron Tompkin continues as the Chairman of the Shed Committee.

Note re September Newsletter

Please note that as the Hon Editor has been away for a few weeks a September Newsletter was not published.

Rotary Club of Como Grant

On Monday 8th October 2018 Shed members Kingsley Waterhouse, John Paisley, and Rob Uppill attended the Dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of Como held at the Royal Perth Golf Club.

Club President, Sakkiti Punyanitya, present a cheque for $3000 to Kingsley as part of an overall grant of $6000

Kingsley accepts the cheque from Sakkiti

In presenting the cheque, Sakkiti said that the Club values highly its relationships with community organisations and the Community Partnership Agreement that is established between it and the Manning Men’s Shed. He also said that the Club is delighted to be able to support the continuing strategic growth and development of our shed.

Our thanks to the Rotary Club of Como for their ongoing support of the shed.

Mens Shed of Western Australia 2018 Annual Conference

The Mens Shed of Western Australia 2018 Annual Conference will be held on Thursday 25th October 2018 at the Cannington Exhibition Centre. See the Warbler Newsletter in the Crib Room for details of the conference programme.

The cost of registration is $80 and the Shed will be contributing towards it.

Shed Members who wish to attend to should advise Kingsley Waterhouse by email kingslin2@bigpond.com or call Kingsley on 0419914066.

August 2018 Shed Meeting and Barbeque

The August Shed Meeting and Barbeque was held on Friday 31st August 2018.

Hugh West gave a demonstration of the spiral router machine.

Rebecca Wright Davison, from the Agency Real Estate was also at the BBQ and talked to us about real estate issue in the local area.

September 2018 Shed Meeting and Barbeque

The September Shed Barbeque was held on Friday 28th September 2018.

Rebecca also attended the BBQ and gave us a $50 Coles Voucher.

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October 2018 Shed Meeting and Barbeque

The October Shed Meeting and Barbeque will be held on Friday 26th October 2018. The meeting will commence at 2.00pm with the sausage sizzle to follow.

Defibrillator

The Defibrillator is inside the glass buffet cabinet in the MSCC dining room. It is easy to set up and use and has detailed voice messages to guide responders through the process. It is accessible through the front doors when the Centre is open. At other times please contact a Shed Leader.

Friday Afternoon Engine Room

Friday afternoons are reserved for Engine Room activities when cleaning and maintenance of machines is carried out. Attendance at the Engine Room is free and refreshments are provided at the end of the afternoon.

We are looking for more people to help out with the jobs we have to do so please let Kingsley Waterhouse or Allan Waugh know if you can help out.

Gold Badge Members

Gold Badge Members are those members of the Shed who are deemed to have a high level of experience and knowledge of the various machines used in the shed. These members are designated to carry out training and assessment of all other members in relation to the machines.

The following members have Gold Badges:

Ron Tompkin Stuart Rawlinson Kingsley Waterhouse Bernie Dierks David Vicary Ken Langdale Victor Singleton Hugh West Rob Goldfinch Peter Repton Rob Uppill James Turner Roland Prince Arnold Godfrey Allan Waugh Mel Taylor Ross Bedford Stephen Finch

For electrical issues please speak to David Winslade.

If you have any questions about using the machines in the shed please speak to one of these members.

New Outside Storage Area SE Corner of Shed

With the completion of the extensions to the colorbond fence at the SE end of the Shed additional Storage Racks are being installed.

New gates have been installed to secure this area.

Please note that the recycle and general rubbish bins are now located outside the east fence of

extended storage area.

New location for rubbish and recycle bins

Management of Shed External Projects

Shed External Projects are those that members work on for people external to the shed. These projects usually involve a monetary payment to cover the cost of materials and labour. They are registered in the Shed Project Management System which is managed by Allan Waugh. A Work Request Form must be completed for all Shed External Projects to provide details of the project. The Work Request Form must be submitted to the Allan who will register the project and assign it to a member to work on it. The assigned person will be responsible for running the project and if necessary for organising others to help.

A folder containing the details of the Shed External Projects is available on the Crib Room table and is updated by Allan on a regular basis. There is a separate sheet for each member listing the project(s) assigned to them. Members who have been or are involved in Shed External Projects are asked to review their sheet, ensure that the details are correct and up to date and, where necessary, consult with Allan Waugh so that he can update the system.

Boiling Water Heater Timer

The Boiling Water Heater is connected through a timer which automatically switches the heater ON at 08.30 and OFF at 17.30 each weekday. On some occasions, when the shed is attended outside of these hours, it may be necessary to override the automatic controls. Shed Leaders are regularly finding the timer with incorrect settings because the controls have not been set back to auto or have been set incorrectly.

Members should note that it is not necessary to unplug the heater and use another power socket. The automatic control can be overridden by using the mode control button on the timer. Pressing the mode button moves the timer back and forward between the OFF, AUTO, and ON modes (ie ON > AUTO > OFF > AUTO > ON). The timer remains in the selected mode until the mode button is pressed again.

If the mode is selected to AUTO and the heater is OFF, to override the automatic controls just use the

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Mode button to select the mode to ON.

If the mode is selected to ON press Mode button to select the OFF mode.

If the mode is selected to OFF press the Mode button to select the ON mode.

If the automatic control has been overridden at any time, at the end of the session and before leaving and locking the Shed, the appropriate ON or OFF mode for the time of day must be selected and then the AUTO mode must be selected. This will ensure that the automatic switching is correct.

If the timer is found to not be in the correct state (the most common occurrence is that the heater does not switch ON during a weekday or is left ON after a weekend sessions) then the Mode button should be pressed to select the required state ie ON or OFF) and the AUTO mode must be selected.

Please refer to the instruction sheet near the timer for further information

Holiday Spreadsheet

Greg Abbott is maintaining a spreadsheet to record when shed members will be away.

Please let Greg know your plans so he can keep the spreadsheet up to date.

Blue Plastic Bins

Bob Loss has brought some more of the blue plastic 50 litre bins to the shed. The bins have a black lid held in place by a large metal clip.

These bins are available to members for a $5 donation. Please speak to Allan Waugh, Kingsley Waterhouse or the Shed Session Leader if you want one.

Shed Safety

Machine Safety Information Sheets

All the Large Machines in the Shed have or will have a Machinery Safety Information Sheet attached to them.

The sheets are laminated into plastic covers and attached using cable ties.

If a Machinery Safety Information Sheet becomes separated from a machine the operator must immediately act to re-attach the sheet.

Each Machine has been assessed for the level of risk and has been assigned one of four levels as follows:

1. Level 1 - Danger of Causing Injuries 2. Level 2 - High Danger of Causing Injuries 3. Level 3 - Very High Danger of Causing

Serious Injuries 4. Level 4 - Extremely High Danger of

Causing Severe Injuries

For each level of risk only the relevant Approved Operator, who must have the appropriate level of training in the use of the machines, is permitted to use the machine.

Members should consult the safety procedures sheets that are located on the window to the left of the door to the Supervisors Office.

The Machinery Safety Information has a standardised format which shows

- The assigned Level of Risk

- The Name of the machine

- That only Approved Operators are allowed to use the machine.

- The requirement to check General Safety Rules before operating the machine.

- A Table showing the Risks involved in using the machine and the Safety Controls that must be implemented to minimise the risk.

- A step by step process for using the machine.

Please ensure that you follow these safety procedures.

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Carbatech Saw - Machine Safety Information Sheet attached

Shed Projects

Bunning Sausage Sizzle

The Shed held another fund-raising sausage sizzle at Bunnings Carousel on Saturday 6th October 2018. After expenses about $1320 was raised for shed funds.

Thanks to Kingsley Waterhouse, Ron Tompkin, John Paisley, Alan Brown, Alan Naber, Jim Forster, Martin Lawton, Arnold Godfrey, Michael Hatsiyiannakis, Greg Abbott, Dave Winslade, Paul Moran, James Turner, Graeme Hudson, Paul Vassis, and Eric Goddard who assisted at some time during the day.

Rotary Club Motor Show

The Rotary Club of Como held its annual car show at Wesley College on Sunday 7th October 2018. Members set up a small stall for selling toys made in the Shed. Members who attended indicated that the crowd was well down on last year and a total of $239 was raised for shed funds.

Thanks to John Paisley, Don Cameron, Ramon Baro, and Graeme Hudson, who assisted during the day.

Ramon’s Plastic Recycling Project

Ramon Baro was hard at work during the last two weeks of September to get his Plastic Recycling Machine ready for the demonstration held on Monday 1st October 2018 at the Shed.

The demonstration was attended by about 25 schoolchildren, including some from Indonesia, who were attending the 3-day Millennium Kids MK21 UNconference for Future Thinkers being held in Perth from the 1st to the 3rd October 2018. The children also had a conducted tour of the Shed. The Chief Executive of Millennium Kids, Catrina-Luz Aniere, accompanied the children.

Millennium Kids is a local youth led organization, based in Yokine, which aims to develop local, regional and international partnerships which empower young people to explore, identify and address environmental issues and make change in their communities. It helps young people aged 10-25 years co-designing practical action projects in their local, regional and global communities.

The Plastics Recycling Machine is installed on one of the mesh trolleys and consists of a shredder, a heater to melt the shredded plastic and form it into a solid piece, and a heated extruder to inject hot melted plastic into moulds.

Ramon with his Plastics Recycling Machine

CNC Router Table

The CNC router table is now in full working order and has recently been used to make some wooden dinosaur skeleton kits.

An assembled dinosaur skeleton kit made on the CNC Router

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Chair Refurbishment

Two more dining chairs have been brought into the shed for refurbish. As these chairs had not had any major work done on them before they were brought in they will only need to be pulled apart and then re- glued with new dowels. Eric Goddard will be undertaking this work. Helpers are welcome.

The two dining chairs undergoing refurbishment

Outdoor Bench for Metalworkers

Ron Tompkin and Peter Repton, assisted by Eric Goddard, have constructed a large wooden bench for use by the metal workshop. The bench will be located within the secure area near the SE corner of the shed.

It was constructed from a large jarrah benchtop that Ron was storing off site, and from some of the timber we recovered when the patio at the Como Senior High School was replaced during th time we operated from there. The timber from the patio was used to build a large six-legged frame on which the bench top sits.

Ron and Peter with the completed bench

Members Projects

Dale’s Drum Stand

New Member Dale Sniffen is “beating” a path to the shed to make a base for his Nagado Daiko drum.

Dale and the Drum Base

Matts Tables

Matt McWhirter started making two tables a while back before he helped Eric Goddard with Mrs Whytes chairs.

Matt checks out his tables prior to varnishing

His table tops use small wooden floor boards set in a herring bone style. He has fitted conventionally shaped legs and is now putting finishing touches to the table top which will have a clear PVA varnish

Alans Tables

Alan Naber’s son owns the Moore and Moore Coffee Shop in Fremantle and he favours items of unusual and rustic design. Alan has been busy making some tables with a difference. The one shown below uses an old bicycle frame as the legs

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Alans bicycle frame table

Previous designs included one using two motor cycle engines as a central leg. However, Alan is now working on one that has wooden legs, albeit unusually shaped legs.

Alans latest more “conventional” wooden leg table

Other Activities

Writes of Man

This is a project being conducted by The MensWork Project Inc. They are looking for poetry and verse that explores the complexities, contradictions, soul, and essence of what it is to be a man. The joy, sacrifices, loss, adventures, humour, family, love – and the silly things as well.

It is planned that the submissions will be collated into a publication called the “Writes of Man”.

They are looking for early responses before the end of November 2018. Its OK to have your name attached to your submission and any concerns about Intellectual Property Rights will be dealt with.

Submissions should be emailed to:

writesofman@gmail.com with a copy to:

menswork@iinet.net.au and

hancock.alan@gmail.com

Funny Stuff?

For those who like WORDS

1. The meaning of opaque is unclear.

2. I wasn't going to get a brain transplant but then I changed my mind.

3. Have you ever tried to eat a clock? It's very time consuming.

4. A man tried to assault me with milk, cream and butter. How dairy!

5. I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I can't put it down.

6. If there was someone selling marijuana in our neighbourhood, weed know about it.

7. It's a lengthy article about ancient Japanese sword fighters but I can Samurais it for you.

8. It's not that the man couldn't juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do it.

9. So what if I don't know the meaning of the word 'apocalypse'? It's not the end of the world.

10. Police were called to the day-care centre. A 3-year old was resisting a rest.

11. The other day I held the door open for a clown. I thought it was a nice jester.

12. Need an ark to save two of every animal ? I Noah guy.

13. Alternative facts are aversion of the truth.

14. I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.

15. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

16. Did you know they won't be making yardsticks any longer?

17. I used to be allergic to soap but I'm clean now.

18. The patron saint of poverty is St. Nickeless.

19. What did the man say when the bridge fell on him? The suspension is killing me.

20. Do you have weight loss mantras? Fat chants!

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21. My tailor is happy to make a new pair of pants for me. Or sew it seams.

22. What is a thesaurus's favourite dessert? Synonym buns.

23. A relief map shows where the restrooms are.

24. There was a big paddle sale at the boat store. It was quite an oar deal.

25. How do they figure out the price of hammers? Per pound.

Famous Sayings

As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind - every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder. John Glenn When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. Desmond Tutu America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. David Letterman I've been married to a communist and a fascist - and neither would take out the garbage. Zsa Zsa Gabor

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing. Emo Philips. Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself. Harrison Ford The best cure for sea sickness, is to sit under a tree. Spike Milligan Kill one man and you're a murderer, kill a million and you're a conqueror. - Jean Rostand. Having more money doesn't make you happier. I have 50 million dollars but I'm just as happy as when I only had 48 million. Arnold Schwarzenegger. If life were fair Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead. Johnny Carson Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is. Jimmy Durante America is so advanced that even the chairs are electric. Doug Hamwell The first piece of luggage on the carousel never belongs to anyone. -George Robert

What Did Arnold Schwarzenegger say to Mozart ……….I’ll be Bach

Coming Manning Men’s Shed Events Date Day Time Event

21 October Saturday TBA Royal Perth Golf Club Ladies Fete. (For Info Only)

26 October Friday 2.00pm Shed Meeting and Sausage Sizzle.

17 November Saturday 7.30am Stall at the Farmers Market. **

30 November Friday 2.30pm Shed Meeting and Sausage Sizzle.

1 December Saturday 8.00am - 4.30pm Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings Cannington. **

19 December Wednesday 11.30am – 3.30pm Christmas Lunch @ Manning Bowling Club. **

Note: Events above marked thus ** require members to assist with preparing for, then running the event. If you are able to help out please advise a Committee member and get details of what is happening.

Coming Manning Senior Citizens Centre Events

Date Day Time Event

16 October Tuesday Shopping centre excursion

17 October Wednesday Seafood delight at Guilderton & Gilt Dragon tour $59

22 October Monday Diwali Indian festival

24 October Wednesday Annual Gen Mtg incl. $6 three course meal for attendees