Planned Classes: (Several can be held on one day. I’m also happy to re-run classes)
Powertools 101 sharp and noisy
Handtools 101 Hammertime
Equipment maintenance cleaning and sharpening 101 sharpest tool in the shed
Small CNC 101 fancy whirly gig
Materials 101 to wood or not to wood
Make a box and induction on tools. jewellery, tool box, bird house, mail box
Shelving for the space so things can rest easy
Chainsaw 101 point away from face
Bush furniture tables chairs n stuff
Planter box / Garden stuff make a hole and fill it with dirt
Build the space a couch (collaboration with creatorium) gotta sit somewhere
Doors, hinges, locks, windows, sliders everything that opens and shuts
Frames building faster than termites can eat
Meetings: We will host a meeting to discuss our space how we keep it clean and projects and stuff
Lots of causes will want to meed on a Tuesday. So we don’t clash let me know a time that suits. I’m shooting for 6:45pm ?
In the meantime please feel free to post suggestions and desired Learnings and other chatter.
Group Projects: potential collaboration with creatorium cause to make new space furniture and decorations. I’d love to hear some ideas
Under construction: this info page and the cause room.
Thanks @Thermoelectric for your continued awesome work today helping make the woodworking room functional!
Hello fellow woodworkers! We’re aiming to get the letter N for the HSBNE sign finished this week. @Hally and I will be at the space this Sunday 15th Feb to work on the letter, from 2pm onwards. We’d love some extra input so please come along and join us!
Woodworking Projects on the go and update on purchasing
With all the members chipping in and fixing and improving the space lately please check out our how to purchase things for the space page http://wiki.hsbne.org/HowTo/Make-a-Purchase
A project I have started working on is a table for home/the space (depending on how much material I can get my hands on)
I have started growing some wheatgrass in the greenroom in prep for the table, hopefully it will be done in time for the relaunch party. I will be hosting some classes where we will work on the table. And keep a build log on a sperate page for all woodworking projects.
If you are interested in learning helping or making your own please let me know
Whoever it is that is cutting aluminium on the wood bandsaw, please stop. You’re destroying the teeth on the blade and making the tool unusable for its original purpose.
The metal bandsaw can be used in the upright position for cutting aluminium sheeting as a table-saw, there is actually supposed to be a table attachment to use it properly in this fashion, but it still works well enough without it.
Talking with tamika on tuesday night she mentioned there wasn’t a decent stash of screws and general fasteners in the shop.
I hope to fix that by seeking sponsors.
What I need to know is what does everyone like? I use chipboard screws for everything they have a nice chunky thread on them and come in square drive. (If you have never tried square give it a go and you will never go back)
I am yet to approach the sponsor I have in mind yet as I am not yet a paid up member and dont have exec concent as of yet.
I just need to know what I will be asking for when the time comes.
should also mention that I will be asking for a 1 off donation to get started not an ongoing commitment from them. So think big. We will also probaby need to build some kind of cabinet to keep it all organised
Thought I should put this here. I want to make a good sized assembly bench with the red table saw incorporated into it.
will be 1200x (2400+table saw length)
Albeit a small one at this point. I had Karl weld some rod to the nuts that lock the tool rest and end stops in position now they can easily be moved without the shifter.
I also have been looking at seeing where to get a chuck from so bowls and other interesting things can be made.
so far i have only been to one place and it’s $250.
this store also sells a bunch of other gear and exotic timber.
if there is enough interest from the cause i will approach them and ask for cheaper stuffs for HSBNE members.
Basically follow me while i design a project in sketchup.
Questions:
Would you then want to go into the wood shop and build it? (Simple beer crate gets about 5 per sheet of ply)
How much would you be willing to pay for the class (profits goto the space less materials) remembering that the build will be 1 at a time.
I have a jig for building these is that cheating for a class or should i make everyone do it the hard way?
can we find a spare whiteboard to enhance communication within the wood shop?
ie: stuff we want,
stuff we need,
stuff thats broken.
sorry i didn’t have time to clean up properly
Wood shop looks like a bomb site at the moment. That is all on me. Have run out of energy before running out of work.
Will be back tomorrow to complete and clean.
Build log to come shortly
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