|
I’m a day early this week so that those of you who read this will have a chance to look at the dust extractor models I’ve researched and make comment on them by/or on Friday. We need to get something installed in the shed asap as it is getting dusty and no one is wearing face masks. We have the money from the community chest specifically for this item. I made comment on what’s app about finding the equivalent of cyclone add ons in Lidl but have not got around to purchasing yet but it is a cheap add on which will reduce the requirement for frequent cleaning/ replacement of the other filters which are not cheap. If we go this route both the models quoted below are available via Amazon Smile so we will get a little discount on what seems to be a good price anyway from what I can glean from other websites including the manufacturers one. There are many dust extractors to choose from, some are more expensive and some are cheaper and some make it incredibly difficult to find out what they are actually supplying. Of the type I chose as my ‘go for’ both have integral castors, come with a 3yr guarantee and have the required Class M Hepa filtration which many competitors do not but you have to look hard sometimes to find that out.
|
|
Trend T35A wet and dry 1400W 230V with class M filtration 27 litre capacity around £245
|
|
Trend T32 dry only 800W 230v with Class M filtration around £104
|
|
Both with a good hose length, a selection of accessories and adapters.
|
|
Filters are expensive at £25.00 each plus bags at £5.00 each but both can be cleaned. There are also air outlet filters (£25.00 each but important as we do not have extraction to outside) which will also require cleaning/replacing but if we use a cyclone in front of the Trend then this will also mitigate filter use. Cyclones are about £20.00 each even if Lidl don’t have any left of the ones I looked at. We should buy some spare filters and bags at the same time to use close to the £500.00 we were awarded.
|
|
So let me know what you think please, my idea was keep to the same type for both purchases so bags are the same, but have the small one for use in the room as well as in the shed. Both are small enough to fit under benches even with additional dust collectors which can be detached for moving about. If we can reach agreement I’ll pass the agreed list to Lyall and he can order directly for the shed.
|
|
Last Friday we had a good turnout, I have a list for Iain as we need to keep a record of who’s there and what we did, even if he is not there. The notes keep an informal record of what we do and meet our shed obligations without keeping or taking minutes (in my opinion!) so I, or someone else needs to keep that going for reporting/advising previous and future meetings. Shelving was started on the shed with brackets and uprights supplied by Bill and Alistair, a start was made on assembling the playbus for Currie Primary, Stewart and Alastair started to clean the old venetian blinds (but that may be changed to getting new roller type blinds) and Martin, John, Jim and Rab discussed flooring with an outcome that Martin was preparing a plan for Rab to give to the company offering to supply floor coverings to us. I collected scrap from Ian on Saturday and realised after I’d taken it home that a lot of it was aluminium with steel fixings so I spent Saturday and some of Sunday separating the metals so as to obtain maximum price and on Monday took it all, plus what was already at the shed from Lyall, Bill, Iain and others to Daltons and got £75 for it. Yesterday I collected a pine bookcase which Iain had sourced, stripped it back to its component parts and will be taking a good set of shelving for the shed along on Friday. Ron also has a carload of materials from a neighbour who had already given me some of the scrap which went away on Monday.
|
|
So yet again it is all go. I suspect the weather may have a hand in what we do on Friday but hopefully more of the same. I will also be trying to get an agreement with Currie Primary to be able to deliver and assemble all their ‘orders’ so that we clear space and get some monies.
|
Talking of monies it may also be an idea to assemble the bird box kits in the room and sell them so as to get funds and also clear space. We can always make up more kits for the scouts if they wish to do this exercise another year. The wee birdies will be queueing up for houses soon and I think we could provide around 20 for them but ‘sales team’ please don’t get carried away like you did with the Christmas trees unless you have both the time and materials on hand to make more.
|
|
Hopefully see some of you at the shed on Friday with comments, suggestions and ideas.
|
|
|
|
|
|
