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SMSA SHED OF THE YEAR 2023
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The SMSA Men's Shed of the Year nominations have to be in by midnight on Sunday 24th September. Allister McKillop has kindly volunteered to start the ball rolling for us, and once he has put together something he'll let us have a chance to comment.
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I'm sure we can all put together a case - the three lads from Foresters; how we built the shed; our work in the community, stuff like that...
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We are thinking of keeping only the bare minimum of tools for Shed use and disposing of the rest, either for scrap or donations to other shedders; what do you think?? The drawers and cupboards are sagging under the weight of excess kit and John's blood pressure is getting higher and higher because of it!!!! Your opinion is valued so let me know tomorrow what you think - should we keep more than say - 4 - items of each and how should we dispose of the excess?? Sell or scrap or donations?? This is an ideal discussion point for coffee time.
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Jim Floyd has suggested a wood store on stilts next to the paved patio butted up against the existing wood shed which will free up some space in the container. Assuming everyone agrees, we'll start work on it after the roof has been done.
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By the time you read this, Stewart Stills will have nearly finished our new Brazier, in which we can safely burn our rubbish. Made out of an old oil drum, he has lovingly drilled holes in it to allow for a draught (or is it draft??) for complete combustion of his wife!!!
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FRENCH CLEAT SYSTEM FOR SHED TOOLS
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We have more or less decided that the existing shelves in the shed don't really work all that well, and a better alternative is to install a French Cleat system. Stewart Stills kindly brought some of his workshop cleats to show us on Monday how it would work and we think we should adopt that system. It means they can be easily moved around the shed as requirements dictate. There's a bit of effort needed to make the cleat system itself, but we should be able to cope.
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Following on from the paragraph above, we need to continue to concentrate on the projects we have already committed to. These keep our profile up in the local community. For example, I'd like to have a steady team of kindling cutters making up 2 or 3 bags of kindling every week so we have a sufficient stock for the Winter. Before we know it, it will soon be September and the demand for kindling will start up again.
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Tomorrow the Livvie shed visit us. I will have set up the Open Day presentation (updated) and hopefully we can all give them some insights into how we run things in Currie. Stewart - you're in charge of the biscuits, so break out the chocolate ones!!!!
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That's it for now folks, so keep well and hope to see you all tomorrow.
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