Workbench on wheels

The recent sale of the willis tourer has created space and allowed some rearrangement of our workshop area. Wheels on levers have been added to the heavy woodworking benches. This raises the workbench a few millimetres from the floor and allows the workbench to be rolled to a new location. The initial design had a…

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Workshop Hour Meters

Recently a number of hour meters have been installed. These hour meters will give us new ways of managing the stationary power tools. We can now do usage-based preventive maintenance schedules which will be more relevant than calendar-based schedules. It will also allow us to see the extent of usage of the machines and when to…

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Passing of the Willys

During late 2014 Channel Men’s Shed was donated a crate full of parts which comprised components from one and a half 1923 Willys Overland. The previous owner (Bob Clifford) had the vehicle stored in parts for over forty years, waiting for the urge to start the project. A small team of CMS Members dismantled assemblies…

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