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  1. #1
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    Default Do you need furniture or storage for your WA men's shed?

    This is a reminder that the Shenton Park Annex of RPH is closing down and is offering most of its remaining stuff (hospital equipment, furniture, fixtures and fittings) to WA mens sheds.

    Your mens shed should know about this as all Men's sheds were contacted but few have taken up the offer. They will have the contact details.

    The Manning Mens shed fellas have spent 3 days there with up to 7 guys with 3 trailers and the stuff we have picked up is quite amazing

    This is what we picked up today
    - 12 steel lockers
    - 4 office chairs
    - 1 2 Drawer filing cabinet
    - 1 stainless steel trolley
    - 8 stainless steel bollards
    - 1 set of outdoor plastic seating with 6 seats
    - 2 folding tables
    - 1 2HP dust extractor and 4 m of dust extraction hose
    - 1 bench top circular saw
    - 1 benchtop router table
    - 4 plastic stools
    - 1 flammables cupboard
    - 1 set of welding curtains
    - 1 large steel plate
    - 1 first aid kid
    - 2 sets of large steel shelves with assorted drawers and shelves
    - 2 gas pumps and assorted medical gas pressure gauges and fittings
    - 2 electrically powered linear actuators and 6 pressurised lift arms
    - 3 MT adapters 2/3 3/4 4/5 etc
    - ~50 kg of lead and ~80kg steel weights
    - 1 steel tea trolley
    - assorted sheet plate and alunimum signs
    - assorted towels and lab coats
    - assorted sheets of plywood - various thickness
    - assorted stainless steel plaster cutting instruments
    - assorted extension cords, electrical flex, electronic components and batteries
    - assorted pieces and sheets of plastics PVC, PE, Acrylic and PP
    - assorted stainless steel strap
    - assorted cleaning products, office stationery, and kitchen and bathroom items

    This offer lasts for about another week before the site is cleaned up for demolition.

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    Wow what a great offer to be taken advantage of.
    Neil
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    Todays hauls was also quite good.

    12 x 2 Drawer filing cabinets
    6 x padded adjustable height stools
    1 x central pivoting galv steel trolley
    4 x office chairs
    1 x Metal dust extractor and filter ( intereting bit of gear - everything the dust contacts is made of plastic, plastic impeller plastic impeller housing )
    1 x toasted sandwich maker
    1 x mini grill
    2 x wooden outdoor tables
    1 wooden bench seat
    6 x wooden outdoor chairs
    1 x wheel chair
    1 x toilet seat
    1 x shower seat
    3 x walll mirrors
    4 x gas struts
    1 x Metalworking bench
    1 x Almost new Festool Compressed air filter/oiler
    Assorted rubbish bins and buckets
    Assorted plastic storage drawers

    Assorted office stationery
    Assorted metal signs
    Assorted woodworking /craft items

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    For insurance purposes I had to assess the new replacement value for what we have picked up over the last 4 days. I guessed ~$10k but was surprised to see that it cam to over $21k It's probably somewhat more because I was conservative in my estimates.

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    Now that is quite a offer. Hopefully more of the Mens shed in WA will take advantage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Christos View Post
    Now that is quite a offer. Hopefully more of the Mens shed in WA will take advantage.
    All WA men's sheds have been informed via the Association but the only other men's sheds that have been on the site that I know of are Cannington and Fremantle. We're going back again this morning to p[ick up a couple of office desks for the meme shed office.

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    We got more goodies today.

    Some 4 drawer filing cabinets
    A stationery cupboard
    Another outdoor table
    A refrigerated water cooler
    3 large Inverted "U" tubular signposts about 7ft high which we will make our Mens Shed Sign posts out of.
    Another stainless steel trolley.

    There is still more stuff there so if you are a mens shed you should get down there.

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    That sounds like a great haul but remember junk expands to fill the space available.
    One of the founders of the Homebush ms worked with me at Civ Eng at USyd and he took over 30 skip loads to the shed. Saved the Uni thousands in tip fees.
    The shed is huge, it was a vocational training centre but it has been chocker for the past few years. A lot of members got very discouraged with the constant job of moving the lifeboats.
    When ever a space was cleared more junk would arrive to fill it.
    Even the 50 metre double width parking area is now solid.
    I have a similar problem in my own 3000 square foot shed.
    H.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clear out View Post
    That sounds like a great haul but remember junk expands to fill the space available.
    Yep - that's a real problem and it had already led to a couple of members leaving.

    The first couple of times we went we took everything we could lay our hands on but after that we generated a priority list and targeted specific items that we reckon we needed.
    Apart from a couple rouge ferret members who seem to be able to find the most unexpected things amongst the rubble we have stuck to the list pretty well.

    Yesterday the group that went picked up 2 full adult height woodworking benches, some more 4 drawer filing cabinets and bookcases, and a few other bibs and bobs.
    That's pretty well it for us even thought there is a lot more there.

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    Default Interesting Score for the Mens Shed

    see https://www.woodworkforums.com/showth...96#post1825096
    Make sure you read the end of the thread.

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