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BandiWords
July 2018
Attendance for June = 187 Newsletter of the Roleystone
Average per session = 11
Men’s Community Shed Inc.
www.roleymensshed.com.au
EVENTS
Chairman’s Notes:
The day we were all expecting occurred this month, with the demolition
of the old school buildings. By the time you read this all of the wooden
section along with the library, together with some vegetation, will have
disappeared from the site. You may notice we have removed our Shed
sign from the front of the premises to ensure it doesn’t get damaged.
Thankfully the generator is providing all the power we need and the
new entry from Jarrah Road is working well.
We have been inundated with visitors this month (maybe there’s an
election?), but it has been heart warming to see that we are a highly
regarded and liked Community organisation by all involved. It was good
to have a long time supporter of ours, Hon Donna Faragher, visit us
again.
BIRTHDAYS We have started on the Development Application for the new Shed at
Springdale Park, which will probably take the next month or so. Once
everything is in place and we also have the Bushfire Management Plan,
George we can then submit it. After the City of Armadale have approved the
development, it then is forwarded to the WAPC (the Shed will be on
John S their land). Once they approved the development, we can then apply for
the Building Permit, which if all goes well, should follow on fairly
quickly. It’s all two paces forward, one step back, but I am sure we will
PROJECTS prevail!
Don’t forget to clean up your work area before you leave the Shed. I
should get the whistles soon, so listen out!
Possum Boxes
BBQs
Trailer
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Visitors!
On 12 June we had not one, but two sets of visitors!
First to visit, were four members accompanied by
their teacher Jenny, from Kelmscott Senior High
The Trailer
School. This is the third year we have hosted them
visiting us as part their year 12 Health Class, which
covers the benefits of a Men’s Shed in the community.
Gas Bottle
BBQs
Wood
Bending
This was swiftly followed by a long time supporter of
our Shed, Hon. Donna Faragher MLC, accompanied by
the prospective Liberal candidate for the Darling
Range, Hon. Alyssa Hayden MLC. We were able to
bring both of them both up to date with the
development our new shed and gave Alyssa a guided
tour to see what we get up to. As a parting gift we
presented Alyssa with a wooden trinket box made by
our resident turning expert, Murray, with which she
was delighted. A fitting reminder of her visit to our Say
Shed. “Cheese!”
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Visit from our Labor Candiate
Not wishing to be left out, on 21 June we had a visit
from Hon Matthew Swinbourn MLC who accompanied
prospective Labor candidate, Tania Lawrence. Also
with them was Shed member Henry Zelones OAM JP,
Mayor of the City of Armadale.
Once again we had a tour of the Shed followed by an
update on our new Shed’s progress. Tania was
particularly taken by Colin’s answer to the Space Race,
his wood burning powered rocket! Murray came up
trumps by providing, at short notice, another small
gift as something to remember us by, which was
presented to Tania.
Ron shows off his paper towel and tissue box holder.
Tania was very impressed with the standard of
workmanship
Cheesy Grin moment!
Tania inspects how the rocket is fuelled
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BandiWords July 2018 Rush Job for Dogswest Please support our On Saturday 26 May, Gail from Dogswest visited the Shed to ask if we sponsors could make 22 trophies, similar to the ones we have provided for the last two years. We were delighted to accept the job, the only snag being that they had to be ready by Friday 1 June! However, thanks to the industrious work by Neil and Kris and working on Wednesday, as well as our usual Shed days, the task was completed by late Thursday afternoon. In a text received from Gail after she had picked them up, she said " Thank you for all the work you did on our “late” order, really appreciate your efforts in getting the trophies done in time for the State Agility Trial. I thought you might like to see a picture of our trophy table. We put a plaque on the trophies recognising our sponsor and with it the info about the award. After the prize giving day she also let us know "Great job, many positive comments including the fact that they were locally made (we told the competitors who made them) and that they’re not plastic rubbish." www.roleymensshed.com.au No. 69 4 of 7
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Know your tools – Auger Bits revolutions per minute. There is no need for any force
to push the bit into the workpiece, only the torque to
‘Auger’ bits probably should have been the first topic
turn the bit, as the screw tip pulls the cutting bits into
addressed in this series on drill bits, as they were
the wood
developed for drilling holes in large wooden members,
by hand. To stop drilling a blind hole with an ‘Auger’ bit, the bit
must be rotated anti-clockwise for at least one turn to
disengage the screw thread, then continue rotating
clockwise as the bit is withdrawn to remove all the cut
chip.
In the mid-19th century, Russell Jennings patented a
protruding spurs extension to the ‘Auger’ bit making it
into a clean cutting tool by the addition of protruding
spurs on the outer end of the 2 radial cutting edges,
which slice into the wood around the circumference of
the hole, allowing easier clearance of the material
from the bottom of the hole.
The ‘Auger’ bits do not cut well in the end grain of
wood, as the central screw tends to pull out of the
grain fibres and the radial cutting edges have trouble
cutting across the long wood fibres.
The correct name for this drilling device is a ‘Ship
All ‘Auger’ bits can be sharpened with a file as they
Auger’ bit.
are made of relatively soft steel.
Ship auger drill bits evolved from ‘Center Bits’. The
main difference between these 2 types is the The diameter of auger bits for hand ‘Braces’ were
commonly expressed by a single number, indicating the
addition of spiral flutes along the shank of the ‘Auger’
size in 16ths of an inch. For example, #4 is 4/16 or
drill to lift the cut chips away from the cutting blades
and out of the hole. 1/4 in (6 mm), #6 is 6/16 or 3/8 in (9 mm), #9 is 9/16
in (14 mm), and #16 is 16/16 or 1 in (25 mm). Sets
Both ‘Center’ and ’Auger’ bits are equipped with a commonly consisted of #4- #16 bits. Shank lengths
tapered square drive, on the end of the shank, for use ranged from 8” to 18”. Shank extensions were
in a hand ‘Brace’. Alternatively, particularly long available for long drilling through boat keels for drive
’Augers”, may have or a forged ring to accept a ‘T’ shafts.
handle to rotate them.
Any ‘Auger’ bit you purchase today will be of the single
The design of the ‘Auger’ flute auger, Irwin patent, with a straight shank and
bit is around a tapered hexagonal drive to suit a 3 jaw drill chuck.
screw threaded center tip,
which pulls the 2 radial
cutting edges into the
wood as the bit is turned
and shaves the material
from the bottom of the
hole, the spiral flutes
(auger) transport the cut
chip out of the hole.
These bits are designed for hand turning either using
a hand ‘Brace’ or a ‘T’ handle at slow speed, up to 400
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5 Reasons To Give Up Alcohol This July can actually trigger or worsen symptoms of anxiety.
Dry July is an excellent time to get to the bottom of
the stressors in your life and address the root
causes. By giving up the booze you'll have more time
to test out some other ways to cope with stress.
Yoga, meditation, exercise or listening to music can
all be excellent stress-busters.
4. Healthier skin
Alcohol dehydrates the skin, promotes inflammation
and causes small blood vessels in the skin to widen,
which can lead to broken capillaries on the face. So
giving it up will leave you with hydrated healthier-
Taking a break from booze is absolutely one of the looking skin.
best things you can do for your health (and your
5. Save money
wallet!).
The average Australian household will save $1,664 a
Did you know it is estimated that 5 per cent of all year (or roughly 85 avocado toasts) by ditching the
cancers diagnosed in Australia each year are due to booze. That's more money to spend on brunch with
alcohol use? Cutting out alcohol not only reduces your friends and less spent on Panadol to nurse your
risk of cancer, but you can also expect these five hangover!
great benefits!
So what are you waiting for?
1. Weight loss
Give up alcohol for the month of July and fundraise
Alcohol is high in energy, with one standard drink for Cancer Council WA by signing up for Dry July.
containing 315 kilojoules from the alcohol alone. It
Since 2008, Dry July has inspired more than 130,000
also promotes weight gain. When we drink alcohol, our
Aussies to go dry, raising $30 million for people
body focuses on breaking down the alcohol and getting
affected by cancer. In 2018, Dry July is once again
it out of the system as quickly as possible. When
supporting Cancer Council WA and this year, all
alcohol becomes the metabolic priority, we don't burn
funds raised will help us continue providing our vital
fats and sugars as efficiently, and so store more of it
13 11 20 cancer information and support service for
as body fat. Taking a break from drinking will go a
all West Aussies affected by cancer.
long way in helping you lose weight, stabilise your
blood pressure and it will give your liver a rest! By registering for Dry
July, you'll be joining
2. Increased energy levels
thousands of other
Alcohol might help us fall asleep, but it leads to
Australians in the
poorer quality sleep. Within one week of giving up
pledge to give up
alcohol, you can expect to experience an increase in
alcohol and raising vital
wakefulness, enhanced work performance, better
funds for Cancer
sleep quality and improved concentration. Not being
Council.
glued to the couch recovering also means more
opportunities to get out and about and reduce your So sign up now -
fatigue long term through exercise. (www.dryjuly.com) your
body and the
3. Improved mental health
thousands of West
A lot of us are guilty of using alcohol as a way to Aussies affected by
unwind. It might feel like it works, but alcohol is often cancer, will thank you.
used as a short-term coping mechanism. It can be
Cancer Council WA 2018
damaging to our mental health and regular drinking
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What is Your Broadband Speed? it appears one of the old speed tiers is missing.
The National Broadband Network (NBN) was planned We approached NBN Co about the changes to the
to be structured around five "tiers" of connectivity speed tiers and this was the company's response:
based on download and upload speeds offered by NBN "Changes to [NBN Co's] website reflect the
Co. Now it appears the company has renamed the company's move to better inform Australians that
plans and taken one of the tiers out. there are speed options available from retail
There have been quite a few articles about plans that providers on the nbn network. Website changes
are available over the NBN and how to pick the right include more detailed information on nbn wholesale
one for you if the network is available in your area. speed tiers available to [retail service providers] to
Up until late last year, here's how NBN Co classified sell to homes and businesses. This is with the aim of
the plans available over its fibre network: allowing them to better discuss their requirements
with their preferred retail provider."
So it's just a different marketing tactic for NBN Co.
The changes to the naming convention do align with
NBN Co's multi-technology mix (MTM) approach to
the NBN which uses a handful of different
Tier 1: This speed tier provides your service provider technologies to deliver broadband services depending
with wholesale access speeds of 12Mbps download and on the location. Depending on the technology that is
1 Mbps upload over NBN fibre. being used to provide the service, including FTTP,
Tier 2: This speed tier provides your service provider FTTN and fixed wireless, download and upload speeds
with wholesale access speeds of 25 Mbps download can vary greatly.
and 5 Mbps upload over NBN fibre. As the NBN Co website states: "Remember, your
Tier 3: This speed tier provides your service provider actual speeds are determined by your provider and
with wholesale access speeds of 25 Mbps download the plan you choose, and may also vary depending on
and 10 Mbps upload over NBN fibre. things like their network capacity, your equipment,
time of day and your location."
Tier 4: This speed tier provides your service provider
with wholesale access speeds of 50 Mbps download In short, those who are already using NBN services
and 20 Mbps upload over NBN fibre. through their respective ISPs are unlikely to be
affected by the speed tier naming changes; the
Tier 5: This speed tier provides your service provider
consumer-facing plans are defined by individual ISPs
with wholesale access speeds of 100 Mbps download
anyway. For those who are looking at taking up NBN
and 40 Mbps upload over NBN fibre.
services, be sure to clarify with your prospective ISP
On a side note, it's important to remember that Tier about what type of technology and download/upload
5 services aren't available across the network. NBN speeds are available in your area.
Co operates as a wholesaler of NBN services and The Sydney Morning Herald 2017
there are around 70 registered internet service
providers (ISPs) offering plans to consumers.
Now when you visit the NBN Co website for an
explanation of the plans, you no longer see references
to tiered plans. Instead, you're greeted with nbn 12,
nbn 25, nbn 50 and nbn 100: Bandiwords is the intellectual property of the Roleystone Men’s
Community Shed along with it’s logos and banners. No other
There's no longer references to specific download publication is associated with it in any form. Your
and upload speeds available for each plan either, and contributions, comments & feedback are welcome. Please
contact the author at: phil@aked.com.au or 0429 688 844
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