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Men in sheds even made it In to Terry Pratchetts final book.
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It doesn't have to be just woodwork.
When I joined mine it was just woodwork and garden related plans.
We are branching out as I said. one member now makes her own charcoal.
We some members I have set up a small metal fab area. One thing we make is metal wedges for tools we have to refubuish and pass on.
It doesn't have to be just woodwork.
When I joined mine it was just woodwork and garden related plans.
We are branching out as I said. one member now makes her own charcoal.
We some members I have set up a small metal fab area. One thing we make is metal wedges for tools we have to refubuish and pass on.
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We have similar price scheme.
But Morrison's donate tea coffee biscuits etc.
But Morrison's donate tea coffee biscuits etc.
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Metal work should be more of a thing! Youngsters of today just don't get exposed to it due to H&S.
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I was looking at that on the website and was wondering about popping over there next year to have a look.
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I visited my local one last month - not had chance to "join in" yet.
Officially, I'm not old enough, but they were happy to accept me. (Saves me mentioning age discrimination)
It seems to be a friendly group.
It's only set up for woodwork, but they are open to other crafts.
Officially, I'm not old enough, but they were happy to accept me. (Saves me mentioning age discrimination)
It seems to be a friendly group.
It's only set up for woodwork, but they are open to other crafts.
eLuSiVeMiTe
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Not just today im 35 and never saw a piece of metal on school barely saw any wood thankfully my father was a jack of all trades and it rubbed off
If that's expensive, Hackspace,Is a lot dearer. I think it was £25 a month!
Are they only in Scotland??
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Start one! Your local council will have one or more staff whose job it is to help voluntary/community groups like Mens' Sheds with filling in forms, applying for grants, finding space for a workshop etc. It's one council function that often does actually work as the outcomes are easily measurable, always make good copy in press releases and there's nothing councils like better or are more skilled at than spending other peoples' money(or in this case helping you spend other peoples' money).Nothing round here then
Cheers anyway.
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The men in sheds sounds great but our local one is Age Concern run and
only open on a Wednesday and only for men over 55. Reading the blurb it seems to be only wood work and sounds like they spend their time turning scrap wood into planters for the local council. More like a prison work party, not like the set up @The_Yellow_Ardvark enjoys, if I was inclined to join any local groups it would be SMEE https://www.sm-ee.co.uk/ but I can not see me fitting in with that crowd either.
A lot of them seem to be almost a care in the community kind of thing, nowt wrong with that but there are only so many bird boxes, feeders & planters you can make. There seems to be an increasing movement towards practical making, maybe its because the teaching of it in schools is so dire today but check out the number of makerspace groups springing up. Kind of like a young persons men in sheds. Many of these are run on a commercial basis, typical one in london, machinesroom.co.uk, if you think men in sheds is expensive look at their prices.
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Sadly a lot od early shed were opened up under the help from age concern and local council initiative to get people involved.
They are good but limited, but as the support dries up they are having to adapt and change.
The shed I am involved in is a "Community Shed". Yes we are primarily a wood and allotment based shed. As it was simpler to start that way. Plus free wood is easy to get. Our council helper will sometimes get us a robbing chit from the local recycling skips.
Plus, here wooden garden items sell better, but saying that we notice "unique" metal art is selling better. We are gearing up.
We rely on tool donations. Ok we splashed out on the big band saw. But it was local and cheep.
We, as a shed do not do "care in the community" we are too small. The local doctor surgery tried to "bribe" us taking on members like that, for extra funding. But we turned that down as we are not set up for that.
Yes we have members with health issues, but we see if they can handle them selves and we all help out with their builds.
I give you the example of Bert he has demeture. He loves to get out of the house and join in. Even if it is just making the brews.
Each shed is different.
Each member brings his skills
Each member learn skills.
Go along, see what it is all about.
No web page can tell you what the atmosphere is like.
Sadly a lot od early shed were opened up under the help from age concern and local council initiative to get people involved.
They are good but limited, but as the support dries up they are having to adapt and change.
The shed I am involved in is a "Community Shed". Yes we are primarily a wood and allotment based shed. As it was simpler to start that way. Plus free wood is easy to get. Our council helper will sometimes get us a robbing chit from the local recycling skips.
Plus, here wooden garden items sell better, but saying that we notice "unique" metal art is selling better. We are gearing up.
We rely on tool donations. Ok we splashed out on the big band saw. But it was local and cheep.
We, as a shed do not do "care in the community" we are too small. The local doctor surgery tried to "bribe" us taking on members like that, for extra funding. But we turned that down as we are not set up for that.
Yes we have members with health issues, but we see if they can handle them selves and we all help out with their builds.
I give you the example of Bert he has demeture. He loves to get out of the house and join in. Even if it is just making the brews.
Each shed is different.
Each member brings his skills
Each member learn skills.
Go along, see what it is all about.
No web page can tell you what the atmosphere is like.
