Wood Stock Update tl;dr STOP BRINGING IN WOOD
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Akki
Oct 2, 2012, 8:54:32 AM10/2/12
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Right. I have been spending some time cleaning and organising the wood stock.
We have more than enough of every kind and shape of wood. Way, way more.
If you see some space in the wood pile, this does not need to be filled. If you keep the bays half empty you can actually shuffle through the wood more easily. If you leave a bit of a gap down the middle of the bays, you can get inbetween them to better see what's available.
Part of the problem as I see it is the majority of wood is much less wide than the bays are deep. This is why a space needs to be left in the middle so you can kind of step between the wood leaning on either side to go through it.
The more immediate problem at the moment is the bins are all full and there is a lot of junk wood (highly dangerous pieces with bits of rusty nails sticking out of them and just too much of the same size/stuff) taking up space in the workshop. I intend on bundling these together and labeling them to be disposed of when the bins aren't full Or they're free for the taking if anyone wants to take them home (Please take this stuff away!)
Feel free to complain :P
~Akki
We have more than enough of every kind and shape of wood. Way, way more.
If you see some space in the wood pile, this does not need to be filled. If you keep the bays half empty you can actually shuffle through the wood more easily. If you leave a bit of a gap down the middle of the bays, you can get inbetween them to better see what's available.
Part of the problem as I see it is the majority of wood is much less wide than the bays are deep. This is why a space needs to be left in the middle so you can kind of step between the wood leaning on either side to go through it.
The more immediate problem at the moment is the bins are all full and there is a lot of junk wood (highly dangerous pieces with bits of rusty nails sticking out of them and just too much of the same size/stuff) taking up space in the workshop. I intend on bundling these together and labeling them to be disposed of when the bins aren't full Or they're free for the taking if anyone wants to take them home (Please take this stuff away!)
Feel free to complain :P
~Akki
Kimball Johnson
Oct 2, 2012, 8:59:53 AM10/2/12
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>
> The more immediate problem at the moment is the bins are all full and there
> is a lot of junk wood (highly dangerous pieces with bits of rusty nails
> sticking out of them and just too much of the same size/stuff) taking up
With regards this - the visible nails are actually less dangerous that
> The more immediate problem at the moment is the bins are all full and there
> is a lot of junk wood (highly dangerous pieces with bits of rusty nails
> sticking out of them and just too much of the same size/stuff) taking up
potentially invisible ones. Does the space have metal detector that
can be run over reclaimed wood before using it with power tools?
K
SamLR
Oct 2, 2012, 9:33:40 AM10/2/12
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In general I'd say if you're bringing in wood that may have hidden nails don't bring it in or bring it in and carefully clear it before putting it in the wood pile.
If you want to bring things into the space be used it's up to you to make sure that it's in a reasonable state for someone else to actually use.
S
Kimball Johnson
Oct 2, 2012, 9:36:27 AM10/2/12
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On 2 October 2012 14:33, SamLR <sam.lind...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In general I'd say if you're bringing in wood that may have hidden nails
> don't bring it in or bring it in and carefully clear it before putting it in
> the wood pile.
>
> If you want to bring things into the space be used it's up to you to make
> sure that it's in a reasonable state for someone else to actually use.
That's all well and good, but would you trust everyone else to have
> In general I'd say if you're bringing in wood that may have hidden nails
> don't bring it in or bring it in and carefully clear it before putting it in
> the wood pile.
>
> If you want to bring things into the space be used it's up to you to make
> sure that it's in a reasonable state for someone else to actually use.
checked before you start to put some wood through the bandsaw for
example?
I certainly wouldn't.
K
Akki
Oct 2, 2012, 9:52:30 AM10/2/12
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This falls under previous topics of safety checks before you turn on a single power tool. It's up to the individual cutting the wood to look at the wood and look for evidence of previous nails/screws and investigate that fully.
End of not-really-on-topic discussion.
I have now put the majority of wood to be binned into a couple of empty bins* and labelled them fully, referring back to this mailing list thread. I will be back daily until there are empty bins to dispose of this wood.
I've not completely gone through the scraps bin but the section closest to the front is cleared out a bit more so you can see what's actually in there rather than being absolutely rammed full of stuff.
~Akki
*This is temporary. I'm aware that not all of the bins are staying in the workshop from the EMF Camp donations. It was just the tidiest and easiest solution to the immediate problem.
End of not-really-on-topic discussion.
I have now put the majority of wood to be binned into a couple of empty bins* and labelled them fully, referring back to this mailing list thread. I will be back daily until there are empty bins to dispose of this wood.
I've not completely gone through the scraps bin but the section closest to the front is cleared out a bit more so you can see what's actually in there rather than being absolutely rammed full of stuff.
~Akki
*This is temporary. I'm aware that not all of the bins are staying in the workshop from the EMF Camp donations. It was just the tidiest and easiest solution to the immediate problem.
Billy
Oct 3, 2012, 3:09:52 AM10/3/12
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I'm waiting on a reply from a friend who needs firewood for winter.
If he's interested, he'll take the lot.
On 2 Oct, 14:52, Akki <belovedgodd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This falls under previous topics of safety checks before you turn on a
> single power tool. It's up to the individual cutting the wood to look at
> the wood and look for evidence of previous nails/screws and investigate
> that fully.
> End of not-really-on-topic discussion.
>
> I have now put the majority of wood to be binned into a couple of empty
> bins* and labelled them fully, referring back to this mailing list thread.
> I will be back daily until there are empty bins to dispose of this wood.
>
> I've not completely gone through the scraps bin but the section closest to
> the front is cleared out a bit more so you can see what's actually in there
> rather than being absolutely rammed full of stuff.
>
> ~Akki
>
> *This is temporary. I'm aware that not all of the bins are staying in the
> workshop from the EMF Camp donations. It was just the tidiest and easiest
> solution to the immediate problem.
>
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> On Tuesday, 2 October 2012 14:36:30 UTC+1, drrk wrote:
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Billy
Oct 3, 2012, 9:27:54 AM10/3/12
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They'll take it all.
I already dropped one trailer-load over to their place, and he's
coming round the space this evening to pick up the rest.
It's only the wood, though. They don't want the MDF.
I binned the rest of the chipboard this morning. :D
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