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:tada: HEAR YE, HEAR YE – BIG METAL NEWS! :tada:

Hello @MetalMovers !

It’s official – the metal area is getting a VERTICAL MILL! :partying_face:
A beautiful, beastly chunk of machinery is joining the family. (More juicy details coming soon in a separate post.)

Here’s what we know:

:package: Delivery Date: Monday, 23rd June
:straight_ruler: Size: 1500mm x 1500mm x 2000mm
:balance_scale: Weight: 1050kg of pure potential
:delivery_truck: Transport: A professional rigging company is handling the move – no need to panic about hernias.

:flexed_biceps: Now comes the CALL TO ARMS! :flexed_biceps:
We need the space ready by the evening of Sunday the 22nd, and that means a bit of a tidy-up mission. Ideally controlled. Hopefully not chaotic. Definitely fun (with the right soundtrack).

The To-Do List:

  • Clear the mill corner
  • Clear and clean behind the lathe
  • Remove rubber matting in the corner (and store it safely for reinstall)
  • Clear off the big metal table
  • Remove and safely store the vices
  • Temporarily relocate stuff under the table
  • Shift tables out of the way
  • Remove ALL scrap metal from the area
  • Do a scrap run to the dump (volunteers with vehicles welcome!)

:woman_s_boot: Safety First!
The only mandatory requirement for helping out is:
:right_arrow: Sturdy, closed-toe shoes – preferably with steel toe caps.
There’ll be heavy stuff, awkward lifting, and the odd rogue bit of metal. No sandals, Crocs, or barefoot adventures, please.

We need YOU to help make this space better, shinier, and full of delightful new capabilities.
If you can lend a hand at any point before the 22nd, let me know in the thread below or via DM, and I’ll start organising a couple of work parties.

Bring your gloves, your good vibes, and your best “let’s shift some stuff” attitude – and let’s make space for our mighty new machine! :hammer_and_wrench::fire:

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Sounds amazing! Thanks @metaltechs for making this happen!

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:love_you_gesture: metal
I’ll be there tonight to help out with a bit of tidying

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I’ll try and come in Monday or Tuesday to help out with the tidying/shifting!

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I’ll be around from midday Wednesday until the evening, happy to help!

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Exciting week, and I’ve unfortunately got limited availability. Anything I can be doing if I get a spare half an hour?

I’m guessing it’s too early to start piling up stock elsewhere in the shop? If not where do you want to store it for now.

Maybe just general tidying of the table, trying to get things back in their home and keeping the table clear and ready to move?

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That is the big question!

The stock in the passageway between metal and wood needs to go too!

Maybe we start commandering a small section of the floor in welding and/or in the snug, so that members like yourself who may have a spare hour here and there know where to put the stuff.
(unless @VintageSteel is against this?)

Big yes on keeping chipping away at the mess in general :slight_smile:

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Also, who’s plywood etc is that… probably should be elsewhere?

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the one in the passageway? It’s infrastructure!

Ready to be made into a wall/structure for the grinders!

Sorry, we got busy both with the mill move and workwise, but that is happening very soon!

I will try to make a plan.

It would be amazing to be put somewhere else, but I can’t see where just yet :slight_smile:

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The infrastructure pile in the passageway also has some fireproofing for our kiln so please do not throw it away.

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Ok, if all this stuff belongs to the Space, we might want to mark it as so… Otherwise it may get used as scrap…

It is also probably getting too big for the fire exit… can we put some elsewhere??

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We need to sort out all that junk in the snug’s “paint booth” area, if it can be properly organised, I imagine the ply boards can go there?

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That would be good…

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yes! agreed!

Only thing I ask is to delay that one more day,

I can be in tomorrow to mark what is what, so Karin and I don’t lose already allotted materials!

Thank you.

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I would clearly mark them somehow with @metaltechs etc. either directly on them or using don’t toss my project tags, otherwise they are technically up for grabs…