Don't forget this great opportunity to visit a prominent local facility whilst enjoying some great company and fellowship at the Claremont Football Club. Everyone is welcome and we hope you can all come along and enjoy the occassion.   A special site visit has been organised for our Sheddies to visit the Claremont Football Club. The Club CEO, Darcy Coffey and the Claremont Head Coach will both be available to give a bit of history about the club and let members know how the Footy club is travelling in their wonderful new facilities. It is hoped that a number of Claremont Football Club Old Boys will also come along  as they have formed their own little "Men's Shed" at the footy club. They perform a whole range of support activities which assists the club greatly and provides them with their own sense of purpose, community involvement and active participation at the Club. We want to support other local communitiy groups and want as many members as possible to come along and spend an interesting afternoon of engagement. In keeping with the spirit of "Beer and Bullshit" the upstairs bar will be open and we are encouraged to stay and have a few drinks whilst enjoying the fabulous facilities and the view of the oval and as usual participate in good humoured banter in the bar. The planned itinery looks like this 3:50 - 4:00 meet out front of the Claremont Football Club Office located in the Stadium at 3 Davies Road, Claremont. 4:00 - 4:30 tour of facility (changerooms, hall of fame and function rooms) 4:30pm – Ash Prescott (Senior Coach) to speak with us regarding the Club's prospects for the current football year. 4:45pm – Our Monday Volunteer crew discuss their participation at the Club and how their own particular "Men's Shed" equivilent works. 5pm – Beer in the tiger bar at Claremont Football prices. Best regards Peter Panek PS Please purchase a free ticket for the event so we can inform the club of the anticipated numbers on the day.          

Something different this week - the SCMS Art Group will be visiting the WA Schools Pulse art exhibition at the Art Gallery of WA from 10am

Woodworking Machinery Induction (Blue Dot) – Phases 1 & 2 All Members who wish to use the woodworking machinery in the Machine Room will need to complete Phase 1 & Phase 2 of the Woodworking Machinery Induction Training. Please Note that Members must have completed the Red Dot course before enrolling in this Blue Dot course? This Course will be conducted in two Phases over two consecutive weeks (9am - 12pm) so you must be able to commit to both sessions before purchasing a ticket. Each Phase will be approximately a three hour duration. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Session. The Cost of this course (for both Phases) is $20.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise Michael Cahill on 0459062090 as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  If you cancel or are a “no show” on the day you will lose your $20 fee so please, only book if you can commit to the two consecutive weeks. Payments can be made online by secure credit card.  Once you have completed both phases of the Woodworking Machinery Induction your Membership Badge will be updated to replace the Red Dot with a Blue Dot.  This will reflect that you have completed all the necessary Woodworking Training and are ready to undertake any Woodworking projects in the Shed. 

All members are welcome to join our team leaders, Bruno and Richard, every Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the bicycle group's regular bicycle repair events.  No experience is necessary but a good sense of humour is encouraged to fully appreciate the friendly banter and fellowship during these events.  No experience is required, just come along. Over 200 bicycles have already been delivered since 1 July 2023.

All Members who intend to be part of the Woodworking Group will need to complete this Power Tools Induction Training. There is a once off Cost of $10 for this Training Course, which can be paid when you purchase a ticket. There will be a maximum of 3 persons for each Training Session.  If after booking, for some reason you cannot attend the training, please advise the Red Dot coordinator, Jeremy Wallace, on 0406927650 (SMS please), or email (jeremywallace5@outlook.com) as soon as possible, so we can arrange another session for you.  The successful completion of the Red Dot Training is a pre-requisite to booking the Blue Dot Woodwork Machinery Course. Once you have completed this Training, your Membership Badge will updated to show a Red Dot and enable you to undertake any projects in the Main Workshop that utilise only Power Tools. 

To maintain your Blue Dot Woodworking Accreditation you will need to, you will need to undertake a Verification of Competency (VOC) Assessment as follows. Woodworking members aged under 75 years will be assessed every 24 months Woodworking members aged 75 to 84 years will be assessed every 18 months Woodworking members older than 85 years  will be assessed every 12 months You will be assigned a simple task which shouldn’t take more than about 30 minutes. This is not a test of your craftsmanship; it is simply a demonstration that you can competently use the machinery unsupervised without endangering yourself or others.  You can book your VOC Assessment by clicking on your preferred VOC Assessment date below. The Rostered Supervisor for the day will oversee your assessment and he will either deem you "competent" or refer you to a Trainer for further assessment or training. If you choose not to do the VOC Assessment,  you will no longer be able to use the Machine Room equipment unsupervised.

The Shed will be closed all day due to The Muster being held at the Showgrounds.

Please take a free ticket for the workshop so we know how many members will be attending. See you there. John Bolto 2:00pm Review Images from Lake Leschenaultia Field Trip (2 images on Google Drive) 2:30pm Learn how to process Night Photographs. 3:30pm: Briefing on future Night Photography Field Trips 4:00pm: Members Sundowner

Join everyone in our lovely garden area under our new shade sail for fresh baked scones, jam and cream with friendly companionship.

Many of you will remember this menu from dinner parties you had with your friends in the 1970s.  Boeuf Bourguignon served with mashed spuds and tender peas (not the traditional bullets from a can).  The main will be followed by a good ol’ Aussie  Rice Pudding.  The indefatigable members of the Kitchen team will put this meal together under the watchful eye of Vice President and standing-in Kitchen Group leader - Bill MacLeod (sorry). All of this can be yours for a mere $18.  The usual T&Cs apply, you can cancel your reservation at this lunch if you give us more than 24 hours notice and you can carry forward your credit to another event.  No-shows get no credit.  Best Aussie wine (Coolabah casks!) and beer will be on sale from our bar at the usual very reasonable prices.  However, the Shed management asks that members diverge from the 1970s practice by drinking in moderation.

All members are welcome to join our team leaders, Bruno and Richard, every Tuesday and Wednesday morning for the bicycle group's regular bicycle repair events.  No experience is necessary but a good sense of humour is encouraged to fully appreciate the friendly banter and fellowship during these events.  No experience is required, just come along. Over 200 bicycles have already been delivered since 1 July 2023.

Lake Leschenaultia Field Trip   Preamble : This is the simplist astro shot you can take so if you want to learn this is definately your best starting point. For those that are more experienced we will pray for a calm night so we can get the milky way reflected off of the lake. We can car pool for those who don't want to drive themselves, just select the ticket for car pool as opposed to driver and we will sort out who goes with who. Topic : Vertical Milky Way Photograph Location : Chidlow in the Perth Hills Travel time from Claremont : 1hr 10 mins approx Best time to take photographs : 10.30pm, but the Milky Way Galactic Centre rises at 9.30 and can be photographed from that time till late into the night as there is no moon on Monday evening. Where to meet onsite : park in the carpark on the west side of the lake. If the gate is shut then park at the visitor centre and walk around, its only about a 5 minute walk across the dam. We will be taking our photographs from near the beach on the western side of the lake. I suggest you depart Perth to arrive at site by about 9.15pm (so about 8pm depart). This will give you time to set up prior to the best photographs being available. You should be home before midnight. What to bring : Camera, tripod, head lamp and wide angle fast lens. This will be a single exposure portrait shot so nodal rails are optional. There is a panorama shot available but its not essential to take a panorama to get a good shot of a vertical milky way. You will also need warm clothes, something to eat and drink and a chair to relax in whilst you wait for the your shots. Camera Settings : Refer previously distributed presentation for more details.   Please ensure you set up your camera before you leave home as its much easier than doing it on the fly in the field.   • Exposure – 2 x NPF Accurate but always less than 500 rule, somewhere between 10 and 30 secs depending on your combo. (use app to look up for your camera and lens combination) • Aperture – 0.5 to 1 stop above minimum • ISO – 1600 to 3200 • White Balance – 3200K to 3400K • IBIS – turn off!! • Remote Trigger - enable or use delayed release (2 sec) • Focus - manual (minimise size of stars or use hyperfocal length for foreground focus and acceptable star focus)   We will do a processing workshop during April so you can get a proffessional finish for this photo, more news later on this.