The State Men’s Shed organisation is grouped into Clusters, our Shed has traditionally & geographically been affiliated with the Sheds in the southeastern rural region of Victoria but recently we were invited to participate in another Cluster, based in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne & the Mornington Peninsula.
At every Cluster gathering there are donated powertools raffled off.
Thus far, we’ve attended two Southern Clusted gatherings, our Secretary going along two months ago to the inaugural Southern Cluster meeting (in the rural Cluster we’d been attending them for over 8 years) and our Shed won the main prize of an airless (no compressor needed) spray painting device.
Earlier today I attended the second such meeting for the Cluster, again we came away with the main prize, a 10-inch circular sliding compound mitre saw. We already have a larger, better example with a 12-inch. blade, so we’ll offer this new device for any members to buy for their home workshops. Already have had a firm offer of $100, approx half its retail value.