Talking turkey with Telstra

We are now out of contract with our 12 month bundle for phone, internet & Foxtel from Telstra. That means some of the Foxtel discounts are adjusted adding about $10 to the monthly cost with Entertainment, Documentaries & Movies going from $40 to $50 which is still below the normal $56 for that lot.
Some options are to remove Movies or even cancel Foxtel. Another option is to take up a new bundle like the $99 unlimited with Telstra TV and Foxtel Now for 24 months, includes a Smart Modem with 4G backup. Rang Telstra and lucky to get a switched on guy by the name of Arnel. The new bundle would not include the smart modem…hmm. Decided to cancel Foxtel so he put me on hold…waiting…came back with a offer to keep everything the same and reduce Foxtel (as before Ent, Docs & Movies) to $30 - DONE :-)
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12" Disc sander - 2

In the first session for this project we made the motor disc, with that done next job is to make the sander disc.

Cutting the sander disc on my homemade 14" bandsaw.

12" Disc sander - 1

Collecting and preparing the parts to make a disc sander.

From stock I need to cut the end off this 2400 x 300 Melamine board.

Chooks coop heater - some modifications.

Due to some very cold nights I've been swapping between the regular 75W ceramic heat emitter and the larger 250W one. Currently that's a PIA cos I have to take out 2 screws to remove the top cover - time to fix that.

To change the heat emitter (lamp) I have to remove two screws and take off the top.