A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to the industrial arts teacher at Franklin Academy Middle School. Franklin Academy is a public charter school in Wake Forest and just started offering a middle school industrial arts class last year. Already, it is one of the most sought after electives at the school. Too often we hear/read about school systems shutting down their IA classes due to liability or other reasons so I was delighted to hear that someone was establishing a new class. As you might imagine, funding for the class is very limited so they don't have much equipment and what they do have is very basic. The class is set up in a "normal" class room so space is also very limited. One thing the teacher mentioned he would like to get is a portable router table. When I came across a post Joe made about having a Porter Cable portable router table, I sent him a PM asking if he would be interesting in donating it to Franklin Academy. Well, I just received the router table yesterday and want to publicly acknowledge Joe's kind donation. Unfortunately, because of my work schedule/family commitments and the distance between my house and Joe's, I had a friend who lives near him pick it up so I didn't get a chance to meet Joe (by the way, Joe, thanks for working with me on pick-up). I haven't yet had a chance to deliver it to Franklin Academy (it is a year-round school and they are tracked out right now) but I know they will be excited to receive it and I am certain they will put it to good use. Joe, thank-you very much for your donation.
I also asked the teacher to let me know if there were any other items he might need/want for his class but I have not yet heard back from him. I know one thing he said he needed was 4" flexible duct and fittings. He has a dust collector (not sure of type or size but I am under the impression that it is only large enough to handle one machine at a time) but does not have any flex duct so he is making due with a shop-vac. If anyone has any flexible duct lying around, just let me know.
I also asked the teacher to let me know if there were any other items he might need/want for his class but I have not yet heard back from him. I know one thing he said he needed was 4" flexible duct and fittings. He has a dust collector (not sure of type or size but I am under the impression that it is only large enough to handle one machine at a time) but does not have any flex duct so he is making due with a shop-vac. If anyone has any flexible duct lying around, just let me know.
). If the dust piping is flexible pipe, I am sure he would be interested. Like I mentioned to Steve (zapdafish), I can get a receipt for any donations. Thanks.
