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I would recommend Wordpress, I host multiple websites for woodturners 3 of them with no web experience at all, with a bit of help from me have created their own sites recently all with about a weeks of studying Wordpress on the internet and getting a start. i.e. once created then it can be handed over to another who will quickly be able to maintain it. the 3 sites my users have created are:-

https://heartwoodturning.woodturners.uk/
https://heckingtonarts.woodturners.uk/
https://skkrafts.woodturners.uk/

As I said none of these 3 had any experience, each was given about 3 hours of my time to get them started then told to go and play with it.

EDIT:- Wordpress is a fairly common industry standard, so an added bonus of using it is if someone gets good there is potential to monetise it down the line, with employment opportunities which may get you some assistance from friends and family of club members rather than the one who didn't take one step back quick enough!

Alex when I was chairman of the RPT and had to write policies etc. I would  write what I thought was suitable and then put it in front of the committee for their consideration.Inevitably some of them would come back with better policy than I had written, or the same written better so it is always worth making it a team effort.

Thanks Twisted Trees,
Sorry for late reply but message did not come through to my email.
Just logged in and found it.
Most probaly take the plunge and attempt removal of the bed when collecting.
Will go equipped with imperial and metric tools.

Thanks    Tim

Sorry,
looks like it is a Viceroy Educator.
The cabinet/stand looks a lot smaller than a tds6 shown on the lathes site.
It says DST Educator on the headstock and tds6 on the plate on the leg.
Possibly a mix and match.

Tim

Hi David
You do not seem to have had much advice. I have had a Camvac for over 10 years and would recommend it. We have recently bought several for our club’s workshop, one per lathe.
If as you say you only need it for sanding, then the smallest with one motor is adequate in my opinion. Each motor draws a kilowatt so if you go for two you may need to consider your power supply rating with the lathe running as well.
With only sanding you will need to clean off the filter bags long before you get much in the drum. If you don’t do this the suction of the inner bag breaks the webbing on the plastic cage.
By putting a pipe on the exhaust, you can reduce the noise considerably. You can pipe it outside or as I do in cold weather direct it to my feet as it produces hot air.
Hope this helps.
Regards
Colin