March 2012

Christmas is still months away but Santa aka. Norm has been hard at work in his corner and the toys are building up. With not enough time in the Shed he takes parts home to paint, now that’s dedication.

Bruce has taken some timber from the scrap bin at Wideline windows and laminated up two circular table tops which he has finished with a splash of satin lacquer to produce the soft glow evident in the photo. The legs for one table have been salvaged from a friends pot plant stand and the other

Barrie has been a member of the Shed from our very early days and hardly misses a Tuesday where he keeps a close eye on what people are up to. While his eyesight is not the best these days his mind is still razor sharp. All too often he remembers a piece of hardware or

There’s always someone in a Shed who makes people laugh and George is certainly in this category. He made it very clear that he didn’t want anyone to know it was his 82nd birthday last week but then proceeded to tell anyone and everyone who set foot through the Shed door that it was his

With a prime position at the Forresters Beach Retirement Village Coastal Lifestyle Festival we were able to promote the Coasts Men’s Sheds to many interested visitors. Our range of wooden toys out front drew many admirers which gave us the opportunity to engage them in conversations about Sheds. It also helped when their children took

Thanks to the NSW Government through their Community Builders Funding our Shed is now a cleaner and healthier place to work. Five Filter cartridges have been fitted to the dust extractors attached to our major machinery and all are working very efficiently. Previously air was ejected through calico bags hanging above the extractor fans but