November 2017

John Devenport loves to dismantle machinery & restore it. So when we received this donation of on old rusted Jointer he couldn’t wait to get his hands on it. It had been lying under a tree in the open for a very long time by the look of it. He completely stripped it down, removed […]

Another strange request we received was a lady who wanted  a birth box made for her grandson.          Not knowing what this was we asked the question. Apparently it’s a storage box for keepsakes in the child’s early years. It may contain the first tooth lost, first lock of hair, favourite toy etc.etc. She asked if

We have a couple of members who are also volunteers in the Blaze Aid organisation who help farmers & people in the outback, to overcome their losses in fires & floods etc. John Devenport is one of these guys. The last time he went bush he came across a lady in her nineties, who had

John Mills saw the native beehives we make & was keen to make one for Armidale Public School as the children were interested in how bees make honey. Always one to be different he settled on a hexagon style with a pitched roof which looked similar to something made in Japan or India. It looked

Spud Murphy one of our newer members has always wanted to design & make some sort of portable cupboard to house his BBQ tools. He wanted something that would hold everything, so he could bring it out & start cooking. This is what he came up with & it looks great. It can accommodate the