It’s always surprising what we are asked to make in the Shed and this is an example of a prototype of a weaving frame for a group of Aboriginal women.  Up till now the members of the group have been working on the legs of upturned dining chairs, hardly an item that lends itself to

 The men had trouble hitting the bullseye until Fred agreed to provide an extra incentive from then on  they had no trouble at all in scoring a perfect 10! At the request of a community organisation the Shed was asked to make a ‘Football Passing Target’ for a festival day. Fred, being the skilled tradesman

 Three years after opening we have joined the “Market Stall Set” with our fist ever stall at the Long Jetty Senior Citizens Polling Day Market. With plenty of quality toys to sell and well trained and enthusiastic sales assistants on hand to persuade shoppers to open their wallets the morning was a great success and

BATEAU BAY MEN’S SHED INCORPORATED ANNUAL REPORT – 4 SEPTEMBER 2012 Welcome everyone to the 4th AGM of the Bateau Bay Men’s Shed. It gives me great pleasure to present the Bateau Bay Men’s Shed Presidents Report to you this morning after what has been another very productive year. This is the 3rd Annual Report

The men in the Shed did such an excellent job making the full sized marimbas last year that we were this time asked to make 4 Mini Marimbas. These can be transported between schools so that students not fortunate enough to have access to the full sized instruments can at least gain from the learning

The Shed hosted its first Multicultural Day on Saturday when a group from the Latinos & Friends spent a day making Garlic Bread Trays, sharing in a special morning tea a typical Argentinean/Uruguayan BBQ and a lot of laughs. The morning tea of home made lemon biscuits and bread & butter cake was then topped

The 1971 Dennis with a Jaguar engine was the feature of a Tool Box talk from Guy Ellis.  One of 8 units in his collection it captured the attention of more than 30 members who were on hand to listen to his talk and then get up close and personal with this vintage machine.  Guy

What skilled workmanship!  Cutting out square blocks, drilling a hole and sticking a number into the top of the dowel. But the Retirement Village who requested the set of table markers were very appreciative and now have numbers to make the delivery of the correct meals to the correct tables easier. Sometimes it’s the little

If only everyone in the Shed had this talent!  Mike has only been working on restoring this table since the start of the year and it has been in and out of the Shed so many times we are thinking of installing castors. How often has one seen a “skilled” craftsman with the ability to

Two Happy Woodworkers Finishing my Project For over 12 months the Shed has been saving timber offcuts for the Erina Before & After School Care Group.  This resulted in us being asked to visit them during the school holidays and supervise a ‘woodwork session’ They say in the classics, “Never work with animals or children”