Illawarra Flame March Article - The Shed: a place for everyone.

Submitted by Paul Blanksby on

 

There are over 1200 Men’s Sheds in Australia. Bringing men together, working shoulder to shoulder, helping each other through life. Serving their communities, just like your Helensburgh Shed serves the 2508 area and beyond. One way in which we are helping our locals is through our new “Introduction to Woodworking for Women” classes.

January illawarra Flame Article - This is the Place

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Newly retired? Perhaps made redundant, but still wanting to make a difference in people’s lives? Maybe you want to rejig your life or career and learn a new skill. Or perhaps you’re recovering from an injury or illness.

Or even…… YOU JUST NEED TO GET OUT OF THIS HOUSE! (Did your wife say that? Hhmm???)

Sound familiar, well yes, it would to a lot of our Shed blokes. We come from all walks of life, with different stories, varied skills, and amazing escapes, and…we like it here.

The move is happening

Submitted by Bob Pymm on

The Men’s Shed is in the process of packing up and moving to a site in Darkes Forest Road. This is a temporary arrangement to keep the shed up’n’running until a permanent home is settled. Most of the equipment , tools etc have now been moved out of our existing site in Helensburgh and are in the process of being set up out at Darkes Forest (see photo!) where we are making good use of a number of shipping containers to store materials and also to use as workshops. We anticipate that the move will be completed by the end of January.

A colourful cultivator

Submitted by Bob Pymm on

Well it is now! This cultivator turned up at the Men’s Shed not so long ago looking really like a pile of rusty junk. It hadn’t tilled the soil for a very long time. Then Wayne, our mechanics guru, took up the challenge of restoring it and getting it going. Some months later, after a lot of TLC, creative engineering and sourcing of new parts it is nearly ready to start its new life. At the same time, out came Wayne’s creative and colourful side. He made the most of all those odds and ends of paint we often have left over but can somehow never steel ourselves to throw away.

Size doesn’t matter

Submitted by Bob Pymm on

Here at the Men’s Shed our projects come in all shapes and sizes. From the simple and straightforward to the complex and demanding. Rod’s hand-turned pens are a good example of the small-scale and he’s been happily training a few of us in the production of these pens. They can be made to order – your name or any pattern that will fit can be laser-etched onto the barrel which is usually wood but can be resin or metals such as steel and copper. At the other end of the scale, Stephen our fine furniture craftsman has been building benches and again, helping others to do so as well.

All change

Submitted by Bob Pymm on

The Men’s Shed shed is under new ownership. Yes, the shed workshop, which is a commercial space rented by the Helensburgh Men’s Shed (the Shed gets no financial support and so has to raise the necessary funds itself) is about to change ownership with the recent sale of the property.

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