The Entrance Men’s Shed held its 2021 Annual General Meeting on the 29th of October 2021. All financial members were invited to attend, and a sausage sizzle was held afterwards to celebrate the new committee members.

The new shed Committee officeholders are: President – Bob Ihlein, Vice President – Ken Yeatman, Secretary – Richard Threlfo, Treasurer – Darrol Harmer, Assistant Treasurer – Bruce Dexter. Other committee members are Rob Eschbank, Stuart Hungerford (webmaster) and Terry Anderson.

After the AGM shed members came together for these photos. Shed members are sporting new caps from Caterpillar Inc in the US, after receiving shed member Keith’s model of a Caterpillar dump truck.

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During the recent COVID lockdown shed member Ken constructed this beautiful and intricate wooden and brass kaleidoscope.

Ken created the whole thing in his garage workshop and reports it took a steady hand to cut the matching wooden detail work.

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Shed member Richard has been busy during lockdown making a range of high-quality woodworking projects, including gifts for friends and family. The captions below describe these projects in more detail.

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During lockdown shed member Bob has enjoyed walking for exercise and encourages all of us who can to do the same.

On a recent walk he went past the site of a shed project from 2012, “Tubby’s Cubby” installed on the grounds of a nursing home at Killarney Vale. Bob is pleased to report the structure is still going strong.

Shed member Geoff has been busy constructing a beautiful wooden urn. It contains almost 600 (!) pieces of timber. Great work Geoff!

Shed member Rem has been busy during lockdown stripping back to the original finish on a timber dining table on his deck and re-coating it with a more durable marine grade satin varnish. Rem reports success using an Aldi spray gun which works surprisingly well. As with any painting project the longest part was the preparation!

As we can see below Rem also fitted an oil catch-can on an Abarth 124 Spider to stop oil getting into the air filter and ultimately the turbo intake.

During what feels like a very long COVID lockdown, shed members have been busy working on projects around their homes. Here’s the first of these: a bench restoration project from shed member Bob.

Bob notes that he has had the bench for 20 years, but this is its best restoration. Before lockdown shed member Rob sandblasted the bench and undercoated the metal parts. Bob has since sanded the wooden slats, painted them and sprayed the metal parts.

Shed members recently constructed a rustic style timber front and side for the serving counter at the Kettle Black Cafe. The cafe has recently opened in the grounds of the Entrance Community Center.

Here’s a selection of projects that shed members have been working on during May 2021. They include Bob’s turned bowl, Alfred’s wooden toolbox and under-bed storage boxes for a local community member.

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On the 14th of May The Entrance Men’s Shed Committee President Bruce Crouch met the NSW Premier, The Hon. Gladys Berejiklian and the Member for Terrigal, Mr. Adam Crouch MP. Both politicians were visiting the Bateau Bay Men’s Shed.

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On the 30th of April 2021 ten shed members enjoyed a trip to the National Maritime Museum on Sydney Harbour. Members had a thoroughly enjoyable day exploring the historic ships and the many other fascinating exhibits at the museum

The organisers of the Rebikes101 organization at Alison Homestead Men’s Shed would like to remind everyone that if you have a bicycle you’d like to donate, it can be reconditioned and enjoy a new life in the community via charities, schools, clubs and other organisations.

Drop-off point is at the entrance to Alison Homestead, opposite the Old Wyong Milk Factory.

We recently received this kind feedback from Amy:

Bruce’s wonderful rocking horse (“Bullseye Bruce”):

Shed Members undertook a shed cleanup on the morning of the 23rd December 2020. After cleanup members enjoyed a BBQ lunch and a few light beers to finish off the (challenging) 2020 calendar year. 

Best wishes for all for a happy and healthy 2021 from all of us at the Entrance Men’s Shed!    

We had a request to fit bumper bars and manufacture a steering wheel for this Volkswagen pedal car. A Christmas present for a lucky local three year old.

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In 2019 Central Coast Council approached The Entrance Men’s Shed to construct two larger-than-life “big chairs” to be installed on Council land, under this program: https://www.centralcoast.nsw.gov.au/council/news/its-been-big-yeartake-big-seat .

Later in 2020 shed members constructed a further three big chairs and all five have now been installed on local beaches and foreshores. All the chairs have been decorated by Central Coast community groups and look terrific in their new homes.

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