Recently, talented Shed members Glenn and Kelvin have been making a series of intricate and beautiful wooden boxes and cases. Both members report that this kind of project requires patience and an eye for details!

2024 marks the 15th year of operation of The Entrance Men’s Shed.

We thought this would be a good opportunity to look back at some of the community projects Shed members have worked on. Here’s a list of links to projects from recent years:

A taste of Toukley:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2022/06/05/a-taste-of-toukley/

Nursery fence:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2010/05/04/community-nursery-fence/

School boomerangs:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2010/01/23/school-boomerangs/

Dad’s day out:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2010/04/30/dads-day-out-and-tissue-boxes/

Community projects:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2012/12/02/recent-projects-december-2012/

Nursing home cubby:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2012/09/20/opening-of-tubbys-cubby/

Bin hoppers:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2013/12/12/bin-hoppers-for-the-entrance/

Halloween bike:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2013/10/26/halloween-bike-display/

Boccia ramp:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2013/09/08/henry-kendall-high-school-boccia-ramp/

Garden statue:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2020/06/07/bears-of-hope-garden-statue/

Toowoon Bay reel:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2020/04/20/restored-reel-for-towoon-bay-slsc/

Folding tables:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2022/10/20/folding-picnic-tables/

Community projects:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2020/03/12/recent-projects-late-2019/

Raised garden beds:
https://theentrancemensshed.com.au/2019/03/04/raised-garden-beds-for-community-centres/

Members at The Entrance Men’s Shed are a talented and resourceful lot, so here’s a small sampling of recent projects at The Shed, starting with Richard’s beautiful turned wooden bowls:

Shed member Glen designed and built these stylish planter boxes:

Not to be outdone, shed member Alfred built this intricate and operational wooden clock:

Shed members have been busy recently designing and building a large, detailed dollhouse.

The dollhouse is a present for shed member Bob’s Great Granddaughter for her upcoming birthday. Hopefully she’ll get as much enjoyment out of it as the shed members had building it.

Shed members have been busy during the first quarter of 2024 working on a wide variety of woodworking projects. Here’s a few of them:

Keith has constructed a beautiful wall-art version of the Liverpool Football Club emblem:

George has created a stylish house nameplate using a router to engrave the lettering:

And Alfred has been working on an intricate working wooden clock:

Over the past couple of months Shed member Denis has been working on a detailed wooden model of a military helicopter. The helicopter blades are driven by a small motor and the model looks ready take off at any moment!

Over the last year or two shed member Stu has designed and built three serving trays from scraps of Australian hardwoods and fallen melaleuca branches sourced from Long Jetty (NSW).

Stu reports he received a great deal of advice and encouragement from more experienced shed members and all three trays served as an excellent learning experience.

Members at The Entrance Men’s Shed spent the last weeks before the Christmas break designing and building a rustic style kitchen sink and stand for The Entrance Boat Shed.

The Boat Shed is an iconic tourist part of the tourist facilities at The Entrance and we hope visitors get many years of use from the sink and stand.

Shed member Keith has recently been busy designing and building a timber “wishing well” for his son and daughter-in-law to-be. The folks at Erina Men’s Shed kindly did the laser engraving of the text on the lid.

We wish the happy couple all the best for the future!

Shed member Glenn has been busy crafting a detailed and elegant jewellery box recently. The box is made from a selection of local timbers and required patience to construct. Well done Glenn!

The Entrance Men’s Shed held its annual Christmas lunch on the 20th of December, 2023 at a local club. Members and their relatives and partners enjoyed a relaxing lunch away from the shed workshop.

The Entrance Men’s Shed wishes the community a Merry Christmas and a happy and health 2024!

Shed member Stu has been busy lately designing and building a stylish coffee table from off-cuts of (mostly) Australian hardwoods.

Stu reports that he had a great deal of help and guidance from more experienced Shed members–an example of the supportive learning environment that Men’s Sheds can provide.

The Entrance Men’s Shed Treasurer, Bob Ihlein, has raised $1556 to support Australians living with mental illness.

Bob walked 73km over October 2023 to support a recent Black Dog Institute “One Foot Forward” campaign. Here’s a couple of the routes Bob walked regularly:

Great effort Bob!

Shed members have been busy recently designing and building a fold-up ping-pong table for a local community member. The table construction and installation are highlighted in the following images.

Shed member Rem has been working for some time on a highly detailed and beautifully constructed model of a 1911 Mercer Raceabout. Great work Rem, it looks ready to zoom off the bench!

Shed member Dennis has been busy recently building an impressively detailed wooden model of a 1948 “woody” surfers van. On seeing the model and despite the cooler weather, shed members thoughts turned to the beach!

In the same spirit, shed member Ken also built a woody model, show below with Dennis model. Cue your favourite Beach Boys number!

Shed members have recently been working on some small but highly detailed projects. These projects include repairs to wooden toy buses and cranes, a fully functioning music box and a functioning noughts and crosses game.

Projects are by shed members Don and Rem, Keith, and Alfred, respectively. The photographs below show the finished projects.

Shed members have been busy recently designing and building a selection of wooden models and small but detailed woodworks. Shown below are coasters by Richard, a motorbike model by Alf and a jewellery box by Glenn.

Members of The Entrance Men’s Shed recently held their 2023 AGM and elected committee members and officeholders for the coming year. Elected were:

President: Bruce Crouch
Vice President: Richard Threlfo
Secretary: Terry Anderson
Treasurer Bob Ihlein
Member: Alf Vasta
Member: Darrol Harmer
Member: Rob Eschbank
Member: Rem de Vroome
Workshop Manager: Ken Yeatman
Website: Stuart Hungerford

The new committee extended its thanks to the 2022/23 committee for the smooth running of The Shed in the past year.

Shed members were challenged recently to design and build a motorbike in the form of a rocking horse for a local youngster.

Rising to the challenge shed members designed, built and painted the motorbike from various kinds of timber, shown during construction below.

Community member Venessa is looking forward to presenting the motorbike to her grandson on his birthday. We hope he has many hours of happy riding ahead of him!