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Above left Chris Bailey on the right was presented with a Life Membership for his dedication to the Gracemere Men's Shed Inc. by Dave Finlay. Kevin Dore was involved with Dave Finlay in organizing this award that totally took Chris by surprise at our AGM and General Meeting on the 12/07/2025.
Chris has put a lot of time and effort in to help build our shed up to the high standards it enjoys today and into the future. Over the years Chris has filled positions on the Management Team, President and Vice President.
When the presentation was made Chris thanked the members for thinking of him and showing their appreciation of all the hard work done at the shed and behind the scenes to keep the shed running smoothly for all members to enjoy.
Above is a very old bench seat that Kevin and Glenda West bought into our shed to have it totally revamped. A few of our members worked on this to restore it with the Westlands name on the back plus the cast iron legs were painted in the Maroons colour and the seat painted in White. The name Westlands is associated with The Quarter Horse Stud that the West's own out at Alton Downs. This seat has great Semimetal value to the West's and they really appreciated the effort that our shed did to get such a good outcome.
Above is our new painting container arriving on a tilt tray. We asked the driver if he could place the unit in its correct position and he managed to do this very well. Below shows the container locked down onto footings set 600mm into the ground. Next we had to install the exhaust flume to finish setting the unit up. Chris had the job to go up to the top after the angle iron bracing was in place to secure the flume and remove the guy ropes that were used to hold the flume upright until the bracing was in place. With power and air connected this project is now complete.
Above is a CD case made to store CD's in for a young lady in Gracemere. The finish was done with high gloss white paint.
Above is a new bed base totally made by Dennis one of our shed members who also had to remove all corner posts so new ones could be made. These posts were fitted to the iron work at the foot and head of the bed. The customer is going to paint the project.
In the photo the legs look to be leaning outwards but are actually vertical.
Above top left and right was a rocking horse that was handed down to four generations and it was in a rather bad state of repair when it was bought to us to see if our shed could resurrect it to look like new again. At the shed we made new parts and did the undercoat so the art work could be done by Theodore Farrow and he did a fantastic job of painting to match the original colour scheme. Kev R. did the timber work and he does everything he works on to perfection. Well done to all involved in this project.
The above timber was turned into this exceptional coffee table by one of our new members, he has done an amazing job for his first project at the shed.
We were given the opportunity to quote the above items for the Natural Wonders Early Learning Center in North Rockhampton and the three of four items have been made for delivery early next week. A storage box is to be made up, painted and will be delivered in the next week or so to complete the order. Finally we have the storage box completed to complete the order. Now we just have to deliver it to Frenchville.
30 Replica Aircraft are Required by the RFDS.
A few of the guys at the shed have been working for the last few months making replica RFDS aircraft on stands for the Rockhampton Royal Flying Doctor Service. These units will be placed on tables and on display when the RFDS are fundraising. Thanks goes to Peter, Rob and Alan who have put in lot of time and effort to make these replica aircraft look like the real deal.
Gracemere's RSL Club's New Lectern
A couple of the members of the Gracemere Men's Shed undertook the project to manufacture a Lectern for the Gracemere RSL in such a way that it could be carried in small vehicles as it could be dismantled with no tools required as the three parts slide together.
Turn Style for the Gracemere RSL Club
Above is a Turn Style made at the Men's Shed for the Gracemere RSL Club to display a penny of 1822 vintage. By turning the brass knob on top of the unit allows viewing of both sides without touching the penny. Howard undertook to do this project and he has done an excellent job as a member of our shed and the Gracemere RSL Club.
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