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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 brought 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 one of the two laundry trolleys that Col has made up and these are the first ones we have made in ages as we used to make them on a regular basis once.
Above is a laundry that is about 80 years old and we were ask to give it a new lease of life by putting some new slates in the base and fit new wheels plus generally square it up and tighten all the joints. The stipulation was that we had to maintain it in its original condition as far as possible, we were able to manage this request.
Kevin on the right was busy touching up the paintwork on the cubby house to complete the project for the Wests of Gracemere.
This morning they came in to inspect the finished project and they were blown away with the end result. It should be delivered on Saturday morning in time for the Granddaughter to receive it for Christmas.
Below was a very excited little girl when this completed Cubby was delivered on time for Christmas.
Above are a bedside ladder and a rail to stop a small child from rolling off the top bunk. We had the original ones so we could duplicate them and the lady who purchased a second bunkbed could not buy a siderail or ladder so we made these at the shed.
Above Kev is a proud owner of this new sign made at our Men's shed recently. Alan was the driver of the CNC Machine used to cut out the wording that was infilled with black paint then sanded off the surface. After this was done it was sprayed with Lacquer to protect it as it will be positioned on the outside of his new residence out in the bush.
We can now make up Personnel names for any occasion like Personnel Childs names, Office Door Signs, Animal names for Kennels including Property names. If you have a project that you want made up please call into our shed to discuss it and we can do a quote before we would go ahead with the project.
Above is the two Buddy Seats made at our shed recently and installed at the Waraburra State School by members of the shed. The School did the painting of the two bench seats to complete the project.
Above top is the original miniature cattle yards that the owners wanted to have a duplicate made up. Peter and Rob undertook this project and full credit to them for having the patience to complete the project. Kevin has stained and lacquered the job to complete the 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.
Above we recently made up this spice rack for a family in Gracemere. It was completed with a Jarah Stain and three coats of lacquer were applied to enhance the colour.
Above are names with birth dates for a doting Grandmother to keep track of the Grandkids. We were able to do this on our CNC router using a process to get the print to come out so it really stood out. These will have hooks on the top and bottom of each so they can hang on a wall and the finish coat to protect the lettering and timber will be a clear lacquer. On the right is the finished product after delivery to the Sunshine Coast.
Above is a small Router/Modem table made for a local couple to help keep things neat and tidy with a power board mounted on the back of the table.
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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