Kincumber Men's Shed

XMAS PARTY

2011-12-12T16:31:00.002+11:00

The shed had its xmas party today a great time was had by all,many thanks to JESS,BARRIE and allthe others who helped to make it a great day.MERRY XMAS TO ALL.

LIFE MEMBERS

2011-12-12T15:14:00.002+11:00

PETER & WALLY long standing members of the shed were made life members,here they are receiving there badges from BERT.The shed was founded by PETER & WALLY almost four years ago.CONGRATULATION for a job well done.

THE TIGER

2011-12-09T17:36:00.002+11:00

DOUG has made a great job of a golfer hitting off, well done DOUG.

OLD HORSE AND A NEW HORSE

2011-12-09T17:26:00.002+11:00

The shed did a great job on replacing an old horse to a new horse with a lot of help from the jockey ALAN and the strapper PHIL well done guys.

ERNIE'S BOAT

2011-12-06T16:38:00.003+11:00

ERNIE was given this boat when he was six years old, it needed a lot of work doing to it, so ROD got stuck into it and did a great job of bringing it back its former glory,then ERNIE gave the boat to ROD what a great guy ERNIE is.

XMAS BOXES

2011-11-28T16:16:00.003+11:00

The shed made two xmas boxes for THE CENTRAL COAST OUTREACH SERVICES witch will be put in the BAY VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTRE at BATEAU BAY.Photo shows JOHN alis JOHN THE BAPTIST from OUTREACH loading the boxes on his trailer,and a couple of elves looking over the finnished boxes.

A BULLDOG

2011-11-28T16:10:00.002+11:00

MALCOM one of our shedders has made a bulldog,with a little help from TIM well done MALCOM,.

WISHING WELLS

2011-11-13T15:29:00.002+11:00

DOUG one of our sheders has made these wishing wells,they are going to hospitals for donations to be droped in for cancer research,well done DOUG.

2011-11-07T17:52:00.002+11:00

The new bench built and organised by Bob and assistants. Top job fella's

2011-11-07T17:43:00.002+11:00

Making the Christmas boxes for the outreach people with Graham. H in the box.

HAPPY 80TH ALAN

2011-11-07T14:51:00.002+11:00

ALAN a long time member of the shed turns 80 on thursday,last sunday his daughter JOANNE gave him a suprise party with about 12 shed members gate crashing it.Thanks JOANNE it was a great afternoon.Today the shed gave ALAN a cake and wish him a very happy birthday.

KIDS IN SHELTER

2011-10-31T15:36:00.002+11:00

VICKY from kids in shelter gave us a talk today about what they do for kids, so the shed will be making and donating toys to this great cause.thanks vicky.

THE SHED IS GETING BIGGER

2011-10-19T16:14:00.002+11:00

Last tuesday our shed grew a little more,an awing was erected over the front part of the shed.

REGENTS PARK MENS SHED

2011-10-19T15:52:00.002+11:00

The men from regents park shed came up from sydney today,all had a great laugh and a bbq lunch,thanks kev for arranging the day.

2011-10-18T14:25:00.003+11:00

MEN'S SHEDS TURN MEN'S HEALTH AROUND.

women have always shown greater interest in health issues, 3 to 1 than men.

About 5 to 6 years ago, the "Men's Shed" movement started up as a registered health Promotion charity. Problems with men's health such as isolation, loneliness, depression and other issues are helped greatly with men's shed's.

it is uniquely Australian where men are sharing and preserving the skill's they have that are relevant to the community.

I for one worked alone for years in my garage restoring furniture until 4 years ago I joined a new men's shed at Kincumber, and now I work with wood turner's, carpenter's, and professional retired furniture restorer's. Now we are nearing Christmas, we are very busy making toys for local charities.

there are now 560 "Men's Shed's" in Australia, growing at a rate of four a week, with membership of over 50, 000 men.

We are now exporting the concept to Canada, UK and Ireland.

What is the best thing about "MEN'S SHED"S"?

"IT IS BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BUY"

By= Charles Lindstrom, "KINCUMBER MENS SHED" 17.10. 2011

NEW HORSE IN THE STABLE

2011-10-17T17:49:00.002+11:00

ALAN & CHARLES are starting work on a new horse,can't wait till it is up and running.Might run better than some that i back.

2011-10-16T10:09:00.003+11:00

A bit of intricate work on the "band saw" with Bob and with John & Ernie giving moral support

2011-10-14T19:47:00.002+11:00

The "KINCUMBER MENS SHED"would like to congratulate and wish Peter Miller all the best in his new occupation and to thank him for all the great work he did to get our "constitution" written up.

and also the beautiful work on building our "router cabinet".

All the very best Peter from all of us.

2011-10-10T23:00:00.002+11:00

Charles is hard at work painting the aeroplane rocker made by Bob

VISTOR FROM MATHEW JOHN

2011-08-21T16:14:00.003+10:00

The shed had a visit from some guys from mathew john nursing home on friday,they helped jim with a project.Hope you can come back soon.

2011-08-16T12:21:00.002+10:00

We at the "THE MENS SHED" never get old. Go Charles

2011-08-14T07:41:00.005+10:00

TEACHING THE LADIES

2011-08-12T15:44:00.003+10:00

JIM BARRIE AND GRAHAM are teaching the carers from the SAMARITANS how to be sheders,they are making a table nappin holder and did very well.

RECYCLING

2011-08-08T15:42:00.002+10:00

MICK one of our sheders created this table and candle stick holders from recyced timber,here we see the ladies from the davistown RSL auxiliary,and a photo before and after of the timber we are putting to good use.

SAMARITANS DAY

2011-07-27T16:06:00.002+10:00

We had a great day with the guys making money boxes,trays and a cd shelf.

NEWS FROM AGM

2011-07-27T15:40:00.002+10:00

At our agm on the 25th july 2011 a management group was elected to run the shed for a period of 6 months then reviewed.The group is as follows.

PETER JESSOP WALLY MORISON BOB JONES GRAHAM HATTON

ALAN SPARKES BERT WARD BARRIE CHANNON

TREASURERS- GRAMHAM BOWIE PETER MILLER

UNITING CHURCH REPS- PETER JESSOP ALAN EATON

CCMSA REPS- ALAN EATON WALLY MORISON

CONGRATULATION TO ALL

NEW BED

2011-07-16T12:33:00.002+10:00

DAVID one of our sheders has built a new bed out of tasie oak,nice job david.

NEW RAFFLE BARREL

2011-07-13T15:48:00.002+10:00

The boys from the shed made a new raffle barrel for the EAST GOSFORD LOINESS,here we see DION and VICKY being presented with the barrel,thanks for the cake went down well.

GREAT TIMBER

2011-07-13T15:26:00.003+10:00

Our shed was lucky enough to get a load of great timber thanks to TOM WILSON AND STAFF from OCEAN TRENCHING TECHNOLOGIES at gosford,thanks TOM sure will make a lot of things.

ANTIQUE TABLE

2011-07-08T17:27:00.002+10:00

This antique table was lovelier restored by the shed members and lacquer by the shed master painter,thanks PHIL.

ROUTER TABLE

2011-07-08T17:13:00.002+10:00

This masterpeice was built by PETER well done PETER,it has a wind up router opperated by a ratchet handle on top,to good to get dirty.

LOVELY LOINESS

2011-07-07T20:01:00.002+10:00

VICKY & DION from gosford loiness with some wooden toys the shed members made witch they are giving to kids in hospital.

NEW PAINT SHED

2011-07-04T15:25:00.003+10:00

Our new paint shed is up and running, A big thanks to JOE, MICK, BOB, ALAN. Photo shows PHIL our master painter hard at work.

CANCER TALK

2011-07-04T14:34:00.003+10:00

TREVOR from the cancer council came to the shed today to talk on all the nasty cancer things men get,thanks very much Trevor.

BLUE POLES

2011-06-30T16:50:00.003+10:00

The guys from samaritans came on tuesday to show off there BLUE POLES masterpeice,photo shows JIM with the artists,thanks guys.JOE the cook did a great job on the bbq thanks JOE.

DOLPHINS

2011-06-25T12:39:00.002+10:00

Here is another masterpeice by MALCOLM,keep them comming MAL. Well done.

OLD AND NEW

2011-06-07T16:12:00.002+10:00

BOB our electrician has put in hours of work on this gramophone restoring it .to its former glory and it plays to.PHIL our painter did the paint job.

ROO HAVING A DRINK

2011-06-04T08:29:00.002+10:00

DOUG has made this roo having a drink,well done doug keep up the good work.

NEW ROUTER TABLE

2011-06-04T08:16:00.002+10:00

PETER has built this masterpiece for our shed,thanks peter it will get plenty of work.well done.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL

2011-06-04T08:03:00.003+10:00

Our expert painter PHIL turns the big 70 today and we had a small party for him yesterday with party pies and a very nice cake,HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL from all at kincumber mens shed.

Check This Out!

2011-05-23T10:51:00.005+10:00

Greetings Blog readers!

Check out the great things that the guys at The Kincumber Men's shed can do with just a bit of plain timber!! For example.....

Give Alan Hagan this...

A raw piece of timber!

And he can turn it into THIS!

Whoa! can you believe it!

Alan then hands it over to Phil Currie and Phil Stains them.

And THIS is the finisahed product! It sure has come a long way from being a raw plank of wood!

GOLD

2011-04-26T20:28:00.002+10:00

Here is a photo of Dave's 1st place at the royal easter show 2011 with the ribbon on the masterpeice congratulation Dave.

1ST PRIZE FOR DAVE

2011-04-20T14:17:00.002+10:00

DAVE has won 1st prize at the royal easter show for his clydesdale horse and foul.Congratulation Dave.The technique of INTARSIA is inlayed sections of wood which Dave is an expert at.

MEN FROM RAYMOND TERRACE

2011-04-18T16:09:00.002+10:00

About twenty men from Raymond Terrace who are in the early stages of getting a shed up and running in the area visted the sheds on the central coast today,here they are at kincumber shed,all the best men.

HELPPING HAND

2011-03-16T15:23:00.002+11:00

BOB and ALAN lent a hand at the green point communty centre last saturday cooking the bbq.

CHEST OF DRAWS

2011-03-16T15:08:00.001+11:00

PHIL and his offsider BURT have finished another masterpeice.

KEEPING THE RAIN OUT

2011-03-16T14:58:00.002+11:00

DOUG the guy on the ladder and MICK the guy on the roof are finishing the awning so GRAHAM don't get wet when it's raining,good work guy's.

THE "GOOD" SAMARITANS

2011-03-10T14:27:00.002+11:00

The samaritans came today and made a pencil case.Jim cut out the peices as a flat pak kit and the guys glued and nailed them together with a bit of help from the sheders.

DRESSING TABLE

2011-02-22T18:09:00.002+11:00

PHIL our furniture restorer with help from BERT are very proud of this dressing table witch they loving restored.Thats JOE in the mirror.

GOOD LUCK BRAD

2011-02-22T17:56:00.002+11:00

One of our sheders is on the move,up the north coast.Brad the submarine builder is seen here being wished good luck from peter and the rest of the men.GOOD LUCK BRAD.

SUICIDE PREVENTION FORUM

2011-02-18T07:58:00.003+11:00

The shed was represented at the men's suicide prevention forum on tuesday,Speakers were the gosford coroner a doctor,ambo,police,legal advice,nursing profession and many more.The forum was excellent.

60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

2011-02-14T16:16:00.003+11:00

It was ALAN and FAY'S 60 th wedding anniversary,Congratulation to you both.Don,t forget the diamonds AL.

OUR ELDER STATSMAN

2011-02-14T15:52:00.002+11:00

Our elder statsman ERINE received a present on behalf of the shed from the shed.

OUR 4 TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

2011-02-14T15:22:00.003+11:00

The rain stayed away for our 4 th birthday party today.Good day was had by all.

GREAT JOB MALCOLM

2011-02-09T15:41:00.002+11:00

MALCOLM one of our sheders has built a tipper truck with a bit of help from TIM his carer.You did a brilliant job MALCOLM keep up the good work.

DOUG'S MASTERPEICES

2011-02-09T15:19:00.002+11:00

DOUG knocked up a couple of masterpeices and is very proud of them,well done doug.

NEW CONCRETE AREA

2011-02-05T14:51:00.003+11:00

Our new outside area has been finished and is waiting for a roof [later this year] STREACH CONCETE did the job and has come up very nice thank you.

NEW VERANDA

2011-01-18T20:44:00.002+11:00

The formwork has been put down for the concrete and ready for pouring on wednesday,roof will follow soon.

ERNIE THE GOOD GUY FROM THE WEST

2011-01-18T20:27:00.002+11:00

ERNIE made a pastery board "with a little help from the men at the shed"Seen here in a hurry to go to lunch with his family.Well done ERNIE.

MORE XMAS PHOTO'S

2011-01-03T15:01:00.003+11:00

Got some expert advice from my IT advicer "my grandaughter EMMA". I can now put more photo's up.

"HAPPY NEW YEAR " TO ALL.

MORE ON XMAS PARTY

2010-12-15T21:28:00.003+11:00

The shed would like to thank PATTY & JESSIE" pictured" & there husbands DON & BARRIE & all the others who did a fantastic job to make the xmas party a great success,Thanks all.

SHED XMAS PARTY

2010-12-13T20:22:00.002+11:00

The shed xmas party was held today and was a great day and enjoyed by all.Some of the sheders and there wives.More later.

BADGE TRAYS

2010-12-06T21:13:00.002+11:00

CHARLES is seen here with some badge trays for ANZAC day next year.They will be used to sell badges at the davo RSL.

INTARSIA

2010-12-06T20:43:00.002+11:00

INTARSIA is a woodcarving art from the 14th centenary and masted by DAVE.He is seen here with a beautiful clydesdale horse and foul.DAVE is so proud of it he is going to enter it in the Easter show next year.Well done DAVE.

XMAS TOYS

2010-11-23T20:50:00.002+11:00

A table full of toys was picked up by Aunties & Uncles today for there xmas party on saturday.

A big thankyou from them to the men of the shed.

BOB'S WORK OF ART

2010-11-15T20:30:00.002+11:00

BOB one of our regular sheders has restored two peicers of furniture with loving care,BOB is seen here with his wife PAM well done BOB.

SAMARITAN'S XMAS PARTY

2010-11-14T18:02:00.002+11:00

The shed had a xmas party on thursday,plenty of steak and snags with JIM handing out plenty of sweets and ice creams.Good day was had by all.

CRAFT FAIR

2010-11-10T20:51:00.003+11:00

It rained and it rained last saturday but the men from the shed could not be stopped,tere we see ALAN and GORDEN on the scrole saw cutting out hugs for any one who wants one and there were plenty of offers,while ALAN H was outside busy turning out bowles.The fair was held with the car boot sale day at the Uniting Church Kincumber.

XMAS IS GETTING CLOSE

2010-11-04T12:54:00.002+11:00

Santa droped in for some repaires last week,everyone though Peter had aged a bit at first glance,but everythink is ok.

WORKING WITH LEATHER

2010-10-20T16:36:00.003+11:00

GEOFF DAVIS from Newcastle came down today to demonstrate the art of making a belt and working with leather.What a craftsman, Thanks Geoff.

DOLL'S BED'S

2010-10-20T16:08:00.002+11:00

Bob our electrician is a expert bed maker who makes them for Marie Waters who dresses them up for sale and charities,Well done Bob.

ERNS GARDEN

2010-10-10T17:42:00.003+11:00

The shed played host to the ABC gardening show GARDENING AUSTRALIA on friday.Here we see our NO 1 gardener ERNIE with presenter ANGUS STEWARD from GARDENING AUSTRALIA.Thanks Angus and the crew of Gardening Australia,looking forward to watching it on the ABC in the new year.

NEW BAND SAW

2010-10-10T17:05:00.003+11:00

The Chapter District joined with Karagi Court Ltd in giving the Mens Shed at Kincumber a new electric band saw and blades to assist this organisation,in the local work they do for retired men.

The Chapter was represented by Roger Whitehead and Derek Crawford who spoke highly of the work being done by the members of the Kincumber Mens Shed and wished them well in there future endeavours.

Graham Bowie the treasurer thanked the Freemasons for their donation and said the saw would make a big difference in the finished product that they produce for other organisations

CLUSTER AGM

2010-10-07T09:29:00.002+11:00

The central coast shed cluster inc AGM was held on wednesday 6 oct 2010.Committee members are as followed.

PRESIDENT JOHN SHARPLES

VICE PRESIDENT DARREN MAXWELL

SECERTARY COLLEEN COOPER

TREASURER JOHN ROBERTS

COMMITTEE ALAN SPARKES [KINCUMBER SHED]

COMMITTEE JOHN WELLAND [GOSFORD SHED]

COMMITTEE WILL BRANFORD [SAN REMO SHED]

COMMITTEE ANGIE ROBINSON [UNITING CARE AGING]

Congratulation to all

FINGERNAILS

2010-09-09T13:57:00.002+10:00

Steven one of our samaritans who come every 2nd thursday to work and enjoy the shed had his fingernails painted with glitter.

2010-09-09T13:56:00.001+10:00

SOME GREAT WORK

2010-09-09T13:36:00.002+10:00

Dave one of our sheders is spending his spare time creating masterpieces out of small pieces of wood.Well done Dave.

WISHING WELL

2010-09-07T13:59:00.002+10:00

Our wishing well has been completed by the men at the shed and some of our community workers.We have a momorial wall built into it for passed members.

VISIT FROM THE TWO JOHN'S

2010-09-07T13:35:00.002+10:00

The kincumber shed had a visit from JOHN SHARPLES from the CENTRAL COAST SHED CLUSTER INC and JOHN ROBERTS from THE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY to explain the workings of the cluster and answer questions. THANKS JOHN AND JOHN.

VISIT BY SENIOR CITIZENS

2010-09-02T12:26:00.002+10:00

The shed had a vitit from the GOSFORD SENIOR CITIZENS on wednesday,they came by bus and were very interested in the shed.Thanks for comming men.

IN MEMORY OF CEDRIC BARRETT

2010-08-27T21:00:00.002+10:00

It is with reget that we have to advise of the death of Cedric Barrett, a long standing member of the Kincumber Shed who sorted all the nuts, bolts, nails and screws. He will always be remembered with high regard. May He Rest In Peace.

Cedric is on the left of photo.

THANK YOU

2010-08-19T10:42:00.002+10:00

Many thanks goes to the Davistown RSL for the donation of CDSE [ Community Development Support Expenditure] money to the kincumber mens shed,here we see Peter accepting the cheque from Ben Bradley from the Davistown RSL.

TRAILER

2010-08-17T20:38:00.002+10:00

Here is Phil putting the finishing touches to the shed trailer,It will be up and running in a few weeks,and be ready for work.

VISIT BY POLLIES

2010-08-17T20:21:00.002+10:00

The shed had a visit by JENNY MACKIN & DEBORAH O'NEILL today and hopes are high for a broad band intnet connection in the near future.

GRAHAM'S LITTLE HOUSE

2010-08-09T15:01:00.002+10:00

Graham one of our sheders built this small caravan.He a keen kyaka and camper,well done graham.

NEW CHOCOLATE WHEEL

2010-08-09T14:40:00.003+10:00

A new chocolate wheel was built by the men at the shed for the nautical village social club.The wheel will be used at the monthy meat market.Joy came down to the shed to pick it up.

WRITING DESK/CABINET

2010-08-09T14:20:00.002+10:00

Phil our furniture restorer has done a beautiful job to this old piece of furniture,brough it back to new.well done Phillip.

DOLL'S CRADLE WINNER

2010-08-05T10:42:00.002+10:00

Congratulation to JAN one of our sheders on winning the doll's cradle,he will be giving it to his grand daughter.

NICE PIECE OF WORK

2010-08-02T17:15:00.003+10:00

Our electrician built this set of drawers,don't know what for but we think it is to stach his money in.Well done BOB.

THE GOOD SAMARITAN'S

2010-08-02T16:56:00.002+10:00

A happy mob of samaritan's at a resent B.B.Q. A good day was had by all.

WISHING WELL

2010-07-20T16:14:00.003+10:00

DARREN one of our community workers has built a wishing well.Great work Darren, thanks.

BRINGING OLD TO NEW

2010-07-20T15:51:00.003+10:00

PHIL & CHARLES are working hard on a Masterpiece.They do all the furniture restoration and do a great job.

OPENING OF KUC OP SHOP

2010-07-20T15:28:00.003+10:00

The grand opening of the kincumber uniting church op shop was today.All the smiling faces after putting a lot of hard work into setting it up.The shop is in the grounds of the church next to the mens shed,and will be open tuesdays,wednesdays and thursdays from 9.30 -3.30.The shop will sell clothing apparel and bric-a-brac.

CAT STRUCTURE

2010-07-12T16:40:00.002+10:00

MICK & JIM from the shed built a cat structure for the somersby RSPCA.The moggy looks pretty happy up the pole.Thanks mick & jim.

PROSTATE NEWS

2010-07-05T20:20:00.002+10:00

A visit by BOB COLLARD M.B.E. from central coast prostate support group was very informative.Thank you very much bob.

Kevin's Boat Trailer

2010-06-29T23:42:00.000+10:00

Kevin D, felt that His boat trailer needed maintenance so, 4 blokes from the Shed and off came the boat and the trailer to the Shed. It's not long before it looked this, new springs and U bolts purchased. A coat of Rust-converter today.

We will keep you posted!

2322 VISIT

2010-06-28T16:58:00.002+10:00

We had a visit from the 2322 "postcode" mens shed today.The men come from the hunter regent and are in the early stagers of starting a shed.Good luck and if we can help any more don't hesitate to get in touch.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

2010-06-28T16:37:00.002+10:00

The AGM was held today at the shed the results were as follows.
CHAIRMAN/SECRETARY PETER JESSOP
TREASURER GRAHAM BOWIE
CLUSTER REP ALAN SPARKES
SAFETY COMMITTEE BRAD GOLDING DOUG GORDON
GRAAME HATTON JIM NEWHOUSE
ALAN SPARKES ADNIN SMITH
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

BBQ DAY

2010-06-24T17:33:00.002+10:00

Fifteen guys from Samarians and there carers came for a BBQ today,lots of fun and laughs was had by all.

SCROLL SAW WORK

2010-06-24T17:20:00.002+10:00

What a great piece of work done by Dave on the scroll saw, well done Dave.