Please
Note Special orders are taken on
mostly for charities or organisations in
circumstances of financial constraints or where
the article involved is bespoke and cannot be
sourced by any other means.
The club does not wish to compete with any
woodworker who makes a living out of his/her
craft.
The Lectern
Number 11 Operational
Base Unit RAAF
Moruya's airport played a very
important role during WWII.Infrastructure was
built around the airport to support
communications.
The Japanese came in close to the NSW East Coast
and several ships were sunk. Airmen from several
countries flew out of Moruya to surveille the
enemy.
In the years since,the history of this space has
been almost forgotten,until recently.
Historian and spokesperson ,Gary Traynor for the
group of volunteers from 'Moruya Matters' have
been behind the push to commemorate the men who
kept watch and died 'When War Came to Moruya'.
The Moruya Matters group have been responsible
for the maintenance of WWII bunkers at Moruya
Airport and now the RSL has become involved in
the restoration.
Peter Mc Dowell and others re-purposed some
cedar to make this lectern which will be used
for the first time at the 2023 Anzac Day
ceremony and will be used in future for
ceremonial and commemorative occasions.
Knife Block by Malcolm Mc Donald
Custom made for a serious cook/chef
out of timber sourced from the local area.
Broulee Public School
In 2020 Woodies members
Nick Hopkins and David Keating were
approached by Broulee Public School to
assist in redesigning some of their tired
landscaping in the playground.
Nick brushed off
his Auto CAD skills and prepared an
A1 landscape concept plan which the
P&C,teachers and parents mulled
over and suggested amendments.
After a few iterations of
the plan, one priority
area was selected. Nick prepared a
materials list for distribution to the
parents to see what donated items and
labour would be forthcoming.
The response was heartening.
One element design was
borrowed from another Woodies project,the
Mogo playground,where hardwood stumps were
concreted in place on stirrups to create a
stepping stone 'journey' for the children.
The design also involved sourcing a
truckload of granite rocks to act as a
perimeter of a mulched pit centred on an
existing concrete culvert.
David and Nick visited Bergalia Quarry and
hand picked the rocks mid-January. One
parent had an excavator big enough to
manoeuvre the rocks into position at the
school.Other parents including the
Principal, donated time,energy and expertise
on successive days.
The outcome is a fabulous public school
playground. A true testament to generosity
in the spirit of community service.
David
Keating and Stephen Beashel at the quarry.
Windmill This windmill has a new home
at Surfside.
It is made of Oregon,Western
Red Cedar H3 pine and plywood. Best of all
,all of its parts rotate.
Anglicare
Anglicare Moruya contacted
the club to ask if we could make a table and
chairs for little people to sit at while mum and
dad were speaking to staff. A book
case,chalkboard and some toys were added.
Pawlonia donation
A donation of Pawlonia logs
was made to the club with a request that a
Magpie be carved for the donor.
Peter Mc Dowell stepped up to the challenge
after realising that no one else was able to do
the job.
What an amazing result!
The magpie's feet and tail are part of the log.
Masonic Lodge
Moruya Masonic Lodge came to
the club for a second time requesting assistance
with the restoration of ceremonial objects.
The result is stunning!
Mobility
Scooter
Peter McDowell was asked if he
could make a mobility scooter as a gift for
the manager of a wheelchair factory.
The scooter has a swiveling seat so its driver
can get in and out. It is made from maple,red
cedar,black-wood,silver ash and the piece de
resistance, bamboo tooth picks! Amazing
craftsmanship. If there were such things as
fairies they could ride!
Durras Street Library
The street
library movement is becoming very popular and
little cupboards like this are popping up in
communities in the most surprising places. They
are usually not very big and are filled with
books that people have finished reading and have
decided to donate to anyone in the community who
likes to read.The borrowed book and borrower is
not recorded and many people take a book and
leave a book.
The past time of reading a book is not dead!
Mark Barraclough was the project manager of this
book cupboard. The Durras community finished it off
with its colourful artwork!
The Table
Made for Sharyn's other son (see
below) to comfortably seat 8 people.
Made
from 3 slabs of 2200x1100x30mm River She Oak.
7 biscuits were used for each join.
Live bark edge with Estapol to give it strength and
the top is finished with 2 coats of Ozmo Polyx -
Oil.
The legs were made by Sharyn's son from enclosed
rectangular steel ,100wide x 10mm thick.
The legs were attached with 10 screws each to anchor
the ends and avoid timber movement.
The Desk
Sharyn's son asked if she would make him
a desk. With help and advice from experienced
members this was the result.
A magnificent desk 2150 x 640 ,made of 2 slabs of
River She Oak with a feature of a natural edge. It
has been finished with burnishing oil and the
legs,100mm x 80mm steel were made by Sharyn's other
son.
It is a beautiful piece of furniture !
Adirondack
Chairs
These
chairs were ordered after the customer saw a pair
exhibited at Tilba.
Ralph
Vine was in charge of this project and Don Jeeves
turned the legs.
Eurobodalla Show Society
A Cow
The
Eurobodalla Show Society is always looking to
provide entertainment at the Annual Show. For 2018
the committee thought that children should be able
to get a feel for the country life by 'milking' a
'cow'.
Team leader Malcolm and some helpers made a 'cow'.
Susanne painted the cow and when finished, the cow ,
which has a swinging leg, will have its leg tied
back (cows kick) and an udder made with a rubber
glove.To finish it off it will have a rope tail to
swish at the milker.
A three legged stool was also made so that patrons
of the show could 'milk' the cow and have their
picture taken.
'Bessie' ready to be handed over to the Show
committee for the finishing touches.
You can see how 'Bessie' turned out on the 'Out and
About' page. The Original
Gold Rush Colony
The Gold
Rush Colony requested that we make an instrument of
torture and punishment to show its patrons what our
forebears endured when they fell foul of the law!
The stocks made their debut at the Mogo Village
Christmas Gala.
Despite the
fact that they weren't locked into place the victim
was not going anywhere without assistance!
Mogo Preschool
Mogo Preschool requested a 'sign in'
table for their littlies. David Keating was in
charge of designing and executing this beautiful
Ironbark and Silky Oak table for the entrance.
Belay Pins
A Boat Restoration required some
replacement belay pins.
John Tanner mobilized his turning students and
had them use their new skills to turn
replacement pins out of hardwood which should
last much longer than the originals.
Note the pin in the middle. It was made of pine
and was one of the few left in a usable
condition.
Masonic
Lodge Doors
The
Moruya Masonic Lodge needed a pair of doors.
They had
to be special doors to fit in with the decor of
the Lodge.
This
picture shows JJ discussing the magnificent hand
made detail done by Peter Mc Dowell.
You
couldn't buy a door like this from any shop!
Awards
The Guild was asked if we could assist with some
awards for staff at the department of Human
Services at Centrelink in Batemans Bay.
The artwork was provided and Bob Kolderie
fashioned a burl as a base to complement the
metalwork.
