Gift: Men’s shed members with Lauren Woodman and friends, sitting on the tables made over the weekend.
Seymour Men’s Shed has spent some time helping prepare for the famous women’s wellness festival, Seven Sisters.
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Men’s shed members travelled to festival organiser Lauren Woodman’s property on Seymour-Toobarac Rd last weekend to help assemble the tables.
Four tables were finished on Saturday, September 9. The group will complete another four next weekend.
The tabletops were assembled at the men’s shed, and the legs and seats were finished on site.
The men shared their skills and knowledge, showing the group how to make the tables.
The tables will be assembled onsite over a two weekends. Members of the men shed will teach how to construct them.
Ms Woodman first approached Seymour Men’s Shed in 2022, and Seymour Men’s Shed President Mr Ken Butcher made three tables with sleepers donated to Ms Woodman.
Last year’s tables, along with the eight new tables, will be used by festival goers in November. They will be able to seat 110 people.
Mr Butcher said there were now four members who had made light work of the task.
“It has been a good project for us. We have changed a few things to make it more efficient and easier,” he said.
“Now we have gotten into the swing of things, and now we know what to cut; with three blokes, you can do one from scratch in a day, eight hours.”
Mr Butcher said the tables had been his favourite project to work on so far.
Handiwork: This is one of many tables the Seymour Men's Shed has made for community groups.
The Seymour Men’s Shed does various woodwork activities and repairs for different community groups.
“We’re kept reasonably busy,” Mr Butcher said.
“We had a bloke from Seven Hills in Tallarook approach us last year at the Show and Shine. We made 10 tables for him.
‘We’ve just made some tables for the Seymour Football Club. Three are done, and two are to come.
“We just cut out some figures for the Armistice Day for Seymour College to pin poppies on.”
Mr Butcher, an ex-engineer, is one of the few members at the men’s shed who are proficient welders, a skill he plans to use in an upcoming project.
“We’ve got some seats to make for the Tallarook cemetery, which we are starting on Thursday,” he said.
“I’m looking forward to doing the seats for the cemetery because they combine steel and timber.”
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