York Men's Shed

24/12/2025

Merry Christmas to all of our friends and followers!

15/06/2025

Adrian has now completed his wooden bench plane... now - that table top looks like it needs planing 😝

12/04/2025

Adrian and Graydon are busy making wooden hand planes. A great project to hone hand tool woodworking skills.

04/02/2025

Another scrap wood project idea....

06/01/2025

Adrian has a penchant for upcycling…. but we didn’t dare ask what this creation of his was for.

24/12/2024

We would like to wish all our members and friends a very Merry Christmas! Hopefully you have all braved the crowds and are able to settle down for a peaceful and relaxing Christmas Day with family and friends.

07/12/2024

Project two - Garden Obelisks built be Steve. Steve made these from pressure treated 2x2’s These examples are quite large - but a smaller example could also be made from hardwood offcuts.

07/12/2024

At our lunch yesterday I mentioned when we announced our scrap wood challenge - I would be posting examples of projects that have been made in the shed generally in no more than 2-3 sessions. Hopefully this will provide ideas of the type or scale of projects that could be made from the wood in our shop.

The bedside table below is made from CLS timber (or 2x4’s) the top is from a scrap laminated board.

06/12/2024

We had our annual Christmas Lunch outing with the club today at The Hop on Fossgate where it appeared that a good time was had by all.

A new award titled the Plank of the Year was presented to Adrian in recognition of his prodigious use of 'interesting' planks of wood.

On that topic - we have launched a scrap wood challenge to help clear the inventory of offcuts in the Shed. Members have 6 weeks to submit their creations which must be made from wood that is currently stored in the shed. Mark and Stephen will select the winner in mid-January.

17/11/2024

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