In Fairy Meadow there is the opportunity every Saturday morning to work with wood.
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If you are into wood, come out of the woodwork and join the not-for-profit Illawarra Woodworkers' Group.
This is an inclusive group of like minded men and women who meet on Saturday mornings (from 8.30am) in a workshop at Fairy Meadow Demonstration School to work on projects.
Our aim is to promote fine craftsmanship and maintain the traditional skills of working with timber.
The workshop is equipped with a large range of tools, from a state-of-the-art tablesaw, to three bandsaws, three lathes, a drill press and more.
In fact you do not need any of your own tools at all, as everything is there.
The group will assist new members with using the equipment safely.
They are always looking for new members and it does not matter what skills you have.
If you have the enthusiasm and ideas there will be someone at the club who can help guide you in a fun and friendly atmosphere.
This not-for-profit organisation relies on sales of woodwork made by members.
The group has also received donations from the Bendigo Bank.
Each Thursday afternoon during the school terms the group is visited by a group of pupils plus their teacher from the Fairy Meadow Demonstration School.
They are given instruction on using hand tools and they get the opportunity to make some wood items such as tool boxes and pencil cases.
Illawarra Woodworkers' Group also makes similar woodwork kits for Para Meadows Public School.
Do you have a wooden piece of furniture or toy that needs repairing?
The group has skilled carpenters who can give you a quote for the repair.
If you have a construction plan for an item, we can also make it for you.
The workshop is located in the grounds of Fairy Meadow Demonstration School with the entrance on the left side of Balgownie Road, approximately 200 metres from the Princes Highway in Fairy Meadow.
And all this for an annual membership fee of only $25 per year.
Please feel free to call the President Tony Bell on 0490 337 229.