Bowral Men's Shed Inc

The Bowral Men's Shed (BMS) was opened on 12th June 2003 with the help of the Bowral Uniting Church, Uniting Care North Sydney, Aging and Disability and Wham as a place where men from the community could get together and support each other. Now officially called Bowral Men's Shed Inc. It is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 08:00 to 14:30. It currently has 40 members with a broad range of backgrounds and varying skill levels. Members are able to work in any of the three sheds and undertake personal projects as well as help out with community projects. It is also a great place to make new friends and hone your skills or even learn new ones in a friendly environment looking out for each others safety and wellbeing.

Committee for 2024/2025

President: Darryl Purnell
​Vice President: John Carter
Secretary:  John Chapman
Treasurer:  Norm Dodds

Workshop Manager: Bob Green
Welware Officer: Chris Brangwin
​IT Co-ordinator: Peter McGufficke

​Public Officer: Henry Wroniak

Activities

The Men's Shed has three fully equipped workshops (wood, metal and computing/electronics) where skilled and unskilled men can share time, swap yarns, work on their own projects or work together on community projects.
Areas of activity include:

• Designing and making woodwork and metalwork items for sale or donations to community organizations.
• Design and repair furniture items.
• Various one-off projects for community needs.
• Painting, sanding, varnishing, assembling and decorating etc.
• Computer workshop and education.
• Computer upgrades and problem fixing.
• Electronic projects using Raspberry Pi's, Arduino Uno, or esp8266 micro controllers.

Membership fee and other costs

• Opening hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:00 to 14:30
• $6.00     Per week subscription.
• $40.00   Upon joining which included  branded T-Shirt with the BMS logo.
• $10.00   Yearly Membership fee payable 1st July.
• $30.00   Yearly member's insurance fee payable 1st March.