November 14, 2024 The Traverse City Philharmonic has been anxiously awaiting their custom made sheet music storage cabinets since the original request was brought to the Men's Shed in July. Cabinet maker Tom Stark, assisted by several Shedders, was pleased to deliver finished cabinets to the TC Phil at their new home in the Cherryland Center. Great job guys!
October 31, 2024 - The Grand Traverse Men's Shed has completed the construction of the raised garden beds for the new Children's Sensory Garden at the Historic Barns Park. All but a few remaining pieces were delivered on October 17th.
September 2024 - The Grand Traverse Men's Shed has volunteered to construct the wooden elements (made with western red cedar) for the new Children's Garden at the Historic Barns Park. The garden will be finished (weather permitting) this fall. Here Shedders Lee, Jim and Blain begin to cut the first of the pieces.
September 2024 - The TSO's sheet music cabinets are in the final stages of production. Tom Slack will be adding the cabinet doors and the back facing soon.
August 2024 - Now that we're about finished moving in to our new home and setting up the workshop, we have begun work on a number of community projects that were waiting in the wings. This one really shows off the incredible range of skills to be found among our members. Here cabinet maker Tom Slack takes the lead in constructing an intricate shelving system for the Traverse City Philharmonic’s vast collection of orchestral sheet music. Helping with the project are Shedders Gary Wertz and Blaine Masvero. The project calls for three of these music cabinets to be constructed by this fall.
November 2023 - Every year National Cherry Festival volunteers set out, move around daily and collect traffic barricades. It's not surprising that they begin to show their age. In July the Men's Shed accepted the task of refurbishing the barricades. The Festival staff delivered over a hundred barricades, many in pretty poor shape. The Shedders began by sorting the various pieces by size and condition. There are three pieces to each barricade: the horizontal bar and the two A-frame pieces that support each end. Next came the repair of all broken parts, sanding off old loose paint, and repainting everything. Nearly all of the horizontal pieces, and many of the a-frame stands were finished for the Festival crew's first pick up on the 20th of October. Their crew picked up the remaining pieces on the 14th. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK SHEDDERS!
The first pick up by the Festival.
Our Spray Painting Crew - Some think they got more paint on themselves than the work pieces!
June 13, 2023 - Despite the less than ideal weather, seven Shedders braved the unusually cold June day to install the white crosses our chapter has been restoring over the winter. Native American historian Scott Schwander was on-hand to provide guidance. Lunch at the Pour House in Lake Leelanau was enjoyed by all.
We are now in our new home in the Oak Shore Commons in Acme. The street address is 6469 US 31, Williamsburg, MI 49690. In the meantime, our mailing address is 3171 Lamp Post Ln Traverse City, MI 49685. We are open from 9 AM until noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
We hope to expand those hours soon. Stay tuned!
