Montville club’s ‘Wonderful Weekend of Wood’ a success

Montville woodworker, Hugh, with one of his incredible creations. 

The Woodies Wonderful Weekend of Wood was a great success which attracted large crowds according to event co-ordinator and Vice President Julie Breen. 

Held recently at the Blackall Range Woodworkers Guild (also known as the Montville Woodies) headquarters at 230-238 Balmoral Road Montville, crowds enjoyed box making, scroll-sawing, pyrography and other skills on display as well as a huge and wonderful array of timber items made by members for sale on both days.

“People came from all over southeast Queensland to enjoy the varied activities on display, and no-one was disappointed,” said Woodies President Max Barrenger.

One of the popular attractions was the Miller’s Shed where the club’s millers showed how they handle the logs which are cut into slabs and then dried in accordance with a specific procedure to reduce the moisture content to a certain level before being used for wood making by members. Slabs were on sale to members of the public and many took advantage to buy slabs. 

The millers fielded enquiries about the various species of logs milled by them.

“All logs are donated to the club by members of the public who want to remove a tree from their properties for various reasons. So we are able to recycle the logs and also help the environment,” said Max.  

The mill was designed and constructed by Woodies member John Holland.

Max and Julie thanked everyone involved in the Weekend including the public, the media for excellent publicity, and Woodies members.

The Woodies plan to hold their annual Santa’s workshop prior to Christmas so members of the public can buy handcrafted wooden items which make excellent presents. 

A long-established tradition by Guild members is to make a range of children’s toys which are donated to the Salvation Army for distribution in their Christmas appeal.”