TVWW
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
for
March
2009
Loyd Ackerman called the meeting to order at 7:00.
It should be noted that this meeting was very well attended.
The club welcomed Stormy Tomish & Tony Harrison
as guests.
Ann Cline was also a guest and will write an article
about our exposition for Tempo magazine.
And several
new members joined the club.
Allen Babian
Trevor Moeller
Remember that newsletters can be obtained from Jim
Steadman.
Loyd made the comment that dues are past due.
Loyd again encouraged member participation in our
woodworking exhibition as well as volunteers to help with the tremendous amount
of work needed to make it a success. He displayed the detailed schedule and
went over several publicity efforts. He
especially outlined the email campaign, which everyone is encouraged to use.
He also stated that the TVWW website is a great
place for info and to learn more about the history of the
club. Consider making it your
homepage as an easy way to keep up with what’s happening.
Henry Davis continued to stress use of the club
library and stated that a future program will highlight use of and how to use
the club library. He
also mentioned that the club now has 46 titles in the library.
Doyle commented that the new CD on making
peppermills is excellent and using it is all you would need to get started.
Members can contact David Sapp at Woodcraft in
Franklin concerning a sharpening workshop to be held at the store.
Everyone was reminded that the picnic would be June
6th at Falls Mills.
It was mentioned that the Carvers meet the first
Saturday of the month. There is a
Carver’s workshop at Phil Bishop’s shop for 15 attendees (The workshop is
full). The carvers will also have the
Totem Pole at the Dogwood festival.
There have been two hand-cut dovetail workshops at
Tom Cowen’s. Both were a great success.
Tom announced a spindle turning workshop at his shop
on April 25th. The signup
response was overwhelming and Tom will work the details.
In
the Spirit of Fine Woodworking Exhibition Info:
The
deadline for any new entries is April 15th.
Bob
Addington is doing the layout for the exhibition.
Ann
Clive is writing an article for publicity.
A comprehensive email
campaign will also be conducted to increase publicity and everyone is urged to
participate.
Any questions can be
answered by the steering committee. The
leads in particular areas are:
On site documentation Chuck Taylor
Site coordination Doyle McConnell
Public Relations Karen Kerce
Browning
Publicity Louis
Bryant
Fixtures Bob
Addington
On site staff Vince
Zaccardi
Finances Jim
Steadman
Also there will be
seven door prizes to be given out
Old
Business
Bob Addington will need
help to build fixtures at his shop.
New
Business
Ross Roepke is looking for help to support window repair
and replacement at Falls Mills.
Ken Gould stated that there would be a blacksmith
workshop, which will cost $40 for three sessions. See Ken for details.
Sharon Wright mentioned that the ‘TN Renegade
Woodcarvers Roundup’ was coming up at a cost of $200.
Show
& Tell
Dave Jacobs presented a slide show on maple
cabinets.
Bob Leonard showed a slide of the knife he made for
a door prize for the exhibition. He also
showed a scroll saw model car and a jig for mounting jig saw blades.
Tom Gillard displayed his latest model sailboat made
from several different woods.
Bob Reece displayed two violins, one German and one
Italian. Both were played to demonstrate
the subtle differences.
Ross Roepke showed a walnut recipe box that was
being shipped to a friend in Hawaii.
Maurice Ryan displayed a pair of lamps made from
either boxwood or box elder.
Dave May had a carving of three bears that took
second place in a Huntsville show.
Newt Wright showed the dovetail work that he
accomplished at the workshop at Tom Cowan’s.
Sharon Wright also showed work she at Tom Cowan’s
workshop on dovetails.
Phil Bishop showed and commented that composite
furniture pulls have been used since 1870.
At this point Phil Bishop, Henry Davis
and Tom Cowan were recognized as charter members of the TVWW club.
Program
Ron Reimers presented a program on making Native
American flutes. He also played several
and made the comment that very little music was written for these flutes.