TVWW
MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES
For
November 2009
Loyd Ackerman called the meeting to order at 7:00.
Guests: Casey Jones, Jason Had?, Pat Gleason, Shelton
Jones and Frank Van Cleave. Also Stanley
Dunn and Mr. Blankenship of BRC lumber were present as guests.
No new members.
Johnny Brown thanked all those who made the fall
seminar a great success.
Matt Brothers – his shop
Paul Fulks – logistics
Dan Maher – food
Felix Rees – coffee
Henry Davis – handling
the money.
Again it was stated that the Carvers meet the first
Saturday of the month.
Billy May stated that the Carvers presented the
Wounded Warrior canes to the Veterans on October 20th.
Dick Wollam took five ribbons at the Huntsville
Carvers show.
Remember that the Club’s Christmas Celebration is
Friday December 4th. Come
around 5pm and plan to ear around 5:45.
Directions and info are on the TVWW website. Everyone who attends is asked to bring a
small handmade gift to exchange and a covered dish (the club will not supply
meat this year).
Old Business: None
New Business: None
Show
& Tell: Loyd
displayed an amazing collection of segmented vessels, which will be given as
Christmas gifts.
Ron
Reimers showed a rack for holding his flutes and a cherry display case.
Bob
Reece displayed violin #28 that he has made.
He commented that the neck of this violin is the one he was working on
at the Coffee County fair. Jason then
played “Shenandoah Farewell” on it.
Doyle
McConnell also brought segmented vessels as well as a walnut vase. Some of the segmented vessels had inlaid
sections in various pieces.
Ross
Roepke brought a dolphin that he purchased from Carla Wright. It showed the skill and insight that Jim had
in his carving.
Tom
Gillard showed a flag case that he made for Richard Gulley. He also showed a piece of umbrella magnolia.
Jim
Van Cleave displayed a carved flower made out of boxwood.
Bob
Addington showed a sliding bookrack finished with wipe on poly.
Jay
Hazel, who is also a member of the Stones River club, showed a set of salad
tongs. He also had a box made out of
mesquite, which he said was the most stable wood he’s ever worked with. He also had a dresser top valet box (a man
box) and a rolling pin with a inlaid Celtic cross made out of cherry.
Allen
Odell brought a Wounded Warrior cane and an oak bench.
John
Mayberry had two pepper grinders one out of peach and the other out of spalted
maple.
Matt
Brothers displayed a game room stool which had a leather seat.
A
nonmember (I didn’t get his whole name & I can’t decipher my own writing)
visited Grizzly Industrial and showed pictures of six-foot - high segmented
turnings in their showroom.
Will
Gaetijens brought a maple food presser that had a cherry center. This device is used to stuff food into a meat
grinder.
Program: Ross Roepke talked about his
techniques of making boxes. He displayed
some of the jigs he uses and discussed the shortcuts he’s developed and the
lessons learned over his long career in his shop.