TVWW MONTHLY
MEETING MINUTES
for
Tom
Cowan called the meeting to order at
The
club recognized and welcomed the following individuals as guests:
1. Joe Simon
--from the
2. Don Rounsavil-
from the
3. Glenn Hester
4. Timothy Harrison
5. Jimbo Warren
from General Industrial Supply, Inc. (program presenter)
The
club recognized and welcomed Joe Simon and Don Rounsavil as new members.
Tom
Cowan commented for the last time that dues are past due. Bob Addington reported
of 173 past members 124 have paid. There
are still 49 previous members who have not rejoined. See Bob Addington to pay your due and be
reinstated as an active member.
Old
Business:
Paul
Fulks made a report on the upcoming April 10, Seminar. The seminar will be held
at Paul Fulks’ shop at
Session
1 |
Turning
Nested Bowls. |
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presented
by Doyle McConnell |
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Session
2 A |
Basic
Furniture Carving |
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presented
by Phil Bishop |
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B |
participants
will pick one of following three carving sessions |
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Carving
Owls presented by Dick Wollam |
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2 |
Cottonwood
Bark Carving presented
by Jim Jolliffe |
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3 |
Wood
burning presented
by Dwain Adams |
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LUNCH-
12:00 to 12:30 |
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Session
3 |
Turning
Hollow Vessels With a Laser |
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including
dying a vessel- |
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presented
by Doyle McConnell |
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Session
4 A |
Finishing
with Lacquer and Dying to Match Old |
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Finshes presented by Phil Bishop |
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B |
Lacquer
and Oil Finishing |
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presented
by Tom Cowan |
The
activities for the day will run from
Schedule
for Seminar |
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8:30
to 10:00 am 1st Presentation |
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The
cost is $8.00 with lunch and drinks provided.
Carvers
Corner:
The
carvers meeting is held every 1st Saturday of the month at Phil
Bishops Shop at
New
Business:
Bob
Brown announced the Celtic Cup in
Tom
announced that plans were coming together for the 25th Anniversary
Banquet. Dan Maher is Chairman. The group is also putting together a
Historical Video. Plan to attend on
Jay
Hazel announced that the Stones River Woodworker Club will be hosting a seminar
on Saturday May 8 with Alf Sharp. The
seminar will last from 8 to 5 with “hands on instruction”. Those interested should contact Doug Pelren @ 1-615-273-2749. The cost for the seminar is $55. Jay is not certain if more openings are available. Contact Doug Pelren for further
information.
Show
and Tell:
Matt
Brothers brought pictures of a cherry sideboard he just finished making with
square pegs in all the mortise and tendon joints. Matt finished the piece in Danish Oil and
coated it with lacquer. All the drawer backs
and sides were made of solid cherry and machine dovetailed.
Jay
Hazel brought a stave bowl he made from curly maple the bought from BRC in
McMinnville. The bowl was made from 12
sections that were glued up with Titebond® III.
The bottom was glued with waterproof epoxy. Jay finished the bowl with walnut oil which
he coated with a mixture of bee’s wax and mineral oil.
Vince
Zaccardi displayed two cutting boards that were made of walnut and cherry wood glued
with Titebond® III. The cutting boards
were finished by rubbing in mineral oil.
Bob
Addington brought two cutting boards that he made from maple which he purchased
from BRC. The top and bottom ends of the boards were accented using cherry with
the outside holes elongated. The edges
were grooved to keep meat juices from running off the edge. Bob also made a maple bookshelf which he
finished with five coats of wipe on polyurethane.
Tom
Cowan has become very interested in Federal style furniture (early
1800”s). Federal style furniture is
considered by many to be elegant and light. Tom brought in two candle stands he
designed in the Federal style. A candle
stand is somewhat higher than a regular table since it’s purpose was to hold a
candle high enough to provide light for those who were seated and reading. One
table had raised inlay while the other had regular inlay. Many Federal pieces have eagles and ferns
made from contrasting woods. For these
two candle stands Tom created a unique design using contrasting inlays made
from sycamore, mahogany and curly maple.
Tom finished the piece using Watco which is similar to Deft. The top coat is spayed lacquer. He especially likes M.L. Cambell Lacquer (15 sheen) which he
purchases in
Felix
Reese built a walnut table. The drawer
displays turned wooden knobs. Felix
stated that although the piece has only two knobs he had to turn three to come
close to making the knobs match. The
piece was finished with sand and sealer and polyurethane.
Walter
Clement brought in some wood engraving.
The oldest was made from three pieces of boxwood and is .981 inches
thick to fit the Gutenberg Press. Woodcuts
were made by first whitewashing the wood.
An artist would then draw a picture on the whitewashed wood. The final step was to carve out everything
that was white leaving the black drawing to be used in a printing press. Woodcuts were made using face grain of the
wood for carving while wood engraving was made using the end grain of the wood.
Paul
Jalbert brought in a wood carving he completed.
The shape was in that of the Ten Commandments stone. In it was carved “XI Silence Thy Ringtone”.
John
Mayberry displayed a frame he made from cherry.
The picture in the frame was of a barn built around 1914 for $1,000 on
his Grandfathers farm in
Wayne
Ison detailed for the club a story on glue. The first job
Ken
Burgess brought in bark carvings of houses and trees. The trees were stained green which gave the
small houses a realistic appearance.
Will
Gaetjens brought in a cherry hot plate he made.
Will bored holes in the cherry and inserted spent 22 caliber brass
shells in the holes to keep the heated surfaces from directly contacting the
wood.
Bob
Reese brought in a rocking horse like the one he made for his newest
granddaughter. He made the rocker from
cherry and used Adeline dye to give it an appearance of age. The Adeline dye takes well in maple and other
very hardwoods. The cherry looked very because
of the deep red color.
Allen
Odell displayed two Alaskan style fishing lures he made using alder wood and
deer horn.
Program:
Jimbo
Warren of General Industrial Supply in