TVW MONTHLY
MEETING MINUTES
for
Tom
Cowan called the meeting to order at
The
club recognized and welcomed the following individuals as guests:
1. Walt Conden
2. Larry Windlen
3. Bob McCormick (unique
carver and program presenter)
The
club recognized and welcomed Frank, Francis and Brandon Pratt as a new members.
Old
Business:
Paul
Fulks made a report on the April 10, Seminar. Paul reported the seminar was a great success
with 35 attending. The presenters to a
person made great presentations that were informative and useful. Thanks to all who helped especially Doyle
McConnel (Turning Nested Bowls & Turning a Hollow Vessel), Phil Bishop
(Basic Furniture Carving & Dying to Match Old Finishes), Dick Wollam
(Carving Owls), Jim Jolliffe (Cottonwood Bark Carving) Dwain Adams
(Wood-burning) and Tom Cowan (Lacquer and Oil Finishing).
Carvers
Corner:
The
carvers meeting is held every 1st Saturday of the month at Phil
Bishops Shop at
New
Business:
Felix
Reese reported on the annual picnic to be held at Falls Mill on May 22. The event will begin at
A
short video was shown in which Tom Cowan, Henry Davis, and Phil Bishop
discussed the club’s beginning 25 years ago.
Plans are coming together for the 25th Anniversary Celebration
Event to be held on October 23.
Loyd
Akerman announced details for a Saturday Short Session on vacuum bagging on May
15. A sheet was passed around for
interested members to sign up. Contact Loyd
at ([email protected]) if you're interested.
Johnnie
Brown reported on plans for this year’s turning bee which will be held at Tom
Cowan’s Shop on June 15.
Paul
Fulks announced that a Saturday Short Session is being planned for displaying
jigs and templates. This session is
tentatively scheduled for June 26.
Anyone who has jigs or templates that would be interesting should
contact Paul. Paul also announced that
he was looking for a host for the event.
Show
and Tell:
Doyle
McConnell brought in two turned vases.
The vases were made from Sugar Maple which had beautiful Ambrosia Beetle
markings. The wood came from Paul Fulks
where the TVW Seminar was held on April 10.
The top of one vase had a cap made from Holly to replace the inferior
wood in the original. Doyle also
displayed a segmented salt shaker and pepper grinder made with 136 segments. The pieces were made from projects where the
wood left over was either too small or too deformed for use in a regular
project.
Bob
Reese reminded members that Christmas time was coming. Bob displayed a stave oil lamp holder
constructed from Poplar wood. The holder
was stained with Adeline type water based dye and then finished with Deft
oil.
Tom
Cowan displayed a tea table made from Curly Cherry. The table had a tilt top which Tom finished with
oil and then sprayed with dull lacquer.
Felix
Reese made a table from walnut. The plan
that Felix used for his design was from the table plans provided a last year’s
workshop by Ronnie Young. Felix finished
the piece with boiled linseed oil, sand and sealer, followed with a sprayed on
lacquer.
Jim
Van Cleave brought in a piece of Basswood into which he had carved a floral
wreath. The carving was finished with
Deft oil.
Matt
Brothers displayed a jewelry box which he constructed from Mahogany and
Walnut. The piece was finished with
Danish oil and lacquer.
Jim
Accord purchased from WoodCraft the metal parts for a gardening set (gardening
fork and miniature shove). Jim then
turned the handles on his lathe. The
handles were turned from Cherry. Later
Jim purchased a nearly identical set from TJ Max with Maple handles already
assembled. Jim sanded the handles down
to 400 grit with sandpaper and then used Scotch Brite pads for the final prep.
Ken
Gould who is known for his blacksmith work was asked to produce a gavel for a
local women’s organization. Ken displayed
a prototype he made from Cedar in order to check out the proportions and get
construction confirmation. Ken liked the
prototype so much he recommended it be used as the final product however the
women asked that make it in Cherry. Ken showed
both gavels which he finished with Danish Oil.
Jay
Hazel made a cutting board using cut maple blocks to produce a round cutting
board with only end grain exposed on the cutting surface. This board was similar to the board he made
last month which was round with no end grain on the cutting surface.
Don Rounsavill brought in two bowls he made from
maple. The bowls were made using a jig
with a router. He cut both the inner and
outer part of the bowls using a router.
The bowls were made from Maple and Poplar and finished with a salad bowl
oil finish. Don made the jigs from
instructions he found at woodsmith.com.
Bill
May displayed a camel he carved from Sycamore wood. Bill also brought in two, one of kind, boy
and girl dolls for which he had carved the face, hands and feet. The dolls were complete and dressed. The girl doll had on her feet, Bill’s daughter’s
baby shoes.
Will
Gaetjens displayed a Biltmore stick which he glued up from pieces of maple with
Elmer’s Waterproof Glue.
Crocia
Robertson brought in a unique round wooden holder or some kind that she bought
at an estate sale to see if anyone could identify the piece. At last check no one had identified the use
of the wooden piece however conjectures were plentiful.
Program:
Bob
McCormick from