TVWW MONTHLY
MEETING MINUTES
for
October 19,
2010
Tom
Cowan called the meeting to order at
Guests
& Visitors:
The
club recognized and welcomed the following individuals as guests:
·
Jim
Vanover
·
Evan
Jones
·
Joe
Ferraro
·
Mark
Ledbetter
New
Members:
·
Mike
Addington
·
Evan
Jones
Announcements:
B.
A. Niles has been having problems with his heart lately. Bob Lenard reported that Niles was doing better
after a hospital stay. Bob passed around
a card for members to sign for Niles.
Tom
reported Woodcraft of Franklin will be holding a 7th Anniversary
sale this Friday, Saturday and Sunday (October 22, 23, and 24). David Sapp offered the Club a display tent
however we declined because of our 25th
Anniversary Dinner. David has been a
great supporter of our club since he opened the store. Tom encouraged members to support the event
and wear your club name tags. Club
members who would like to attend the sales event as a group may meet Tom Cowan
on Friday morning at 7 a.m. at the Manchester Cracker Barrel for food,
fellowship, and a ride to the event..
Show and Tell:
Loyd
Ackerman displayed one bowl and two hollow vessels he turned from scrap Red
Maple. Some of the scrap came from a Red
Maple log that was used for turning at the Coffee County Fair. Loyd reminded members that scrap can be
valuable. End cutoffs can be used to
turn beautiful pieces. On the other hand if you have scrap and don’t intend to
use it call Loyd he’ll be glad to pick it up.
Doyle
McConnell brought in three pepper mills he made from a piece of Sugar Maple. He made five mills for five sisters. Since he made the mills from green sugar
maple he had to remake a couple of the pieces that cracked. One had a black mark on top that looked like
a magic marker made it but Doyle said, “the Good Lord
put it there.”
Ross
Roepeke built a small table for his son from White Oak. The unique feature of the table was a hidden
drawer he made into the end of the table.
Geoff
Roehm made and brought in three guitars.
Geoff played all three after discussing their construction. The first guitar had a top of Western Cedar
with the sides and back made of Brazilian Rosewood. The second guitar he displayed was a
resonating guitar. It had an aluminum resonator
insert in the top and an aluminum resonator cone inside the guitar body. The top of the instrument was made of Walnut
with Holly binding. The third guitar was
made entirely from Walnut. Geoff said many
people have claimed that Walnut cannot be used for an entire guitar. Goeff played and few cords which sounded
beautifully and challenged the world to determine the wood a guitar is made of
by listening to it. Geoff
has a CNC machine (Computer Numeric Control) which he is now using to cut all
the finger boards and heads and install pearl inlay.
Felix
Reese brought in a table he made from Walnut.
It was a narrow long table with tapered legs and two drawers. Felix turned the drawer knobs and used box
joints on the drawers.
Dick
Wolham brought in a relief carving of a horse head which he brought in a few
months ago when he began the project. At
that time Dick reported that he was going to keep a tally of the hours that it
took to finish the carving. The total
time required for the basswood carving was 69 ¾ hours. Dick used Walnut Oil to finish the bass wood
and covered it with a mat finish.
Anthony
Watts built a number of Shaker boxes that he made for Christmas presents. Anthony constructed the boxes from maple and
finishes them with milk paint. Anthony
uses the Old Fashioned Milk Paint brand which requires straining again and
again. To get the colors deep enough he
coated each box with four coats of milk paint followed by two coats of
oil.
Will
Gaetjens brought in a Biltmore Stick he constructed
from Red Oak with Mahogany end caps and secured with popular pegs. The numbers and words were applied to the
stick using Sharpie Pens. Will added the
numbers and his sister who has calligraphy training added the wording. The final finish on the stick was polyurethane.
Program:
An
excellent program was delivered by Goeff on his CNC (Computer Numeric Control)
machine which he uses to construct musical instruments. Goeff wrote all the music for the video
program. The instruments used to play
the music were all made by Goeff. All
the music was played by Geoff. In short
Geoff is a very talented craftsman. CNC
machine allows Goeff to improve quality, precision and repeatability. The mother of pearl inlay used for the name in
the head of the guitar is routered using the CNC machine and is undersized by 9
ten thousands of an inch. This is the
kind of accuracy that can be obtained using a CNC machine. Since purchasing the CNC machine Goeff has
added software and updated some of the other software. Goeff built a touch pad to automatically
index the router to the top of his work surface.
The
CNC machine requires the use of multiple software programs such as a CAD
program to develop the design, an image capture program, and a translation or
conversion program to convert a design into machine control code. Geoff explained his evolution in equipment
from a coping saw and jeweler’s saw to a table router. He then displayed a wood rat developed in
England that allows for good control of a router. He is now using the CNC machine which allows
Geoff to improve the quality on an already high quality instrument.