Minutes for March 19, 2013 meeting
of the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers

Vice-President Karen Browning called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

• Members in attendance: ____
• Guests: (2) Don Farr & Lori Ann Thompson
• New Members: August Dobert & Bob Colburn

Reminders:

• Vice-President Browning reminded all guests to sign the guest sheet.
• General meeting always on the third Tuesday of each month
• Carvers meetings are always the first Saturday of each month
• Signup for the Super Door Prize. A clipboard was passed around for members to sign up for the grand door prize to be presented at the Christmas party.

Club events for 2013:

• Club Picnic will be May 18^th at Falls Mill.
• Turning Bee scheduled for June 1 at Larry Wendland’s shop.
• Coffee County Fair will be September 16-21.
• Christmas Party will be Friday December 13.
• University of the South Exposition will be September 8^th -15th, 2013.
• Seminars, Workshops, Shop Tours are all TBA.

Carvers Event:

• Meetings are held at Phil Bishops shop the 1^st Saturday of each month
• Cornbread Festival will be April 27^th- 28^th, 2013.
• Dogwood Festival is held May 3-5.
• Polly Crockett Festival will be September 21-23.
• Huntsville Show will be the first weekend in November, 2013

Announcements:

• Vice-President Browning reminded the membership that dues for the 2013 year are due and payable to Bob Addington.
• Doyle McConnell announced that he would be glad to do another “peppermill workshop” for any that might be interested.
• Greg Meyers announced the Panoply to be held in Huntsville, AL April 26^th -28^th.
• The North Alabama Wood Crafters Club will have a Spring Seminar, Saturday March 23rd at 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM.  The Registration Fee of $25 includes lunch. 
• Ken Gould presented the opportunity to make additions to member’s personal woodworking libraries by choosing from the many books from the library of the late Kenneth Cowan which were gifted for dispersion by Mrs. Cowan.
• Ross Roepke also, offered free hard copies of” “Splinters” dating over the last 21 years.
• Loyd Ackerman encouraged members to participate in the use of the Forum.

• President Deuermeyer continues to improve from his recent hospital stay.  Vice-President Karen Browning requested volunteers to help her with the repair of his outdoor swing as a token of the club’s thoughts and prayers for his recovery.
• A status report was given for Maurice Ryan, long time member, who is now in re-hab in Tullahoma: Newt Wright who remains in Centennial Hospital, Nashville; and Tom Cowan is recovering at home.  On a sad note, member Bob Brown passed away since the previous meeting.  His services were March 18, 2013 in Tullahoma.
• Ross Roepke announced that he had a low angle plane if anyone was interested.

Old Business

• 2013 dues are due and payable to Bob Addington.
• Tools for Sale on the club web page.

New Business

• Vice-President Karen Browning asks for a show of hands regarding the change of time for the meetings from 7:00PM to 6:30PM.  The conclusion was to continue to meet at 7:00PM

Show and Tell for the March meeting:

·       Tom Gillard began by showing a picture of an extremely tall and straight tulip poplar tree that he had observed while camping with the Boy Scout Troop.

·       Jim Van Cleave Showed pictures of a brick fence which had an arched entryway constructed with lattice.  He also showed a lattice trellis that he had constructed at the end of his house.

·       Ken Gould brought a finger joint jig for a table saw and a “carving in the round” vise made from piping and fittings.

·       Doyle McConnell displayed a closed vessel of maple.

·       Andy Weaver showed a cherry peppermill that he had made for a family member and a pen and pencil set created from cut offs of oak flooring.

·       Don Terry brought a cherry framed mirror that he made to be used as a door to a recessed bathroom cabinet.  His pattern was from “WOOD” magazine.

·       Gary Runyon brought a hand plane that was made in a workshop he hosted for the North Al Wood Crafters.

·       Vince Zaccardi showed bottle stoppers turned from cut offs given him by Bob Reece.  Also, several small wooden bowls.

·       Jim Everett’s talent was displayed in a large intarsia landscape with hippos and elephants at a watering hole. 

·       Bob Addington and Paul Fults brought the ends of two oak church pews which they had made.  These were to be used when a long pew was cut into two small ones.

·       Doug Dunlap displayed a casserole holder made of cherry, maghoney, and cork.

·       Mickey Knowles created a small vase from wood cut by beavers and ask for help in identifying the wood.

·       Reily Earle displayed a gumball machine, a box elder scroll saw box, and a small bowl which appeared woven.

·       Don Farr displayed a segmented vessel with intricate design created from 1800 pieces of different wood.

·       Greg Meyers showed ice cream scoops that he had turned handles to fit.  He discussed the differences of the two; one he purchased from Wood Turners Supply and one from Rockler catalogs.

·       Ross Roepke displayed a box he created from poplar molding cut-offs.  He purchased an interesting board from BRC to use for the top.  He was asking advice as to finish work.

Program:   Gadgets & Gizmos by Doyle McConnell

Our speaker for the evening was one of our own, Doyle McConnell.  Doyle is a long time club member and extraordinary woodworker.  He has mentored many in the club and tried to train others in his art.

 His restorations of many fine antique pieces are flawless. His work was featured in Country Living magazine a few years back.  Turning seems to be his passion as evidenced in his creations.  He and Juel have traveled to Provo, Utah several times to avail themselves of opportunities to learn new “tricks of the trade”.  He always graciously shares his knowledge.     

Many of the gadgets and gizmos shown were creations of Doyle designed to fill a need.  Turning tools were made as needed to do a specific job.  Other tidbits were lessons learned “the hard way”.  He shared advice on the purchase of new tools giving pros and cons of different brands and sizes.

Doyle never sees a problem only an opportunity to learn and create.