The meeting was conducted in the UTSI Auditorium due to the use of room H111 by a weeklong meeting of law enforcement officers. Officer Fergison of the UTSI security detail helped us make the move and, beginning at 6:55, took over directing members to the auditorium relieving club members of that task to allow them to join the meeting.
Vice President, Vince Zaccardi convened the meeting at about 7:05 PM. The delayed start was due to the setup time resulting from the above change of venue.
Vince announced the program was to be given by Matt Brothers, Phil Bishop, and Doyle McConnell on the subject of finishing.
New member Bill Mauzy of Sewanee
Announcements:
· Reminder of the picnic and auction on June 22 at Falls Mill
· Report of the successful shop tour at Monteagle, Tracy City, and Sewanee to Dean Lutz and Geoff Roehm’s shops.
· Report that turning Bee on June 8 at Larry Wendland’s shop was a great success.
· Dan Maher gave an update on the Club Exposition to be held on September 8 through 15 at the University of the South Archives Building. Setup will be on the preceding Friday and Saturday. A signup sheet was circulated to recruit any exhibitor not already sighed up.
· A reminder of the Coffee County fair given. The third week in September.
· Heritage day at Tim’s Ford SP is on October 12 from 11 AM to 4:00 PM; Contact Ranger Josh at 931-962-1183.
· A reminder of the Christmas party at the Nazarene church in Decherd on December 13.
· A reminder of the fall seminar on October 19. Ronnie Young and Scott Tinker will present and lunch will be catered.
· Carver’s events. First Saturday every month at Phil Bishop’s shop. Harry May will demonstrate in July club meeting.
· Polly Crockett Festival in Cowan on September 21-23 for carvers.
· Huntsville show in early November.
· Reminder to use the library and forum and tool sale lists on the website
· Master woodworkers show in Knoxville November 1-3
· Prayers and thoughts asked for John Mayberry and Phil Bishop
· No old or new business noted.
Phil Bishop asked for a minute to announce that he will be retiring from woodworking since his doctors have told him that there was nothing they could do to reverse his health decline. The entire membership arose to give Phil a standing ovation.
Show and Tell:
Show and tell was an extensive show of members’ woodwork with quite a bit of audience interaction.
June 18, 2013 SHOW & TELL (notes of Chuck and Martha Taylor)
· Bob Addington – brought another “praying hands” plaque, a sign and a “CNC” bowl.
· Chuck Taylor – brought a small dogwood hollow vessel.
· Ken Delaney – brought and discussed three cherry “candy dispensing” toys that he had made.
· Doyle McConnell – brought his maple segmented “Mobius”. He discussed some of the difficulties he encountered in the “creation” of the intricate shape. It was made from three segmented bowls.
· Jim Everett – brought a wall mounting of birds on a piece of a log, a plaque of the good shepherd, and a gun plaque. They all were of his “creative intarsia” style
· Richard Gulley – displayed three rosettes, made on his CNC. He also discussed the tremendous advantages of his new “Saw Stop” table saw. It worked!!!!!!!
· John Hartin – brought a set of five bowls from different wood. He discussed the method he used to arrive at the particular bowl shapes.
· Mickey Knowles – brought two bowls and a set of coasters.
· Bob Leonard – brought and discussed a collection of knives. He presented one of the knives to Phil Bishop.
· Loyd Ackerman – brought and discussed two CNC carved boxes. He lamented about the difficulties he encountered, during the manufacturing stages.
· Reilly Earle – brought a “scroll-saw” cup and a small “Intarsia style” puzzle.
· Ross Roepke – displayed two boxes. One was made with a curly maple top and the other was “ebonized”, with a walnut burl top.
· Bob Stancil – finished a beautiful bowl, made from the root of a cherry tree.
· Tom Cowan – brought a large walnut bowl that he made some years ago. He discussed the history of the bowl and how he had to repair it after dropping the bowl.
· Larry Wendland – brought a beautiful thin cherry bowl.
· Darren Earle – showed photos and discussed the procedures used in making his workbench. The photos displayed the process he used in making the bench and the many dovetailed drawers.
Programs:
There were two excellent programs. Matt Brothers with Phil Bishop covered finishing techniques and products for general use and Doyle McConnell followed with a program on his special finishing technique that gives the wet look finish to his turnings.
The meeting concluded at approximately 9:30 PM