Recorded by Eric Strotheide, Secretary
The meeting was opened by club President, Paul Fulks at
6:30
Paul asked the club the impossible question, "which came
first, the chicken or the egg." Then asked "if a tree falls in the forest and
there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?" Then asked "which came
first, the tool or the tool maker?" The point was to demonstrate some furniture
can be dated by the tool marks left on the furniture by the makers tools.
Tools have existed in their modern form for more than 500 years. Saws have
been shown to be cut from obsidian glass from over 6000 years ago. Copper,
bronze, and iron tools have been around for ages, but without the saw, there
would be no modern wheels. The first known saw mill is dated from 370 AD,
and the first circle saw was invented around the 1500's
Guests tonight are Jason and Leon Mayo from Manchester,
Margret Donahue from Swanee, Dave Roesler from Murfreesboro, and Drake Berry
from Winchester.
The carvers corner will meet on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of
each month at Jim Jolleffes shop.
Tonights program will be from Paul Jalbert on sign craving.
Novembers program will be on toy making from Eric Strotheide and Pete Miller.
Doyle McConnell gave us an update on the Rocket Project the
club is doing for TNCommission on Children and Youth. A piece of lumber
was donated to the club from Woodcraft. He told of the way the rockets
were turned on the lathe, and showed us the templates the group used to
fabricate all the parts to make them all look the same. Volunteers were
asked to help Jack Kincella with the painting of the fins. There should be
a total of 51 Rockets when they are all done.
Jack Kincella talked about the shop tours and the door
project that he headed up with help from other club members. The doors
were removed, the initials removed and recarved by Paul Jalbert, refinished, and
rehung back into the home. The club received a donation of $500 for the
work done by the club members. He also told us of an upcoming project to
help build a wheel chair ramp for a family in Tullahoma.
Doyle McConnell gave us a report on the County Fair, and
asked for suggestions for next years Fair. He also told us the exhibition
at the Tullahoma Fine Arts Center was a success.
The upcoming club seminar will be held at Collins Roan's
home in Hillsboro on October 22. Demonstrators will show how to finish
turning a bowl after it has dried, how to turn pens, turning spindles, and other
fun projects.
The club will be participating in a yard sale type tool
sale on Saturday, October 29, at the Dechard Nazarene Church. Club
members are encouraged to bring in their tools they are no longer using to sell,
and to come by and to see what others are selling.
The Christmas Dinner will be held at Boskeys Grill on
December 8.
Club dues will be due for the new year starting next month,
and can be paid to the club treasurer Paul Jalbert.
Show and Tell
Dolye McDonnell gave us an update on how the Rockets the
club is making for the Children's Advocacy Group, and showed how the rockets
will look when finished.
JIm Everett brought in more of his intarsia work, with a
piece from a door panel
Featuring the likeness of Jesus on it, and another piece
from his lamp series,with this one featuring a dulcimer incorporated into it,
with a leopard shin print lamp shade on it.
Jim Acord showed us the IPhone stands he madem with the
inspiration he got from Ross Roepkes design. They were made from cherry
and walnut woods, with a poly finish. He also brought in a special "pick
up" stick he made for his wife, which incorporates a magnet in the end of it to
pick up metal straight pins used in sewing that may have fallen on the floor.
It was made from walnut, and finished with a wipe on poly finish.
Brian Gordon brought in a 4ft. Piece of scrap lumber he and
his wife had made I to an attractive Halloween decoration by painting a
Scarecrow on one side and a ghost on the other side, which he finished with a
brush on poly. He also had one painted with a Thanksgiving design on one
side, and a Christmas design on the other, also finished with a brush on poly.
Jim Jolliffe brought in a beautifully carved American
Indian bust he had carved at a class he had taken. It is approximately 16
inches tall, and featuring the aspects he had learned during the class. It
was carved from a large piece of butternut wood.
Ken Gould showed us another of his carved fish pieces,
which he carved from a scrap piece of 2 x 6 lumber, transfering it into a
elegantly carved fish, which he them mounted onto a piece of driftwood he had
found along the shore of Tim's Ford Lake.
Main Program
Tonights program was presented by Paul Jalbert, a very
talented Master Carver. He gave a program which was actually part 3 n his
teaching program for carving signs and plaques. He covered such aspects as
how to design, set up, and carve a sign or plaque to draw the person reading or
seeing the sign to draw their attention to it and leave them with what he called
"the WOW factor".
He also told us In his finishing statements how Art demands
flexibility in no matter what you are doing