Recorded by Eric Strotheide, Secretary
The meeting was opened by
Club President Paul Fulks at 6:30 pm.
Paul gave us a memorable
lecture on how the Christmas as we know it today would not be, if it were
not for several works of Victorian literature which changed the way
Christmas was envisioned in the eyes of the American and Europe. Christmas
was first officially recognized as a federal holiday in 1870.
Our
guests tonight are Mark Rivera and Patricia Brown.
Jack Kincella told
us of how the wheel chair ramp project went, and how Vince Ziccardi took so
well to the sawsall saw. He also told us of the taping of the Tullahoma
cable show on the workings of the wood club. This can now be viewed on the
club website.
Paul Jalbert reminded us all of the upcoming dues of
$10 for the next year.
The carvers corner will meet at Jim Jolliffe's
shop on the first and third Saturday of each month.
The club
Christmas dinner held on December 8th at Boskeys Grill was enjoyed by all
those who were in attendance.
DECEMBER SUPER SHOW AND TELL
Bob
Reece brought in a candle stick he had made, one of 19, with an intricate
pattern in the stem. It tool him 6 days to get them all glued up before he
could turn the.the were from walnut and maple. His wife Rita brought in a
lamb Bob had made in the past years, copying the workings of a buggy Jack.
This made the lamp to be able to be raised from a regular lamp into a
reading lamp of various heights.
Doug Dunlap showed us 2 pepper mills
he had turned from segmented pieces he glued together, one of which had 193
pieces. They were from walnut and cherry, and black gum and walnut, and
finished in lacquer.
Gary Runyun brought in several turned wood
bowls, one 14" bowl from muskeet wood, one from Osage orange, and a natural
edge bowl from a redbud burl.
Johnnie Brown brought in a case of his
turned pens of various sizes, shapes, and from different kinds of woods. He
also shared with us on how he used several different attachments to help him
make them, and where he bought them. He also warned us on the dangers first
hand he experienced with CA glue.
Doyle McConnell brought in a trap door
flint lock musket he had made in the past. It was a beautiful piece he hand
crafted from cherry and finished with tung oil.
Darryl Albert brought
in a bowl and a candle holder he made from chittum wood, both finished with
wax and walnut oil.
Ross Roepke brought in an scroll saw worked sled
made from a past club member Dan Helton.
John Harton brought in a 6"
bowl he had picked up from New Zeland. It was made from cowary wood, and
was approx 20-50 thousand years old.
Bill Guffrey brought in 5 boxes
he made with inlay work from cherry, walnut, and maple woods.
Bob
Leonard brought in many fine examples of his fine wooden knives, alongside
with the wooden sheaths, all made from various woods, as well as 2 small
carvings he done in the past.
Mickey Knowles showed us the intricate
wooden inlayed box he had made. It took him over 40 hours work to complete
it. It was filled with other things he had made for the holidays, like
tops, bottle stoppers, and Christmas ornaments. It was made from walnut,
holly, and mahogany. It was finished with a sanding sealer and lacquer.
Vince Ziccardi brought in a fine natural edge bowl, that unfortunately
had broken and cracked while being finished on the lathe.
John Duval
brought in a 10" bowl he turned from a piece of hackberry.