TENNEESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS
February 21, 2017 MONTHLY MEETING
MINUTES
President Paulk Fulks called meeting to order 6:30pm
Paul
opened meeting by telling the club of the passing of Tom Cowan, a founding
member of the club.
Members called Tom a mentor, a teacher, a great friend.
A proposal was put to the membership to name our turning bee The Tom Cowan
Memorial Turning Bee. Passed unanimously.
Guest: Mark and Karen Riley
Coming Events:
March 21st Karen Orr - Antiquing
April 18th - Ronald
Young Master Woodworker
May 20th - Tom Cowan Memorial Turning Bee Larry
Wendland's shop
June 3rd - Club Picnic Falls Mill Karen Browning
Chairperson
Oct. 14th - Christmas Party Decherd Nazarene Church Karen
Browning Chairperson
TBA - 2 Club Seminars Carving and Furniture Paul
Jalbert and Pete Miller
March 18th North Alabama Woodworkers Club host Judy
Gale Roberts $20.00 fee
April 29-30th Cornbread Festival South Pittsburgh.
Contact Greg Meyers
Jack Kincella reported follow-up on last month's
meeting with charity organizations.
Wood To Rockets Pete Miller to
represent club in Nashville for presentations. Pete showed a short slide show on
making of these rockets.
SHOW AND TELL
Tony Murphy Slide
presentation of bar he is in process of making. Top is made of sassafras and
walnut with the rest being white oak.
Paul Jalbert A tool box made of
cherry for Vince Zaccardi. Stated challenge was making rope handle. Has printed
instructions on how to do handle and available to anyone.
Ross Roepke
Brought table top made of walnut and chittawood for Motlow auction.
Alan
Odell Had a couple little houses carved from cottonwood bark for gifts.
Vince Zaccardi Showed a couple of turning tools made of ground steel. He made
handle and said not economical to make.
Loyd Ackerman Brought a box with
ABC blocks.
Chuck Taylor Showed a music box made of maple with a cherry
top. Also a couple bowls of
holly roughed out showing how much they can
warp.
Noel Johnson Had a natural edge bowl of hickory and a maple bowl.
Martin Miller Showed a round box with threads. Bottom of osage orange with
design and top of cherry.
John Hartin Showed a fairly large walnut bowl
with laquer finish. He had a piece which was part of the rim of bowl that broke
off changing the value of the bowl.
Karen Browning Had a bowl made
of cherry with teak oil finish. Also had a vase of cherry which she put a mirror
and candle holder in.
Richard Gulley Made nice sign MY SHOP MY RULES with
different types of rulers.
Showed some Christmas ornaments, knbs made on cnc
and a jar lid cover.
Greg Meyers Showed a pretty little box he made with a
student.
PROGRAM
Howard Wright Creator of the Monster Lathe
Mr. Wright who now lives in theTullahoma area is from Detroit, Michagan. He has
been turning since he was nine years old and is self*taught. He presented a
slide show showing his monster lathe and items he made on it. He said he likes
making unusual pieces. He also talked about turning alabaster.
He said
this is a difficult material to turn but is very satisfaing. He showed slides of
some things he turned. He showed items he brought with him made on the monster
lathe and some alabaster items.
Meeting Adjourned.