The following people have agreed to serve as contacts for their particular skills.  If you have questions, suggestions for activities, or other comments relating to these skills, please call these folks.  Their interest is to help the club better serve their area of expertise.  Your participation with them will help them achieve that goal.

                                Design:        Tom Cowan    967-4835                            Finishing:       Phil Bishop          967-4626
                                Turning:        Tom Church   967-4460                            Carving:        Harry May           962-0215
                                Sharpening:    Bob Reese   728-7974                              Joinery:        Ross Roepke       455-9140

October:  Fall Seminar –– Put October 8 on your calendar for the TVW Fall Workshop.   Andy Rae, author and nationally known lecturer on woodworking topics, will be presenting a program on "Furniture Making".   Andy will cover a range of topics related to the making of furniture.  The seminar will be held in the annex building of the Church of Christ at Forrest Mill.  See co-chairmen David Jacobs or Matt Brothers, or stay tuned, for details.

The drawing for the Delta bench top drill will be held at the August meeting. Tickets are currently on sale for $1 each.

Its beautiful blooms belie the toughness of its wood.

When the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) blooms in the spring, the sight can take your breath away. The clusters of petals against the little tree's dark branches make it stand out in the deepest woodland. Throughout its range in the southeastern states, the tree adds to any landscape.
The wood of the flowering dogwood has a reputation, too-but for toughness. Stiff and finely textured, the wood weighs as much as hickory, yet is harder! In fact, when used as a chisel handle, dogwood resists crushing and mushrooming from hammer blows. And because dogwood wears smoother with age, it has known service as knitting needles, pullies, and sled runners.

This tough-as-nails reputation also made it (even today) a valuable commodity in the textile industry. You see, until the 1860s, the mechanical looms in New England and Europe relied on smooth, long-wearing boxwood from Mediterranean countries for their shuttles (spindle-shaped devices for carrying thread). In that same period, though, roller skating became a popular European pastime, and boxwood became the choice for the wheels. This new demand on a limited boxwood supply resulted in the substitution of dogwood.

Indeed, dogwood became such a valuable commodity that it was sold, not by the volume in a log as other commercial wood, but by the cord! That's partly because the dogwood at best only reaches 40' tall and grows dispersed among other trees, not in stands. So, it couldn't be economically logged in volume. Instead, farmers made extra money selling a stack at a time.
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Newton Wright:  Segmented turning and knotty box

Marice Ryan:  Spalted Maple clock mounts

Ross Roepke:  Desk, Walnut and Maple

Bob Leonard:  Hummingbird and inlaid box (from yard sales)

Chuck Taylor:  Turned Bradford Pear - salt & pepper, Oak burl-pen & pencil

Karen Kerse:  Segmented bowl - Walnut bottom & top

Doyle McConnel:  Turned vase - Spalted Maple

Bob Reese:  Segmented Bowl,  walnut and maple

John Mayberry:  Unfinished hollow vessel - maple & cherry

Jim VanCleave:  Large & Small music boxes, inlaid

Dick Wallam:  Wood carvings from driftwood
                      Carved walking stick w/frog
                      Wood Spirit

Loyd Ackerman:  Segmented Hollow vessel