Meeting January 17, 2023
Meeting called to order by President Jim Jolliffe at 6:30pm.
Visiting Guests: Dennis Rumer, Joe Little, Bill Camp, Richard Gavaqni.
Review of 2023 Calendar of Events
Monthly Programs and Presenters
January Tony Murphy Making Bar Stool
February No Host Social Hour – Sharing Wood Stories & Tips
March Bill Lester Making a Banjo
Complete list of events at club website.
Business
Membership approved renewal of Zoom subscription for 2023. Jim and Darren will work the purchase/reimbursement.
The Tool and Craft Fair was held Nov 19th. Good turnout of woodworkers and customers. Club
suggested finding a site in Tullahoma for next year.
Jim reported on Tullahoma Tree Lighting November 26th . Thanked members who participated. Will
promote for next year’s event.
Jim also showed pictures of Club Christmas Party held December 10th. All enjoyed the food and the
festivities. Richard Gulley noted that if anyone wants to share their recipes, please email him and Jim
Jolliffe and they will compile a recipe list and send it to the membership.
Reported on Club Library which now includes additional issues of donated Shop Notes, Fine
Woodworking magazines, Woodcarving Magazines and more! Many books on furniture making, shop
design and tools available for checkout as well. The library is located at Jim Jolliffe’s shop.
Show & Tell
Paul Jalbert made snowshoes out of oak and bent the frames in his homemade steam machine made from a refurbished coffee pot.
Joe Little showed star segmented and a ring segmented bowls, made of various woods and finished in lacquer.
Mickey Knowles showed 2 salt and pepper grinders. One was made with Walnut (for pepper); the other was Maple (for salt). He used sanding sealer and lacquer to finish.
Anthony Watts showed us 3 shaker Boxes in Cherry and finished in oil. He also showed us 5 compound cut ornaments made of cedar.
Jim Jolliffe shared 3 caricature carvings; a woman, a pilot, a Mountain man all carved out of Basswood and finished in BLO, acrylic paint and matte spray.
Program for Tonight
Tony Murphy – Building a Bar Stool
Tony Murphy provided a detailed presentation on building a custom bar stool following a Scott Morrison design from Fine Woodworking Magazine. He made the bar stool out of walnut. He covered all aspects of the build starting with the seat, followed by legs, arms and stretchers. The seat steps including milling and cutting parts to initial length, ripping with a 3 degree bevel, and dry clamping to trace the seat pattern. Before glue up, he cut dados for the front legs and notches for the back legs. He marked the seat parts for dowels/biscuits, drilled holes and then glued them. Once dry, he shaped the seat with an angle grinder outfitted with woodcarving discs followed by sanding. He finished the seat joints with a rabbeting bit.
He used templates to trace the leg layout. He made special fixtures to cut seat dados in the legs. Front legs were drilled for dowels. All joints were reinforced with screws, counter-sunk and plugged. Spacers were utilized to keep legs parallel.
He covered construction steps for the arms. He rested the arm on the front leg and established the angle to the rear leg. He then set up the miter gauge and blade angle for perfect alignment. He carefully removed all but ¾ in. of the flat area. He inserted a dowel center in the hole on the front leg, and marked the arm center. He drilled the hole for the dowel. He then traced the arm pattern and cut the arm on the band saw. Once shaped, he glued and screwed the arm to the legs.
He showed how he made the chair front and rear stretchers. Following the presentation, he welcomed members to sit in the completed chair. Thanks to Tony for sharing!
Next meeting is February 21, 2023
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.