Meeting March 18, 2025
Meeting called to order by Gary Runyon at 6:35 pm.
Visitors: David Horton and Jessica Saunders
New Business:
Sharpening flat tools and card scrapers with Gary Runyon coming up in April.
Gary Runyon is looking for people with different kinds of work benches to discuss in October.
The upcoming turning bee is still in the planning stage.
The 40 year anniversary is scheduled for September. The menu has been chosen, and the venue is reserved for the date. Larry is accepting wood project donations to give away as door prizes.
We tried to watch a 14 minute video: “A Historical Look Back – Carving at Tennessee Valley Woodworkers” however the volume would not work on the video so we decided to save the video for next month.
Trail Life USA – Learning to Carve. Paul Jalbert is leading the tutorial. The Trail Life USA Troop is planning on bringing the cross they are working on to Bonnaroo.
The John Hartin tool sale was a big success! There were maybe 10-12 tools left out of 70 lots of tools at the sale.
The Rich Wetherbee Carving Tool Sharpening and Wood Carving seminars was cancelled just after the meeting due to Rich’s illness.
Vince Zaccardi brought some wood for anyone who wants any.
Show and Tell:
Vince Zaccardi showed a small wooden box he turned. He was not sure of the wood, but he finished it with walnut oil. He also brought a platter he turned from Ambrosia maple. The platter does not have a finish yet.
Bob Truesdale showed some stools he is making from hickory crotch wood with ash legs. He is still working on finishing the stools and is looking for advice on how to best finish and attach the legs to the stools.
Jeremy Price showed a bowl with a live edge that he turned from walnut crotch. The bowl is finished with Oatey’s oil. He also showed a burl oak barrel bowl he finished that Tom Church started. The oak bowl was also finished with Oatey’s oil.
Darrell Albert showed a vase he made from a chittam tree stump back root. It was finished with walnut oil. He just recently took out the largest burl he has gotten in over 60 years of collecting burls. It was over 5 feet in diameter. It took him and a helper to get it out along with another one that was 3 feet in diameter.
George Forsythe showed an oak knick knack someone made from an oak tree from Abbeyville, South Carolina. This was where the first Confederate succession meeting was held at the beginning of the Civil War. The oak tree was where they wanted to build a visitor center.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:20 pm followed by social hour.
Next meeting is scheduled for April 15th at 6:30 PM.