Meeting September 16th, 2025
Meeting called to order by president Jim Jolliffe at 6:30 pm
Visiting Guests: Pete Dencker, Jay Potter from Hillsboro, Tennessee, and Matt and Kristy Evans from Manchester, TN.
New Business:
40th anniversary t-shirts are $25 each. Currently taking orders for more shirts. Payments go to Darren Earle.
The Coffee County Fair was supported by TVW on September 4th-6th. Thank you to Mickey Knowles, Teri Smith, Bruce Currie, Karen Browning, Larry Wendland, Vince Zaccardi and Jim Jolliffe for their work at the fair.
The 40th anniversary banquet is this Friday, September 19th at the Manchester Coffee County Conference Center. 6 tickets are now available due to cancellations. Social hour will be from 5:30-6:00 and dinner will be 6:00-7:30. The tickets are $20 each.
Heritage Days at Tim’s Ford will be held Saturday, October 4th. Set up is at 0800 and the hours are 9 AM to 4 PM. Please come and demonstrate your skill and/or sell your work. There is no cost for the TVW booth. There are likely to be many more people than usual at Heritage Days due to sporting events
The TVW Annual Picnice at Falls Mill will be Saturday, October 11th from 11 am – 2 pm. Lunch will be served around 11:30. The club will provide BBQ and drinks. Members are to bring a side or dessert.
There are now 2 slots open in the Rich Weatherbee Carving Seminar. As of 27 Sep, all slots are filled.
Show and Tell:
Billy Tiller showed a shelf he built for his mother’s tv. He made the shelf out of oak and plywood, and used a linseed oil, mineral spirits, and polyurethane finish in approximately equal amounts.
Richard Gulley showed a plaque he made for the family of Henry Davis Jr. He made it from cherry and rosewood on his first attempt, but it was difficult to tell the woods apart and so he made another one using maple and oak for the second attempt. He is going to add keyholes to the back. Richard finished the plaques with a lacquer finish. The plaque will be presented to Henry’s family on Friday. Judy also played a large role in the early history of the club.
Vince Zaccardi showed a picture of a screen door that he made for his house. Matt Brothers worked with Vince on mortise and tenons for 2 screen doors Vince made for the house.
He also showed a bowl turned out of Norfolk Island pine and said the bowl really sucked up the finish like a sponge. He was not sure what kind of finish was used on the bowl.
Vince also showed a bowl that he turned out of walnut and finished with quick-dry polyurethane.The finish was not drying so Vince sanded it off and finished the bowl with lacquer.
Vince also showed a small tool used for setting the tension of a bandsaw blade. He said the tool works quite well and is more accurate than tightening the blade by hand. The tool can be purchased at eztension.com
Paul Jalbert showed a retirement plaque that he made. He has been making signs for Tims Ford staff for several years. He made a retirement sign for the head of operations at the park. He carved Gleen Gallaghan’s face on the sign. Paul said there is always a story in woodwork, and it is important for the woodworker to deliver the message he intends in his work. The whole park staff will sign the back of the sign. Paul made the plaque out of cherry and will finish it with polyurethane.
Rick Dickson recently got a box joint blade. He made one box which he tried to make as thin as possible. The other is a puzzle box. Rick donated both boxes as door prizes at the banquet.
Carole Runyon and Gary Runyon made weaving shuttles for weaving bands on a small angleloom. The shuttles are used to pick up the threads on the loom. They were made out of mesquite, ebony, bloodwood, and walnut and were finished with Min-Wax antique oil
Gary Runyon made a pecan and an ash needle box. He put green and blue to get a turquoise color. He finished the boxes with Dr. Woodshop oil, shellac, and wax.
Meeting adjourned at 7:10 for social hour.
The next meeting is scheduled for October 21st at 6:30 PM.