Meeting February 21, 2023
Meeting called to order by President Jim Jolliffe at 6:30pm.
Visiting Guest
Thad Couto
Review of 2023 Calendar of Events:
Month Presenter Program
February No Host Social Hour – Sharing Wood Stories; Tips
March Bill Lester Making a Banjo
April Andy Rigney Rigney Family Homecraft
Complete list of events at club website.
Business
Jim noted that Loyd Ackerman has a complete set of Shop Notes free to anyone! Please reach out to Loyd at [email protected].
Paul Jalbert shared that Tim’s Ford is hosting a Food Truck Frenzy on Saturday, March 18th from 11AM – 2 PM. They invited us to sell/demonstrate without any vendor booth fee or sales commissions. They plan 16 Food Trucks and two live bands! Come out and enjoy!
The club will host a Seminar Sharpening Demo ½ Day – Saturday, Apr 22nd at Richard Gulley’s Shop. More information at the March and April meetings.
Arts Alive Juried Art Show and Food Trucks is back and will be held at Frazier-McKewn Park in Tullahoma on Saturday, 24 Jun.
The Turning Bee will be held in July. Chair Denis Urbanczyk is working the Saturday in July.
The Tool and Craft Fair will be held Saturday, Oct 21st at St Barnabas Episcopal Church.
Show & Tell
Paul Jalbert: Showed 2 love spoons. The Mother Spoon was made with Basswood. The Rosebud Spoon was made with cherry. Both were finished with Danish Oil.
Bryan Gordon: Showed what can go wrong when you lose focus. He was making a hummingbird house. He had drilled out the inside and made a plug to use when finishing on the lathe. Then, Bang! He forgot to use the plug. Fortunately no injuries.
Mickey Knowles: Showed us his Walking stick made of Native Alaskan Willow wood and finished to a high gloss.
Richard Gavaqni: Shared a yarn bowl, a candle holder, and a cutting board. All were finished with Sanding Sealer and Lacquer.
Gary Runyon: Turned a cherry bowl which split. He used un-brewed coffee grounds and CA glue as a filler. He also showed us Fiber Diz’s sets made from multiple woods. Each Diz has a different size hole in the center to allow for spinning yarn into various thicknesses. Gary used Dr’s Woodshop Finish.
John Hartin: Turned a cherry bowl finished with oil/varnish. He also had a unique texture in the lid. He cut up old shop rags, dipped them in black paint, and put on the lid to dry in place.
Bill Guffey: Shared with us 2 walking sticks made with walnut and finished with Sanding Sealer and Lacquer.
Chuck Taylor: Brought a set of 48 building blocks complete with their own storage box. The blocks were made using Bradford Pear, Maple and Cherry and were finished with lacquer. He also displayed the International Standard describing colors and proper reverse letters, numbers or symbols.
Richard Gully: Brought several valentine ideas which he had made over the years. Finished with rattle-can lacquer. He also displayed a sign made from Ambrosia Maple with his CNC machine, finished with oil.
Jim Jolliffe: Shared photos of making pocket doors with friends, using pine and plywood with no finish as the friends are painting the doors.
We took a short break, after Show & Tell, then spent time during Social Hour swapping stories about our projects. Fun time for all!
Next meeting is March 21, 2023
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.