TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS
Meeting February 15, 2022

Meeting called to order t 6:30pm by President Jim Jolliffe.
Guest: Paul Whalen
Committee Reports: Gary Runyon presented Programs scheduled to date: March – Jack Kincella on Epoxy “River” Table. April – Darren Earle on 5 pieces of Tom Cowan’s. May – Dan Mathis on making guitars. June – Fred Roe on making Reelfoot Lake Duck calls. July – Anthony Watts on constructing his Timber Frame Shop. August – Club Auction. September – Tony Murphy building a Michael Fortune #1 Steam Bent Chair.

Chuck Taylor- Membership: Reminded to notify if you have change of address or phone.

Matt Brothers told members the Club-sponsored Finishing Seminar with Jack Kincella is Saturday Feb 19th 9am to noon. Bring folding chair if you have one. Notify Matt if planning to attend. Seminar will also include review of club’s finishing supplies.

Upcoming events: Turning Bee June 11th. Club Auction August 16th. Tim’s Ford Heritage Days October 8th-9th. Carving Bee date TBD. Tool/Craft sale November 15th. December Christmas party and lunch date TBD.

Show & Tell

Matt Brothers showed a craftsman style night stand he made for his daughter to match her bed. It is made of oak and has a single drawer with dovetail joints. It is finished with Danish Oil and lacquer.

Matt showed a 4’ x 12’ walnut table that he modified to strengthen the top. The table was built by his customer. The top’s only support was the table’s apron. As a result, the table top sagged ½ to ¾” in the middle of the table. To help flatten the top, Matt placed 3 stringers perpendicular to the length of the table and clamped the table top and the stringers. Matt then took angle iron bracing and mounted it to the table apron and secured the stringers to the angle iron. The table top deflection is less than ¼” over the 4’ width!

Matt also built a kitchen cart of the hickory island top “sink cutout” of the island top he presented in November. The cart is finished with Danish Oil and lacquer.

Tony Murphy attended two 1-week classes, each week separated by 3 months, at Marc Adams’ Woodworking School to build a Michael Fortune #1 Steam Bent Chair. The chair is made of solid walnut and had many steam bent features. He noted that only one piece in the chair was straight! He finished the chair with yellow die, pecan gel stain and oil-varnish.

Bryan Gordon made two custom “chimney picture” lamps for his wife. He turned the lamp base out of pecan wood. He used lamp shades from a ceiling fan and bought led fixtures and glass sleeves that held personal photos and slid over the lamp base. He finished the lamps with oil and wax.

Peter Hunter turned a nested bowl set for eating pistachios and “catching” the shells. The pistachios rest in the top/inside bowl. Once the pistachio is freed from the shells, the spent shells are put in the bottom/outside bowl via three large slots. The inside bowl was made of European beech and the bottom bowl from soft maple. Both were finished with Shellawax.

Rodney Holder went to a one week wood-turning class at John C Campbell Folk School. He turned a variety of segmented pieces including a wine-stopper, pepper mill, ice cream scoop and rolling pin. They all turned out beautifully!

Jim Jolliffe carved a cottonwood bark house “in the round”. He jointed two pieces of bark and them lightly glued the jointed backs with water-soluble Elmer’s School Glue and a page of magazine paper to allow easier separation. He carved all the outside details, then split the two halves. He hollowed out the halves so one could see through the windows. Once hollowed, he fully glued the two halves together and cleaned up the outer details. He sprayed the carving with two coats of satin rattle-can lacquer and then applied a single coat of Watco’s Natural Colored Liquid wax. After 10 minutes of liquid wax application, he wiped off the excess and buffed the remaining wax with a rotary brush.

Shop Machine Tool Maintenance – Sam Clark

Club member Sam Clark gave an outstanding program on machine tool maintenance tips and tricks including table saws, bandsaws, drill presses, planers, routers/router tables, lathes, chop saws, oscillating/drum/disc/belt sanders, and cloth-backed sandpaper. The presentation slides are located on the club website. The key takeaways were:
1. Dust collects moisture
2. Moisture results in rust.
3. Rust ruins equipment and your investment!

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM. The next meeting is March 15th.