TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS

Meeting November 21^st, 2023

Meeting called to order by President Jim J at 6:30pm.

Visiting Guest: Jonathan Laine, Vladimir and Larisa Davydov.

REVIEW of 2023 CALENDAR of EVENTS

Christmas Potluck, Saturday December 2^nd, from 11a-2p @ St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, 110 E. Lincoln St, Tullahoma.  Members and their guests are asked to please bring a side or  dessert to share.  Come and enjoy great food and fellowship!

MONTH                          PRESENTER                                PROGRAM:

December 19^th              All                                                   Super Show and Tell

January 16^th                  Gary Runyon, et al                         Tips, Tricks and Jigs

February 20^th                 Sam Clark                                      Dust Collection Solutions

Complete list of events at club website

SHOP TIPS – No tips this month

SHOW and TELL:

Geoff Roehm showed a custom dust collection system he built for his shop using the motor from a Harbor Freight Dust Collection System.  He is using a HEPA filter to catch the dust as the system needs to remain in his shop due to temperature and humidity requirements for his instrument making.

From Vladimir Davydov’s Carving Seminar: Win Phipps, Dan Buholzer, Vince Zaccardi, Paul Jalbert, and Jim Jolliffe showed their Basswood Bald Eagle head relief carvings.  Win painted his with acrylic paint.  Other students who couldn’t make the meeting included Allen Odell and new TVW members Holly Creasy and Dan Seymour.

Gary Runyon showed 2 turned bowls.  One from Curly Maple, and one from Curly/Spalted Maple. Both were finished with Dr. Woodshop.

Win Phipps carved a multi-piece, Nativity scene out of Basswood finished with acrylic paints and minwax. He also brought a carved “Father Christmas” from Rich Wetherbee’s October Seminar.  He also brought a box of Christmas ornaments, all carved from basswood and finished with acrylic paints and minwax.

Vince Zaccardi turned a bowl from Red Oak, finished with Precat Lacquer. He also showed us a display plate turned from Ambrosia Maple, which he finished with oil.

Teri Smith brought an Intarsia Gold Fish made from Poplar and finished with acrylic paint Spray Lacquer.

Karen Browning brought 3 turned bowls and 3 cutting boards made from various woods and using various finishes.

Chuck Taylor made 2 scroll sawed Name Placards (he’s working on an entire 5^th Grade Class!), a Tic-Tac-Toe set and 3 turned coasters.

Visiting professional woodcarver Vladimir Davydov showed two relief carvings he is working on.  One was a wolf with the moon, trees out of live edge basswood carved during his Nov 11^th demonstration at Jim Jolliffe’s shop.  The other was a Grinch bust carved in basswood during his Nov 19^th demonstration at the Hands-On Science Center.  He will add stain then apply acrylic paint and ultra-matte spray finish to both carvings.

PROGRAM FOR TONIGHT:

Tin Reid demonstrated how he stabilizes wood before turning, in this case a pen blank. He pours liquid resin (Cactus Juice and dyes from TurnTex.com) premixed with an activator into a vacuum container and then hooks up the pump. As the air bubbles escape out of the wood, they are replaced with the resin. Once fully saturated, he bakes them in the oven to activate the resin.  The result is a much mor stable, and heavier, wood that resists tear-out and moisture. Dyes can be used to create interesting effects. He also had samples for sale.

Contact information: Tim Reid, Scenic City Custom Stabilizing on Facebook, or text orders to Tim at:             (423) 255-9512.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:30pm.

Next meeting will be December 19, 2023