Minutes for May 14, 2013 meeting
of the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers

 

Vice President Karen Browning called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.

 

Reminders:

 

Club events for 2013:

 

Carvers Events:

 

Announcements:

 

Old Business

 

New Business

 

Show and Tell for the February meeting:

Tom Gillard – brought a dandelion weeder with a new handle that he turned after destroying the original with his riding lawn mower.

Jim Everett – showed pictures of items he has made for his back yard including a arbor arch for honeysuckle, a cedar boardwalk, a lily pond, log planters, barn birdhouses, a homemade tree for birdhouses, a porch on the back of his shop, and a barn intarsia.

Ross Roepke – brought a Carolina wren carving by Tom Anderson that he bought at a craft show.

Doyle McConnell – brought a walnut finial that he turned and ebonized. He made the ebonizing solution by soaking 0000 steel wool in vinegar for a week and applying it to the turning.

Jim Van Cleave – pair of relief carvings, one about a quarter inch deep and the other about three quarters deep, and discussed the effects of depth on shadows and how they affect the 3-D illusion.

Allen Odell – brought a carving bench that he designed and built from engineered beam cutoffs. He added clamps, hold downs, a power strip and an umbrella to give him a first class bench.

John Duval – brought a cedar vessel and a finial that he turned on his new lathe.

Bob Stancil– brought a bowl that he turned and showed the grain pattern on a cutoff scrap that looks like the face of Jesus.

Gary Runyan – brought a shoulder plane that he made from apple wood. The removable nose also allows it to be used as a bullnose plane.

Bob Addington – showed pictures of a table he built for the CNC machine that he sold to Richard Gulley. The table was equipped with storage drawers, shelves, and a special drawer for the CNC control panel.

Phil Myers – brought a makeup mirror that he repaired for his wife. He started by turning a new base from a pine 2x12 and finished with a bit of turning help from Chuck Taylor, a lot of wood putty, and some reddish primer and clear urethane.

 

Program:       Reproducing a Thomas Elfe 1750 Double Chest
Presented by Ronnie Young

  1. Sand to 180 or 220 with the last sanding being by hand.
  2. Dampen the wood surface with a sponge, allow to dry and sand by hand with 180 or 220.
  3. Using a sponge brush apply a coat of 50% odorless mineral spirits and 50% tung oil or linseed oil. Keep the surface wet for about twenty minutes and wipe dry with paper towels.
  4. DISPOSE OF THE OILY PAPER TOWELS AT ONCE IN A BUCKET FULL OF WATER. THE OILY TOWELS ARE A FIRE HAZARD!!
  5. Allow to dry for at least three days in a warm dry environment.
  6. Lightly sand with fine Scotchbrite pad to remove any raised grain.
  7. For Walnut, Cherry, and Mahogany, spray on one or two coats of a 2# or less cut of dewaxed orange shellac.
  8. Lightly sand with 320 non loading paper.
  9. Spray on several coats of ML Campbell "dull" lacquer to build up an old looking  finish that does not require a final rubdown the with 0000 steel wool and wax.