May Show and Tell

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Schedule Change for June 2025 Meeting

 Schedule Change for June 2025 Meeting

Due to schedule conflict at St. Marks, the June SWRC meeting will be held June 17th, the third Tuesday in June.

May 2025 Meeting

 

Stones River Woodwor
kers Club

Monthly Meeting Minutes – May 27, 2025

Attendance: 46, (including the guest speaker)

Guest Speaker: Jim Jolliffe

Subject: Carving Human figures, etc.

 

1.    Meeting called to order by club President, Sam Clark, at 6:33 pm.

2.    We had two visitors at the May meeting:

a.    Lisa Powers

b.    Jim Jolliffe, (Speaker)

3.    Jeanne’s and Barry’s Scroll Saw classes went very well, with several examples on the show and tell tables tonight.

a.    Proceeds from the class resulted in $410.00 being deposited into the Club treasury.

4.    Gene Casto will be conducting two classes on Segmented Bowl Turning

a.    Each class will last for 2 days:

                                                             i.      June 6^th and 7^th.

                                                           ii.      June 13^th and 14^th

b.    Gene passed out instructions for the people who had signed up for the class.

c.     Members will need to provide a section of dark wood and the measurement from their miter track to their saw blades on their individual table saws.

                                                             i.      This is to facilitate a custom fit sled that they will build and utilize to cut the bowl segments.

d.    They will also build an adjustable segment length gauge.

e.    The class will be in Gene’s shop and be held rain or shine.

f.      There is a waiting list for the class, so enrollees are required to alert Gene if they are not able to make it to the class.

5.    The club would like to sponsor additional classes.

a.    If any member has skills that they would like to share, then they are encouraged to step up and volunteer to teach a class.

6.    Bruce Currie has some free wood available to club members.

a.    He has various species available

b.    It is 4-5 years old and has been dried and stacked.

c.     He will have the material available on Saturday, May 31^st, at 8:00 am-???.

d.    There is Oak, Walnut, Ash, some turning blanks and logs are also available.

7.    It was announced that a date has been chosen for the Club Picnic

a.    The date is July 26^th, and will be in our regular meeting room from 11:00am till 4:00pm.

b.    Members should bring a side dish or dessert.

c.     The Club will provide BBQ, drinks and eating utensils/paper ware.

d.    Members should consider donating items to the Club for their annual silent auction, which will coincide with the picnic.

e.    Membership dues do not cover all our expenses for the Club, and the auction is our only annual fundraiser.

f.      If you want to donate something and will need it to be moved or stored, the Club will accommodate that.

g.     Set up for the picnic will begin at 11:00, with lunch at noon.

8.    Show and Tell:

a.    Robert Woolfolk          Live edge/log birdhouse

b.    Jeanne Altstadt            Cell Phone amplifier

c.     Sam Parnell                  Shaker Sewing Box

d.    Bob Musgrove              Scroll Saw Box

e.    Alex Marshall               Duck calls

f.      Max Lastfogel               Bowl/platter, Fruit turnings

g.     John Bell                       Walking Stick

h.    Mary Nichols                Floating end book shelf.

i.       Shawn McGowan         Scroll saw box

j.       Jason Moore                Turned and carved vases and platter

k.     Jeremy Tyring              Scroll Saw Golf Cart

l.       Larry Tyring                  Scroll Saw Golf Cart

m. Glen Emery                   Perpetual Windmill Glen needs engineering help on.

n.    Alan Garner                  Full stack of Shaker boxes

o.    Mike Hargrove             Scroll Saw Mother’s Day gift

p.    Cindy Keith                   Scroll Saw Ribbon Box

9.    Vice President Jason Moore introduced our Guest speaker, Jim Jolliffe, who will speak about carving human figures, still life cabins, etc.

a.    Jim is from western Nebraska.

b.    He was in the Airforce ROTC, which led him to be at AEDC in Tullahoma, Tennessee, where he currently lives.

c.     He is a member of Tennessee Valley woodworkers based in Tullahoma.

d.    Jim spoke of the three species of wood that he uses for his carvings.

                                                             i.      Butternut

1.    Sometimes called white walnut

                                                           ii.      Cottonwood Bark

1.    Mostly comes from the Midwest and is hard and thick.

                                                        iii.      Basswood

1.    Sometimes called Linden Wood

e.    Jim mentioned that his shop is open to visitors and learners on the 1^st and 3^rd Saturdays of each month, for people with a positive attitude.

                                                             i.      Sam Clarke has the address for anyone interested in going to Jim’s shop.

10.  The next meeting will be on June 24^th.

11.  The monthly Hardees informal Breakfast meeting will be on Tuesday, June 3^rd, at the Hardees on Old Fort Parkway, near Sam’s Club.

12.  Meeting adjourned by Sam Clarke at 8:07 pm.