TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKIERS                              MAY -- 199O

 

SPLINTERS

 

YES INDEED, “SPRING HAS SPRUNG’ AND AN OLDER MAN’S FANCY TURNS TO

THOUGHTS OF A WARMER SHOP, THE LOVE OF A WARMER CHISEL. THUS FAR

THOSE APRIL SHOWERS ARE HAVE EXTENDED TO MANY A DAY IN MAY. OH

WILL THIS ANTICIPATION OF PRECIPITATION EVER CEASE, OR WHEN WILL

THE DRIZZLE TURN TO SIZZLE??? MORE SIMPLISTICALLY PHRASED... THE

RAIN IN SPRING IS REALLY NOT MY THING. NEEDLESS TO SAY THIS

NEWSLETTER GOT OFF TO A RAINY SATURDAY START... THE THIRD RAINY

SATURDAY IN A ROW. IT’S NOT REALLY ALL GLOOM AND DOOM HERE IN

BELVIDERE. . THOSE RAINY SATURDAYS JUST DEEPENS OUR APPRECIATION

FOR THOSE SUNNY SUNDAYS OR EVEN THE SUNNY MONDAY MORNINGS.

 

NEWS NEWS NEWS

 

ONE MORE TIME     ! PLEASE GIVE US A CALL OR SEND US A NOTE IF

YOU HAVE ANY NEWS TO SHARE WITH YOUR FELLOW WOODWORKERS.... NEWS

OF A CRAFT SHOW, TOOLS FOR SALE, NEWS OF OTHER MEMBERS, HINTS AND

TRICKS, WOODWORKING SHOWS OR NEWS OF PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCES!

 

SPEAKING OF TOOLS

IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EXCUSE TO TAKE A PLEASANT SPRING DRIVE,

ON SOME RAINY SATURDAY, THEN I’VE FOUND YOUR EXCUSE... .MIKE’S

TOOLS AND SURPLUS STORE IN GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA. MIKE DOES IN

FACT SPECIALIZE IN SURPLUS TOOLS AND HARDWARE.. .MOSTLY MACHINE

TOOLS AND MANUFACTURER’S SURPLUS HARDWARE. IF YOU ARE THINKING

ABOUT BUILDING YOUR OWN TOOLS OR JIGS THEN VISIT MIKE’S

FIRST.. .1T Is ALWAYS A PRETTY DRIVE TO GUNTERSVILLE ANYWAY. HE’S

LOCATED ON THE MAIN DRAG (336 GUNNER AVE.) NEARLY ACROSS FROM

HAMMERS IN GUNTERSVILLE. . .DON’T~LET THE SMALL STORE FRONT FOOL

YOU.. .ITS QUITE A COLLECTION. AFTER CRUISING BY, I STOPPED AND

TOLD SUSAN I’D BE OUT IN TEN MINUTES... .AFTER THIRTY—FIVE MINUTES

SHE HAD TO COME IN AND RESCUE ME.. .TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE HAVING

FUN... IT SEEMED AS THOUGH ONLY FIVE MINUTES HAD PAST.

 

SPEAKING OF CRAFT SHOWS! ! !!!

LET US NOT FORGET OUR TWO TRADITIONAL CLUB PARTICIPATION EVENTS:

THE DECHERD ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW IN MID—SEPTEMBER.. .THIS HAS BEEN

AN ANNUAL EVENT, WITH THE CLUB MEMBERS SHARING A “BLOCK” OF

BOOTHS. THE HONORABLE JACK TOWNSEND HAS ALWAYS GRACIOUSLY MADE

ARRANGEMENTS FOR OUR BOOTHS. PLEASE THINK ABOUT PARTICIPATING SO

THAT WE CAN DISCUSS OUR BOOTH REQUIREMENTS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

 

LET US NOT FORGET THE TRADITIONAL EVENT NUMBER TWO, OLD TIMEY

           DAYS IN EARLY OCTOBER.. .JUST AN EARLY REMINDER FOR US TO THINK ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION.

 

SPEAKING OF THE HONORABLE JACK TOWNSEND!!!!

I TALKED WITH JACK, YESTERDAY AND AM SORRY TO REPORT THAT JACK

HAS NOT BEEN FEELING UP TO PAR HERE LATELY.. .HE’S BEEN LOW ON HIS

USUAL ENERGY AND HAS BEEN THROUGH ALL OF THE TESTS KNOWN TO

MANKIND.. .WITH RESULTS DUE THIS WEEK.. .THE ANXIETY OF NOT KNOWING

IS DIFFICULT TO COPE WITH. I’M SURE JACK WOULD APPRECIATE A CALL,

A CARD OR A VISIT.. .LET HIM KNOW WE’RE ALL THINKING OF HIM.

 

 

HAPPENINGS

MAY 6 —JUNE 17 THERE WILL BE AN EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY WORKS

IN WOOD, SOUTHERN STYLE AT THE HUNTSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART. WORKS

BY BOB TROTMAN, CHAD VOORHEES, LYNN BRUCE SWEET, CRAIG NUTT,- AND

RON PUCKETT. IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE MUSEUM, IT IS PART

OF THE VON BRAUN Civic CENTER IN DOWNTOWN HUNTSVILLE. FOR MORE

INFORMATION, THE OFFICIAL ADDRESS IS 700 MONROE STREET, AND THE

PHONE IS 205—535—4350.

 

ONCE UPON A TIME, TOM AND I WENT TO A SHOW THERE AND SAW SOME

MOST UNUSUAL FURNITURE MADE OUT OF BLEACHED MAPLE AND SHAPED LIKE

VEGTABLES. YEARS LATER, THIS GUY TURNS UP IN FINE WOODWORKING.

So TAKE IN THE SHOW FOLKS, YOU MIGHT SEE A FUTURE STAR OF THE

SAWDUST GANG. ( I PLAN ON GETTING A FREE DINNER OUT OF IT, TOO.)

 

NEWS FROM LAST MONTHS FANTASTIC MEETING

IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IN A MEETING

LATELY, YOU LL BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT IT’S STANDING ROOM ONLY

THESE DAYS, AND MEETING JUST GET BETTER AND BETTER. EVERYONE

ENJOYED THE MAN FROM RYOBI AND WE WANT TO THANK DISCOUNT PLUMBING

FOR HELPING TO SEND HIM OUR WAY. SOME OF YOU WITH RYOBI TOOLS

MIGHT FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THIS GUY ONLY LIVES IN THE

LEGENDARY ESTILL SPRINGS COMMUNIT’Y. HELP IS CLOSER THAN YOU

THINK. STOP-AND CHECK PRICES WITH BUBBA.. .IT’S HARD TO BEET LOCAL

SERVICE.. .1 PERSONALLY LIKE TO SPEND MY MONEY AT HOME.

 

SHOW AND TELL

ROY FARMER WENT TO THE ATLANTA WOODWORKING SHOW AND SHARED HIS

VISIT WITH THOSE OF US WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND. HE SPOKE OF

THE MAN WHO DEMONSTRATED HOW TO BEND WOOD. THAT PROBABLY MAKES

ALL OF YOU WIVES REMEMBER THAT LITTLE PROMISE ABOUT “SOMEDAY I’LL

BUILD YOU A SET OF WINDSOR CHAIRS, IF ONLY I COULD BUY ALL THESE

TOOLS, SOUND FAMALIAR? ROY SAYS THAT 3M WAS GIVING AWAY FREE

SAMPLES OF CARPET PAD AND THEY REALLY DID WORK TO KEEP YOUR WORK

FROM SLIDING. WE DISCUSSED RENTING A BUS NEST YEAR AND GOING

DOWN FOR THE DAY. LET’S REMEMBER THAT NEXT YEAR. THE WOODWORKING

“WIDOWS” MIGHT COMBINE A SHOPPING SPREE IN THE ATLANTA AREA. THAT

MIGHT TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST EXPEN$IVE “WOODWORKING”

SHOWS ANY OF HAVE EVER HAD A NIGHTMARE ABOUT.

MORE SHOW AND TELL

 

JIM VAN CLEEVE HAD AN INGENIOUS TOY BOX THAT WAS SHAPED LIKE A

CABOOSE AND HAS BEEN TRYING HIS HAND AT WOOD TURNING WITH THAT

BIG LATHE HE HAS. BOB REESE BUILT A HORSE OUT OF REJECTED

PIECES, THAT HE TENDERELY CALLED FRANCES THE HORSE, NOT THE MULE

I THINK BEING A GRANDPA KEEPS BOB PRETTY BUSY IN HIS SPARE TIME.

TOM GILLARD HAD A SNAKE—IN—A—BOX THAT WAS INSPIRED BY THAT FAMOUS

COMEDIAN ROY UNDERHILL. TOM COWAN HAD A CHERRY VASE, AND SOME

SMALL TURNED BOXES, THAT LOOKED LIKE GOOD SHOW ITEMS. AND HOWARD

COULSON BROUGHT IN A JIG FOR SILVER SOLDERING BAND SAW BLADES, AS

WELL AS A MAPP TORCH THAT HE BOUGHT AT SEARS. HOWARD SAYS THAT

40~ SILVER SOLDER IS THE TRICK.

 

SOMEONE, AND I DON’T REMEMBER WHO. WAS TELLING ME ABOUT A

COLLECTIBLES SHOW EVERY FIRST WEEKEND IN LEBANON. WE NEED TO TRY

AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS EVENT. SUPPOSEDLY THE ITEMS

ARE NOT QUITE AS EXPENSIVE AS THE FLEA MARKET IN NASHVILLE.

 

 

CHECK THAT CALENDAR!

 

SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY

MAY 15 AT 7:00 P.M.

 

SAME PLACE ... THE DUCK RIVER

ELECTRIC BUILDING IN DECHERD

 

DON’T FORGET !!!!!!!!!!