IF
YOU MISSED OLD TIMEY DAY, YOU MISSED THE SOCIAL EVENT OF THE
SEASON.
OUR MEMBERS DID US PROUD IN SHOWING THEIR SKILLS AND
TALENTS.
PHIL BISHOP DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF PULLING THE CROWD
INTO
THE BOOTH WITH HIS DRAW KNIFE AND SHAVING HORSE. BILL CHEW
WAS
SPLITTING HICKORY FOR BASKETS AND LET ME TELL YOU FOLKS, IT’S
A
LOT HARDER THAN IT LOOKS. TOM COWAN AND TOM GILLARD WERE
WORKING
SO HARD THAT I’M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE DOING. JUST A
LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING. TED BALDWIN WAS WORKING ON HIS SANTA
DUTIES,
WINFIELD WAS HIS USUAL CHARMING AND CARVING SELF, AND
BILL
MOYE WAS CARVING LEAVES FOR THE EARLY AUTUMN CROWD. HOW
THESE
GUYS WORKED NEXT TO THE LIVESTOCK ASSOCIATIONS GRILL WAS A
MYSTERY
TO ME. IT SMELLED FANTASTIC, BUT IT SURE WAS HOT. OUR
THANKS
TO ALL THE PARTICIPANTS THAT MADE THIS WORKING EXHIBIT A
REAL
OLD TIMEY TREAT.
NEXT MEETING
OCTOBER 16 TUESDAY
7:00 PM DUCK RIVER
BOB SAYS THE PROGRAM IS ONE WE’VE ALL REQUESTED. GLUE AND
GLUEING. YOU’VE HEARD THAT JOKE “WHAT IS SORGHUM ?“ THE
ANSWER -- SOUTHERN VELCRO. WELL, BOB, PROMISES A PROFUSE AMOUNT
OF HANDOUTS, SO BE SURE TO ARRIVE EARLY TUESDAY NIGHT FOR A FRONT
ROW SEAT.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
GOES TO JIM VAN CLEEVE SPEAKING ABOUT HAND CUT DOVETAILS, “ IT
GOES FROM WON’T FIT, TO TOO LOOSE IN ONE CHIP.” SOUNDS LIKE THE
VOICE OF EXPERIENCE TO ME.
SHOW AND TELL
HENRY DAVIS HAD A JIG FOR SHARPENING CHISELS THAT SEEMED TO CAST
A GLEAM IN SEVERAL WORKERS EYES. JIM VAN CLEEVE HAD BUILT A COPY
OF A TABLE THAT WAS HIS MOTHERS. HE ESTIMATED THE DATE OF THE
TABLE TO BE BUILT AROUND 1830 OR 1840. BELIEVE ME, IT WAS A PURE
PLEASURE TO SEE THEM BOTH. PHIL HAD ONE OF THE PRETTIEST
DOUGHBOARDS, I’VE EVER SEEN. WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT SHIRLEY
BOUGHT IT FOR HIM? FRED HELTSLEY, A VISITOR, BUILT A DULCIMER
THAT WAS A COPY OF ONE THAT CAME OVER THE MOUNTAINS FROM
VIRGINIA. HE WAS EVEN NICE ENOUGH TO PLAY A LITTLE TUNE FOR US.
YEA, YOU MISSED IT FOLKS.
TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON, A TURNING TURNING TURNING
OUR PROGRAM WAS ON TURNING AND BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, WE WANT
TO THANK BILL KNIGHT FOR BRINGING IN HIS LATHE FOR THE LIVE
DEMONSTRATION. THANK YOU, BILL.
THE PROGRAM WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, BILL STARTED THINGS
TURNING WITH A DEMO ON LAMINATED TURNING, THEN PHIL TOOK OVER THE
LATHE AND SHOWED SEGMENTED TURNING. . TO CLOSE OUT THE EVENING,
TOM COWAN EXPLAINED HOW TOINLAY ON A LATHE. NOT AN EASY CHORE
FOLKS. YEA, I KNOW, YOU’RE REALLY WISHING YOU HAD BEEN THERE,
NOW. SO DON’T FORGET, THE MEETING FALLS EARLY THIS MONTH.
NEW MEMBERS
JUDY DAVIS CALLED JUST A LITTLE WHILE AGO TO INFORM ME THAT WE HAD TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ADD TO OUR MEMBERSHIP. THEY ARE:
ROBERT EUBANKS,RT. 3 Box 3461, TULLAHOMA 455-0229 AND FRED HELTSLEY RT. 6 Box 6135, TULLAHOMA 759-7564
WE RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU WITH US FOLKS.
NAME TAGS
FOR ALL OF US WHO OIDN’T GET IN ON THE FIRST ROUND OF THOSE
PRETTY BLUE NAME TAGS, TOM GILLARD REPORTS THAT THE SECOND BATCH
IS READY AND YOU CAN PICK YOURS TUESDAY THE 16TH OF OCTOBER.
. . . side. It hangs on the ceiling where it filters the air
by removing airborne dust before it settles and then recirculates the filtered
air with a whirlpool effect —John R
Thiesen. South Wa/es, NY
Quick tip: I apply
liquid gun bluing to my steel tools not only to prevent rust, but also EQ deter
permanent borrowing.’ OxphoBlue. available from Brownells. Inc.. Route 2. Box
1, Montezuma, Ia. ~OI1. is a good solution. . —RS. Ayarz’al. Chicago. Ill.
Carriage for bandsawing rough wood
I’m always looking out for interesting hardwood scraps, split firewood and small logs for turning blocks. But hand-feeding the irregular shapes through the bandsaw to cut them into usable pieces isn’t safe. I developed a solution based on my recollections of a rolling log carriage used in sawmills. I used the same basic idea, but scaled down the carriage.
I mounted a 3-ft-long pipe damp to a 2-k-long U-shaped maple
bracket To allow lateral adjustment, I slotted the brackets bottom arid
fastened it to the base with bolts and wing nuts A maple track glued to the bottom
of die base slides in the saw’s miter-gauge slot ‘Then making the carriage, be
sure the damp dear the band saw blade with the bracket at its closest setting
To use the carriage tighten the log in the clamp, adjust the bracket for the
width of cut and feed the log past the blade. -E.G. Lincoln. Parszppanv, NJ
Integral circle guide for bandsaw
FIGURES IN ORIGINAL ISSUE (SEE HENRY DAVIS)
This circle guide uses a length of standard steel keyway stock, available from machine shops. as a replacement for the saws upper right-hand blade-guide insert Adjust the blade’s thrust bearing and . . .
Quick tip: The cut-off bottom of a two-liter, plastic, soft-drink bottle makes a perfect mixing bowl for plastic-resin glue and similar compounds. Hardened glue will not stick to the flexible bowl.
—R.S. Kjan’al,
Chicago, Ill.