HEADLINES TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS CAPTIVATES THOUSANDS

 

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.