TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS AUGUST 1991

SPLINTERS

AUGUST MEETING

MARK YOUR CALENDAR AUGUST 20 -- 7 P.M.. AT THE DREMC BUILDING

IN WINCHESTER. OR IS IT COWAN? EITHER WAY, BE THERE AS THIS IS OUR

ONLY AUGUST MEETING AND SOME VERY IMPQRTANT MATTERS MAY BE

DISCUSSED. (SEE BELOW)

WELL, HERE IT IS THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER. I’M SURE MANY OF YOU

WOODWORKERS HAVE SPENT MANY AN HOUR WONDERING WHY IT IS CALLED DOG

DAYS. IT SEEMS SO APPROPRIATE, A DOG WITH ALL THAT HAIR MUST GET

HOTTER THAN US HUMANS... JUST LOOK AT THE WAY THEIR TONGUES HANG

OUT... THEY APPEAR AS PATHETIC AS I SOMETIMES FEEL. WELL, WONDER

NO LONGER YOU CURIOUS SEEKERS OF WISDOM !!! THE TALE I’VE HEARD

GOES BACK TO THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS AND SO MUST BE TRUE. THE

SUMMER APPEARANCE OF SIRIUS, THE DOG STAR, MARKED SUMMER FLOODING

OF THE NILE RIVER VALLEY. THIS IN TIME BECAME KNOWN AS DOG DAYS.

IF YOU LEARN NOTHING ELSE FROM THIS EPISTLE

WITH THE ABOVE GEM YOUR EDITOR HAS GONE OFF TO VACATION AT

THE OCEAN, I HEAR, FOR A WHOLE WEEK. COULD BE HE IS GOING INTO

DRIFTWOOD FURNITURE MAKING AND IS AT THE BEACH GETTING MATERIALS.

AS TO DOG DAYS, I REMEMBER THAT IN TENNESSEE THE SWIMMING HOLE HAD

SO MUCH MOSS ON IT THE DOG COULDN’T FIND OPEN WATER TO GET A

DRI NK.

YE SUBSTITUTE WENT TO THE MURFREESBORO ANTIQUE SHOW & FOUND A STANLEY #45 COMBINATION PLANE PRICED AT THREE TIMES WHAT HE PAID FOR HIS. A GOOD BARGAIN IS SO SWEET~

I LOOKED AT THE FURNITURE FROM VIEWPOINT OF A WOODWORKER,

ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROJECT IDEAS. CAME AWAY HORRIFIED AT HOW MUCH

OPAQUE STAIN THE REFINISHERS HAD PUT ON SOME OF IT. ONE PIECE HAD

HAD A WHITE LINE INLAY AROUND THE EDGE OF THE TOP. BUT IT WAS

FINISHED AS BROWN AS THE REST OF THE WALNUT. NEVER COULD FIGURE

WHY YOU WANT TO STAIN BEAUTIFUL WOOD (EDITORIAL). SOME LIKE

STRAWBERRY, SOME LIKE CHOCOLATE. CAME AWAY FROM THE SHOW THINKING

WHAT A FINE GROUP OF SKILLED CRAFTSMEN THIS CLUB HAS.

JULY REPORT

HAD A FINE PROGRAM LAST MONTH PRESENTED BY GEORGE FLOYD OF FLOYD’S FAINT

ON SELECTING AND APPLYING WOOD FINISHES. MR.FLOYD GAVE US A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS.

HAD HANDOUTS. SHOWED SAMPLES OF APPLIED FINISHES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS - HE

INVITED ANYONE TO STOP BY THE STORE AND HE WILL HELP ON ANY PROBLEMS Y0U MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MR. FLOYD.

OUR LEADER PHIL BROUGHT A FINE FIREPACE MANTEL, ONE OF TWO HW MADE ON A CUSTOM ORDER. HE ALSO BROUGHT THE JIG HE MADE TO USE IN FLUTING THE COLUMNS ON THE MANTELS. NECE WORK. PHIL.

SHOW AND TELL WAS THE USUAL QUALITY EVENT WITH NICE PIECES BROUGHT BY SEVERAL

MEMBERS.

PICNIC

NOW. THAT WAS SOME PICNIC; AND HOT; AND FOOD AND WHAT MUSIC; AND WHAT MUSIC:

I’VE BEEN TOLD YE DIFECTORS ARE CONSIDERING MAKING

GETTING READY THE HIT SONG OF THE RICHARD GULLEY COMBO. THE

OFFICIAL THEME SONG OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS. THAT OF

COURSE WILL REQUIRE THAT RICHARD’ S GROUP ATTEND ALL CLUB MEETINGS

AND PLAY THE THEME AT BOTH THE OPENING AND CLOSING OF EACH AND

EVERY MEETING THE CLUB HAS, I BELIEVE THAT WILL REALLY DO

SOMETHING FOR ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS. RUMOR IS YOU SHOULD BE

PREFARED TO VOTE ON THIS PROPOSAL AT THE AUGUST MEETING. GOOD

GOING, RICHARD:

AND FOOD I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH FOOD: I WANTED TO EAT AND

DIDN’T HAVE ROOM._ WENT BACK THREE TIMES AND DIDN’ T EVEN GET

TO DESSERT. WE REALLY OWE OUR APPRECIATION TO ALL THOSE WHO

WORKED SO HARD TO MAKE IT SUCH A SUCCESS. NOTICED A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE

THERE NOTICED SOME NOT THERE. TOO, AND IT WAS THEIR LOSS. NEXT

YEAR, EACH OF YOU URGE JUST TWO OTHERS TO ATTEND AND MAYBE WE CAN EAT ALL THAT GOOD FOOD.

THERE WERE SOME FINE ENTRIES IN THE WOODWORKING CONTEST AND

DISPLAY. I FAILED TO TAKE NOTES AS I DIDN’T KNOW I SHOULD HAVE,

BUT YOU CAN ASK TOM GILLARD ABOUT THE RESULTS. WE ALSO HAD SOME

FINE DONATED AWARDS MADE BY MEMBERS AND THE WINNERS HAD A

DIFFICULT TIME DECIDING WHICH AWARD THEY WANTED. SOME VERY

GENEROUS FOLKS DONATED THEM.

THE ONLY SHORTFALL IN THE CONTEST WAS THAT ENOUGH OF US

DIDN’T BRING AN ENTRY. NEXT YEAR. WHY DONT YOU BRING AN ENTRY

EVEN IF YOU THINK IT IS ONLY TO MAKE YOUR BUDDY’S ENTRY LOOK

GOOD?

AUGUST MEETING

DON’T FORGET-——— AUGUST 20. 7 P.M.. DREMC.

IF YOU NOTICED SOMEONE NOT THERE AT A RECENT MEETING. CALL THEM

AND URGE THEM TO COME. AS TEMP. EDITOR I WOULD LIKE TO

DRUM UP AN EVEN BIGGER CROWD THAN SUSAN AND TOM HAVE BEEN

GETTING.

BRING A FRIEND: BRING A NEIGHBOR: BRING EVEN AN ENEMY::

“Why are you wearing ear protectors? You’re a wood carver!”