TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS SEPT. ‘91

SPLINTERS

WELL HERE WE ARE NEARING THE “FALL OF FALL”. SPEAKING OF FALL...HOW DID I GET ELECTED TO THE TOP BUNK ANYWAY??? PHIL BISHOP. HENRY DAVIS. TOM COWAN AND I SPENT A VERY ENJOYABLE

WEEKEND AT THE WOOD TURNING SEMINAR IN SMITHVILLE. IF YOU’VE GOT THE TIME, JUST ASK ONE OF US IF WE ENJOYED IT! THE TOP BUNK IS BAD ENOUGH, BUT A TOP BUNK FULL OF GRAVEL IS ABSOLUTE ABUSE. TOM AND HENRY GAVE NEW MEANING TO “ROCK—A—BYE BABY”... SOME FOLKS JUST KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN AT OTHER PEOPLE’ S EXPENSE.

AUGUST MEETING

WE HAD A BIG CROWD FOR THE DOG DAYS MEETING AND EVEN SIGNED UP A NEW MEMBER, LEONARD JACKSON. GLAD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, LEONARD.

PHIL WANTS TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE FRANKLIN COUNTY ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW IS THE WEEKEND. SEPT. 14 AND 15 AT THE DOMINION BANK IN DECHERD. WE’VE GOT THE SAME FOUR SPOTS AND SET UP IS ANY TIME FRIDAY OF VERY EARLY SATURDAY.

OLD TIMEY DAY IS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, S0 MARK YOUR CALENDAR AND

THINK OF A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY. WE GET A GREAT

DEAL OF RECOGNITION FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEARLY EVENT.

HENRY DAVIS RECOMMENDED A GREAT IDEA FOR OUR TOYS FOR TOTS

PROGRAM SINCE INTEREST HAS BEEN WANING OVER THE YEARS. HE

SUGGESTED THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND WORK IN ONE SHOP AS SORT

OF A PRODUCTION LINE. THOSE’ THAT CAN BUILD CAN BUILD, THOSE OF

US WHO CAN’T CAN SAND AND FINISH. IF TOM GETS HIS SHOP ADDITION

FINISHED, YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SET UP SANTA’S WORKSHOP AT

THE CHURCHES.

SHOW AND TELL-—--STAND BACK JACK, THE CLOCK COMPETITION GETS

TIGHTER EVERY DAY. TOM GILLARD BROUGHT A SLAB CLOCK TO SHOW MR.

MAN WHO MAKES CLOCKS THAT RUN BACKWARDS. HENRY DAVIS HAS A NEW

TOY THAT LOOKED MORE LIKE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO ME. I THINK IT WAS

A CHUG FOR A LATHE. ROY FARMER, SHOWED A PIECE OF WOOD AND STRAW

ART THAT HE OBTAINED BY WHAT TOM CALLS THE SUSAN METHOD, OF “OH,

ISN’T THAT PRETTY”. JACK SAYS HIS CLOCK THAT RUNS BACKWARDS

MAKES YOU FEEL YOUNGER. WINFIELD HAS BEEN CARVING ON SOME OF

PHIL’S BASSWOOD AND I’M GOING TO BUY SOME OF PHIL’S WOOD IF IT

TURNS OUT LIKE THAT. THAT IS YOUR SECRET, ISN’T IT, WINFIELD?

. FRED HELTSLEY MADE A BOX FOR HIS WIFE TO DISPLAY HER NEEDLEWORK. ROSS SAID HE BROUGHT SOME JIGS TO SHOW. BUT THEY LOOKED MORE LIKE INVENTIONS TO ME. A SCIENTIST IN OUR MIDST, PERHAPS?

RICHARD GULLEY, WHO WILL NEVER MISS ANOTHER MEETING, HAS BEEN

VISITING PAWN SHOPS AGAIN AND GAINED A NEW TOOL. TOM COWAN HAS

BEEN WORKING IN HIS LABORATORY MIXING WALNUT AND BOX ELDER. NOW

FOLKS OVER HIS WAY KNOW WHAT THAT STRANGE ODOR IS. JIM VAN

CLEEVE. OUR EDITOR AT LARGE, BUILT A CHEST OF DRAWERS FOR HIS

UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS. SOMETHING HIS WIFE TRIED TO GET HIM TO DO

FOR A VERY LONG TIME, SO THERE’S HOPE LADIES. AND FOLKS. WE HAD

AN ENDING THAT WAS TO BE ENVIED BY ALL ORGANIZATIONS, RICHARD

HAGAR BROUGHT THREE LOVELY DULCIMERS TO SHOW AND WASN’T AWARE OF

OUR TRADITION OF “YOU BRING AN INSTRUMENT TO SHOW. YOU PLAY IT”. SO WE ENDED THE EVENING WITH FINE ENTERTAINMENT.

JIM VAN CLEEVE FINISHED OUT THE EVENING WITH A FINE PROGRAM ON

CABINET SCRAPERS. WE SURE APPRECIATE PEOPLE LIKE JIM WHO IN ONE

MONTH TOOK OVER THE NEWSLEITER AND GAVE A PROGRAM TO BOOT.

THANKS.

CHEROKEE LUMBER

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NEVER VISITED ThIS FINE ESTABLISHMENT,

YOU OUGHT TO PUT IT ON YOUR AGENDA WHEN YOU HEAD TOWARD THE

SMOKIES. THEIR ADDRESS IS 1410 SEVIERVILLE PIKE, MARYVILLE. TN.

THEY PUT OUT A FINE NEWSLETTER WITH ADVERTISED SPECIALS AND

CLASSES. SINCE MY FOLKS LIVE IN THIS TOWN, I GET TO VISIT THERE

EVERY SO OFTEN. THEIR HOURS ARE MON-FRI 7:30 -5:30 AND

SATURDAYS 8;OO—4:O0. ALL CLASSES ARE $10 PER SESSION AND ARE

FROM 1PM TO 3PM ON SATURDAYS. SOME UPCOMING ONES ARE:

---OUTBOARD LATHE BOWL TURNING OCTOBER 12 DICK BUSEY

-——RELIEF CARVING WITh BARRY SIMPSON OCTOBER 3

AN INTRODUCTORY CLASS OF CARVING MANTLES. PLAQUES, AND FURNITURE.

LAYOUT. DESIGN, MATERIALS, TOOLS, AND RESOURCES AND TECHNIQUES

WILL BE DEMONSTRATED

--—SHARPENING WOODWORKING TOOLS SEPT 28

INSTRUCTIONS ON SHARPENING TECHNIQUES FOR A VARIETY OF TOOLS AND DISCUSSION OF A VARIETY OF STONES, JIGS, MACHINES AND MATERIALS.

THE SOUTHERN CRAFT LETTER IS AN INFORMATIVE NEWSLETTER THAT I

RECEIVED A COPY OF WHEN I WAS AT BEERSHEBA SPRINGS. IT’S AN

INFORMATION SERVICE OF ARTS AND CRAFTS SHOW FOR THE GREATER

TENNESSEE AREA. IT IS PUBLISHED 11 TIMES A YEAR AND THE CHARTER

SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS ON $7.95. IT IS AVAILABLE FROM

THE SOUTHERN CRAFT LETTER

RT. 2 BOX 178

LAFAYETTE, TN. 37083

NOVEMBER SEMINAR

IF YOU WERE AT OUR LAST MEETING, THEN YOU KNOW THE FALL SEMINAR

WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. A COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY

MET TO ORGANIZE IDEAS AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE MEETING

THIS MONTH. THE SEMINAR WILL CENTER AROUND US TEACHING OUR OWN

AND LEARNING FROM WITHIN OUR OWN GROUP. THINGS WE NEVER HAVE

TIME FOR OR THE PLACE WHEN WE HAVE A REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING.

GINA BISHOP

MOST OF YOU KNOW GINA BISHOP AND HER HUSBAND RICKY FROM WHEN WE

FIRST STARTED TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS. GINA AND RICKY HAD

TO DROP OUT WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING THEIR NEW HOME ALL BY

THEMSELVES FROM THE GROUND UP. GINA ONCE GAVE A GREAT PROGRAM ON

BASKETMAKING AND WEAVING. GINA IS NOW IN THE CRITICAL CARE UNIT

OF ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL AND I’M SURE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY CARDS

AND THOUGHTS TO COME HER WAY. THE ADDRESS IS ST. THOMAS

HOSPITAL. P.O. BOX 380, NASHVILLE, TN. 37202. ALL OR OUR

SPEC IAL THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH GINA

SEPTEMBER PROGRAM. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. FOLKS.

CALVIN SHARPE, FROM LAWRENCEBURG IS GOING TO PRESENT A PROGRAM ON

HAND CARVED DISH AND HOW HE GOES ABOUT LAYING IT OUT. TOM COWAN

SAYS THAT CALVIN IS A REAL NATURALIST AND KNOWS A GREAT DEAL

ABOUT THE NATIVE WOODS OF TENNESSEE. SO THIS SHOULD BE AN

INFORMATIVE AND INTERESTING MEETING. LETS MAKE SURE WE HAVE A

BIG TURNOUT, IT’S BACK TO SCHOOL TIME FOLKS. AND WE HAVE LOTS TO

TALK ABOUT AND PLENTY TO SEE.

FOR SALE:

TOM COWAN HAS A CRAFTSMAN LATHE FOR SALE 967--1389