Tennessee Valley Woodworkers
July 1995
Janie promised us cool weather at Falls
Mill on the 15th. Our part of the show runs from 9am until 4pm. Please check
with Phil Bishop if you need electricity, tables, etc. Janie will feed us again
for lunch. Make sure that you arrive early for one of the most funnest days of
the year. And everyone make sure to stop by the Belvidere Market on your way
back. Don’t stop on the way out - Susan doesn’t serve breakfast yet, I gather.
On August 5th and 6th there will be a
Turning Symposium in Smithville. Our own tremendous turner Tom Cowan will be
one of the instructors. The cost of the weekend is $95. Phil announced that the
Fall Festival will be in Winchester City Park the second weekend of October.
Phil also has plans for the many types of bird houses and nesting boxes that
the new Nature Trail needs. Please help them out and use up that scrap lumber
before it becomes kindling.
Manuel Brown returned with his finished
chair and has worked out the problems with routing the mortise and tenons. Ben
Whiteaker worked out his own plans for a salt box from a picture and built it.
Billy May generally knows where his next door neighbor is, so he carved her a
lovely kitten playing with, after close inspection, was a walnut turtle. I will
not disclose what Susan and I thought it was. Doyle McConnell had a miniature
turned birdhouse for a Christmas ornament that might give us all some ideas.
Ross had a cherry wall cabinet that he built from some left over wood. I wonder
if he’s that good when he looks in the frig for dinner? Jim VanCleave’s
grandchildren must really love him. He has now built a trundle bed for
overnight guests for one of them. That’s
all the show and tell I got down. If I missed you, chastise me on Saturday.
Our next meeting will be Tuesday, July 18
at Duck River. But don’t forget Falls Mill on Saturday, July 15.
Lucinda and Geoff.