SPLINTERS
Vol.11/ Issue 9 Tennessee Valley Woodworkers Editor. Richard Gulley September 1997
Hey There!
It’s
already time for another Splinters! Time really flies when you don’t have time
to turn around. :-)
Sure
do miss all you woodchuckers - look forward to seeing all of you at the picnic.
It’s time to get on with Splinters.
Meeting
notes from August 19, 1997, meeting of Tennessee Valley Woodworkers.
*
Visitors:
Paul
and Billy Noles
Harvey
Carter
Joe
Ellis
Bill
Wendellkin(sic)
* Exhibit committee announced: John Sargent
(chairman), Louise Green, Loyd Ackerman, and Tom Cowan. The charter is to make
recommendations on how we should handle exhibits in the future.
* Janie Lovett announced the need for
volunteers to build brochure racks for the Winchester area tourism committee.
Volunteers need to contact Janie.
* A reminder was announced for August 30
Artisans day at Fall Mill.
* A reminder was announced for the October
11 Fall workshop. Applications were passed out and collected. Applications are
due September 16th”. Payment is due anytime before or at the workshop and can
be made to Henry Davis or any member of the committee. Loyd Ackerman
(chairman), Louise Green. John Green, and Tom Cowan. (Application attached to
September Splinters)
* The picnic and auction is to be at Duck
River on September 20th.
Plan to arrive about 5 PM and bring a dish. It’s the usual pot luck
plus.
* A reminder was announced for the TAW
symposium in Gatlinburg on 8/23.
* We decided not to get a booth(s) at the
Old Stone Fort fair due to lack of interest.
* Ross Roepke knows of a source of old
walnut lumber removed from a room. See Ross for details.
* Ross was given the job of getting
plates, spoons, cups, etc. for the picnic.
* Remaining 1997 events: August 30-Falls
Mill. September 20— Picnic. Fall Workshop —October 11. Holiday party — December
6.
Show
and Tell:
-
Winfleld Bennett — Brought some Hackberrv wood. Gave several pieces to members
for projects.
-
Billy May — Carving: Butternut Indian head with basswood horns. Carved letter
opener.
-
Manuel Brown — Display board to show how he constructs his toy cars and some of
the tooling used as well.
-
Tom Church - Walnut box with floating panel top.
-
Ross Roepke - Clock made with walnut, maple, and mahogany. A tiininimg jig.
Plus a box made of cherry and walnut.
-
Tom Cowan - Pedestal made from walnut A walnut jewelry box with floating panel
top. Plus a hollow vessel turning with native American coloring and decoration.
Exciting September Meeting!
Ross Roepke will teach us
how to cope --- with wood shrinkage that is.
September 16th 7:00 pm at the Decherd Duck River Building
-Jim
Cooke-Carvings of a man and a woman including details of guns.
-
Doyle McConnell — Box elder turning and a discussion on freeze drying turnings.
-Henry
Davis-Parts for a table he’s building plus a discussion on advice on how to.
-
John Sargent - Brought in the gavel he donated to the club. Now with an
engraved brass plate.
Other:
*
Doyle knows how to order Anchor Seal
($35/gal)
*
Billy May needs advice/help on making a screw for a spinning wheel
Program:
Bob
Reese gave an excellent program on using analine dyes. They come in three bases
—water, alcohol, and oil. Water is the most commonly used due to ease of use
and best color fastness. Dyes come in powder forms which is diluted in its base
liquid. The liquid form can then be mixed with other colors to get any color
you want. Dyes are different from stains in that they actually change the color
of the wood cells. Stains typically add color by introducing particulate in the
pores of the wood. Bob bad display
samples of the dyes themselves and wood that had been dyed.
Words
From Doyle
It
has been a busy month for the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers. The symposium at
Arrowmont was well attended. There were five attendees that were well pleased
with the presentation. In order to use some of the techniques shown two
shopping trips were arranged one in Atlanta and one in Guntersville.
The
“Artisan of the Month” at Falls Mills was also well represented by our club.
The Lovetts as usual had everything all pulled together and the weather
cooperated much better than last year. This is a very good opportunity for us
to make our club known to the community. There were over three hundred visitors
who attended. Everything was a success. Thanks to Janie and John for being our
host.
Words
From Henry
(Henny
Davis sends us this succinct account from Falls Mill)
James,
Billy and Winfield a’ whittlin’
John,
Juel and Bill a sawin’
Tom,
Loyd. Doyle and Henry a’ turnin’
Crocia a’ playin’
Susan a
catterin’
Ted.
Joe and Manuel a’ settin’
& a’ sellin’
Bob a’
fiddlin’
Inua
and Evelyn a’
vis’tin’
and
of course -
John
& Janie a’
runmn’
(Hope I didn’t miss anyone Henry
Davis)
The
fall picnic is scheduled for 5:00 PM. September 20 at the Duck River building
picnic grounds. Don’t forget the auction. The Club will furnish the BBQ, drinks
and silverware the rest is pot luck.
The
fall workshop is on October 11 at Tom Cowan’s shop. Plan for these events.
(Found this article on the NET. It’s the condensed version but contains all the info you need to try this sharpening technique. I have tried this -tho not to the fine grits they use - and it work’s!)
Condensed
Version or How to sharpen a plane blade with sandpaper.
Mercilessly
butchered into a Condensed “How to” Version by J. Gunterman from the Original
by the Steve Lamantia.
To
lap the back behind the cutting bevel:
Use
a very light coatings of 3M “77” spray adhesive to temporarily glue small
1-1/2” x 3-1/2” rectangular pieces of sandpaper along the edge of a sheet of
1/4” plate-glass.
The
paper to use is Aluminum Oxide in grits 50. 80. and 100, and Silicon Carbide
(wet-or-dry to you lay people) in grits of 150, 180, 220, 320. 400, 600. 1200.
and 2000. The plate glass should be placed with its edge flush to the edge of
the workbench. Grits can be skipped, if desired, but more time on each grit
will then be required to fully remove the scratches from the previous grit.
Using the gradual progression as listed, however, will require only about a
minute or so with each grit.”
Lap
the end one inch of the back of the iron on each grit in turn. You could use it
wet or dry.
About
every ten seconds or so, stop and brush off the sandpaper with a whisk broom
and wipe the blade off on your shirt.
About
ten minutes after starting, you should have gone from 50 grit on up to 2000,
and there will be a minor finish on the back of that iron the likes of which
must be seen.
Then
jig the blade in a Veritas honing jig or go it by hand— Clamp the blade down in
the Veritas blade-holder device, taking care to have the bevel resting on the
glass perfectly along both edges. Adjust the micro bevel cam on the jig up to
its full two-degree micro bevel setting — and hone away on the 2000-grit
Flip
the blade over on the sandpaper several times, hone and lap, hone and lap, each
time gentler and gentler, to remove the little bit of wire edge. The resulting little thin secondary bevel
should be quite shiny by this time.
Remove
the blade from the jig, and perform the “shave some arm hairs off” test, or the
sharpness test of your own choice.
Of
course, the ultimate test of a plane iron’s sharpness is what it does on wood.
When
it is all done, peel the sandpaper from the glass and throw it away. Then,
scrape the little bit of residual adhesive from the glass with a razor blade, a
quick wipe down with acetone on a piece of paper towel, and the cleanup is done
in a minute.
No
oil, no water, no mess, no glaze or flatness problems to worry about, and a
cutting edge that is Scary-Sharp (TM).
Mountain
Heritage Crafters, a carving tool and book supplier now has a web site. They are
in the process of putting their catalog on the site now. This may well be the
largest online listing of carving tools and books when the Site is completed.
MHC currently stocks over 800 books and is constantly adding more. They carry
products by Foredom, Ram, Flexcut, Two Cherries, Detail Master, Navsink, Helvie
and Lominack among others. Check out their site. If they don’t have what you
want listed, contact them. If they don’t
have it—they will do their best to get it. They strive to have the lowest mail order
prices in the US. Their site is at:
http://www.turboWp.COflh/fllhc/
Picture
in original omitted.
No
particular reason I put in this picture. Found it in a clipart newsgroup and
thought it was cutesy.
Keep
on keepin’ on and think about me crunching numbers while you’re enjoying the
good life of a
Tennessee
Valley Wood Worker. It just don’t get
no better!
Watch
out for SPLINTERS!