SPLINTERS

Vol. 12/Issue 7 Tennessee Valley Woodworkers Editor; Tom Gillard July 1998

MEETING NOTICE:

The next meeting of the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers

will be held, July .21st at 7:00pm at the

Duck River Electric Building in Dechard, TN.

All interested woodworkers are invited!

TVWW Artisan’s day at Fall’s Mill has been changed since the June meeting to:

September 12.

This was necessary since several of the exhibitors wouldn’t be able to

attend on August 22 date, due to schedule conflicts.

The new date is the second Saturday in September.

In Memory:

We were very sad to learn of the death of Ruth Warmbrod, who passed away from injuries sustained in a traffic accident in Tullahoma earlier this summer. She was the widow of William (Bill) Warmbrod, a former member of our club. After Bill’s death, seven years ago, Ruth enjoyed attending the annual Picnics and Christmas Parties our club held. Our club has purchased a book for the Franklin CountY Memorial Library in her memory. She will be missed.

July Meeting:

The program for meeting will be social period to new members, and old members, to get acquainted with the other members. Members are requested to bring show and tell items (including work in process) to discuss at the meeting.

John Green’s minutes from the June meeting: June 16, 1998

Meeting called to order by President Harold Hewgley. Guests, Norman Becklund of New Castle, Indiana, Buz Ackerman and son Steven of Huntsville, Alabama, were introduced. Old business - seminar - Loyd Ackerman reported that there were 22 in attendance and it was a great success. Falls Mill is scheduled for August 22, 1998. Turning bee - a total of fifteen club members attended all or part of the turning bee at Tom Cowan’s shop. Harvey Carter expressed thanks for the experience as did others who attended. New business - Henry Davis announced that he is making a new list for anyone wanting a name tag. Cost is $4.50 each.

Show and Tell: Louise Green had two pens, a wine cork and a key ring made at the turning bee. John Green showed a silver maple bowl, also from the turning bee. Don Helton presented a fretwork shelf and a fretwork tissue box cover. Steve Graham showed a relief carving in progress. Tom Gillard showed a wormy box and a cherry table with ceramic tile top and a mid leg shelf. Loyd Ackerman expressed hope that the club could have meetings similar to the turning bee for carving, scroll sawing, finishing and other projects that might have interest for club members.

After a short break Buz Ackerman presented the program on bow making. Meeting adjourned at

9:00 PM.

As editor, I neglected my duties last month by not including a welcome to our new members. These two came to us in May and joined the club:

Welcome new members: Sean Metrick from Taft. Sean has been in the area for about four months, and heard about us from the Tempo article.

Walter Clement, Walter just moved to Belvidere. We know Walter from his apple press at the mill.

New member from June:

Don Helton joined the club this past month. He has been getting invitations from numerous people and finally decided to give us a try.

Lets all have a wonderful social event this month and say HI to everyone that you might be unsure of their name.

Another moment, please:

At last months meeting, Tom C. and Loyd A. talked about the turning bee that was held last month. Everyone had favorable things to say about it and there was great interest shown in doing more specialized activities like this one. Tom said something that made me realize why and I like this club so much, other than the people. He said that this club and the in activities offered were, “to discover and sample all aspects of wood and woodworking.” This is a very important statement for all of us. I have learned many things from many talented people and have seen other things that I sure would like to try. I hope everyone else in the club is having this same experience!

Note from Ross:

In the current issue of Modern Woodworking there are two items of particular interest. The first indicates recent progress with soy-based adhesives. It has some significant advantage: it replaces petroleum based glues; is make from a renewable resource; reduces VOC’s; can be used with green lumber, forms quick (60 second) bonds but cleans up with water before curing. The other development is diamond cutting tools. Though they cost maybe 5 times more than carbide tools, they typically last 50 to 100 times longer. This is a big advantage on a production line if the production can continue uninterrupted for weeks.

June program:

Wasn’t that an interesting program! Thank you Buz!! I would have never guessed that there was so much science involved in trying to put a string on a piece of wood. I am going to have to try to make one “I can do that”. Just goes to show that just because early man didn’t have power tools or even written language they couldn’t figure out the mechanics of nature.

On the Road:

Our family was returning from a trip to Washington, D.C and stopped in Gatlingburg for the night. While there we visited Arrowmont. The paver bricks are not ready yet but we saw the location where they will be placed. The friendly people there said things should be starting later this year. They are still hoping to sell more bricks by then.

Woodcarving News:

A two hour meeting was held at the Graham house on June 25th. Person’s attending were Richard GuIIey, Billy May, James Cook. Pull Bishop, Winfield Bennett, Ken Burgess, and Steve and Nancy Graham.

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the presentatIon of a carving class to be held In September depending upon club member and non-member response. Subjects to be covered are shallow relief using a Dremel tool, deep relief using gouges and whittling, using a carving knife. A Small registration fee will be required to cover the cost of wood and a meal.

This will be an all day event with hands on experience. If you or anyone you know might be Interested In attending this air conditioned event, you must let one of the persons listed above know at our next monthly meeting (7/21).

Benny’s Woodworks & Tools will also have a display with different items for sale, all of which deal with carving.

Even if you are on the right track, you can still be run over if you don’t move. Will Rogers.