The following people have agreed to serve as contacts for their particular skills. If you have questions, suggestions for activities, or other comments relating to these skills, please call these folks. Their interest is to help the club better serve their area of expertise. Your participation with them will help them achieve that goal.
Design: Alice
Berry
454-3815
Finishing: Phil
Bishop
967-4626
Turning: Tom
Church
967-4460
Carving: Harry
May 962-0215
Sharpening:
Bob
Reese
728-7974
Joinery: Ross
Roepke 455-9140
Health and Safety:
Maurice
Ryan 962-1555
Please remember, in your thoughts and prayers, all our Troops heading for the Middle East.
Kentucky ATOMIC CLOCK.....
As part of Kentucky 's entry into the 21st century, they thought they should develop an atomic clock site (sort of like that one used by Indiana to coordinate clocks, military operations, and the like). After three years of R&D, they opened the site at the beginning of the year. It may not have all the features of the Indiana site, but I'm sure you'll be impressed.
"Metal Working for Wood"
The location will be the woodworking shop facility at the Franklin County
high school in Winchester.
Sign up at the meeting…
James Coulson made a candleholder for multiple candles and after he had it done his wife told him it was too large and so he had to make a smaller one, which he also brought. They were made of Maple and Black Walnut. He brought extra copies of the plans for anyone that may want them.
Henry Davis made a keepsake box with a wormy maple top trimmed in black walnut and mahogany. He also brought in a bottle of Locktite wood glue that he bought because of the type container it came in. He found that the glue works well but dries opaque instead of clear. He said it acts more like an epoxy then glue.
Loyd Ackerman made a segmented/lamented bowl out of elm, cherry, maple and alder. He cut the pieces at 12 degrees and put them together with polyurethane glue. This is his second attempt and he said he was not sure it was worth all the trouble to make it.
Tom Gillard made a Shaker table out of black walnut. The tabletop was made of 4 pieces cut at 45 degrees with mahogany inlay at the joints. It made a very pretty and unusual table. He also brought some natural edge bowls that he made on his new lathe.
Tom Cowan brought in a table he built that was a copy of an antique table. It was made out of Tennessee cherry and he used square pegs in the mortise and tenon joints.
Marion Riley showed a corner cabinet that he had made from a small picture in a magazine. He had chisel carvings on it and it was made from black walnut.
Ken Gould brought in a steel stand he made for a gazing ball. He was also trying to see if he could use it for a stand for a wood bowl or candleholder but he would need a very big bowl to look right. He is working on one out off a piece of box elder he got from Tom Cowan and Tom is also making a bowl out of other half of this wood. We will be looking forward to seeing both of their bowls when they are finished.
Karen Kerce brought in a bowl which she turned and put copper leaf in the inside of it. She also made a small oil lamp holder and another turning which has a top. All of these items were made out of wood from Doyles scrap pile.
Jim Van Cleave showed us a jewelry box he made out of black walnut a knot on it for figuring which he used for the top. He made a triangular divider for the inside, which he said, was easier to make than the thinner ones. He had a carving on the front of the box. He also made a pair of bookends, which he had the "torch of knowledge" he cut out of a contrasting wood glued to the face of them.
Geoff Roehm brought in a resonator guitar he had built out of black walnut glued to aircraft plywood for the top, since resonator guitars need a dead top. He also used ebony on it. He also showed a Tipo guitar, which is very small and has 10 strings. He played a few notes on each to show us how different they sound.
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Eastern bluebird numbers have decreased over the last 10 years for
many reasons. You can help increase their numbers by providing a place
for
them to nest. Building a bluebird box
and watching as they nest and the young fledge into the wild can be
a fun
project. It can bring you and your family lots of enjoyment. You can
also
feel good that you are helping increase the bluebird's population.
Where to put your nestbox
*Bluebirds usually nest in open fields or orchards.
*Place the box in as open an area as possible. Do not mount on trees
or buildings. Fence lines are a great place.
*Mount the box 4 to 6 feet up a pole or board.
*Put a guard on the pole to keep out raccoons, snakes and other potential
predators.
*Face the box opening towards a tree or bush so that fledglings have
a safe place to fly to
*Place boxes 100 yards from each other to give bluebirds enough room
so that their territories don't overlap.
*If birds of prey attack your bluebirds, move the boxes away from trees
where the prey birds may be launching their attacks.
*Keep the grass and weeds trimmed near the nestbox to remove predator
hiding spots.
*Keep stray cats away from the nestbox. They prey on many bird species.
Here's how to monitor your bluebird box:
You can go to this site for more information and other types of plans.
USGS
And another one for you to visit: The
Bluebird Reference Guide
New members this month are:
Harry Hodge, Bob Eubanks, and
John
Schulte
WELCOME to the TN Valley Woodworker's.
This quote is taken from Kevin's page http://www.turnedwood.com This is a nice site. I have his angle figuring software. It works well if you are into segmented bowls.
Doyle
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