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: Tom Cowan    967-4835      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

Our September program will be presented by Tom Cowan and the topic will be “Hand Cut Dovetails”. The presentation will include a video program, with Tom explaining the different steps and intricate details involved in the “creation” of hand cut dovetails, resulting in a perfectly fitted blind dovetail joint.

Tom always presents a wonderful program and this one promises to be just as good.

The Tennessee Valley Woodworker's Web Site is constantly being updated with the latest club news and happenings. If you want to know the latest club news, be sure to take a look and check it out!!!!!!!
 

Click "here" to view all the latest information concerning "TVW Upcoming Events" or "here"to view upcoming programs on our Web Site.

Our first shop tour is scheduled for Saturday, September 12. This tour will be in the McMinnville area and will include the workshops of members Bob Molloy and Bob Brown; the BRC wood supplier facility; and non-member, George Oleksik.

We will meet at Andy's Restaurant (305 Mullican St,  McMinnville) at 0800 for breakfast. This is the old Shoney’s Restaurant location. You will be given a shop tour itinerary at the breakfast and the tour will begin from there.

Shop tours are always a lot of fun. Come and be a part of this interesting and educational “outing”..
 
 

The Fair demonstrations are scheduled for September 20 – 26 at Morton Village on the Coffee County Fair grounds. The Chairperson for this event is Doyle McConnell. Detailed information will be available at the September meeting.

The Polly Crockett Festival is scheduled for September 18 – 20 in Cowan, TN. The carvers are the major club participants in this event. Additional information will be available at the next meeting. The time has been set for the set-up activities and is scheduled for 8 AM on Friday September 18.

September 20 – 26:  Coffee County Fair Demonstrations, Chairperson - Doyle McConnell.

October 3: Christmas Ornament Workshop, hosted by Steve Shores. Additional information at the September TVW meeting.

October 24: Fall Workshop, Topic - Table Construction, Presenter – Ronnie Young, Chairperson - Johnnie Brown.

December 4:  Annual Christmas Party, Decherd Nazarene Church, Chairperson -  LaDoris Ackerman.

Shop Tours: Schedule will be developed as the year progresses. Chairperson – Doyle McConnell.

Polly Crockett Festival: September 18 – 20, Cowan, TN

Web School Art and Craft Festival:October 17 & 18, Bell Buckle, TN

The Lie-Nielsen Block Plane, donated by Woodcraft of Chattanooga, was given away at our August meeting. The lucky member, holding the winning ticket, was Wayne Simmons from McMinnville. Congratulations to Wayne and thanks to Woodcraft of Chattanooga.

The Fall Seminar is rapidly approaching and is shaping up as one of the best ever. The date is Saturday October 24. The presenter is furniture maker Ronnie Young. Ronnie will be covering all phases of “table construction”. He will present the seminar on making a special table. Social time begins 8 AM; program starts at 8:30 AM and runs until 3:30 PM. The program will cover making a table and will begin with a completed table, and then the presenter will discuss and demonstrate the many steps involved. The steps will include planning, lumber selection, grain consideration, lumber preparation, joinery, turnings, inlays, and finishing.

You will get to see the actual parts fabricated, as they are discussed.

The event will be at Matt Brothers' shop at 248 Walnut Grove, Pelham, TN. The program chairman for this event is Johnnie Brown.

The cost is $45 for advance reservation or $50 at the door; including a continental breakfast and lunch. Attendance will be limited to the first 40 people who register, due to the fact that the program will be conducted in a working shop.

The Carvers held their regular monthly meeting on September 5th ,  with 10 carvers participating. They met at Phil Bishops' shop and worked Wounded Warier canes and various other projects.

Plans were made for the upcoming Polly Crockett Festival, scheduled for September 18 - 20. The set-up will begin at 9 AM on Friday September 18th.

The next meeting of the carvers will be announced at the monthly club meeting.

The Club's Curio Cabinet, shown in the Exhibition, will be auctioned to the highest bidder. The cabinet is made from curly cherry donated by Tom Cowan and was constructed by Henry Davis and Loyd Ackerman.

The bidding process is open until the club meeting on September 15. Your final chance to bid will be at our September meeting.
The latest bid is posted on the TVW web site. If you have not bid on this beautiful cabinet, bring your to the September meeting. If you wish to place a bid before the meeting, please contact Loyd Ackerman.

To view the details of the auction, please click here.

TO GET IN ON THE ACTION: email bids to "[email protected]" or call 931-728-9952 (be sure to identify yourself and give callback number) or hand Loyd Ackerman a note with your bid and identity.

Each year, Club members have donated woodworking items for the UTSI annual picnic.  This year the picnic will be on September 18th and donations should be directed to Richard Gulley.  We will collect items at the September general meeting on the 15th.  UTSI has been very good to the TVW and the Club views these donations as a small token of appreciation for their hospitality. If you would like to help, please bring your donated items to the September meeting and they will be used as door prizes at the picnic.

If you have trouble with your gouges or chisels cutting properly, this is your great opportunity. If you want to know more about sharpening techniques, especially turning gouges, contact Bob Reese. Bob will give you one-on-one training. All you have to do is call and set up a time for your “learning experience”. You can contact Bob by phone (931-728-7974) or by email ([email protected]).

A new lumber supply source has surfaced in McMinnville. The Burroughs-Ross-Colville Company is located at 301 Depot Street in McMinnville. They now stock the normal supply of lumber and you are welcome to “come in and browse” for that special piece of lumber needed for the next project. The phone number is 931-473-2111. A tour of the facility is being planed for the near future.

To view their web site, please click here.

Woodcraft of Nashville is celebrating its 6th Anniversary on Friday and Saturday, October 23rd and 24th from 9AM – 6 PM. The store location is 209 South Royal Oaks Blvd., Watson Glenn Plaza in Franklin, TN.

Click here to go directly to the Franklin Woodcraft store web site.

For information on the status of this project, contact Ross Roepke at 931-455-9140 or send him an email at [email protected]
Ross will have additional information at the next club meeting.

DIGITAL LIBRARY NEWS

Don’t forget to take advantage of the vast amount of material that is available in the Club library. Also, if you have woodworking related VHS tapes or DVDs that you not longer want we hope you will consider donating them to the Club’s Digital Library. For a complete list of all items in the Digital Library, see Henry Davis at the next club meeting, email him at [email protected] or call him at 393-3191 and leave a message.

To view the complete list of all items in the Digital Library on-line, please click here .

Gary Runyon showed a small hand plane he made and finished with a walnut stain and a wax finish.

Tom Cowan displayed an early Tennessee museum quality table he had built. He used a satin lacquer as the finish coat.

Josef Maierbacker showed a wooden box with a stone inlay.

Harry May had one of the eagle head canes that were being given to disabled vets.  He also showed an angel carved out of basswood.  He also
had a carving of Chief Joseph out of butternut.  Jim Wright had started this and Harry was honored to finish it.

Bob Addington displayed and discussed his clever solution to supplying power to a four speed shop fan.

Ross Roepke showed a mahogany night table and his jig for marking out smooth curves.
 

If you would like to list woodworking equipment for sale or would like to purchase wookworking items, please contact Chuck Taylor with the item information and it will be posted in the Newsletter. You can contact Chuck at [email protected] or call at 931-728-7086.

1) 200 bf cherry 4" X 4"  100 years  @ $ 2.50 bf
2) 700 bf cherry 4/4  80 years old air dried....$ 2.50 bf
3) Some slabs & burls...chestnut, walnut, bass, beech, red wood etc
4) 1500 bf old yellow poplar from barns....$1.50 bf
5) 1000 bf reclaimed beech.$1.50
6) 200 bf reclaimed oak..$1.50 bf
7) 800 bf 2" X 6" reclaimed oak....$1.50 bf
8) 1500 bf reclaimed pine   $ 1.50 bf
9) Many hewn beams misc. poplar chestnut, cedar, oak, pine etc.  $2.00 bf
10) 800 bf 2" X 4" oak barnwood ( much quarter sawn here )   $1.50 bf
11) 50 12' long round wormy chestnut logs
12) Plus another 10,000 bf of misc. reclaimed wood to look over.

This is an interesting web site for all you "do-it-yourselfers". The site has nothing to do with woodworking, but can tell you a lot about trouble-shooting and repairing your appliances. The main feature is the "Ask the Repair Guru" section. If you have a repair problem, click here to find the answer to your problem.

You need a small piece of thin stock for a project, but not enough to justify the cost of a planer. Or, maybe you have a planer, but the piece you need to plane down is just too short to run safely through the machine. Are resawing or hand-planing your only choices?

Put your router on the job with an easy-to-build elevated base, shown below. Bore a 2" hole through the center of a piece of clear acrylic plastic or plywood that's as wide as your router's base and about twice as long. Attach the router over the hole on top of the piece with the handles aligned lengthwise. On the bottom, attach a 3/4x3/4x12" cleat centered across each end.

Fasten the workpiece to a saw table or other flat, smooth surface with double-faced tape. Use plenty of tape, and tap the face of the wood lightly with a non-marring mallet to ensure a tight bond. Now, with a hinge-mortising bit in the router, adjust the depth of cut to skim off enough material to leave the thickness you need. If you need to remove a lot of material, take it off in small increments.

If you find a place to purchase something pertaining to woodworking and would like to share that information with others, send an email to Loyd Ackerman with the details for inclusion.  We're not trying to replace the Yellow Pages; this is just for those special items and special contacts.
Information needed is:  Name, address, phone #, and website (if they have one) of the business and what you found them.

We strive to always keep the club membership roster listing up-to-date. If you have address, email or phone number changes, please contact Chuck Taylor (931-728-7086) or Jim Steadman (931-962-2940) so that your information can be updated in our membership listings. We are making a concentrated effort to keep our membership information current.