The June meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 18th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
The June program will be presented by three of our own “experts”.
Phil Bishop, Matt Brothers and Doyle McConnell will be presenting parts
of the June program.
Phil Bishop and Matt Brothers will demonstrate the application,
advantages and disadvantages of various furniture finishes. They will
discuss problems they have encountered and how to avoid the “pitfalls”
of finishing.
Doyle McConnell will discuss and demonstrate his high gloss glass
look finish. He will also discuss when and when not to use this
type of finish.
See you at our June meeting on the 18th .
(No new members at the May meeting)
Be sure to meet all of our new members and welcome them to the club.
The annual TVW picnic was originally scheduled for May 18. Due to bad weather conditions, the event was rescheduled for June 22 at Falls Mill.
The event will start at 5 PM but the mill will be open
for you to
tour at 4:30.
The auction is a major fundraiser for the club. So, remember to bring
something for the auction, preferably something you have made.
This is a potluck supper so bring your favorite covered dish. The Club
will provide drinks, plates & forks.
Remember to bring a comfortable lawn chair for you and your guests.
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It is now officially “Shop Tour” season. Clean up your
shop because your shop may be on the next tour.
The first shop tour of the year, held on May 25th, started out at the
Monteagle Diner, where everyone enjoyed a big breakfast.
The shops of Geoff Roehm and Dean Lutes were the tour destinations. Some
of the group also toured the cabin that Paul Fulks built.
The best thing about the tours is the fact that everyone always picks up
some ideas to apply in their own shop.
Thanks to Doyle for coordinating this enjoyable activity and thanks to
Geoff, Dean and Paul for allowing the group to view what
was going on in their areas. If you want to be on the tour list, contact
Doyle.
The annual “Turning Bee” was held on June 8 at Larry Wendland’s Shop.
Twenty-three TVW members and guests attended the successful
event.
Each person got the chance to rough turn a bowl, assisted by a mentor.
After lunch, Tom Cowan presented a demonstration of green wood turning,
with a summary on the basics to reinforce the Mentor’s instruction.
A big thanks to Larry and Sherry for hosting the event. Sherry surprised
Larry with a birthday party and ice cream and cake was enjoyed by all.
The event coordinator was Tom Cowan, assisted by Henry Davis and Loyd
Ackerman.
The mentors included Bob Addington, Karen Browning, John Hartin, Mickey
Knowles, Doyle McConnell and Vince Zaccardi
This has been our most popular event for a number of years. Most of the
club members got their turning “start” at one of our turning bees.
This is a great way to learn some basic turning skills or brush up on the skills you already have.
Start those projects you want to display in the
exposition. The date for the 2013 TVW Exposition is September 8 – 15.
The location will be at
the University of the South, Sewanee, TN. Dan Maher is the Chairperson
for the event. He will be asking for help as the event date draws
closer. Please give him your support when he asks.
There will be additional information presented at the monthly meetings
concerning the upcoming event.
The carvers held their monthly “gathering” at Phil Bishop’s shop on June 1. They worked mostly on individual projects.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of each month the Phil Bishop’s shop. They work on individual or group projects. Anyone interested in carving is welcome to attend these monthly meetings.
The “Flute Circle” met on June 10th at 1 PM. The
meeting location is Tom Cowan’s Artisan Studio in Cowan. The next
meeting date will be announced at the TVW meeting on June 18th.
Come and join the fun and fellowship with the “Fluters”.
A fall seminar is being planned for Oct. 19. The presenters will be Ron Young and Scott Tinker. Location - Tom Cowan's Cowan Artisan store in Cowan. Details will be given as the seminar content is developed.
The forum is booming with “expert” solutions to your woodworking
problems and great advice.
You would absolutely be amazed at the wealth of knowledge that your
fellow members have to offer!
Don’t forget about the tremendous resources we have in the
library. If you have not tried our digital library in 2013, you are
missing a great opportunity to learn new techniques and brush up on old
ones.
Please remember that you can now view some of the club DVDs on line. Go
to the library listing on our club website and click on the
underlined titles.
For a complete list of all items in the Digital Library, see Henry Davis
at club meetings, email him at [email protected] or call him at
393-3191 and leave a message.
May
Meeting
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Tom Gillard brought a dandelion weeder with a new handle that he turned after destroying the original with his riding lawn mower. |
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Jim Everett – showed pictures of items he has made for his back yard including an arbor arch for honeysuckle, a cedar boardwalk, a lily pond, log planters, barn birdhouses, a homemade tree for birdhouses, a porch on the back of his shop, and a barn intarsia. |
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Ross Roepke – brought a Carolina wren carving by Tom Anderson that he bought at a craft show. |
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Jim Van Cleave – discussed a pair of relief carvings, one about a quarter inch deep and the other about three quarters deep, and elaborated on the effects of depth on shadows and how they affect the 3-D illusion. |
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Allen Odell – brought a carving bench that he designed and built from engineered beam cutoffs. He added clamps, hold downs, a power strip and an umbrella to give him a first class bench. |
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John Duval
– brought a
cedar vessel
and a finial that he turned on his
new lathe. |
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Bob Stancil
– brought a
bowl that he turned
and showed the grain
pattern on a cutoff scrap that looks like the face of Jesus. |
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Gary Runyon – brought a shoulder plane that he made from apple wood. The removable nose also allows it to be used as a bull-nose plane. |
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Bob Addington
– showed pictures of a table he built for the CNC machine
that he sold to Richard Gulley. The table was equipped with
storage drawers, shelves, and a special drawer for the CNC
control panel. |
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Phil Myers –
brought a
makeup mirror that he repaired for his wife. He
started by turning a new base from a pine 2x12 and finished
with a bit of turning help from Chuck Taylor, a lot of wood
putty, and some reddish primer and clear urethane. |
Click here to see the event calendar for the current year.
To view the "Links of Interest" on our web site, please click here.
Click here to see the compiled list of items that are for sale by club members
If you have additional woodworking items for sale or are looking for woodworking items, please send information to Chuck Taylor at 931-728-7086 or email to [email protected] .
Two-piece rail-and-stile bits use the exact same fence
setup for both bits. But that perfect fence location must be
disturbed to swap bits. Save time resetting your router-table fence
flush with the bit bearing and parallel to the miter slot with this
handy gauge. After adjusting the fence flush with the bit bearing
and parallel to the miter slot, install the jig in the miter slot.
Slide the gauge blocks up to the fence, and tighten the wing nuts to
secure the blocks. Then remove the jig, and make your first set of
cuts. After you move the fence to change bits, remount the jig in
the miter slot. Slide the fence against the blocks, and tighten it
in place. If your router table lacks a miter slot, lengthen the
gauge blocks so the hardwood runner rides against the front edge of
the tabletop.
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