The February meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 18th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
The February 18th program will be given by David Sapp of Woodcraft in Franklin. David will make a presentation on Sharpening. Be sure to come out and learn from David’s program. He always has some very interesting tips to pass to other eager woodworkers. He might also give you a run-down on the latest woodworking equipment coming to the Woodcraft store in Franklin.
See you at our February meeting on the 18th.
NEXT MAJOR TVW ACTIVITIES:
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Benjamin Laine - Manchester |
(Joining at the January meeting)
Be sure to meet all of our new members and welcome them to the club.
Photos below are from the 2009 Exhibition:
The date for the “In the Spirit of Fine Woodworking” is rapidly approaching. The location is the South Jackson Civic Center in Tullahoma and the dates are March 2 through 9.
For a successful Exhibition, we need you to
participate by entering display items for the Exhibition. The entry
deadline is February 18.
The Exhibition schedule is as follows:
Sunday March 2 will be Opening Day and Reception – open 2 PM until 5 PM.
Monday March 3 through Saturday March 8 will be open from 11 AM until 7
PM.
Sunday March 9 will be closing day – open 2 PM until 5 PM
If you haven’t already done so, please submit your Exhibit Entry to Bob Addington on or before the deadline of February 18th. You can submit your entry to [email protected] or bring a hard copy of your entry to the meeting. You can download a copy of the entry form from the Club’s website www.tnvalleywoodclub.org .
Stay tuned to Splinters and the TVW website for latest developments.
The executive committee met on January 27 and planned the list of activities and events for the current year. The list will be published as soon as the events are confirmed.
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The Carvers Clinic met at Phil Bishop’s shop on
February 1st. There were nine of the regular carvers in attendance.
Also, two new carvers attended the gathering. August Dobert and Belinda
Kagel were at the meeting for the first time.
This was the first meeting of 2014 and everyone worked on their own
projects.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of
each month at Phil Bishop’s shop. Anyone interested in carving is
welcome to attend these monthly meetings.
The flute circle group will not meet during the month
of February.
The next meeting will be in March and will be announced at the February
TVW meeting.
This group is for anyone interested in learning how to play the native
flute. Even if you don’t have one, please come and we will take care of
you.
Contact Ron Reimers @ 931-308-5196 or [email protected] for
additional information.
Come and join the fun and fellowship with the “Fluters”.
Be “in the know” in 2014! Participate in the TVW forum.
The forum is the place to “check out” and 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 at a great price!
Tried the library yet!!! Start the new year off in great fashion. Check out a DVD from the library and hone your skills in a special area. If you don’t take advantage of this opportunity, you are missing a great chance to learn new techniques and brush up on old ones.
For a complete list, see Henry Davis at club meetings, email him at [email protected] or call him at 393-3191 and leave a message.
January
Show & Tell
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Jim Everett brought photos and discussed the creation of a personalized mailbox for friends that had just remodeled their house. The mailbox replicates the house exterior. Jim brought two framed pieces with intarsia cars (Camero and friend's autos)that he made for friends. He also brought one of his popular intarsia pieces entitled “Working Under Pressure” that he calls a self-portrait. |
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Vince Zaccardi displayed three bowls that he turned from Chuck Taylor’s apple wood. He experimented with filling voids with mixtures of coffee grounds and either epoxy for the larger ones or CA glue for the smaller. |
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Jim Acord brought a new and improved flat-faced turned-handle mallet that he made for his wife. They are called “Whackers” by his family members, who use them for cracking anything from ice to peppercorns. |
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Larry Wendland showed five pens that he turned from tulip, olive, cinnamon burl, stabilized and dyed buckeye burl, and “wood” (he forgot what it is). He also brought a lidded box that he made from red cedar with a forked deer antler handle on the lid. |
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Tom Cowan brought an English tea caddy inspired by the plan referenced by Ronnie Young at the Fall Seminar. The primary wood is butternut lined, with added decorative elements, inlays, and banding made from walnut burl, holly, and quarter-sawn sycamore. |
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Paul Fults brought a play stable that he built to house a toy play horse. The structure is designed to fit the horse and replicated barn construction with all wood elements. He added a CNC nameplate “Chestnut” for the horse. |
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Paul Jalbert displayed the large raptor themed panel that he designed and built for a group-effort woodcarving session during the October Heritage Day event at Tims Ford Park. The panel features four full-sized birds that frequent the lake area, including a bald eagle, a red-tailed hawk, a barn owl, and a seagull. When Heritage Day was over, a total of 126 people had tried their hand at carving and signed the log book. The panel will be on permanent display at the park. |
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Ken Gould brought a “work in progress”, creating his own “school of fish”. Ken’s fish will not be painted, but rather clear-coated to reveal the wood grain patterns on the sassafras, white pine, and yellow pine carvings. |
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Loyd Ackerman brought four hollow-forms that he turned from box elder firewood. He wanted to keep the white wood areas white, rather than yellow, and experimented with combinations of clear lacquer, crystal clear Minwax water-base, and crystal clear Rust-Oleum enamel. There’s not that much
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Bob Addington brought three plaques with integral frames that he made using his CNC router. One was oval with lions, from cherry. The other two were square frames from maple. One was an elk scene and the other was a Christ portrait, which he considers his best work to date. |
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Bob Leonard explained a display, featuring three knives with matching sheaths, all hand-made and all from wood. Bob fashions his masterpieces from multiple wood species, selected to add just the right touch. |
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A couple of interesting photos from the January program. |
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Be sure to be on the lookout for the 2014 calendar of events. The executive committee will be meeting and setting the events and dates in the near future. The event calendar will be posted on the web site as soon as the year's activities are set.
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] .
KEEP UNSTABLE TURNINGS UNDER WRAPS
Burls, spalted maple, and other unstable materials can fly apart when spinning on the lathe, especially during the hollowing process.
To avoid calamities and provide some stability and strength, try wrapping your delicate turnings securely in stretch-wrap film purchased from a local office-supply store, securing the end with a piece of tape.
This applies enough pressure to maintain the integrity of the piece as you perform the hollowing process.
Be sure to wrap the film against the direction of spin so it won’t
unwind during turning.
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