The August meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 19th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
Jack Kincella, one of our newer members, will present the program in September. Jack will be making a presentation on “Finishing”.
He will discuss the general topic of finishing and then give some details of the techniques he uses in his finishing activities.
Come out on Tuesday, September 16 and hear some of Jack’s secrets on the art of finishing.
See you at our September meeting on the 16th.
NEXT MAJOR TVW ACTIVITIES:
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Hugh Orr ----- Tullahoma |
Be sure to meet all of our recent new members and welcome them to the club.
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The latest shop tour was held on Saturday August 30th. The tour
started with a gathering at the Sunrise restaurant in Decherd with a
total of about 26 members and guests.
The shops of Bob Blauner in Estill Springs and Doug Dunlap in
Tullahoma were toured by the group.
Also, some of the tour group went by the see the new sawmill at the home
of Mike Addington.
The club thanks Bob and Doug for allowing the group to “invade” their
shop. They each gave the group an interesting tour.
Thanks, again, to Doyle for making the tour arrangements. Everyone
always picks up some ideas that can be applied to their own shop
activities.
Photos from 2013
The Coffee County Fair demonstrations (Morton Village) will be ongoing during September 15-20. We need people to “man the booth”. The demonstration schedule will be discussed at the next TVW meeting.
Help make this a fun week and a learning experience
for all. Come out and enjoy the fellowship and fun.
If you would like to help and have not signed up already, contact Doyle
McConnell.
A committee is being appointed by the club president to select and present nominations for club offices for the coming year. They will be asking people to serve the club next year by being an officer. A slate of officers will be presented at the October meeting. The election will be held at the November meeting, with the new officers beginning January 1.
Want to see what is planned for the current year? Click here to see the events and dates of the TVW planned activities for the current year.
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The wood carvers met for the September monthly meeting on Saturday morning, September 6 at Jim Joliffe's shop. The group that gathered worked on their individual projects.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM.
Anyone interested in carving is welcome to attend
these monthly meetings.
The “Cherokee Winds Flute Circle" met Saturday on Saturday morning, August 23rd at the Cowan Artist Guild on Main Street in Cowan.
The group’s next meeting will be Saturday September 27th at 10 AM.
Everyone is invited to come and participate or just come to listen.
Contact Ron Reimers @ 931-308-5196 or [email protected] for additional information.
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Falls Mill held a 30th Anniversary Celebration on august 31st. The celebration activities were a great success and were well attended despite some intermittent showers.
Club members Jim Everett, Vince Zaccardi, Sharron Wright and Henry Davis were also there showing off some of their handwork and a few club members just attended to enjoy the festivities.
Sharron entertained the visitors with a few tunes, but she would never tell us the names of them.
The first Fall Heritage Festival will be held September 19-21 in Cowan. Along with the festival activities will be a “juried” arts and crafts show. There will also be demonstrations and displays, supported by the club carvers.
Application form deadline was July 5th. The applications may be printed from the TVW web site or contact Art Brickse (931- 962-9665).
Additional information can be found by contacting any
of the following:
www.fallheritagefestival.info
email: [email protected]
phone: 931-563-3868
The forum is booming with “expert” solutions to your
woodworking problems and great advice. And, guess what? It is all “free”
to club members.
Have a question ----- Need an answer?
Best place to get an answer --- Your own forum!!!
Stay “on the edge” of great information and timely discussions of
tricks, tips and techniques from your fellow woodworkers.
If you have not checked out the “forum happenings” lately, you are
missing some great informational exchanges between club members. This is
a service offered to all members of TVW.
Kenneth (Dale) Daniel is back in business and will
again sharpen TVW member blades. His location is 2007 Ovoca Road,
Tullahoma. Phone –
931-455-5024, cell – 931-247-4753.
If you are a recent new member or had requested
a new name tag, a box of name tags will be available at the next
meeting. In the
future, name tags will be made for new members and available for pickup
at the next regular monthly meeting. Name tags for other
members will be made upon request only and will also be available for
pickup at the next meeting.
Please contact Chuck Taylor (931-728-7086 or email [email protected]) for information or name tags.
August
Show & Tell
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Doyle McConnell – showed photos of a table saw fixture for sawing thin veneer strips from a board edge. A pair of offset temporary fences guide the stock much like the in-feed and out-feed tables of a jointer. The opposite edge of the out-feed fence guides the freshly cut veneer safely away from the blade. Doyle also brought a pair of captive-ring baby rattles that he turned in anticipation of a new great grandson. |
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Mickey Knowles – brought an inlaid jewelry box he made. His wife had been impressed by the boxes that Tom Cowan brought to the July meeting, but she wanted an “in between” sized one. With Tom’s help, Mickey made what she wanted, which included a twenty-seven piece inlay that took two and a half hours of tedious work. Mickey also brought a pepper mill that he made with the help of Doyle McConnell. |
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Pat Murphy – brought an oak side table that he recently built. He used mortis and tenon joints to attach the tapered legs to the frame and finished the piece with stain and polyurethane. Pat asked for advice on cutting dovetails for the drawer. |
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Matt Brothers – brought photos of an eight-box toy storage unit that he built for a client. For the finish, he sprayed the piece with an industrial lacquer that had a high percentage of solids. Apparently because of the high humidity, excessive blush appeared on the surface, and it did not go away, even after a day. He found that rubbing the surface with a rag wet with lacquer thinner would remove the blush and clear the finish. Since then, he has gotten good results using the product in similar high humidity conditions by cutting it with lacquer thinner and a retarder. Matt mentioned that Robert Milton who runs Hobby Hardwoods in New Market, Alabama will be having hip surgery in late September and is already curtailing operations. The business will be closed from September 27 through October, and maybe longer, depending on Robert’s rehab. See latest updates at: http://www.hobbyhardwoodalabama.com/ |
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Richard Gulley – brought a set of new Stanley “Sweetheart” chisels that he recently purchased. He also brought a set of eight shop-made wooden corner clamps inspired by Izzy Swan on YouTube, at: https://www.youtube.com/user/rusticman1973 . The wedge-tightened clamps are easy to make and will hold corners securely at ninety degrees during the assembly of boxes, drawers, frames, etc. |
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Loyd Ackerman – brought a lidded tea caddy that he
made. He used his CNC router to make the drawer hole in the
front and attached veneer to the cutout drawer front to make
up for the gap left by the cutter. He also used the router
instead of a scratch stock to cut the groove for string
inlays and for removing background material and inletting
other types of inlays. |
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Jim Everett – brought a napkin holder and an intarsia panel with a girl and her horse that he made. The composition is intended to portray the bond that can exist between humans and their animals. |
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Doug Dunlap – brought a weighted napkin holder that he made from oak and cherry. |
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Larry Wendland – brought a turned bowl and a lidded box. He made the box by adding a bottom and a lid to a set of finger-jointed sides that he recovered from a scrap bin. |
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] .
You know how difficult it is to hold and hammer home tiny brad
nails, especially if you have big hands and fingers. The usual
result: bent and flying nails, and even larger fingers after you’ve
whacked them with the hammer a few times.
To corral those little rascals and set them with the precision of a
neuro-surgeon, attach a powerful rare-earth magnet to the side of a
nail set. (A ten-magnet package sells for about $10 from Rockler;
800/279-4441 or rockler.com.)
The nail set tip should be large enough to comfortably hold the nail
head. The magnet will hold and align the nail until you set it and
can safely finish the job with a hammer.
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