Next Meeting August 16
The meeting will be at 6:30 pm at the University
of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
About The Program
August 16 - Wayne Loveless -- Kreg Joinery System
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REMINDER
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name tag at our meetings so that our new members will know who you
are.
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Volunteer Mentors for Club Members.
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Membership Information
If you change phone number, email address, etc; please notify Chuck
Taylor, membership chairman (931-728-7086 or [email protected]. This
will allow the membership listing on the web site to reflect the current
and up-to-date information of all our club members.
Tennessee Valley Woodworker's Website
The Club maintains a website, www.tnvalleywoodclug.org, which
provides access to Club news between issues of Splinters and access
to Forums exclusively for the use of TVW members. You are encouraged
to use the website and its many functions. You’ll find there almost
anything you need to know about the Club – past, present, and future
– and it’s included in your membership privileges. There are only
two places on the site where you’ll need a password to enter – the
Club’s Member List and Forums. To get sighted up for those, send an
email to [email protected] and I’ll get you started.
Two Great Website about all types of wood
The Wood
Database
Woodpics
NEW MEMBERS
Joined at the July meeting
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Dan Knott - Winchester, TN |
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Marvin Miller - Murfreesboro, TN |
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Bill Stokes - Estill Springs, TN |
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Anne Stokes - Estill Springs, TN |
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Jack
Tate - Normandy, TN |
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Larry Ward - Murfreesboro, TN |
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Shop Tours
We are planning a shop tour for Saturday
Sept. 17th. The tour will be at Henry Davis shop and will center
around small projects that can be done in small shops and be
marketed at businesses and farm markets etc. in our area. Anyone
else who is presently doing this and would like to partner up with
Henry in his shop is urged to come forward over the next couple of
weeks so we can present their ideas as well. They can contact me
(Jack Kincella) at the August meeting so we can include them. This
can include pen or bowl making, carvings, or really any ideas that
folks have and are doing.
Projects Plans
We are putting together club projects that
will help in the communities and get attention and possibly enhance
finances for the club. We have the Goodwill project for the rockets
and Paul Jaul Jalbert and Jack Kincella have secured a project to
restore 2 large entry doors for the CEO of Harton hospital, that
will benefit the finances of our club as well as get great publicity
for us.
Welcome To Our Library
The current custodian is Pete Miller and he can be reached via e:mail at
[email protected]. If you have any questions concerning the
process of getting a CD please drop him an e:mail.
Carvers Corner
The August 6 session of the Carvers Clinic was very well attended
and the highlight was Jim Jolliffe's summary of his week-long wood
carving course in Nebraska. Many nationally recognized wood carving
instructors were present. His personal project during the course was
a Native American bust carving in butternut. Jim passed along to the
rest of us carvers the guidance that he was given about carving
features that attract attention to all sides of the carving and the
use of specific tools to efficiently carve certain features. Blue
Pau brought a stylized driftwood carving and an unfinished blue jay
carving with burned-in realistic feathers. Other club members
continue to carve whimsical houses cottonwood bark.
The carvers are continuing to meet twice a
month on the first and third Saturday's of the month from 8:30 am to
10:30 am at at Jim Jolliffe's shop, located at Jolliffe Acres Lane,
Tullahoma, TN.
NAME TAG INFORMATION
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.
July Show and Tell
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Doug Dunlap brought in
two bowls he had turned from pecan wood. They were approx.
4-5 inches wide, and finished in a lacquer. |
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Jim Everett brought in several of his intarsia creations. a
lamp with
deer design on lamp shade and mounted on a
long rifle, a
coat rack covered with antlers to hang the coat on, one
piece featuring an
old revolver, one a
girl with a dulcimer, and one of a
hummingbird. They were finished with Minwax polycrylic.
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Gary Runyan showed us a Japanese styled
storage box he brought. It was made from ambrosia maple he
had bought at David Ashley saw mill in Elora. The finished it
with 3 coats of antique oil. He also brought in a brown, approx.
3 inches in diameter
bowl he turned from a red bud burl, and finished with a
shellac.
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Bob Addington brought in two
wooden rolling massagers he made with his CNC machine
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Jim Acord brought in a set of turned
salt and pepper mills he had made from pear wood, using a
lighter wood for the salt, and darker for the pepper. They are
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John Hartin gave a brief demonstration
on how to best choose a piece of wood to get the best results
when
turning a bowl |
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Mickey Knowles brought in
two walnut bowls he turned, finished with a cellulose
sealer.
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Gary Bennett
brought in a variety of
turned bowls, from cherry, walnut, and other woods, and
finished in a variety of finishes.
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LINKS OF INTEREST
To view the "Links of Interest" on our web site, please click
here.
Click
here to see the Exchange Opportunities
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] .
Notes
Kenneth (Dale) Daniel will sharpen TVW member blades. His location is 2007 Ovoca Road,
Tullahoma.
Phone –
931-455-5024, cell – 931-247-4753.
Shop Tip
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Cut bolts clean with no shredded threads
To cut bolts to length with a hacksaw, I made a simple
bolt-holding vise jig from a piece of scrap hardwood. After
drilling a hole the length of the scrap, where shown, I cut
partially through the center of the jig with my bandsaw. When
tightened in a bench vise, those jaws pinch the bolt firmly for
a wiggle-free cut.
And here’s a trick to clear those threads that invariably get
messed up during the cut: Thread a nut up the bolt before you
cut; then remove it after. This cleans up any mashed threads. If
you plan to cut more than one bolt to the same length, mark the
location of the bolt’s tip while in the jig for a quick
reference point.
—Don Stanley, Jefferson, Ore.
Courtesy of Wood Magazine
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Work safely and don’t take unnecessary chances
with your woodworking tools
Always wear your
safety glasses in the shop
Want a good tip concerning your current project?
TVW SUPPORTERS
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their "logo" to go to their web site.