The July meeting will be at 6:30 pm on the 16th at the University of Tennessee Space Institute, room H111. Our July program will be a double treat! Marvin Miller will present a program about turning boxes with threaded lids. We will have our usual great Show & Tell plus, our annual auction will be held at the July meeting as well. The business meeting will be shortened so we should get out at a decent time. Bring something you’ve made or something of interest to a woodworker. Don’t forget your checkbook!
A complete list of scheduled programs can be found on the website.
Summer marches on! It’s been really HOT in my shop, but I’m hanging in there with a big Harbor Freight fan. The garden is demanding I spend more time with it, and the lawn wants attention too. The only redeeming virtue of July is celebrating the 4th (read that as fireworks, BBQ, hamburgers, and hotdogs!) But now it’s time to focus on Splinters. Last minute note – I pulled my first sweet corn of the year on the 8th. Now that makes July a GREAT month!
No new members in the May meeting.
Dues are past due. We will be purging the membership listing in August by removing all who have not paid their annual dues.
Contact Carl Blumenthal if you have Tips & Jigs you’d like to share with the club.
Pictures can also be seen in the Gallery and possibly more (close-ups and other views).
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Doug Dunlap brought a spalted beech bowl finished with wood hardener and lacquer. He also had a spalted pecan bowl finished with lacquer. |
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Karen Browning had a carved cottonwood house finished with oil. |
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Jim Jolliffe had a cottonwood bark house finished with spray lacquer. He will use in program. |
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John Hartin displayed a large bowl made from cherry crotch. Mixed linseed oil, poly and thinner for finish. |
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Steve Shores brought a few cottonwood bark carved houses finished with spray lacquer. |
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Doyle McConnell showed a mini salt mill he is making from plywood and walnut. Not finished. |
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Paul Jalbert displayed a house sign with Keystone State shape and serving tray. Walnut with exterior spar urethane finish. Practice piece with solid object inside a transparent surface (olive in a martini glass). |
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Judy Bennett showed intarsia elephant with good detail work. Made with western cedar, maple, and walnut. Finish deft lacquer. |
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Chris Sautter had a shapely piece made from a 4x4 on band saw. No finish. |
I don’t think a lot of woodworkers use a lot of hotmelt glue. Maybe they think of it as more of a crafters tool. Sid Matheny posted this link on our forum a while back. I think you might find it informative.
Which Hot Glue is the Best? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu8sJBctzFc&t=0s
The Splinters Carvers meet at Jim Jolliffe’s shop on the first and third Saturday's of the month from 8:30 am to 10:30 am. The shop is located at 201 Jolliffe Acres Ln, Tullahoma. Tools and wood are available at the meetings, just bring yourself and try your hand at carving!
July Carving Seminar - The TVW will host a Power Carving Seminar on Saturday, July 27th from 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM at Jim Jolliffe’s Shop.
BBQ Lunch and light refreshments will be provided by the club. Please bring your own safety glasses and hearing protection, if you own them.
If your Map Application can’t find 201 Jolliffe Acres (off of Blue Creek Road south of Tullahoma), please use 201 Billingsley Drive, Tullahoma TN 37388.
Seminar Topics to be covered include:
8:30 - General safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
8:45 - Chainsaw carving (securing your work, blocking out figures, roughing out a finished piece will not be completed)
9:30 – Break
9:45 – Roughing Out sing angle grinders with different carving/sanding attachments for roughing out and shaping Chittum
11:45 – Lunch
12:30 - Sanding and finishing Chittum
1:30 - Break
2:00 – Introduction to using power chisels and smaller rotary tools (e.g. Dremel/Foredom)
3:00 - Adjourn
II’ve noticed a marked increase in aches and pains lately. If you understand what I’m talking about, you might appreciate this -
That's all for this month. Watch out for SPLINTERS!
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