Greetings
This year is building up speed! Just a few weeks ago (mid-January) we were starting to formulate plans for the 40th Anniversary Banquet. Now it’s just a few days away. Several of our members have spent much time to make the event a success. I appreciate the ones through the years who have been willing to give of their time and talents in support of the club. That’s one of the reasons the club has lasted so long.
BTW, I took a one of the paw paws That Gary Runyan brought last month. I thought it was bruised on one side, but it turns out the fruit softens when it is ripe. After a day or two it was entirely soft. I tasted it and it was very good in a unique way. It had a pudding consistency and tasted sorta like apple with a touch of lemon. I saved the seed (rather large) for my grandson to plant.
Now let’s get started with SPLINTERS.
September Program
This month we’ll be having Social Hour. Make it a point to talk with someone you don’t know.
Coffee County Fair Report
Thanks to the following for volunteering at the fair – Larry Wendland, Karen Browning, Bruce Currie, Teri Smith, Mickey Knowles, Vince Zaccardi, Jim Jolliffe
Upcoming Events
The 40th Anniversary Banquet Celebration is set for Friday, Sep 19th (3 more sleeps after the meeting) at the Manchester Coffee County Conference Center with Social time at 5:30 PM and dinner/program at 6.
The Club Picnic at Fall’s Mill is scheduled for 11 AM-2 PM on Saturday, October 11th. The club will provide barbecue and drinks. Members bring sides or desserts.
The Rich Wetherbee Carving Seminar is scheduled 9:00 AM- 4:00 PM October 18 – October 19. The cost is $85 + roughouts for members, and $170 + roughouts for nonmembers. Please note, the seminar is filled. New sign-ups will be placed on a waiting list.
August Show & Tell
Here are the items shown in the August meeting –
Gary Runyon showed threaded acorn boxes made from maple and walnut. He also showed a piece of quarter-sawn petrified wood. He had free samples of home-made wax with different compositions of beeswax and carnauba. He also brought fruit from the Paw Paw tree if anyone wanted seed.
Alan McFarland showed a hexagonal box with lid that he made out of purple heart for his wife’s anniversary.
Sam Clark showed a wooden Kleenex box cover that he made out of hard maple with walnut splines and finished with lacquer.
Larry Wendland showed a ballpoint pen he turned out of bloodwood. He also showed an olive wood pepper mill that he finished with shellac and a polyurethane coat. The ballpoint pen and pepper mill were auctioned at August’s meeting.
Adam Dinsmore showed a hand-hewn cedar log section that came from an 18th century log cabin.
Richard Gulley showed items that will be available as door prizes at the banquet. He showed an osage orange lidded vase that was turned by Tom Cowan as well as a wooden canteen with brass screws that Tom made. He also showed a spoon that Richard had carved from dogwood. He also showed a “Train of Thought” CNC carving and a CNC-carved maple Christmas ornament with a mahogany border that he made. He also showed a cherry bowl turned by Tom Cowan in 1991.
Chuck Taylor showed a mushroom display that he made. He mushrooms were turned out of ambrosia maple. The mushrooms were displayed on a Bradford Pear base and were finished with satin lacquer. He also showed an ambrosia maple with cherry insert clock including hand turned dowels. Chuck purchased the clock mechanism but did all the woodwork on the clock. The clock was also finished with satin lacquer.
Pete Whitford showed an end table he made using a piece of walnut that he got from behind his chicken coop. The top and sides were made of cypress from a column of a Louisiana house. The knob was made from a scrap piece of walnut. He put a stain on the table and then polyurethane. It was still tacky a week later so he wiped it down with mineral spirits. After removing the old polyurethane, Pete put on a coat of a different kind of polyurethane, and the table was dry the next morning.
Carver’s Corner
The Splinter Carvers continue to meet first and third Saturdays of the month from 8:30 am to 10:30 am (whether Jim’s there or not). 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!
Internet Links of Interest
Here are a few links to sites offering antique or high-quality hand tools (Lie Neilson, Bridge City Tools.)
https://teddawsonantiquetools.com/
Here’s a link for a CA glue compatibility chart that Pete Miller sent me – Glue Compatibility Chart
Sweeping Up
No pain no gain?
A couple more-
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