Greetings
Well, I almost forgot the newsletter again. I’ve had to have a melanoma removed from my left shoulder earlier this week so my mind has been on other things. Yes, that’s the same shoulder I just had replaced. When it rains it pours. But we’re hoping to get a good pathology report back. Still sneaking out to the shop when my wife’s not looking. I like hanging out where I’m in control.
Now let’s get started with SPLINTERS.
July Program
Paul Jalbert described how he designed and built a new carving bench.
August Program
We’ll be having our annual fund raiser auction. Be sure to bring an item you’ve made in the shop.
Also, I got this update on the August Auction –
Henry Davis’s tools are offered at the asking price. No discounts per Henry & Beth.
Dick Wollam’s shop contents will e auctioned, by photo, with pickup at my shop Saturday 22 Aug at 1100, weather permitting.
We have a gripper push block and two router sets offered by the Wood Shop in Nashville.
So, it looks like we have a large sale this Tuesday night!
Upcoming Club Events
Coffee County Fair support Thursday- Saturday 10, 11, 13 September. Sign-up sheet at Tuesday’s meeting.
Club picnic Saturday Sep 19th 11-2 at Falls Mill.
Susie Murphy’s Father’s shop sale coming soon! Date may be announced at Tuesday’s meeting.
July Show & Tell
Michael Zuccaro presented a walnut ukulele featuring a bone nut and saddle, maple binding, a holly dot inlay on the back, and a French polish finish.
Bruce Currie displayed a spalted pecan cutting board made from a tree planted by his wife’s grandfather that had fallen during a storm, finished with butcher block oil. He also presented a cedar wig stand turned for an organization that provides wigs to cancer patients, finished in lacquer.
Rick Dixon showed a poplar jewelry box built in the spring featuring his first attempt at flocking on the interior trays, finished with an Osmo topcoat. He also exhibited a matching, cane-bottomed stool that he originally crafted and stained in the 1980s to complement a cane-bottom chair he acquired.
Richard Gulley shared a wooden plaque crafted for a member of the Nazarene Church in Decherd who is turning 100. After realizing the original design resembled a tombstone, he made a circular door hanger. After realizing the first hanger was too large, he modified it into a smaller version, added paint details, and finished it with shellac.
Jesse Luke Potter displayed a Slimline pen turned from a cabinet door and a stylus crafted from bodock, purpleheart, and walnut with components sourced from Penn State. Both were completed with a friction finish, CA glue, and Blue Block for a glassy appearance. He also showcased a poplar bowl turned from a blank acquired at the turning bee. After encountering a crack, he mounted it to a face block, filled the split with CA glue, and finished it with Howard’s Cutting Board Oil.
Mickey Knowles showed a maple bowl that had a major crack in it. After gluing the crack, he carved a branch with leaves over the seam to conceal it. (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3)
Mickey also showed a white poplar bowl turned from a piece originally brought in by Larry Bowers. He finished the piece with sanding sealer, lacquer, (Pic4, Pic5)
Gary Runyon exhibited several needle boxes turned from cherry, ash, and spalted elm. For one box with an off-center hole, he turned the entire piece off-center, plugged the hole with a dowel, and finished it with Doctor’s Woodshop Oil. He also shared a repair project for a friend’s dropped spinning wheel distaff, where he turned 3/16-inch hickory dowels, used a steady rest in his chuck to turn an ornamental groove and tenon to rejoin the pieces, and stained it to match (noting a slight grain variance due to combining old-growth and young wood). (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3)
Jim Joliffe showed a CNC-milled plywood project featuring a Celtic knot design, finished with a polyurethane pre-finish. He also demonstrated the 3D carving capabilities of his CNC by carving a magnolia with a banner out of red oak using and 1/8″ endmill for the profile cuts, an 1/8-inch bit for the 3D carving, and an 1/8″, 60 degree V-bit to carve the letters . He noted that the process required four tool changes. He started the pattern from the center of the carving and made changes to the X and Y coordinates, by mistake, when trying to align the carving. The finished carving was off from the design due to the shifted X and Y coordinates, but was still recognizable. He expressed surprise at the high level of detail achieved on the unfinished piece.
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
This month Popular Woodworking had an article about an unusual Australian wood lathe. Here’s a link to the manual. I haven’t found a price. You have to contact them. I think an American distributer is in the works.
Sweeping Up
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Splinters is a publication of the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers. For submissions, email editor, Richard Gulley (rgulley@retiree.utk.edu .)
Submissions to the newsletter are more than welcomed. Send funnies, tips, or other content that may be of interest to our membership, and you may see it in a future edition of SPLINTERS.