Greetings
Sorry the newsletter is getting out to you late. I’ve been under the weather a bit this week. With Valentine’s Day on us, I’m glad I ordered a little gift for my wife early. I got my daughter to pick up some flowers for me, so I made it thru another Valentine’s Day unscathed.
Woodworkers, I trust all you gifts were well received. If it was something from the shop, maybe bring it for Show & Tell.
Now let’s get started with SPLIINTERS.
January Meeting
Our program for the January meeting was changed slightly. Instead of Marquetry, Austin Chandler demonstrated how he made ball and claw feet on period furniture legs.
Gary met Austin at the Duck River club. Hopefully Austin will be able to come back around summertime for marquetry. He works full-time as a historic restoration carpenter and also makes historic reproductions.
February Program
Gary Runton will discuss how he made his A-Frame clamp rack.
January Show & Tell
Larry Wendland showed an ambrosia platter finished with butcher block oil. He also made a hollow vessel from buckeye using a ways block. He made a black walnut stand for it finished with can lacquer.
Teri Smith showed us her first carving, a bear playing a bass. Her carving was basswood and finished with paint. (Pic1, Pic2)
Gary Runyon showed 5 cylindrical threaded boxes he turned from osage orange, elm, hickory, and chittum wood. They were finished with wax and shellac.
Vince Zaccardi showed us a 1 1/4-8 die for rethreading lathe parts and a wrench for the die he made from oak.
Anthony Watts showed a salt shaker and pepper shaker that he made from cherry with an oil finish. He also made an ice cream scoop from an unidentified wood and 2 letter openers made from Brazilian cherry and finished with tung oil.
Richard Gulley displayed a Clobber Game he made on a CNC machine from 1/2” Baltic Birch. He sprayed it with rattle can lacquer and used paint for the marble divots. He is going to finish adding white paint to some of the divots.
Michael Zuccaro showed a shooting board he made from MDF board with a piece of plywood for the fence and demonstrated how to use it. The shooting board did not have a finish. (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4)
Bob Truesdale turned a walnut bowl. He used an electric etcher to add texture. He also showed a bowl made from a knotty Kentucky coffee wood crotch piece, and a small cherry bowl to go on top to make a snack bowl set. He used rattle can lacquer as a finish on both bowls.
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
A plethora of craft/woodworking ideas from Lowes-
https://www.lowes.com/nl/diy-projects-and-ideas/t/crafts
Sweeping Up
A couple more “Bad Dad” jokes.
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