Greetings
Anticipation is building for the 40th Anniversary Banquet. Here’s a short To Do list for you:
- Pick up/Pay for the t-shirts you ordered. Gary ordered a few extras if you didn’t place an order.
- Be sure to order/pay for your tickets to the Sept 16th banquet at the August meeting.
- Donate items for door prizes at the banquet. See Larry Wendland.
You still have time to make something special for a door prize. It’ll do you good to get out in the shop.
Now let’s get started with SPLINTERS.
July Program
Brenda Zaccaro presented a program on scroll sawing.
August Program
This month we’ll be having our annual auction. This sale will feature tools that Dale Masuda is selling.
Also don’t forget your projects for the September Anniversary Banquet door prizes.
Upcoming Events
The club picnic is scheduled for 11 AM-2 PM on Saturday, October 11th. The club will provide barbecue and drinks. Members bring sides or desserts.
There is one slot remaining for the Rich Wetherbee Carving Seminar. The 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 remaining slot was filled after the meeting. New sign-ups will be placed on a waiting list.
SAVE THE DATE!
TVWW’s 40th Anniversary Banquet Celebration is approaching quickly. The celebration is set for Friday, Sep 19th at the Manchester Coffee County Conference Center with Social time at 5:30 PM and dinner/program at 6. Tickets for the 3-course dinner will be $20/person. The Club will pay the rest of the meal cost and all facility expenses. Tickets will be available at the monthly meetings through August. Please order your tickets so we can order the correct number of meals.
Also, the 40th Anniversary t-shirts are ready to pick up at the August meeting.
Members in the News
NASHVILLE, TN — The Tennessee State Museum received a significant historical donation on June 24, 2025, when Rick Laws, President of the Joseph Greer Chapter of the Tennessee Society Sons of the American Revolution, presented a corner-notched hewn log segment from the historic Joseph Greer House and a copy of the book “House of the Messenger – Recovery and Reconstruction of the Kings Mountain Messenger’s Dogtrot House.” More info and pictures can be found here
July Show & Tell
Here are the items shown in the July meeting –
Chuck Taylor showed a sliding tray box he made out of figured maple and quarter-sawn cherry. The box was finished with Deft satin lacquer. The box has red-liner bottoms.
Michael Zuccaro showed a box he made with Zachary Zuccaro and Stephen Zuccaro in 2011. The box has a sliding hinge that Stephen made out of a butter knife. The box is made from ambrosia maple, mahogany, and walnut. It has mahogany and walnut inlay. The side coves were made using a table saw.
Sam Clark showed hollow vessels he made from a class presented by Mark Garner at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg. One vessel is made of cherry with added finish while it was on the lathe. Some of the vessels he showed were finished with milk paint. One has small grooves on the side that Sam made using a brass brush.
One of the vessels is wrapped in orange cord from Hobby Lobby.
To make the vessels, Sam chucked both ends, roughed them out, and split them where he thought he could hide the seams. Then he hollowed out the ends and made a mortise on one end and a tenon on the other. He used CA glue to reconnect the two ends and then turned them again to finish.
Larry Wendland showed pepper mills he made. He showed one made from box elder and finished with polyurethane, and another that was made from plum with a polyurethane finish. He also showed a square pepper mill that he made from ambrosia maple and finished with a cherry stain. Larry made the square mill to demonstrate a wooden pepper mill that could be made without a lathe.
Vince Zaccardi showed a platter he turned from a block of wood that was given to him, and he was not sure of the species. The platter contains natural holes and cracks and was finished with one coat of oil.
Vince also showed a vase he turned out of Norfolk Island pine. The vase was finished with shellac.
Paul Jalbert showed a Celtic style horse that he carved out of a piece of cherry. He also showed a fish that he carved out of cottonwood bark with walnut fins and finished with Danish oil. This fish was practice for a fish that he plans to carve out of a piece of driftwood.
Paul also showed a T-Rex low-relief carving that he carved from a piece of basswood. He made this carving to use in a young carver demo, and he said that the main focus needed to be on the teeth.
Gary Runyon showed a needle box he made out of hickory and finished with Doctor’s Wood Shop and wood burned with acrylic white pearlescent paint.
Jim Jolliffe showed two previously presented Uncle Sam caricature carvings since July was our nation’s birthday month. One was based on a Roger Stegall roughout and the other was based on a Mitchell Cartledge leprechaun roughout. Both were finished with boiled linseed oil, acrylic paint wash and rattle can satin lacquer.
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!
CCA Charter Member Rich Wetherbee Seminar is scheduled Sat-Sun October 18th-19th at Jim Jolliffe’s shop. The club is offering a 25% scholarship and the Splinter Carvers are providing another 25% scholarship to the Oct 18-19 Rich Wetherbee carving seminar for TVW members who would like to attend. That reduces the price to $85/carver plus the cost of any roughouts. Lunch will be provided both days. The seminar will run from 9 AM -4 PM each day.
Internet Links of Interest
Three website that offer projects using both hand tools and power tools. The sites offer plans and videos to help with their projects.
- Paul Sellers: Excellent for those interested in hand tool woodworking and traditional techniques.
- Wilker Do’s: Provides home and shop project videos that don’t require complicated tools.
- Jay’s Custom Creations: Known for comprehensive videos and SketchUp tutorials.
Sweeping Up
No use in sugar coating the truth –
As long as we’re sticking to the truth… Note: Your age may vary
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