Greetings
This month is going to be a quick one. Santa still has MUCH more to do before Christmas. I’ll do better next year – maybe.
Let’s get started with SPLINTERS.
December Program
Come prepared for Super Show & Tell.
Christmas Luncheon
Don’t forget the Christmas luncheon Saturday the 13th At the Decherd Church of the Nazarene. The club is providing brisket and smoked turkey. Please bring a favorite side and/or dessert.
November Meeting
We had a good time at the Social Hour meeting. Wayne Sutter and sidekick Bill Thompson stopped by. Wayne was in the holiday spirit and brought a load of goodies and some 3D printed items he was producing.
November Show & Tell
We had a Great Show & Tell at the November meeting –
Gary Runyon showed a Henry O. Studley style toolbox that he made. He needed to save space on his workbench, so he made the box to store some of his tools. He used cherry, plywood, and rare earth magnets. The toolbox also features a tray to store miscellaneous items. Additionally, he inserted dowels in the bottom of the toolbox so it can be firmly placed on his workbench for easy access. (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4, Pic5, Pic6). Gary also brought some honeybee wax samples.
Peter Hunter showed a bowl that he turned out of Northern White Cedar. It is very light wood but did not chip or tear out whole turning. He also showed a spurdle he turned which is a tool for stirring Scottish porridge. He also showed a previous attempt he made at turning a spurdle. Peter used a skew to turn the entire spurdle.
Mickey Knowles showed a bowl that he turned. He went on a trip to Vermont and saw a bowl with inlays that he photographed and used as an inspiration for his bowl. He started with a square piece of walnut and inlaid white pine and turned the bowl after finishing the inlays. He finished the bowl with lacquer.
Chris Sautter showed a box that he made for his wife, Joetta. He made the box of maple, cherry, and walnut.
Richard Gulley showed coasters that he made for his daughter’s wedding. His oldest granddaughter got married Saturday. Richard used slate and etched it using a Co2 laser.
Joe Tank showed a carving he made of praying hands in 1976 while living in Michigan. He used basswood for the carving. He finished it with a German wax stain.
Ralph Elmore showed a Thanksgiving turkey napkin holder that he made from pine. He used a diode laser to cut the turkey.
Chuck Taylor made a music box out of quarter sawn Birdseye maple. He upgraded the music movement and finished the box with satin lacquer.
Karen Browning showed a bowl she turned. She turned through the bottom, so she fitted a candle holder with a mirror into the bottom. She finished it with lacquer.
Paul Jalbert showed a plaque made at the Fall Festival with “helpers” from the Festival. This was the wood club’s 12th consecutive year at Tim’s Ford Fall Festival. This year people got to work on a carving of a large dinosaur skull, and Paul brought it home to finish the carving. Darren Earle and Susan Church donated the piece of curly basswood with a live edge that it was carved from. The carving is named “Timsfordasaurus” and was finished with spar urethane. It will go to the state park and be hung in the visitor’s center. (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4)
Brenda Zuccaro showed an intarsia butterfly she made out of mahogany and cedar.
Michael Zuccaro showed a pair of matching jewelry boxes he made with Brenda Zuccaro for their granddaughters out of Ambrosia maple and Birdseye maple. The boxes have walnut inlay and walnut feet. They are finished with French Polish. (Pic1, Pic2, Pic3, Pic4)
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
Nothing this month. Anyhow, you need to be in the shop finishing up your Christmas list,
Sweeping Up
A couple Holiday Ha-Ha s
Watch out for SPLINTERS!
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Newsletter Information
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.