TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS JUNE 1989

SPLINTERS

Yes. It’s that time of the month again. The most popular tune for June has been How Wet I Am.” The number two spot is currently held by that popular group the Dewdrops singing everyone’s favorite “Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down’. But. seriously folks, hasn’t all this rain been a blessing? We’ve had regular June Monsoon here lately. Some of the farmers down here in Belvidere have planted rice instead of soy beans.

DON T FOPGET OUR NEXT MEETING OF THE

TENNESSEE VALLEY WOODWORKERS

TUESDAY. JUNE 20. 7:OO PM DUCK RIVER BLDG DECHERD

NOTES FROM MAY MEETING

Let me assure It’s not all just sandpaper. Last month’s program brouqht us Mat Mazur and his traveling sandpaper show. Mat. a representative with Norton abrasives, brought a wealth of knowledge and some nice samples. Thank you to Matt, Rick Duncan, and Richard Gulley for setting up this interesting and Informative program.

Matt fielded many questions from our enthusiastic crew. He also went into some unique “high tech” applications, including zirconia and grown ceramic abrasives. Egyptian cotton belts, and even abrasives for making suede leathers. Needless to say.. we all thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity to learn more about things we take for granted. Other noteworthy business included:

* Bill Knight told us of his enjoyable participation in a craft chow at the Signal Mountain Hotel at the end of April. Sounds like this is one to remember.

* Tom Cowan had a very favorable report on the craft show at Praters Mill in Dalton. Georgia. Tom also brought a small shaker style table he had built and finished with a new coloring stain by Deft. It’s available through Sherwin Williams -- quite a unique product.

* Our annual picnic/meeting will be July 18, our usual third Tuesday. This year- we’re planning on having this family event at Falls Mill. Details will be discussed at our next meeting. In addition to all of the fine food and fellowship, we’ll have our annual contest and show. This is always a fun event. Tom Gillard and Tom Baskin have graciously “volunteered” to committee this event. Plan to participate

* NEXT MEETING Don’t miss the surprise program Richard Gulley has set up AND don’t forget Show and Tell. Last meeting was a little short on show and tells. We depend on these items for filler for the newsletter, folks. Help us out.

EL PRESIDENTE TOWNSEND’S GENTLER AND KINDER REMINDERS

* Henry Horton Craft Show——good sales

* Sewanee Show one day on the 4th of July, call Bonita Travis 598—0911

* Beersheba Springs Arts and Crafts Festival August 26 & 27

ca1l 692—3701 692—3843 692—3733

*Lynchburg, June 30, and July 1, contact Gene Limbaugh 759—4655

*McMinnville Three Star Mall June 23,24,25

»»»» And don’t forget the antique tool exhibit at Ledford Mill throughout the summer. Bob Reese will be participating in the July feature of instrument making.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

I know most of you have heard or read about Ray Cole’s barn burning to the ground. The barn housed Ray’s cabinet shop and his brother’s sheet metal shop. It’s all of ours worst nightmare to think of our shops burning, but when it’s your livelihood too, the nightmare becomes reality. The cause of the fire was unknown the last we heard.

The paper said there was a newly completed cabinet unit in the barn that was valued at $7000.

CONTRIBUTIONS !

Someone out there has finally heard our cry for items for the newsletter. This first story is from Tom’s Dad, Ken Church of Rome, New York. He sent us a column from their paper about a water powered sawmill in West Leyden, NY. Does anyone know of any old sawmills around here or in Tennessee area that was water powered? If you’re every in that part of New York, it’s near the beautiful Adirondack mountains, take time to visit the remains of the sawmill.

Our other contributing editor is Richard Gulley. He handed over an ad last meeting that has a wonderful message on it and it richly deserves reprinting.

“I think that if I did not work

with wood, my life should be a

hollow emptiness. If I did not

form and shape and build, what

would I have done to leave my mark

in this world? My eyes have been

filled with the endlessly changing

patterns of the grains. I have felt

the warmth of a thousand suns in my

hands every day. I have smell the

rich. tangy odors of the freshly hewn

chips. These are things that have made

my life so fine. These are the most

precious things I can leave you, my son.

Jonas Wainwright, Master Carpenter

1832. from a letter- to his son