SPLINTERS

Vol.11 / Issue 6    Tennessee Valley Woodworkers     Editor, Richard Gulley June 1997

 

Time For Another Newsletter?!?

 

The months are really rolling. Hopefully the pace will slow a little by this month’s end. Daughter #2 will be married the 14th (and I will assume my rightful position as the baby).  Also, the new church building is nearing completion.  The reception will be in the new gym. Maybe my schedule will approach some kind of normal by the end of the current monsoon season. At any rate, I have three days before the wedding with a bed to build, a cup to turn, 100# of pork to slow cook, and a newsletter to compose, print, and mall. All of that won’t get done this week. If you’re reading this newsletter before meeting time, you know I place TVWW high on my list of priorities. (Also know that, in all probability, I am on high on a list my wife keeps, and that my position is not to be desired or sought after.) Let’s get on with the news!

 

Last Month

Business items:

1.     Exhibit — Ross made a report on “Magic in Wood” exhibit. Everyone is responsible to see to it that their item is delivered and picked up from each place. Team up to get it done. Everyone needs to get their exhibit description to Loyd Ackerman or Doyle McConnell ASAP.

2.     Fall workshop - Loyd Ackerman gave report. The theme is “Woodturning”.

a. Place — Tom Cowan’s shop.

b. Date — October 11, 1997.

c. Presenters (arranged by Tom Cowan) are:

-Pat Matringa (from Nashville) a woman turner - special lathe techniques.

-Dr. Richard Binger (from Huntsville) —turning using fragmented materials.

-Louise Green — decorating turned ornaments.

d. Food coordinator — John Green.

3.     Newsletter help -- Doyle will get with Richard to analyze the newsletter job and get appropriate help.

4.     Harold Hewgley announced that next month’s program is Super Show and Tell. Everybody needs to bring something new, something old, a tool, etc.

5.     Ross has some stackable drawers for sale (2’ x 2’ x 1’ h) for $2.00 each.

 

Show and tell:

1.       Tom Church showed a big pencil sharpener. Actually thought to be a beveling tool for dowels or tool handles.

2.       Doyle McConnell showed his working spinning wheel Made quite a stir and lottsa interest

3.       Jim Van Cleave showed a miniature birdhouse on a stick that he bought for 98 cents. High quality work. Question was: How can someone sell something like it for 98 cents? Jim also brought in a picture of a Heppelwhite hall table.

Then reached down and pulled a bag of parts out and assembled it on the table for the club to see.  Very good work and meaningful learning experience for the club.

4.       Murrell Chattin brought in some bed lock systems. He pointed out that he got them from Knies Hardware in Winchester and that they are going out of business.

 

 

 

Don’t Dare Miss the June Meeting! Super Show and Tell

 

June 17th at 7:00pm

Duck River Electric Building

ProgramPresentation.

Antique rifles - Billy Allen from Motlow. Interesting program that included wood working the stock and metal working or the ornamentation and workings of the rifle. Billy took us through the making and antiquing of the piece. Lots of side points applicable to woodworking such as nitric acid coloring, use of eggs to antique brass, and filling knits with 2 part epoxy.

Billy showed rifles, a pistol, and knives that he made.

Minutes by Loyd

 

Magic in Wood

(Here’s an update on the club’s first public exhibit)

The Manchester portion of the “Magic in Wood” exhibit went very well. There were several, in the hundreds, that came to see the exhibit and they were all impressed. We bad a good response from the members both in display pieces and visits. I am very thankful for the support of the membership and the bard work of the committee that went into making this first effort a success. It has been expressed by several that this is a good thing.  The Board Director of Foothills Crafts, Mrs. Phyllis Dix, is to be thanked for her support in this effort and has already expressed her desire for us to return next year. Lanier Loweiy from Manchester won the door prize.  The display will be moved to Tullahoma, Tuesday the 10th  after 4:00 PM.

 

Doyle

 

 

For Sale

Ross sent me this item to include in this month’s letter as he has plans to be out of town.

The lady at Foothill Crafts that was so supportive of owr exhibit there this week asked to advertise a scroll saw that her husband bought shortly before he died. This is 30% off new price.

 

RBI Scroll Saw with light, foot peddle, extra blades and cover. New Condition!

Emily Culpeppcr 728-0788 $1,000.00

 

Delayed Spring Seminar Results

(Received this email from Manuel after our Internet segment at the Spring Fling)

You sold me a bill of goods and here I am. In early April I acquired a 150 mhz pentium Packard BelL Windows 95 has been driving me nuts, but I’m getting inc bang of it.

Call it fatherly pride, but I believe you will appreciate my sons web page. The turners will hopefully approve of his work. Its an expansion on the types of bowls I have shown at the meetings, the address is:

http://www.swcp.com/~rgbrown

From: Manuel Brown mngcbrownc@edge.net

 

News From the Net

Here’s a sample of the traffic that’s on the UseNet news group rec.woodworking . Doyle had asked me a couple of weeks ago about wood related newsgroups. I’ll list a few of my favorite groups at the end of this segment. I’ll number the different articles to differentiate.

1.Colby@sqicom (Brian Colby) wrote:

I need some help with the design of a desk my wife wants me to make. She wants a paneled desk top with bird’s eye maple panels and either cherry or walnut rails. If was building some kind of door, I would leave the maple floating  but I don’t want to do this with a desktop. If I make it solid, I’m worried about expansion cracking the desk top. Any suggestions on how to make a solid top like this would be appreciated.

brian

 

Looks like a candidate for veneering

.Wilsonart manufactures a product called Craftwood veneer which is nice for assembling different colors this way. It is wood veneer on a phenolic backer, essentially real wood p-lam. It is much easier to band it and work the edges as it is flatter and stiffer than veneer alone, making fitting multiple pieces less of a headache. Comes in 4x8 sheets and there is no waste. Also, they use top-notch quality veneer. I’d use 1” MDF as a core, being sure to use backer laminate on the bottom.  This would give you a solid, flat, stable top. You could miter a solid molding around the edge of the top with no movement problems. I’ve built several tops this way, including a mahogany and figured maple dining table with leaves.

 

2.  Our new website is now up at “http://www.lecvallcy.com”. It’s a fairly extensive site with lots of technical information. Please give us your comments/suggestions. For normal questions and service, please write custornerservice@lecvafley.com

Cheers,

Rob Lee

Lee Valley/Veritas

 

3. Subject: FS Stanley Planes by the numbers.

Date: Mon, 05 May 1997 12:01:56 -0700

Reply-To: anatol_P@ix.netcom.com The “Stanley Planes by(the)Numbers” video

is for collectors and users of band planes. Host Patrick Leach leads the viewer through the myriad of planes produced by the Stanley Rule and Level Company. From the highly prized #1 to the #444 Dovetail plane, Patrick shows how  these planes are used, variations and improvements in design and what to look for when you are purchasing a plane. See the following planes in action: Scrapers, Bench planes, Scrub, Rabbet, Compass, many more . . .

This video features over 100 planes and is an excellent chance to see some of the rarest.

Running lime 90 minutes. VHS/NTSC only. (Mexico/USA/Canada).

At this time, the only method of payment is by check or money order. Please send the total that applies to the following address.

ALP Productions

3706 Ednor Road

Baltimore, Md. 21218-2049

Price $29.95 plus $3 shipping and handling.

MD. residents please add $1.50 for Sales Tax.

$32.95 non resident of MD.

$34.45 residents of MD.

Please allow 3 weeks for delivery.

Please include your name and mailing address. If you wish me to mail it to someone else as a gift, please include his or her name and address.  Questions about the video can be e-mailed to me.

Thank you for your support. Anatol

 

4. Hello Everyone,

This Tuesday, May 20th, marks the sixth running of the Race trough the Woodworker’s Maze. The Maze is a free online, interactive puzzle designed to challenge a woodworker’s knowledge. The first one through will receive a $100 gift certificate from Woodcraft.   For more information, go to:

http://www.planrlte.com/maze.html

Good Luck~

Jim

5. hmacklen@ix.netcom.com (Hank Macklen) wrote:

I’ve seen a plywood product at Home Depot called ParaPly in ¼”, ½” and ¾” sizes which looks like a scaled-down

version of Baltic Birch with a scaled-down price.  The Sales Droids were too busy to ask—so does anyone know what this stuff is, how good, etc.?

(reply)

I think you have it right, it is very much like baltic birch [actually from Russia] a lot cheaper and in US sizes [the Russian’s never would change from metric sizes] rnjh

6. Complete plans for a really nice rocking horse...see pic and details at

http://mcmben.aoLcom/surfgeo/gr1rock~html

7. Unique hand crafted Lamps & Waterfalls can now be seen on the web. Magic Mushroom Lamp & Waterfall Co.

members.aol.com/

8.  jwholzba@Riohinondinfi.net writes:

Carving wood can be purchased at many places. Try http://www.woodcraft.com. They sell tools, supplies and wood. My favorite source of woodcarving information is Chip Chats Magazine. The March-April issue is the only one that contains advertisements. There you will find all the sources you’ll ever need.

See http://www.chipchats.org.

8.       Just wanted to put a note out about my new web page -will be showing pictures of the L1 -

the Ultimate artisan’s lathe.., along with other info about variable speed drives, bearings and the usual trappings involved in building a bowl lathe.

The site is pretty green right now - give ‘er a hit now and again.  I’ll be building it up over the next few weeks. Thanks for your time! http://www.netreach.net/~res

9. Vacuum chucking system that will (amazingly) work both on finished pieces, *and* on roughed out, out of round pieces. He accomplishes this by means of a neoprene (or something) sleeve that seals against the vessel. The system comes w/5 different sizes of - hmnun, don’t know what to call ‘em - anyway, 5 different sizes of holder doohickies. The appropriate size is fitted inside the bowl you’re working on, and the ol’ vac we started up and you’ve got full access to the outside & foot for finishing paradise. You can get more info at: http://www.webweavers.co.nz/woodturners/naw.

Click on the supplies link then “Berger Vacuum Chuck & Viking Hook Tool” from there.

WOOD WEB

http J/www.woodweb. com Mark Andemon

(Some of these articles came from

rec. crafts.carving and rec. crafts.woodturning)

 

Closing Out

*“The trouble with good ideas is that they soon degenerate into a lot of hard work” - Anon.

*Life is uncertain.  Eat dessert first.

* Is it true that cannibals don’t eat clowns cause they taste funny?

* The Darwin Awards are for people who defy the force of evolution and insist on being more stupid than our animal friends.

 

The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits. 

Police in Radnor, Pennsylvania, interrogated a suspect by placing a metal colander on his head and connecting it with wires to a photocopy machine. The message “He’s lying” was placed in the copier, and police pressed the copy button each time they thought the suspect wasn’t telling the truth. Believing the “lie detector” was workinf the suspect confessed.

Police in Wichita, Kansas, arrested a 22-year-old man at an airport hotel after he tried to pass two (counterfeit $16 bills.

A bus carrying five passengers was hit by a car in St. Louis, but by the time police arrived on the scene, fourteen pedestrians had boarded the bus had begun to complain of whiplash injuries and back pain.

A convict broke out of jail in Washington D.C., then a few days later accompanied his girl friend to her trial for robbery. At lunch, he went out for a sandwich. She needed to see him, and thus had him paged. Police officers recognized his name and arrested him as he returned to the courthouse in a car he had stolen over the lunch hour.

 

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