Vol. 12/Issue 6 Tennessee Valley Woodworkers Editor; Tom Gillard June 1998
MEETING NOTICE:
The next meeting of the Tennessee Valley Woodworkers
will be held, June 16th at 7:00pm
in the Duck River Electric Building in Dechard, TN.
All interested woodworkers are invited.
Tom
Cowan, Henry Davis, and Loyd Ackerman spent a rainy day at Prater’s Mill last
month. Below are a few pictures of the event.
Even though it might have been raining, it looks like they were having a
good time doing what they do best, turning.
See
Henry Davis for originals to see picture.
SEMINAR
NEWS:
The wood seminar was a GREAT success. Many thanks go out to the people that had a hand in planning and presenting this event. There were about 20 people in attendance on Saturday. Each topic was covered very well and I think there might be some new projects brought to Show and Tell because of this seminar. It really was a GREAT day. If there is ever another like this, make a point to attend.
MEETING MINUTES
Meeting
called to order by vice-president L. Ackerman. Guests Don Helton, Dwain Adams
and David Hunter were welcomed. New members Mile Carroll, Dave Cortner. John
Mayberry, Gary Lyle and Ruth and Maurice Ryan were introduced.
Old
business - Spring seminar D McConnell reported that it is set for May 30, 1998,
at Foothills Craft shop. Carving, gluing, steam bending, sharpening, decorative
finishing, and basket making will be presented. Treasurer H. Davis reported
that we now have 80 paid members. Also caps are available for $4:00 each.
New
business - turning bee including wood selection truing, mounting and turning
will be held at Tom Cowans shop on June 13,1998, from 9:00 AM- 4:30PM. Bring your
own lunch and drinks. Falls Mill 8-22-98. 9-4. Wil Mills is looking for work
for his bandsaw mill.
Show
and Tell - L. Ackerman - pecan bowl and vase, T. Cowan - spalted buckeye, honey
locust, butternut, mulberry, red maple, walnut and ash bowls. ~). McConnell - ash
bowl with lacquer finish, H. Davis - natural edge bowl of unknown wood - maybe
persimmon, B. Whiteacre - fern stand and step stool used by his wife in the kitchen.
Also, a second fern stand bought and refinished, 13. Reese - a Stanley #113
plane made between 1887-1907. Bought at a flea market and cleaned and refinished.
Bob also had an electrolytic cleaner used for removing the rust from his plane.
Murrell Chattin - cherry table legs.. R. Roepke - pictures of the table he
brought pieces of last month. W.
Bennett
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Adventure
Mountain needs 19 men with routers. M. Ryan - sewing thread holder made with
scrap wood.
Program
- Skip Baker presented the program on pearl inlay work
Meeting
adjourned at 9:20 PM.
Respectfully
submitted. John Green, secretary.
David
Raithel: David began his love of
woodworking only 68 years ago. His first project was a model “Spirit of St. Louis”
that be and his dad built From this start he built in small wooden box in
school. This project is long gone he says. His biggest and most enjoyable
project came in 1949 when he constructed his residence. David has a background in wind tunnel model making . This involves
constructing steel models with tolerances down to 1/1000th of an inch or
better.
Ross
Roepke: Ross also started 60+ years ago working in wood. He had chores to do and
one included gathering flrewood for the house. He built a wagon from a swing
and the running gear from an old wagon to accomplish this task. His main
interest is building furniture for his family. His most enjoyable and resent large
project was the mahogany cabinet and break front used in the TVW show and now
in his dining room. He hopes to finish the backlog of items his family has for
him to do.
Jim
Roy: Jim learned about power tool and woodworking from his father at an early
age but wasn’t interested, to much until about 4 years ago when he started approaching
retirement. He got to know some of the club members and jumped right in by
building a cherry book case for his wife. He also had a cherry secretary on
display at the TVW show last year. He wants to make items for his own home as well
as for his children that they can have as keepsakes.
“All
the Constitution guarantees is the pursuit of happiness.. You have to catch up
with it by yourself.”
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Pilot Hole Sizes
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Screw |
Shank |
Pilot |
Pilot |
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0 |
1/16 |
1/64 |
1/32 |
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1 |
5/64 |
1/32 |
1/32 |
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2 |
3/32 |
1/32 |
3/64 |
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3 |
7/64 |
3/64 |
1/16 |
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4 |
7/64 |
3/64 |
1/16 |
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5 |
1/8 |
1/16 |
5/64 |
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6 |
9/64 |
1/16 |
5/64 |
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7 |
5/32 |
1/16 |
3/32 |
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8 |
11/64 |
5/64 |
3/32 |
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9 |
3/16 |
5/64 |
7/64 |
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10 |
3/16 |
3/32 |
7/64 |
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11 |
13/64 |
3/32 |
1/8 |
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12 |
7/32 |
7/64 |
1/8 |
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14 |
1/4 |
7/64 |
9/64 |
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16 |
17/64 |
9/64 |
5/32 |
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18 |
19/64 |
9/64 |
3/16 |
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20 |
21/64 |
11/64 |
13/64 |
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Robert J. Brown -- rjbrown@internetwoodworking.com -- December 1997