The June meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 19th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
The July program will be presented by Chris Lang. His
program will be “Early Cabinet Making in Southern Middle Tennessee and
Northern Alabama”.
Come to the July 17th meeting and hear what Chris has to
share.
Sept. 17-22: Coffee County Fair, Chairperson – Doyle McConnell, Location – Manchester, TN Time - TBD
Sept. 21 - 23: Polly Crocket Festival, Chairperson – Harry May, Location – Cowan, TN
Get all the information at the next TVW club meeting.
(joining at the Turning Bee)
Mark Ledbetter --------------- Cowan
Be sure to meet all of our new members and welcome them to the club.
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The annual Turning Bee was held on June 30 at Tom Cowan’s shop. About 15 eager “turners” made lots of chips and received some expert instructions. This is always one of most popular events of the year and about 28 people attended the activity. Thanks to Henry Davis for being the chairperson for the activity. Thanks also go to those members serving as “mentors” and to Richard Gulley for preparing and serving the great lunch. As always, we express appreciation to Tom Cowan for hosting the day’s activities. Everyone went away with at least one rough turned bowl.
The carvers met on July 7 at the shop of Phil Bishop.
They worked on individual items and some worked on the new “Totem Pole”
project. Plans were also discussed concerning future activities.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of each month and work
on individual or group projects. Everyone is welcome to “join in”.
The Flute Circle group met on June 26 at Tom Cowan’s
Artisan Studio in Cowan. Everyone was encouraged to bring a song that
they have been practicing during the past month.
The July Flute Circle meeting will be July 31 at 1 pm @ the Artisan's
Shop, 114 Main St. Cowan.
The group meets at 1:00 PM on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Tom
Cowan’s Artisan Studio in Cowan. Everyone is welcome.
It is now officially “Shop Tour” season. Clean up your shop because your shop may be on the next tour. Thanks to Doyle for coordinating this enjoyable activity. The best thing about the tours is the fact that everyone always picks up some ideas to apply in their own shop.
If you want to be on the tour list, contact Doyle.
Don't forget to take advantage of the forum. Instead of just “viewing” the
forum, you can ask questions or answer questions. It is a great way
to swap ideas and learn new tricks of the trade. You will be able
to share your ideas and experiences with other members through the
forum.
- A NOTE FROM YOUR TVW LIBRARIAN -
I'm sure everyone that has an interest in turning has noticed that
lately the Longworth Chuck has been shown and talked about a lot. If you
are interested in making a Longworth Chuck there is now an instructional
DVD in the Club Library. It's # 2112 and if you want to reserve the DVD
please contact me.
Let me remind you that our "in house" DVDs, such as the Longworth Chuck
DVD are available for viewing on the club website.
I will also remind you of a small change to the Club Library. Since our
"in house" DVDs are available on the website and since there are so many
of them, I have stopped bring them to the club meeting. Our commercial
DVDs and VHS tape will still be available at the meeting.
Henry, TVW Librarian
For a complete list of all items in the Digital Library, see Henry Davis
at club meetings, email him at hdavis37@charter.net or call him at
393-3191 and leave a message.
June
Meeting
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Bob Reese - displayed a music stand that he had created from walnut. |
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Jay Hazel - had 3 bowls that he showed. One was of box elder with a natural edge, another was a very spalded bowl made from hickory, and the third bowl was a stave bowl, made from left over scrape wood. |
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Henry Davis - showed a maple bowl but was actually explaining how the bottom ring was developed. |
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Doyle McConnell - displayed a segmented bowl made from maple and a decorative band of spalded maple. |
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Greg Myers - had created a pepper mill from several different types of wood. |
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Ron Reimers - made 2 flutes from cherry wood and one from cedar. These had been turned on the lathe, which was a new experience for him. |
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Karen Browning - showed several different pieces of wood with geometric designs on them that could be incorporated in segmented bowl turning. |
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Newt Wright - showed a maple bowl that he had turned and explained the problems that he had in the process. |
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Paul Jalbert - displayed a 4’ x 3’ pine wood relief carving that the Boy Scouts had all worked on. |
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Tom Cowan - presented pictures of a walnut desk that he had made. This was a reproduction of a desk from around 1812-1814. This desk had 115’ feet of string inlay with numerous different inlays through- out the desk. The drawer construction details were very good. |
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Geoff Roehm - showed a piece that he had created from an abalone shell for the TN National Guard. |
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Jim Everett - showed some pictures of his completed project of a fireplace mantle that he had surrounded with his intarsia work. |
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Dan Maher - showed pictures of a gun cabinet that he had created from oak and all the glass had been etched. |
To view the "Link of Interest" on our web site, please click here.
Craftsman 12" bandsaw, includes 8 extra blades and a couple of
fixtures. All for $175.00
Contact Henry Davis, 931-393-3191 or hdavis37@charter.net
Powermatic Model 64A contractor table saw for sale. It has the 30" accu-fence system. Has not been abused and looks great. $500.
Contact Chuck Taylor at taylorcw@bellsouth.net or 931-273-8886.
If you have woodworking items for sale or are looking for woodworking items, please send information to Chuck Taylor at 931-728-7086 or email to taylorcw@bellsouth.net .
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