The August meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 19th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
The August program will be presented by Tom Cowan. Tom’s presentation
will be “Constructing a Patera”. He will explain and show photos
of each step required to complete the project.
Tom always makes a very interesting and informative presentation.
Come out and hear what Tom has to share about the subject. He always
provides some valuable tips that you can apply in your own shop
activities.
See you at our August meeting on the 19th.
NEXT MAJOR TVW ACTIVITIES:
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Be sure to meet all of our recent new members and welcome them to the club.
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The “Segmented Turning” workshop, presented by Loyd
Ackerman, was held on August 2 at UTSI, room 111. The class was attended
by about 25
members.
Each person came up with their own segmented vessel
design. The workshop covered the basic calculations to create the
segments that
would be used to create the vessels.
Loyd equipped everyone with the proper techniques
needed to create the segments and sent them home to “create” their
special segmented
vessel. He expects to see lots of segmented vessels at the next “show &
tell” activity.
Thanks to Loyd for taking the time to share his expertise with those attending.
The latest shop tour was held on Thursday, July 24th. The tour started with a gathering at the Sunrise restaurant in Decherd.
The shops of Tony Murphy and Ross Roepke were toured by the group.
The club is appreciative to Tony and Ross for opening their shops to the group.
Thanks to Doyle for making the tour arrangements.
Everyone always picks up some ideas that can be applied to their own shop activities.
Photos from 2013
The Coffee County Fair demonstrations will be ongoing during September 15 – 20. Efforts are being made to increase the attendance at this activity. The demonstration schedule will be discussed at the next TVW meeting.
Help make this a fun week and a learning experience for all.
If you would like to help and have not signed up already, contact Doyle McConnell.
Kenneth (Dale) Daniel is back in business and will
again sharpen TVW member blades. His location is 2007 Ovoca Road,
Tullahoma. Phone –
931-455-5024, cell – 931-247-4753.
Want to see what is planned for the current year? Click here to see the events and dates of the TVW planned activities for the current year.
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The wood carvers met for the August monthly meeting on Saturday morning, August 2 at Jim Joliffe's shop. Six of the regular carvers were in attendance and they worked on individual projects.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of each month at 8:30 AM.
Anyone interested in carving is welcome to attend
these monthly meetings.
The “Cherokee Winds Flute Circle" met Saturday July 19th at the Cowan Artist Guild on Main Street in Cowan. Everyone had a grand time.
The group’s next meeting will be Saturday August 23rd at 10 AM.
Everyone is invited to come and participate or just come to listen.
Contact Ron Reimers @ 931-308-5196 or ronreimers@hotmail.com for additional information.
The first Fall Heritage Festival will be held September 19-21 in Cowan. Along with the festival activities will be a “juried” arts and crafts show. There will also be demonstrations and displays, supported by the club carvers.
Application form deadline was July 5th. The applications may be printed from the TVW web site or contact Art Brickse (931- 962-9665).
Additional information can be found by contacting any
of the following:
www.fallheritagefestival.info
email: info@fallheritagefestival.info
phone: 931-563-3868
Have a question ----- Need an answer?
Best place to get an answer --- Your own forum!!!
The forum is “alive and well”. Stay “on the edge” of
great information and timely discussions of tricks, tips and techniques
from your
fellow woodworkers.
If you have not checked out the “forum happenings”
lately, you are missing some great informational exchanges between club
members.
This is a service offered to all members of TVW.
The forum is booming with “expert” solutions to your
woodworking problems and great advice. And, guess what? It is all “free”
to club
members.
If you are a recent new member or had requested
a new name tag, a box of name tags will be available at the next
meeting. In the
future, name tags will be made for new members and available for pickup
at the next regular monthly meeting. Name tags for other
members will be made upon request only and will also be available for
pickup at the next meeting.
Please contact Chuck Taylor (931-728-7086 or email taylor_cw@charter.net) for information or name tags.
July
Show & Tell
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Mike Zinser – brought a large off-axis turned wall hanging. The design involved mounting the piece at various tilt angles and at several different centers. The piece was painted black and sanded to expose the grain. |
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Loyd Ackerman – brought a three-level logo and name plate that he made for his son-in-law, using his CNC router.
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Tom Gillard – brought an interesting section of oak tree trunk he found on Woods Reservoir. Both ends had been neatly chewed into pointed cones by an eager beaver that has lived in the area for some time.
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Bob Leonard – brought a caricature wood carving of Cletus that was inspired by a wood carving magazine pattern. |
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Tom Cowan – brought two Federal style lidded boxes, with very detailed inlays, that he made. |
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Jim Van Cleave
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floral carving inspired by a wood
carving book pattern and rendered in basswood. |
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Jim Acord – brought a garlic press that he made. His turned and finished handles were attached to hardware purchased from Woodcraft. |
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Bob Addington – brought a large box elder bowl that he turned. He used coffee grounds and superglue to fill a large void, but found that the material shrank after the final finish was applied. |
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Jim Everett– brought two large intarsia wall hangings featuring designs inspired by patriotic themes. one of of a soldier and the other was a sign plaque. |
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Doyle McConnell – brought an “in the works” segmented pepper mill that he is making for a friend. To personalize the piece, he made one of the segmented rings from a poplar board that came from his friend’s great grandmother’s home place. |
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Ross Roepke – brought an interesting variety of objects that he either purchased or made himself. Many of the items were created from recycled or repurposed materials. |
To view the "Links of Interest" on our web site, please click here.
Click here to see the compiled list of items that are for sale by club members.
If you have additional woodworking items for sale or are looking for woodworking items, please send information to Chuck Taylor at 931-728-7086 or email to taylor_cw@charter.net .
A different way to create breadboard ends to conceal the end grain
on a project top. Try this if you do not have access to a mortising
machine.
Here is a simple technique to create a mortise to accept the
tabletop’s tenon. The solution is to create a three-layer breadboard
end with the sum of the three layers equaling the tabletop’s
thickness.
To ensure consistency of color and grain, re-saw the three layers
from a single thick board and plane them to the thicknesses shown.
(For a 1″-thick tabletop, for example, plane the top and bottom
thicknesses to 1/4″ and the center board to 1/2″.) The notched
center layer fits around the tabletop tenon with a 1/16″ clearance
on both ends to allow for grain expansion across the width. Then,
laminate the layers together, slid the breadboard end over the
tenon, and attached it. A screw or dowel driven from below through
the center of the tenon does the trick.
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