The April meeting will be at 7:00 pm on the 15th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.
The April program will be presented by Doyle McConnell. His presentation
topic will be “Computers and Woodworking”, in which he will discuss and
demonstrate how he uses the computer to aid his woodworking projects.
Doyle always presents an excellent program for both the experienced and
the beginning woodworkers. Come out and pick up some valuable tips and
techniques from Doyle’s program.
See you at our April meeting on the 15th.
NEXT MAJOR TVW ACTIVITIES:
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Gary Bennett ---------- Wartrace |
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Judy Bennett ---------- Wartrace |
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Dale Masuda --------------------- Tullahoma |
(Joining at the March meeting)
Be sure to meet all of our new members and welcome them to the club.
Photos from 2013 Turning Bee ----
The annual TVW Turning Bee is scheduled for Saturday, May 10th at Larry Wendland’s shop at 224 Dunk Blanton Road; Tullahoma,TN; 37388.
This has been our most popular event for a number of years. Most of the club members got their turning “start” at one of our turning bees.
Reminder: In order to provide lunch for the group, Larry needs to know how many plan to attend. he asks that anyone who has not signed up for the Turning Bee and wishes to attend please send him an email at culets@gmail.com so that he can plan the included lunch.
Come on out and enjoy the fun and fellowship.The event will start at
8:30 AM and go on until everyone has a chance to turn.
The cost of the event is $10 each and will cover lunch and drinks. It is suggested that you bring a lawn chair for your comfort.
Questions should be directed to Larry Wendland. His contact information
is Phone: (931) 563-7445; email;
culets@gmail.com
Directions from I-24 exit 111: Head SW on TN55 for 4.8 miles to
Belmont Rd. Turn right and go 1.3 miles to Rutledge Falls Drive.
Turn left on Rutledge Falls Drive for 1.5 miles to Rutledge Falls Road.
Then turn right and go 1.7 miles and turn right on Dunk
Blanton Rd. 224 will be on your right. (9.4 miles/18 minutes)
Directions from US 41A and Carroll Street in Tullahoma: Head NE 0.5 miles to S. Anderson St. and turn left. Go 0.8 miles and turn right on E. Hogan St. for 486 feet and take first left onto Country Club Dr. Go 1.3 miles and continue on Short Springs Rd. 3.2 miles and turn right on Rutledge Falls Rd. for 0.2 miles. Turn left onto Dunk Blanton Rd. 224 will be on your right. (6.2 miles/ 14 minutes).
April 26: Arts Festival in McMinnville.
The Festival will have a full spectrum of the Arts. Contact Tisha
Emberton for information
931-314-7049 or tishaemberton9@gmail.com for information or to enroll.
Karen Browning will be opening her building in McMinnville for the Arts
Festival. She is inviting all of our club members to show or
sell in the building during the event. There will be no fees – this is
totally free for all concerned. She anticipates demonstrating
wood turning out on the sidewalk in front of the building and would like
other club members to participate. It will just be a fun day
to show stuff and sit around and gab!
May 17: "Craft Arts Festival" in downtown
Bell Buckle. Information will be available at the April club meeting.
Contact Karen Browning at 931-409-7858 or email her at
karen.browning@tullahomacityschools.net for additional information on
the above
activities.
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.
The Carvers met at Jim Jolliffe’s shop on April 5. Five eager carvers were in attendance. Everyone worked on individual projects.
The carvers normally meet on the first Saturday of each month. Anyone interested in carving is welcome to attend these monthly meetings. There will be additional information at the regular club meeting concerning the date and location of the next Carver’s meeting.
Anyone interested in carving is welcome to attend
these monthly meetings.
The next meeting of the flute circle will be Saturday
April 19 at the Cowan Artist Guild. The meeting time is 10 AM.
The will be additional information at the regular monthly club meeting
on April 15.
This group is for anyone interested in learning how to play the native
flute. Even if you don’t have one, please come and we will take
care of you.
Contact Ron Reimers @ 931-308-5196 or ronreimers@hotmail.com for
additional information.
Come and join the fun and fellowship with the “Fluters”.
Be “in the know” in 2014! Live “on the edge” of great information and timely discussions of tricks and techniques from you fellow woodworkers. Participate in the TVW forum.
The forum is the place to “check out” and is booming with “expert” solutions to your woodworking problems and great advice.
You would absolutely be amazed at the wealth of knowledge that your
fellow members have to offer at a great price!
The Club's Digital Library is being temporarily closed due to member inactivity in the use of the valuable information in the library. The disposition of the library content is unknown at this time.
If you would like to volunteer to be the club librarian and administer this important program, please contact your club president.
If you have checked out items in your possession, please return the items to Henry Davis at the April meeting.
Remember that selected DVD's can still be viewed on the Club website.
Photos from 2013 event----
The Panoply program will be held on April 25-27 in Huntsville, Alabama. Greg Myers is the activity contact. if you can help in this activity, please contact Greg. Additional information will be available at the March meeting.
Photos from previous event---
The Cornbread Festival is scheduled for April 26-27. the location is South Pittsburg. Contact Billy May if you are interested in participating in this event.
March
Show & Tell
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Vince Zaccardi - discussed a group of fixtures, including a variable miter gauge and box joint jig with interchangeable joint sizes and a fixture for cutting Celtic ring designs on pepper mill blank. |
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Lavon Jones – brought and discussed a very useful fold-down wall-mounting drying rack for laundry room with magnetic catch. The finish was white paint. |
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Greg Myers - Box Elder bowl and a “Mushroom” turning from a small limb, to be used for turning demonstrations.
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Jim Everett - Several intarsia designs integrated into cabinet doors, including a unicorn and showed how some could be made into a panoramic display. |
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Tom Gillard – discussed a container holding two Brown Recluse spiders that he “captured” in his shop. He admonished everyone to be careful.. |
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Doyle McConnell – A Walnut pepper mill that included a Celtic Knot design. He pointed out a flaw created during the process. |
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Karen Browning
- Natural Edge maple bowl with painted objects to show how
to overcome wood-grain problems in turnings. |
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Loyd Ackerman - Box Elder closed vessel from firewood. |
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Larry Wendland
– Discussed a
Pecan bowl with no end grain. |
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Allen Odell - Alaska gaff hook from Diamond Willow; a Halibut fishhook from Alder and a fishing lure made from Alder. |
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Johnnie Brown - Patriot Pen collection made with kits supplied by Woodcraft at the February meeting and wood cut-offs from his shop. The pens are to be donated to the “Wounded Warrior” project. |
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Jim Van Cleave – told the story of a stool he made to go with the bar he uses for a casual activities and office needs. |
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 taylorcw@bellsouth.net .
When routing a profile along the edge of a board, what can you do when the bit chips out a large piece of wood? If you're lucky and can find the broken-off chip, you can glue it back in place. But more often than not, the chip has been splintered or sucked into your shop vacuum. Here are three easy steps for salvaging your project after having this happen to you.
STEP 1: Using a straight bit in the router table, rout a stopped rabbet along the damaged edge. This will remove the chip-out and create a straight edge for accepting a filler strip.
STEP 2: Cut an oversize filler strip to fit into the rabbet. Round one end to match the curve of the rabbet (where the bit stopped). Then glue this filler strip in place and sand or plane the top surface flush.
STEP 3: Now the original profile can be routed in the filler strip (Hopefully without chip-out this time).
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