Next Meeting April 21      

The April meeting will be at 6:30 pm on the 21th at the University of Tennessee Space institute, room H111.

NOTE: The April meeting will start at 6:30 PM, this is a trial meeting time.

 

About The Program

 

April 21 -- Chuck Mullican from McMinnville will do a program in April on Winsor Chairs using multiple species of wood.

Message from the President:

   I would encourage each member to keep your eyes open for opportunities. You never know when you will come across a great supplier or a good program. Last month my wife and I vacationed in Kitty Hawk. We spent the night in Durham, North Carolina where I discovered Klingspor has a store. When I went to the store they were having a special event where I met Coleman Forshee Sr. the President of the Klingspor. I invited him to present a program to our club on abrasives (which he is going to try to work out). In the meantime he has offered our club a 10% discount on all their products and free shipping. To introduce you to Klingspor he sent me away with two pounds of Klingspor sandpaper to distribute at our meeting.
   Klingspor gold sandpaper comes out number one in many of the side by side comparisons made each year. Be at our April meeting for the chance to receive some Klingspor sandpaper. I will divide the paper into at least 10 different groups. You chances for winning are good.
   Remember: YOU are the key to a making TVWW and even better club, see you April 21 at 6:30.

Announcements

• Want to know who your TVW officers are? Click here

• Be sure to check out all the "up coming events" the executive committee has scheduled for the current year. Click here to view the "Event Schedule".

• REMINDER - Please remember to wear your name tag at our meetings so that our new members will know who you are.

• Volunteer Mentors for Club Members.  Click here (bottom of page)

 

NEXT MAJOR TVW ACTIVITY:

The Turning Bee is an event in which newer wood turners are paired with a mentor for a hands-on experience to get instruction and advice on how to turn a bowl. This event has spawned the careers of many TVW members in the wood turning skill.

You are invited to attend this year’s event at Larry Wendland’s shop for some turning tutorial, some camaraderie, and a fine lunch.

Date: May 9, 2015

Time: 8 AM until we’re done

Cost: $10 each

Location: 224 Dunk Blanton Road, Tullahoma TN, 37388

Contact: Ph. (931) 563-7445 culets@gmail.com

Unless you’ve already enrolled, please contact Larry to confirm your plan to attend

 

Photos from 2014 Turning Bee

 

 

New Member

(Becoming a member at the March meeting)

Peter Hunter

Be sure to meet and welcome new members to our Club

 

 

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Death of a Member

Thomas Edde

Thomas Edde had been a member of the Club since 2008

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MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION UPDATE

If you change phone number, email address, etc; please notify Chuck Taylor, membership chairman (931-728-7086 or taylor_cw@charter.net. This will allow the membership listing on the web site to reflect the current and up-to-date information of all our club members.

TVW NEWS AND NOTES

Hobby Hardwood Alabama near New Market is back in business following surgery and recovery of owner, Robert Milton. He and wife Martha offer high quality kiln-dried lumber in a variety of local species at reasonable prices. Boards are skip planed on both sides to 15/16ths. They currently have some nice green log and stump cutoffs in maple, cherry, and walnut for bowl turning blanks. They are open only on Saturdays from 9am to 4pm. Visit their website to check current inventory and prices.
http://www.hobbyhardwoodalabama.com/
They’re open rain or shine, but before you drive so far, you might want to verify that they are there.
Robert Milton
Phone: 256-783-0415
Address: 237 Shady Trail, New Market, AL 35761

 

CLUB LIBRARY NEWS

 If you have media you would like to donate, or would like to reserve a certain video, contact August Dobert. His contact information is listed on the membership roster in the "Club Info" section.

CARVER'S CORNER

   

The left photo is of the Alaskan theme carvings that Allan Odell creates and the right photo is of a cottonwood bark whimsical house in progress by Ken Gould.

 We meet in Jim Jollifee’s shop at 201 Jollifee LN, Tullahoma. We regulary meet on the first Saturady of each month

 CHEROKEE WINDS FLUTE CIRCLE NEWS

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.

2015  CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Want to see what is planned for the remainder of the current year? Click here to see the events and dates of the TVW planned activities for the current year.

SAW SHARPENING SERVICE IS BACK!  

 

 

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.

 

 

 

NAME TAG INFORMATION

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.

SHOW AND TELL

        March Show & Tell

	Tom Gillard - He made a “Sketchup" drawing for a bookcase with a picture of the finished product, a green bench and a dry erase pad holder.
	Ross Roepke - He made a triangular flag case out of walnut with a glass front and a hinged back. He used an oil finish on it.
	Bob Stancil - He made 3 bowls using black gum, burl white poplar and maple.
	Doyle McConnell - He turned a vase out of spalted maple with a threaded top, with a walnut finial on top of it. He used deft finish on it.
	Jim Van Cleeve - He made a cherry box with carved sides, and a cherry panel carved with flowers (about 36" long).
	Doug Dunlap- He turned a 170 piece segmented art piece 11" high x 5" diameter (it looks like a lighthouse), using cheery, oak, sweet gum and mahogany. It was covered with 3 coats of lacquer
	Tom Cowan- He made a butternut box with 12 drawers in the front, and it had raised feet.
	Loyd Ackerman - He made a box with a hinged top that had a recessed area on top for different oval pieces for later insertion. It had a drawer in the bottom of the front. It was finished in lacquer.
	Mike Holowach - He made a box elder bowl, a cherry bowl with a curved insert laminated into it, an oak bowl with 3 curved feet(with black stain), and a ash bowl that had curved fingers cut into it and stained red.
	Larry Wendland - He made a small cherry box with a hackberry top, and a black walnut bowl 4" x4" with vertical sides and grooves cut in it. It was finished with beeswax.
	Reilly Earle- He made an electric guitar body blank that was laminated and inlaid from maple, walnut and mahogany. No finish on it.
	Fred Heltsley - He brought a Windsor chair that he made at a seminar, finished with 3 coats of Salem Red, covered with black, and a wax finish over that. (No photo available)

LINKS OF INTEREST

 To view the "Links of Interest" on our web site, please click here.           

FOR SALE

Click here to see the Exchange Opportunities

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 .

 

Shop Tip

Proper grit ready in a pinch When shaping spindles or other projects on my lathe, I use small pieces of sand-paper of various grits while finishing. To keep the small sheets handy and sorted out, I glued wooden clothespins onto a thin strip of plywood and mounted the hanger to the side of the lathe stand. On the clothespins, I marked the grit of each abrasive. ---Rick Mercado, Colorado Springs, Colo. …Complements of Wood Magazine Shop Tips…

 

Work safely and don’t take unnecessary chances with your woodworking tools

 

 

 

Want a good tip concerning your current project?

Visit this web site for “tips for every situation”: http://www.woodworkingtips.com/etips/

 

TVW SUPPORTERS

The following companies are supporters of the TVW club. Click on their "logo" to go to their web site.

 

 

Tennessee Valley Woodworkers
Serving Middle Tennessee and Northern Alabama
Founded 1985