Quick , it is time to make up a quick excuse to your boss to arrange a sham business trip to Cincinnati on June 4-5. On those two days we are going to open wide the doors of our office and shop and host a Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event.
(If you need ideas for how to trick your boss into traveling here, let me know. We have a wide variety of businesses here. Just say Procter & Gamble, Kroger and Macys.)
Like the event last year, this one will be large. Apart from the Lie-Nielsen people (including Thomas Lie-Nielsen), John Economaki from Bridge City Toolworks, Kevin Drake of Glen-Drake Toolworks, and Andrew Lunn at Eccentric Toolworks will be there. Oh, and how could I forget the most awesome part: members of the Society of American Period Furniture Makers (SAPFM) are giving demonstrations on a wide variety of skills the entire two days.
Last year the SAPFM members demonstrated inlay, carving, design, moulding planes and lots of other stuff.
This year we are doing a couple things a little different. The show will be on Friday (4 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; no Sunday hours). But the Friday show is going to go later into the evening. We will have dinner food available. A seminar on workbenches will be presented at 7 p.m. I will be showing you my new Roubo workbench and some other very unique workholding devices.
Then, at 8 p.m. well be having a big roundtable question-and-answer session with all the toolmakers. Expect some sparks to fly. You might see some leg wrestling or other feats. If you attended last years program, you know that things get out of hand when you throw all these people in a room.
Oh, one more thing: All of this is free. Just show up at our offices at 4700 E. Galbraith Road, Cincinnati, OH 45236 on either (or both) days.
Many attendees also brought their families to the event last year. Cincinnati is a fun town for a weekend getaway. Later in the week, I’ll share some of my favorite things here and places where to eat (does goetta sound good to you?). You will.
Visit the Lie-Nielsen website for more information.
Christopher Schwarz
Other Good Hand Tool Resources
John Economakis crazy blog at Bridge City (bridgecitytools.com/blog)
Handplane Essentials by Christopher Schwarz
Andrew Lunns blog at Eccentric Toolworks (eccentrictoolworks.blogspot.com)
The Complete Illustrated Guide to Sharpening (Taunton) by Thomas Lie-Nielsen
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