I don’t believe it is possible to go to Berea and miss Shaker Village in Pleasant Hill:

Due to time constraints, I spent only a couple of hours on location. However, I took many photos I will post later this week. I hope to prevent duplication. The spiral staircase is breathtaking – I have never seen anything like it anywhere else in the world.

Should you plan to visit Shaker Village? In my opinion, this trip is a must-do, even if you don’t like the furniture style.

The 2008 Woodworking in America conference is now history. It was a terrific event!

I will leave Berea on Monday morning, but I wanted to give a little peek preview at some things to come to this blog, with both photos and video:

Modern Tools: Tolerances & Myths – left to right: Schwarz, Lee, Sauer, Economaki, Lie-Nielsen:

Dovetailing, two sessions on video – left to right: Klausz, Underhill:

Bevel-up vs. bevel-down planes, video – Schwarz, Lee, Lie-Nielsen:

Forgotten workbenches and workholding, video – Schwarz:

Hands-on clinic: Bench planes, video and photos – not shown here, Deneb Puchalski:

I do not show here some additional sessions I attended. I will have video on a terrific session on Furniture Design, with Kevin Drake and John Economaki.

I hope to provide close to zero or minimal editing to the video, so that you can get the most benefit from the discussions.

This was a great first conference, with a lot going on behind the scenes with the preparations, etc., which were pretty much not noticed by the attendees. But a super effort by the entire group in attendance from Popular Woodworking – a well-deserved KUDOS to everyone who participated in the organization, and to those in attendance!

I will be traveling East on Thursday morning, to attend the Woodworking in America conference.

Why? I will be working to bring you the latest from the Conference, including text, photos, and video. Bottom line: No promises for daily updates, as time and technology could get in the way…

At this conference I am looking forward to meeting in person all the speakers, the attendees, and the other bloggers. It should be a wonderful time!

Just for kicks, you might want to read in today’s blog post the questions that Christopher Schwarz’s has prepared for this event, 15 Woodworking Questions That Need Answers. In this post Chris also mentions he will have “some information about plans for next year”. Maybe this will become a yearly event?

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Relevant post:
Woodworking in America Registration…

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