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In a few weeks, Woodworking in America

August 1, 2011 By

 

I don’t think  It is official: The Sindelar Tool Museum will be at Woodworking in America in Cincinnati this year (edited this, as a result of Megan Fitzpatrick’s Comment, below). But I wanted to share this photo of the wagon placed at the entrance to the trailer housing the traveling exhibit:

On the wagon at entrance to the Sindelar traveling museum.

I would love to hear from you:

  • Are YOU planning to attend Woodworking in America this year?
  • If you are, what attracts you most to the conference?
  • Are you yearning to learn new techniques?
  • Or are you going to spend most of your time at the Marketplace?

 

— Al Navas

 

 

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Upcoming videos from Woodworking in America in Cincinnati

October 6, 2010 By

Over the next several weeks I will be posting video of sessions I attended and recorded at the 2010 Woodworking in America conference in Cincinnati, October 1-3. I do this in order to share with you, passionate fellow woodworkers.

The list of upcoming videos is as follows – I might publish them in order different from that listed:

  1. Christopher Schwarz: How to grind your tools
  2. George Walker: Use dividers to lay out anything
  3. Christopher Schwarz: Honing straight or curved irons
  4. George Walker: Better design using simple shapes & forms
  5. George Walker: Put some mojo in your designs
  6. Frank Klausz and Roy Underhill: Dovetailing drawers
  7. Marc Adams: Amazing router jigs for inlay, ellipses, and “faux” dovetails
  8. The Sindelar Traveling Tool Museum – a short video tour
  9. Don Williams: Boulle work – an introduction and demonstration

Stand by! This will require lots of editing, as I must cut sessions down to around 10 minutes, while retaining the message such that it makes sense. The best way to keep up as I publish is to subscribe to the blog via an RSS Reader, or via e-mail (see below).

In case you have not seen it yet, you can view the 2010 Woodworking in America Schedule of Classes here, or you can download the complete schedule here, in PDF format. And if you wish to learn about the Instructors, click here; the page includes the photos of each instructor, the sessions they led, and a short summary of their expertise. Of course, you probably should also start planning to attend the next conference; the venue will be announced at a later date by Popular Woodworking Magazine, most likely on the Editors’ blog.

If you have the time, and you have not had a chance to see videos I posted of all the previous Woodworking in America conferences, you can select articles by city where they took place, as follows – in the case below I show how to select the Cincinnati Conference:

Select from the main drop-down menu.

Subscription options, both near the top-right corner of the blog:

Via RSS reader:

Via e-mail:

More than anything else, enjoy – this web site is for you!

— Al Navas

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Woodworking in America 2010 registration is now open

May 14, 2010 By

Great news! The registration web site is now open to everyone wishing to attend. For details, please visit the official conference web site, at http://www.woodworkinginamerica.com/register/. You can also get a quick glance at the schedule of activities by reading the “glance” web page. Finally, you can find a complete class schedule by clicking here.

What: The 2010 Woodworking in America conference (WIA for short)

Where: Cincinnati, OH

Venue: Northern Kentucky Convention Center

Dates: October 1-3

Special events: Toolmakers’ dinner, Keynote dinner, Covington Pub Crawl, The Feast of Andre Roubo, and a visit to the Whitewater Shaker Village.

From the General Menu for the conference:

Woodworking in America Events provide in-depth explorations of subjects important to woodworkers and are brought to you by the most trusted name in woodworking information— Popular Woodworking Magazine. Presented by leading experts in the fields of woodworking, tools and furniture, our Conference sessions are useful and informative (and also a ton of fun!) for woodworkers of all skill levels and interests. In addition, our Marketplace area lets you try out the newest woodworking tools, talk to their makers and find the right equipment for your workshop.

I have attended all previous WIA conferences (links to videos I shot and edited on the main menu, above). The previous conferences focused mainly on hand tools; this year’s conference will be unique, because if offers a blend of power tools and hand tools. I believe you will enjoy attending, and getting hands-on instruction from well-known experts.

— Al Navas

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