My wife and I just returned from the show and we had a blast. They had everything there from carpentry and cabinetry to hand tools and wood turning. I even made my first pen. I must have a lathe! We had our picture taken and they it cut on a scroll saw into a puzzle. Every king of woodcraft imagineable. My wife fell in love with the inlay and intarsia section. I was thrilled to try Lee Valley planes for the first time. I see why they are addictive. Wood carving, finishing and more. Next door at the covention center they had a show on log timber homes that was awsesome too. I picked up a few small items but they had the high dollar items as well. All in all it was a great day.
Must have been your 1st time? I went Friday afternoon (because I am freezing in Chicago for the weekend). I was some what disappointed this year The show space was 1/2 what it was last year and a lot of the big name vendors did not show up or had small displays.
On the other hand, I was impressed with the guilds from GA and there booths. The lady doing the inlay (wish I got her name) was awesome. I am trying to talk my wife into starting inlay work. There was a beautiful large rocking chair in a guild's booth. The guy who built it spent 15min w/ us explaining the details. (wish I got his name too)
I got 2-box clamps and 2- clamping squares from woodpecker (www.woodpeck.com) I'll do a review later if no one else has yet.
Ridgid had their new saw there. They put a place for a riving knife. But there is no way to upgrade mine to that
It must be a hit or miss situation. The baltimore Show in Jan 2 was one of the best that I've seen in the three years I've been going. I wonder if they are keeping history of the different venues and some MFG's are not showing up if there is a history of a lot of no-shows.
I also went to the atlanta show this week end and agree with jtdyal. I kind of felt like they were trying to put 5 lbs of sawdust into a 3 lb bag, The room was much smaller than it used to be. The one good thing about the show was that it helped me to make up my mind on a drum sander. The Stockroom was there demonstrating theirs, and after watching the demo have decided that the jet, or one like it, is what I will get.
Well, you guys got me. It was our first show. I did feel it was way overcrowded and didn't see some names that I wanted to. But we had fun anyway. I am looking at getting a new tablesaw and I really liked the new rigid granite top.
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