The Woodworking Shows 2019
Evening All, Spent a good portion of the day at The Woodworking Show in Dulles, VA. Since they only have one more weekend left in their season which will be Charlotte, NC next weekend I know is is a little late for a review but wanted to just post a bit about it.
The show has changed a lot over the years I have been going to it and seems to get smaller every year. This year Peachtree did not seem to be involved in the show which that took a bite out of it. That being said a good number of the regular vendors were there and a large number of wood sellers. I bought a lot of wood.
I paid for two of the classes this morning and got 4 1/2 hours of class time from Chuck Bender on Joinery and Table Saw Joinery. It was huge amount of information and well presented if but a little chaotic at times (if you know Chuck it was ll good though and flowed together well) He talked about the show a bit at the end of the class and wanted to let us all know a few things. The big name manufacturers and vendors are getting harder to come by. Too many people shopping grabbing information then going to Amazon or some online discount house to buy the products, it is becoming to expensive to send the Reps to the shows and not enough sales being made. The show is looking toward getting more local folks involved in the areas they are in as well as smaller tool makers. The other thing they are focusing on is more of the education. More classes and more getting the information out to continue to expand the realm o f the hobby.
With the recent announcement from Popular Woodworking it would be a shame to lose the Woodworking Shows as an outlet to get hands on with the products available and the lose the knowledge of the professionals that present it for such a small cost.
Personally not having Peachtree there this year put a little more interaction with the actual vendors they did have there. There wasn't someone on every corner barking or hocking the products. I hope they continue to work on the design and to see them on the road again next year with new classes and maybe some new vendors.
Just my thoughts. Besides the classes I did spend more money on wood. Mostly….
The only tools I bought was a set of brad point drill bits from Arizona Silhouette. The other piece there is from Drillnado I walked past the booth and saw that they now have made a clear piece so you can see the bit. I just mentioned that that was much better as the one I purchased a few years ago was solid, he thanked me for purchasing and after a brief chat remembered me then gave me the new and improved version free of charge. Bonus Points to Drillnado!!
Have a good rest of the weekend all.
CtL
Evening All, Spent a good portion of the day at The Woodworking Show in Dulles, VA. Since they only have one more weekend left in their season which will be Charlotte, NC next weekend I know is is a little late for a review but wanted to just post a bit about it.
The show has changed a lot over the years I have been going to it and seems to get smaller every year. This year Peachtree did not seem to be involved in the show which that took a bite out of it. That being said a good number of the regular vendors were there and a large number of wood sellers. I bought a lot of wood.
I paid for two of the classes this morning and got 4 1/2 hours of class time from Chuck Bender on Joinery and Table Saw Joinery. It was huge amount of information and well presented if but a little chaotic at times (if you know Chuck it was ll good though and flowed together well) He talked about the show a bit at the end of the class and wanted to let us all know a few things. The big name manufacturers and vendors are getting harder to come by. Too many people shopping grabbing information then going to Amazon or some online discount house to buy the products, it is becoming to expensive to send the Reps to the shows and not enough sales being made. The show is looking toward getting more local folks involved in the areas they are in as well as smaller tool makers. The other thing they are focusing on is more of the education. More classes and more getting the information out to continue to expand the realm o f the hobby.
With the recent announcement from Popular Woodworking it would be a shame to lose the Woodworking Shows as an outlet to get hands on with the products available and the lose the knowledge of the professionals that present it for such a small cost.
Personally not having Peachtree there this year put a little more interaction with the actual vendors they did have there. There wasn't someone on every corner barking or hocking the products. I hope they continue to work on the design and to see them on the road again next year with new classes and maybe some new vendors.
Just my thoughts. Besides the classes I did spend more money on wood. Mostly….
The only tools I bought was a set of brad point drill bits from Arizona Silhouette. The other piece there is from Drillnado I walked past the booth and saw that they now have made a clear piece so you can see the bit. I just mentioned that that was much better as the one I purchased a few years ago was solid, he thanked me for purchasing and after a brief chat remembered me then gave me the new and improved version free of charge. Bonus Points to Drillnado!!
Have a good rest of the weekend all.
CtL