Tuesday, October 9, 2012

2012 Woodcraft Woodworker's Show

The Weekend of October 6th Woodcraft Seattle had a big sale and Woodworking show. They do this because the big national Woodworking Shows quit coming to Seattle.
 

There were lots of woodworking displays and demonstrations. Some are shown below.
 
Say you want to do woodworking but can't get a shop full of wood - just use pre-made wood. Everything in this display is made of Popsicle sticks, tongue depressors, coffee stirrers and things like that. Amazing!
 
 
Michael Dresdner explains the technique used to make that wood pretzel thing in the foreground.
It is not steamed, soaked, or heated. Michael retired as a design engineer for Martin Guitars and lives in Seattle.
 
Things were hopping in the store. Store owners Ron and Michele were running around just as fast and hard as the rest of the staff. They are all great folks there.
 
 It WAS Seattle after all and if there is one thing more prevelant than coffee, it's music. And the Seattle SeaChordsmen provided the melodies for the day.
Seattle Woodcraft is one of the highest selling stores in the country and it's no wonder. They have everything you need, including wuden skwares and sirkulls.
 EVERYTHING!!
 

A lot of people made pens for the first time.
 
 

 Patty from SawStop shows that the safest saw in the world does indeed cut wood very well.

You can't see it happen when you see it happen - so to speak - but Patty demonstrated the SawStop feature with a hot dog as a substitute for her finger. You literally can not cut yourself!
 
 
We all had a great time, sold a few things and met some amazing people from around the world. Thanks to Ron and Michelle Hall for the great time and the good food.