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New This Year at Woodworking in America: Silas Kopf

Robert W. Lang — Fri, 10 May 2013 16:09:34 +0000

Sila Kopf, renowned marquetarian will be one of the featured speakers at this year's Woodworking in America conference, held October 18-20, 2013 in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. Read more »

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Interviews with Woodworkers You Know

Megan Fitzpatrick — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:25:00 +0000

At last year’s Woodworking in America, Members of the Modern Woodworkers Association were running around with audio equipment doing short, off-the-cuff interviews on all things woodworking with some of the instructors, attendees, folks in the marketplace and Popular Woodworking Magazine editors. You can listen here. Find out Glen Huey’s biggest challenge in woodworking. Hear Roy … Read more »

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Speakers for Woodworking in America 2013

Megan Fitzpatrick — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 20:03:33 +0000

Below, you’ll find the list of “full-time” speakers (those who are teaching more than one session), plus a glimpse at each speaker’s session topics, for Woodworking in America 2013 (October 18-20 in Greater Cincinnati). While we still need to contract a handful more of experts for single classes, we didn’t want to wait any longer … Read more »

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WIA 2013 – A Sneak Peek at Some of the Speakers

Megan Fitzpatrick — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 04:29:51 +0000

While we don’t yet have all the particulars nailed down for Woodworking in America 2013, we do know: When: October 18-20, 2013 Where: Northern Kentucky Convention Center in Covington, Ky., and other venues in the Greater Cincinnati area Why: Because it’s the Ultimate Woodworking Weekend, with 400+ of your closest woodworking friends, favorite woodworking teachers … Read more »

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Woodworking in America 2013, October 18-20

Megan Fitzpatrick — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 14:24:39 +0000

Woodworking in America 2013 will be Oct. 18-20 in Greater Cincinnati (the conference proper will be at the Northern Kentucky Convention Center). With only one conference this year, we’ll be able to gather under one roof as many as possible woodworkers, woodworking teachers, and top-notch toolmakers, so that you get an unparalleled weekend of woodworking … Read more »

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The Highland Woodworker visits WIA

Matthew Teague — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:05:50 +0000

If you happened to miss the latest Woodworking in America conferences, be sure the take a look at the new episode of “The Highland Woodworker.” In this episode (#4 of 2012) I spent some time with the show’s host, Charles Brock, walking around the latest conference. As always with the Highland crew, it was great … Read more »

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More Wooden Vise Options: Evans Wood Screw Co.

Christopher Schwarz — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:46:23 +0000

I try to stay abreast of the world of workbenches and workholding. But sometimes a place like Evans Wood Screw Co. escapes my eye. For six years, this Franklin, Ind., enterprise has been cranking out wooden vise screws for workbench builders. You can find the company at TheTraditionalCarpenter.com. The small site offers a good selection … Read more »

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Erik Mortensen’s Awesome English Workbench

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:46:48 +0000

I see a lot of workbenches. Lots of them are gorgeous. Many of them are tough. Few benches are both. Last weekend at Woodworking in America in Pasadena, Calif., I got to use a massive Nicholson-style workbench made by Erik Mortensen, an instructor at Cerritos College. For the most part, the bench is made from … Read more »

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Lake Erie Wagon Vise at WIA

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:01:59 +0000

Lake Erie Toolworks showed off a new wooden vise screw kit at Woodworking in America that can be used to make a nice wagon vise or shoulder vise. Both vises work brilliantly and allow you to easily use a wooden screw to make these traditional vise forms. The vises use the same robust vise screw … Read more »

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A Real Contender: The Knew Concepts Coping Saw

Christopher Schwarz — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 03:26:40 +0000

I swore on a stack of “Mechanicks Exercises” that I’d stop writing about coping saws. It’s not healthy, and I know that. But at Woodworking in America last weekend in Pasadena, Calif., I ran into Lee Marshall from Knew Concepts. He was holding a big red saw that was too big to be a fretsaw. … Read more »

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