For You Lot Handworks 2017

So that's it, the present is over! I would similar to offering my sincere thank you lot to Jameel, Father John as well as all at Benchcrafted for organising this great show. They are really little most the whole matter but at that topographic point is an enormous amount of piece of job goes into staging such an termination as well as it was bully to come across it then good supported both yesteryear makers as well as woodworkers alike.

Above is a glimpse of my stand, I cutting xl of these joints (200 dovetails) over the 2 days as well as most were given away, signed if requested.

I must also laissez passer on thank you lot to Mark Hicks from Plate eleven who kindly lent me i of his fantastic benches (again!) for the show. The finish of his benches is superb as well as it wasn't until nosotros were dismantling it that the truthful lineament as well as ethos of his piece of job shone through. The hardware was move yesteryear notch as well as beautifully installed as well as fifty-fifty parts of the bench unseen inwards its assembled state, were neatly chamfered. If you lot are looking to purchase a bench simply once, this is the i get.

Benchcrafted had a fine alternative of their wonderful vices on present as well as this neat lilliputian High Vice was a beauty (as inwards I desire one!)

Ryan was the alone other Brit demonstrating at the present (Lie Nielsen), with never ending enthusiasm as well as a permanent smile.

Ron Underhill delivered a fine present every bit green and was a bully means to showtime solar daytime 2.

I was sharing an alcove amongst Dave Jeske from Blue Spruce as well as he had a fine make of oral cavity watering tools on display every bit usual. I had Chris Vesper on the other side but I didn't grapple to instruct a shot of his stand upward every bit at that topographic point were e'er customers inwards the way! Any thoughts of my long journeying abode were dismissed when I idea of his trek dorsum to Australia. Chris (as good every bit Dave Jeske) volition hold upward over for the European Woodworking Show inwards the U.K. inwards September, a bully chance to come across his total make of wonderful tools.

Blue Spruce brought a distich of paradigm fret saws which were really interesting. They had a beautiful blade tightening pattern as well as they could hold upward swivelled easily to whatsoever angle. The agree as well as complete was superb (of course) as well as I would bring bought i straight off away if they had been available. One to sentry for.

What I did come upward away amongst was a lovely adjustable foursquare every bit good every bit sliding bevel, which volition bring together my 2 Vesper bevels. It's a funny matter amongst sliding bevels, I don't piece of job them that ofttimes but when I practise (eg bird making) I never seem to bring enough. Well that's my excuse for buying it as well as I'm sticking to it!

I'll move out you lot amongst a alternative of other exhibitors from the Festahlle Barn. I'm deplorable for non including makers from the others 4 venues but I didn't instruct a run a endangerment to instruct circular i time the doors opened.
Until side yesteryear side time..............

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