Kansas City Woodworking Show Coming Up

Turn About Wood

Russell Seaton

>in North KC on Antioch Rd. is having a carving tool sharpening seminar/demonstration from 10AM to 1PM on Saturday. I plan to be in attendance at this. Then stay over and catch the show on Sunday. And look at those MiniMax and Laguna tools.

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Bill Ward

>Our local Woodcraft store (in Lenexa) is doing a hand plane tune up demo at the store at 1 PM on Saturday afternoon. They will also have L-N planes at 10% off. The Woodcraft store is about 5 miles from the Woodworking Show. I believe Woodcraft personnel will be working both the show and their store that weekend.

Another mile away from Woodcraft is Overland Tool. They are having their own open house, sale and tool show while the WW show is in session. Overland Tool has free food and pop. They will have reps from most of the big power tool manufacturers. Overland Tool carries some hand tools, most portable power tools and all the way up to commercial machinery. Check out the CNC router tables and automatic cabinet door making machinery. (Oppps. This is the hand tool forum).

Some of us may head up to Turn About Wood (local woodturning store) to check it out. Maybe they have pole and treadle lathes????

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Ernie Miller Topeka

>Will you have time to meet us for breakfast? It would be nice to get to know you.

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Roger Nixon

>I hope we do make it to Turn About. I was checking their website yesterday and it looks like they have a nice selection of wood for sale.

I subscribe to the philosophy that lathe tools are hand tools and it does't matter what motivates the wood to spin. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it :) ).

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Russell Seaton

>I am not planning on making it to the breakfast. I'm coming down from Des Moines. I plan to leave about 7AM on Saturday and make it to Turn About Wood for their 10AM carving tool sharpening demo. Sharpening carving tools is something I need to learn and I think a hands on demo will be very useful. I was not planning on going to the woodworking show and KC until Sunday but Turn About emailed me thir flyer and I saw the carving tool sharpening demo. I thought it was worth going down a day early to catch that. So I'll spend my $35 for a cheap motel on the north side of KC and stay over for the show on Sunday. I am assuming the Turn About Wood demo is a several hour thing and I will not have time to fully appreciate the woodworking show if I show up mid afternoon on Saturday. Although I might go to the show on Sauturday and see if I can see enough so I can drive back to Des Moines Saturday evening. Making it to the breakfast would require me to leave Des Moines about 5AM. Much too early for me.

Of course everything depends upon the weather. A snowstorm on Friday or Saturday cancels everything. I have just enough sense to stay home when the roads get bad. Minneapolis is having a show a month or so later so I can always drive up there to see the European tools.