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What am I doing for summer vacation? Well, so far it looks like Ill be working. But that doesnt mean I wont be enjoying myself.

The weekend of August 14-16 Ill be in St. Charles, IL for the Woodworking in America Furniture Construction and Design Conference.

The Benchcrafted booth will be set up with our bench (and maybe two!) outfitted with all three vises we sell, a Mag-Blok display, plus were hoping to unveil a new hand tool at this event. No, its not an acme-screw and handwheel outfitted paring chisel, but we think its a unique and useful tool will find lots of use in many woodworkers shops. The exciting part is it will cost about as much as a dinner for two at a decent restaurant. Around these parts that usually means Arbys or McDonalds, so youll have to compensate for your particular locale. You get the drift.

Okay, back to fantasy camp. WIA (Woodworking in America) is a unique event. It combines three days of lectures and classes from among the countrys best furniture makers and designers with three days of hands-on tool demos from the best manufacturers in America. And its not just demos. At the marketplace (the room where the manufacturers are set up) there will be numerous benches set up at each of the vendors booths so you can test drive the tools at your leisure. The best part is, the designer and manufacturer of the tools is usually at the booth as well, and they are more than happy to show how the tool works, and in most cases you can even get personal instructions on various woodworking techniques just by asking. A small crowd usually gathers around, and you end up with a very personal and intimate "mini-class". You could spend an entire day in just the marketplace and learn more than you can imagine. At the last WIA I got a personal one-on-one hand-dovetailing lesson from Kevin Glen-Drake of Glen-Drake Toolworks. Now, Im not sure if that possibility will exist in August, but you never know.

And heres what makes WIA in August so great. The combination of a marketplace full of the best hand tools and hand tool experts, and three days of lectures from some of the best furniture makers and designers in the country.

I think the event in August is going be a ton of fun. Just rubbing elbows with fellow enthusiasts and the camaraderie that one gleans from such events is worth it to me. I not only came home from last years WIA event with a renewed enthusiasm and inspiration for fine woodworking, but also with several new friends as well.

If youre wondering about the picture above, thats a desk I built for my father in 2006. One of my interests is designing and building simplified Federal style furniture with modern, clean lines. This was the second experimental piece Ive attempted. I wont torture you with the first trial. In hopes of furthering this style, Im hoping to catch some design classes at this years WIA if I can squeeze them in. I cant wait!

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