My wife and I just got back from the woodworking show in Chantilly and I've got to say, I never realized how dangerous woodworking shows could be -- to your wallet. I walked in expecting to spend some money but man . . . :roll:
The Lie Nielsen booth was one of the smaller ones there but it had a consistently large crowd. I tried out a couple of their joinery saws and smaller planes -- #1, #2 & #3. Deneb was working the booth and gave a nice, informative demonstration on cutting houndstooth dovetails. I got to check out their bench chisels and all I can say is -- niiice. My wife was checking out the tite mark gauge and other layout tools, making mental notes on the dovetails and letting me know when she saw Deneb do something that I should incorporate into my techniques. We ended up spending over an hour at the booth hanging out, talking with Deneb and making our order. By the time we left, we'd ended up spending about nine hundred bucks.
I wanted the five piece chisel set but my wife said "why don't you get the nine piece set?" Who am I to argue?
She wanted a #1, a #102 and a mini tite-mark. I picked up the nine piece chisel set, a #100.5 and some other small items. We have to wait for the chisels, #100.5 and #1 to be delivered.
Next to the Lie Nielsen booth was a power carving demo with a guy using an air-powered tool that looked a lot like a dentist's drill. My wife is quite the artist and has wanted to try something new for a while -- she mentioned lathes before the show. When she tried the power carver, she loved it. So, we dropped almost four hundred at that booth.
The only other thing that I needed from the show were some fittings for my dust collector. Having just ordered a mortising machine last week, I really didn't have any more cash to let go.
All in all, it was a really fun day. A neighbor was watching the girls for us so my wife and I got to spend a lot of time together, spend a lot of money together and plan out a bunch of future projects.
The Lie Nielsen booth was one of the smaller ones there but it had a consistently large crowd. I tried out a couple of their joinery saws and smaller planes -- #1, #2 & #3. Deneb was working the booth and gave a nice, informative demonstration on cutting houndstooth dovetails. I got to check out their bench chisels and all I can say is -- niiice. My wife was checking out the tite mark gauge and other layout tools, making mental notes on the dovetails and letting me know when she saw Deneb do something that I should incorporate into my techniques. We ended up spending over an hour at the booth hanging out, talking with Deneb and making our order. By the time we left, we'd ended up spending about nine hundred bucks.
I wanted the five piece chisel set but my wife said "why don't you get the nine piece set?" Who am I to argue?
She wanted a #1, a #102 and a mini tite-mark. I picked up the nine piece chisel set, a #100.5 and some other small items. We have to wait for the chisels, #100.5 and #1 to be delivered.Next to the Lie Nielsen booth was a power carving demo with a guy using an air-powered tool that looked a lot like a dentist's drill. My wife is quite the artist and has wanted to try something new for a while -- she mentioned lathes before the show. When she tried the power carver, she loved it. So, we dropped almost four hundred at that booth.
The only other thing that I needed from the show were some fittings for my dust collector. Having just ordered a mortising machine last week, I really didn't have any more cash to let go.
All in all, it was a really fun day. A neighbor was watching the girls for us so my wife and I got to spend a lot of time together, spend a lot of money together and plan out a bunch of future projects.
