Back From the Woodworking in America Conference

Here's a list of the classes that I attended:

• Chair Design: Brian Boggs

• Dovetailing: Pins vs. Tails: Frank Klausz, Roy Underhill

• Understanding Sharpening Media: Ron Hock, Joel Moskowitz, Robin Lee

• Understanding Western Saws: Mike Wenzloff, Joel Moskowitz, Christopher Schwarz

• Bevel-Up vs. Bevel-Down Planes: Robin Lee, Thomas Lie-Nielsen, Christopher Schwarz

• Forgotten Workbenches and Workholding: Christopher Schwarz

• Mortise and Tenon: Three Solid Methods: Frank Klausz, Mike Dunbar, Roy Underhill

• Scrapers: History, Preparation and Use: Christopher Schwarz

• Bench Planes: Deneb Puchalski, Ron Hock

• Saw Sharpening: Mike Wenzloff

And guess what, I captured it all on video! I'll be editing and putting up the video over the next few weeks, so stay tuned.

While I was there somebody ask me what the best part of my time had been. I can honestly say that as much as I enjoyed the classes the absolute best part of my three days in Berea was getting to meet so many enthusiastic woodworkers. The place was absolutely buzzing with excitement the whole time.

I appreciate all the folks who came up and told me they enjoyed my website and the interviews that I've been doing with the instructors over the past few months. Thanks for taking the time to do that, it meant a lot!

Another really cool thing that I got to do was to hang out and talk with many of the other bloggers out there on the Net. Folks like Matt Vanderlist, Mitch Roberson, Al Navas, Neil Lamens and Kari Hultman. I encourage you to visit each of these sites for more information about the conference and to get their unique perspective.