Woodworking in America day 1
I got here in Cincinnati a day early for the conference. That gave me a chance to see a few sites. Along the river you can see a lot of bridges and stadiums, even a mural or two.
Bridges everywhere around here
A stadium or two
More bridges
City skyline
Even more bridges
A few murals
Thursday night we had a meet-up at the Keystone Bar & Grill, with some of the members of the Modern Woodworker’s Association. The guys from Woodtalk online were there as well
Chris Adkins
Matt Vanderlist
Tom Iovino and Marc Spagnola
I started the day watching Roy Underhill put on a bit of a show. He somehow manages to turn a tree into a square beam while making you laugh the whole time. I was in the fourth row back and still managed to get hit by wood flying wood chips.
Roy Underhill Putting on a show
Right handed broad axes
Right handed broad axes
Trees are evil
Converting a tree to a beam
Cleaning up the side
Mary May carving
I got to watch carving with Mary May and learned one way to cut dovetails with Megan Fitzpatrick.
Megan Fitzpatrick teaching dove tails
Peter Galbert
Windsor chairs with Peter Galbert and Blade sharpening with Ron Hock.
Ron Hock
Christopher Schwarz
I got to learn about cutting miters with Chris Schwarz, and have a roundtable discussion with the online woodworking community. Some of these guys have been blogging and podcasting (free of charge) for ten to fifteen years.
Bloggers and Podcasters
First day was long , so I am done for the day.
Midnight Woodworking 