| Being a vendor, I spend most of my time here. After all, over
the last 10 years as a vendor, I have made some god friends here and
get to converse with them over the course of the 3+ days. This year we saw the unveiling of the Stuart Batty Woodturning booth. With multiple hi-def cameras and multiple screens behind the turner, it was pretty exciting. He is looking to take this effort in an educational direction and have a coven of turners doing videos. Stuart also talked about his new sharpening system, which is an abrasive belt over some of the prettiest machined aluminum you may have ever seen. It isn't inexpensive, $950 for a single belt, roughly twice that for a dual belt, but still looks impressive. Carter Tools (the bandsaw guide dudes) showed a captive hollowing rig, Doug Thompson came out with 15V gouges and tools, and if you were real observant, you could pick up little things like the Vermec sphere turning tool in the Woodworker's Emporium booth |
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