Interesting Woodworkers We’ve Met

You Met Me In St. Louis

Written on February 15, 2011 at 2:32 pm , by Jim Heavey

Week 14 in the current Woodworking Show season took place this last weekend in St. Louis. All the signs were there for a good show: weather in the 40’s and 50’s, sunshine and a well run venue in Collinsville, Illinois. It turned out to be a record breaker.

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Travel Plans Vs Mother Nature

Written on February 7, 2011 at 12:28 pm , by Jim Heavey

With the roads clear in my rural part of the county a day after the blizzard of 2011, I fully expected the nation’s second busiest airport of O’Hare to be ready for business and a short flight to Columbus. Read more

Woodworking Camaraderie At Its Best

Written on January 31, 2011 at 8:22 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

I just returned from probably one of the best attended woodworking shows we’ll see this season. I thought that I would find big crowds at the Kansas City show when I flew out on this last Thursday. The weather was very pleasant and all the stars must have been aligned. Read more

A Blue Ribbon At The Fairgrounds

Written on January 24, 2011 at 6:37 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

The Indianapolis Woodworking show was held this last weekend and, because it’s only about four hours from home, I decided to drive instead of providing airport security the chance to add one more grope to their morning. Read more

Timing Is Everything

Written on January 17, 2011 at 7:50 pm , by Jim Heavey

The second woodworking show of 2011 was in Springfield, Massachusetts and the timing couldn’t have been better. The east coast and in particular, New England, had been hit with a 25 inch snowstorm the day before my departure. Read more

Nick Offerman: Woodworking and Well-being

Written on December 22, 2010 at 8:34 am , by Lucas Peters

Almost Christmas In Detroit

Written on December 20, 2010 at 9:41 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

With 2010 quickly drawing to an end, the Woodworking Shows opened in Detroit this last weekend. I flew in to a temperature in the low teens and with snow on the ground but none forecast for our three day stint. Having visited the Ford museum and Motown in previous years, I decided to see a history of the Christmas tree and automobiles at the Walter Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills before heading to the venue. Read more

Home Sweet Home

Written on December 13, 2010 at 5:11 pm , by Jim Heavey

 

 

This weekend the Woodworking Show would be an easy commute for me.  Just about a half hour from my home, the show would come to Schaumburg, Illinois. The good news was that it was close. The bad news was that the weekend started on Monday. Read more

Snow In The Forcast

Written on December 6, 2010 at 10:06 am , by Jim Heavey

The Woodworking Show set up in the Minneapolis area as the furthest north the show will be this season. I flew in on early Thursday and found a new red Camero in the car rental lot and I grabbed it hoping to really enjoy the driving experience this weekend. Evidently, everyone else had seen the forecast but me. Read more

The City of Roses

Written on November 15, 2010 at 7:29 pm , by Jim Heavey

If I had to choose one of the most verdant and beautiful parts of the country to have a woodworking show, my vote would be for Portland, Oregon. Read more