Here’s a quick update for you on the upcoming woodworking shows where Lie Nielsen will be making an appearance

August 14th – 16th: Chicago

Appearing at the Furniture Construction and Design Conference. Click here for details.

August 21st & 22nd: Denver

Red Rocks Community College: Click here for details.

August 22nd & 23rd: Tool Works, Maine

This is one of their famous hands-on summer classes – this time with furniture maker Christian Beckvoort. You’ll need to book and it’ll cost you $250.00. Details from Lie-Nielsen website.

New Tools:

The No. 48 Tongue & Groove Plane will soon be joined by a smaller version, which will center on ½” stock.  Planned to be shipping by the end of August.

Late August should also bring a new Drawknife into production. The drawknife will be made from O-1 Tool Steel with Maple handles and is based on a favorite Whiterby.

The Rikon Mini Lathe could be just the thing you’re looking for if you’re thinking of starting wood turning or your a bit short of space. The fact that it’s a small lathe doesn’t mean that it’s low on features or power though.

The Rikon Mini Lathe has a 12 inch swing and 16 inches between centers as standard so it’ll cope with a fair sized piece of woodturning. If you want greater turning length later on, you can just add more bed bars.

The 1/2 hp motor gives plenty of power to a six speed gearbox so it might be a mini lathe but it’s got maxi capabilities!

Here’s a helpful video overview of the Rikon Mini Lathe:

If you’re in the market, you can pick up a Rikon Mini Lathe for around $329 at Woodcraft. In addition, Woodcraft also carries Rikon Lathe Stands, as well as bed extensions and other helpful accessories.

Click here for full details from Woodcraft.

A quick update on upcoming hand tool shows by Lie Nielsen. If you’ve never seen any of these beautiful planes, saws, chisels, scrapers, spokeshaves, etc., you don’t know what you’re missing. They call them heirloom quality – you better believe it. Worth selling the children for…

WATERLOO, ON – April 3rd – 4th
Please join us at Conestoga College April 3rd and 4th. Our Hand Tool Event will feature ongoing demonstrations and a chance to try out our full line of tools.  For more information and directions, please visit: http://www.lie-nielsen.com/?pg=1

LAKEWOOD, CO – April 17th – 18th
We’ll be at Red Rock Community College just outside of Denver in mid-April.  Red Rock offers a wide variety of woodworking classes – many evening courses- and we’re pleased to join with them to offer this Event. For directions visit: http://www.rrcc.edu/maps/lakewood.html

CHICAGO, IL – May 1st – 2nd
We’ll be returning to Jeff Miller’s furniture shop in Chicago May 1st and 2nd for our second Hand Tool Event in as many years. Mark your calendars.  For information on Jeff, visit: http://www.furnituremaking.com/contactus.html

CINCINNATI, OH – May 15th – 16th
Popular Woodworking Magazine will be hosting our Hand Tool Event in Cincinnati May 15th and 16th.
More details to follow.

Other Upcoming Shows

OTTAWA, ON – Saturday, March 21st
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks will be at KJP Select Hardwoods for a one day event. From 8am to 5pm Sean Walsh, our Canadian Representative, will offer demonstrations and an opportunity to try out and purchase our tools. For directions, please visit http://www.kjpselecthardwoods.com/contact%20us.htm

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – March 28th -29th
Lie-Nielsen Toolworks will be at Northeastern Woodworkers Association’s 18th Annual Fine Woodworking Show, March 28th and 29th.  This show features fine craftsmanship of regional amateur and professional woodworkers of all kinds. For more information visit our website or http://www.nwawoodworkingshow.org/

Just a quick reminder of upcoming events for lovers of great woodworking hand tools. Lie-Nielsen are in Arlington, November 30th to December 1st.

Guest Demonstrators will include: Konrad Sauer, Steve Latta, John Economaki, Garrett Hack, Brian Boggs, and Tom Lie-Nielsen.

Lie-Nielsen Inlay Tools will make their first public appearance on Friday 30th. They’ve been working with Steve Latta to develop specialized tools to do string inlays. Steve will demonstrate these on Friday afternoon and all Saturday.

Master Chair Maker Brian Boggs also be demonstrating and will donate the chair he builds at the show for a door prize!

Address details and other show dates in January and February are on our Woodworking Events page.

MakerFaire appears to be a fair for makers of… well loads of interesting stuff for woodworkers certainly – and then some it would seem.

In their own words, Maker Faire is a two-day, family-friendly event that celebrates arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset. Want to see robots, rockets, a catapult competition, even a life-sized mousetrap? They’ll all be at Maker Faire

Something for everyone then – woodworkers included!

Of special interest to woodworkers will be Fox Chapel Publishing who will be on-hand celebrating the fun of woodworking by racing pinewood derby cars down a 40-foot track with Troy Thorne, author of Pinewood Derby Designs & Patterns, turning bowls with the help of the Central Texas Woodturners Association, building mousetrap-powered racers with our new author, Doc Fizzix, and spitting wood chips from our whittling and carving projects. We’ll also have on display our famous Wooden Gear Clock and challenging Cryptex Puzzle Vault — both recent cover projects from Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts.

Tickets for Maker Faire Austin available online or at the Austin Children’s Museum!

Please note that advance ticket pricing (and pre-mailing of tickets) is valid online through October 10th, 2007. After October 10th, tickets purchased on the Maker Faire website will be at full price and will be available at Will Call onsite. The Austin Children’s Museum will be selling discounted tickets through October 19th and they will be available at the Austin Children’s Museum Ticket Office.

• When: October 20-21, 2007
• Were: at Travis County Expo Center, 7311 Decker Lane, Austin, Texas
• Hours: Saturday 10am-6pm and Sunday 10am-5pm

Lie-Nielsen hand tools – rightly recognized as amongst the best in the world – have just announced a new season of Hand Tool Events which gets under way at the Philadelphia Furniture Workshop in early October.

They will have benches and tools for you to try, toolmaking displays and woodworking demos by some of the country’s finest woodworkers. This is a great opportunity to meet them, talk tools and try out the entire line of Lie-Nielsen hand tools.

For full details visit our Woodwork Shows and Events page.