IWF Woodworking Fair update

[Tom Walz]

http://cmsadmin.vancepublishing.com/ccmsdocuments/Woodworking-Network/wwn_update_012010.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=596494&hq_l=1&hq_v=2154f0e0ce (http://cmsadmin.vancepublishing.com/ccmsdocuments/Woodworking-Network/wwn_update_012010.html?hq_e=el&hq_m=596494&hq_l=1&hq_v=2154f0e0ce)

This is the big US fair. Everything from huge industrial machines to hammers and screwdrivers. Maybe 50 to 100 times as big as the little, local, woodworking shows people have been asking about lately.

Tom

[Van Huskey]

This is a MUST do, if you have the time. You wll get to see and touch more iron than you ever thought existed. If you can do multiple days plan on it, the thing s huge. Try to plan your route before hand on their website especially if you only have limited time.

[Bob Wingard]

IWF is FAR greater than 100X the small shows .. .. it takes up the ENTIRE World Congress Center, including all the meeting rooms and hallways. Before they extended the Center (done primarily to handle IWF) part of the show was held in the Georgia Dome, across the street.

IWF is the largest trade show in North America.

[Keith Outten]

SawMill Creek may have a booth at IWF this year. We are in the planning stages at this point discussing the option of sharing an area with CAMaster or at least a booth next to theirs.

T-Shirts, drawings and a gathering are being considered just for starters :)