HAND TOOL EVENT at

Cerritos Community College

FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, NOON-6PM
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 10AM-5PM
11110 Alondra Blvd - Norwalk, CA

FREE ADMISSION

DIRECTIONS: Cerritos College is located at the corner of Alondra Blvd and Studebaker Road in the City of Norwalk. From Downtown Los Angeles: Take I-5 South to I-605 South, exit I-605 at Alondra Blvd, turn left on Alondra Blvd, take Alondra Blvd East. The college will be on the right just past Studebaker Road. From Los Angeles International Airport (LAX): Take I-105 East to I-605 South, exit I-605 at Alondra Blvd, turn left on Alondra Blvd, take Alondra Blvd East. From John Wayne Airport (Orange County): Take I-405 North to I-605 North, exit I-605 at Alondra Blvd, turn right on Alondra Blvd, take Alondra Blvd East. Once you are on Alondra, turn South on Studebaker Road. Turn left (east) on New Falcon Way and enter the campus. Drive ahead until you reach parking lot C10 and turn left. Park in lot C8 and enter the Wood Manufacturing Technology building.

We're returning to Cerritos College in Norwalk, CA, in the southern part of the Los Angeles metro area. Cerritos offers a number of classes in furniture making, cabinetmaking, woodturning, and related topics. Two year programs in furniture making, cabinetmaking, or comprehensive woodworking are available, or classes can be taken
as a hobby or on a limited basis.

Demonstrators include...
Ron Hock: Hock Tools
Kevin Drake: Glen-Drake Toolworks
Bob Zajicek: Czeck Edge Tools
Ron Goldman: Woodworker West
Bob Stevenson: The Society of American Period Furniture Makers

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks employees will be present
to answer questions, do demonstrations and more.

Hock Tools has been offering top-quality blades for planes and spokeshaves since 1982 as well as the ever-popular Wooden Plane Kits. And now, Ron Hock has written The Perfect Edge, the Ultimate Guide to Sharpening for Woodworkers, available from www.hocktools.com or your favorite bookstore.

After graduating from the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program, Kevin Glen Drake founded the Glen-Drake Toolworks in Fort Bragg, California where he combines woodworking, tool making, and education. Kevin is dedicated to the task of making tools that will become a part of peoples lives and the lives of their heirs. To do that he follows a few simple guidelines, including: 1) A tool should feel like an extension of your body 2) A tool should be multi-functional 3) A tool should enhance the process of working 4) A tool should be manageable 5) A tool should have a low environmental impact 6) Tools should be used by the people who make them. Don't miss this opportunity to talk to Kevin and see him demonstrate the tools and techniques that have been developed at the Glen-Drake Toolworks. (A number of tools that Kevin makes are distributed by Lie-Nielsen, including the popular Tite-Mark marking gauge.)

Czeck Edge began the manufacture of layout hand tools for woodworking craftsmen in July of 2005. Their venture was an outgrowth of producing awls and marking knives for fellow craftsmen in the Atlanta area woodworking community. Encouraged by these users, they were moved to create a company and offer our tools commercially. Their vision then as now, is to provide tools with bench made quality, high performance and affordable prices. They use the finest materials and a combination of traditional and state-of-the-art processes to achieve these goals.

Woodworker West has been promoting craftsmanship in woodworking in the Western United States for 22 years. This bimonthly publication covers woodworking news and techniques, as well as exhibits, opportunities, classes, and other events of interest to the woodworking community.

The Society of American Period Furniture Makers is a non-profit organization dedicated to American period furniture. They provide a valuable resource for maintaining and reproducing historical furniture styles.

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