HAND TOOL EVENT at

The Crucible

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH, NOON-6PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 10AM-5PM
1260 7th Street - Oakland, CA

FREE ADMISSION

DIRECTIONS: Please click here for detailed directions and a map to The Crucible's facilities

The Crucible is one of the most unique locations we’ve visited. They are the largest nonprofit industrial arts education facility in the United States, offering classes in fire arts and other artistic disciplines. The Crucible has always had great exhibits and the students and faculty are exceptional!

Demonstrators include...
Ron Hock: Hock Tools
Kevin Drake: Glen-Drake Toolworks
Bob Zajicek: Czeck Edge Tools
Ron Goldman: Woodworker West
Konrad Sauer: Sauer and Steiner Toolworks
John Economaki: Bridge City Tool Works

Thomas Lie-Nielsen and 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.

Konrad Sauer is the owner of Sauer and Steiner Toolworks. Working out of his custom shop in Kitchener Ontario, Konrad makes some of the finest infill planes ever made. He not only draws on the knowledge of the past, but he has used his skills to innovate and improve upon the designs. These planes are a melding of art and function. Sauer is in the enviable position of having a long waiting list for his hand made precision tools.

For the past twenty-five years, Bridge City Toolworks has been producing innovative and impeccably crafted heirloom tools for serious woodworkers and collectors worldwide. Made in America, all of their tools are produced in limited numbers and with minimal care should continue to inspire your children's children. The look, feel, and accuracy of each Bridge City Tool influences woodworkers to do their best work.

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