HAND TOOL EVENT at

Northwest Woodworking Studio

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH, NOON-6PM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH, 10AM-5PM
1002 SE 8th Avenue - Portland, OR

FREE ADMISSION
Parking lot available on SE Yamhill between 8th and 9th Avenues.
Street parking also available – check signage for eligibility.

The Northwest Woodworking Studio holds classes for all levels of woodworkers right in the heart of Portland, Oregon in the Central Eastside Industrial District. The Studio is run by Fine Woodworking author and Contributing Editor, Gary Rogowski. His book on Joinery was the first in the Complete Illustrated Guide Series for Taunton. Classes for novices up to the Mastery level run throughout the year with evening and weekend classes available as well as week long Concentrations. The Mastery Program includes programs for locals, a Distance program and now the Resident Mastery Program where students take bench space for nine months to learn the craft and the business of fine furniture making.

Demonstrators include...
Ron Hock: Hock Tools
Kevin Drake: Glen-Drake Toolworks
Dave Jeske: Blue Spruce Toolworks
Bridge City Tool Works

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.)

Blue Spruce Toolworks started in 2002 as a part time adventure for Dave Jeske, a mechanical engineer and avid woodworker. The business blossomed to full time in January of 2005 after introducing a top rated marking knife and securing a manufacturing contract for other woodworking tools.  The product line has continued to grow with additional marking and layout tools,  a variety of specialty chisels and an innovative, award winning mallet.  Blue Spruce Toolworks’ desire is to develop hand tools that combine beautiful form and perfect function, tools that inspire a woodworker to do their finest work. Keep watching for new products to be introduced in 2010.

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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