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Woodworking In America<\/a>, the annual extravaganza hosted by Popular Woodworking magazine, will be held Friday through Sunday, October 18-20, 2013<\/strong> in Cincinnati, Ohio (Covington, Kentucky, to be exact).<\/p>\n I’ll be there,<\/strong> and I’m stoked. Here’s why:<\/p>\n Most of all, I will meet many of my fellow woodworkers,<\/strong> including readers of this blog. Some I have communicated with for years and will finally meet in person.<\/p>\n I plan to do a lot of learning<\/strong> (and drooling) at the booths of the toolmakers in the Marketplace<\/strong> section of the conference. This will be a great chance to pick the brains of the small-scale, ultra quality toolmakers that I so greatly admire. I might even have a suggestion or two<\/strong> to offer.<\/p>\n The classes<\/a> have first-rate presenters and useful topics. Among the many offerings, I have my eye on a carving class with Mary May<\/strong>, Sketch Up sessions with Bob Lang<\/strong>, the historical perspectives of Don Williams<\/strong>, and gleaning what I can from the brilliance of Silas Kopf.<\/strong><\/p>\n As if all of that is not enough,<\/strong> I plan to take up saw maker extraordinaire Mark Harrell of Bad Axe Toolworks<\/a> on his claim that he can transform any key on my keyring into a serviceable dovetail saw in five minutes with nothing more than a 5″ extra slim saw file.<\/p>\n