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Hi all, I just got a post card in the mail today about The Wood Working Shows are going to be coming to Salt Lake City October 23 to 25. I missed going last time because my day job got in the way. I intend to go this time. Anyone have any first hand knowledge on these shows. Are they worth $6 for a single day visit or $9 for a three day pass? Just wondering.

I have gone the past two years. The first time, I thought it was awesome! The second year it was about half the size. I think that it is worth a $6 one-day visit. Unless it is much bigger than last year, I couldn't see spending more than about 4 hours there.

$6 is the price of a chicken sandwich and fries. If you don't have to drive 100 miles I'd say go for it. I always try to talk to the factory reps of the tools I have or am interested in buying. I also look at all the new tools and inverntions, worthless or not. I also look for now techniques or designs that may be of interest.

I would just get the 1 day pass. If you haven't been, its worth going, but when I went last year, it might as well have been a Peachtree store as they made up what seemed to be about 1/2 of the space. Outside of Delta and Porter Cable, there really wasn't too much in the ways of major demos. Also, if you are going for deals, you will be hard pressed to save any more than a savy ...

The Woodworking Shows has decided to do their Arizona Show in Tucson this year. I have no problem with a Show in Tucson, but it seems a bit strange to me that they would bypass the 5th largest city in the USA. I emailed them about the decision and got a reply that said "Tucson is very near Phoenix". Not if you think driving a half-day round trip is "very near"! Last year's Show in ...

it's worth the trip as others have said. You'll see over half the people there walking around with the "gadget du jour" be it a super-broom, cord reel or whatever . I went to a few when I first got into woodworking but haven't been to a show in a few years, just don't see the value. They don't seem to change much from year to year. You may get to lay hands on machines & tools that don...

They cancelled the the Dallas show this year (held in Arlington between Big D and Fort Worth). Said their research showed that the attendance wouldn't be there, and because of that they couldn't get quantity or quality vendors. Just what we have been saying for the last few years here. Haven't heard if the Houston shows are still a go yet or not (April?), but I won't be driving 5 ...

Want to go for free? Look at FWW, Dec 2008, page 20, upper left corner ad.

Quote: Originally Posted by Bruce Wrenn Want to go for free? Look at FWW, Dec 2008, page 20, upper left corner ad. The problem is that you have to cut the ad out and take it to the show. I keep my FWWs and do not want to deface it by cutting things out. I wonder if there's any other form they'd accept....

I went to The Wood Working Show a couple of years ago in Southern California. It was my very first woodworking type show. I must say that I was very disappointed in the number and variety of tools both on display and for sale. I did go to a presentation by Frank Klausz that was very interesting, but not very helpful because of the format of the presentation. He did do a lot of ...