The next Lie-Nielsen Toolworks Hand Tool Event will be held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4, at the Fine Woodworking facilities at 191 S. Main St., Newtown, Ct. You’ll have an opportunity to see our shop and offices, talk with the editors, and see a number of interactive demonstrations. It’s the first time the magazine has hosted an event like this.

Everyone is welcome. Admission and parking are free. Please call Lie-Nielsen at (800) 327-2520, toll-free, to let us know which days you wish to attend and how many will be attending.

The event’s activities include the following:
FWW art director Mike Pekovich will demonstrate the craft of cutting dovetail joints.
FWW assistant editor Matt Kenney will demonstrate how to use shooting boards and miter jacks.
FWW contributing editor Chris Becksvoort will demonstrate hand-tool techniques; some of his pieces will be on display.

Lie-Nielsen representatives will be on hand to staff three interactive workstations:
Simple honing techniques for razor-sharp blades.
How to fine-tune your handplane.
An introduction to floats (shaping tools that resemble extra-coarse files).

The event will run from noon to 6 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 3, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. On Friday, free parking will be available at a lot at 31 Peck’s Lane, near our shop; we’ll be running a free shuttle van all afternoon. On Saturday, visitors can park in our lot.

Can’t make it in person? Join us online at FineWoodworking.Com. The editors will be posting videos and blogs throughout the two-day event.

For more information about this and other Lie-Nielsen shows, and for directions to Fine Woodworking, click here.

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