Fall 2007
A quick look at the AWFS Show in Las Vegas
(Click on the images below for larger versions, and on the links to visit the companies' Web sites)
| The Golden Anniversary edition of the AWFS(R)Fair, held at the Las Vegas Convention Center from July 18 to the 22nd, had over 30,000 attendees from 66 countries. It was 2007’s largest wood industry event, with 910 exhibiting companies occupying 475,875 square feet (that's about ten football fields!). Held every other year, the 2007 event occupied 14% more space than the 2005 event. It literally took two days just to walk the floor, and I know we missed a bunch of stuff. Here are a few photos to give you some idea of the scale of the show. Visit the Tools & Toys page to check out all the great ... well, tools and toys that we saw. |
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| Looking like the tentacles of an octopus, the dust collection hoses and ductwork for a line of commercial wide belt sanders from BiesseSand kept up with dust from the booth demos. | Known for innovative sanders, scrapers and grinders, the Fein Power Tools booth attracted a constant crown of woodworkers checking out the new MultiMaster detail sander. |
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| In its 24 year history, Grizzly has become one of the largest and most respected woodworking machinery suppliers at the show. Their HUGE booth was worth half a day on its own. | With a full line-up of small shop panel saws, vacuum clamps and joineryg machines, the thing that really caught our eye in the Her-Saf booth was their insert tooling like the router bits shown here. |
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| The Kreg Tools display was humming all week with people trying to get a look at their new benchtop and floor model router tables. They have a great free accessories deal on units sold by Dec 31. | We simply couldn't walk away from this clamping jig without taking a photo. Designed by Mikron Woodworking Machinery, it is used to fabricate elliptical arches for doors and windows. |
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| As you came into the AWFS show in the Las Vegas Convention Center, the first thing that greeted you was an impressive exhibition of new work by high school and college students. | We watched several woodworkers stand and drool in front of the Striebig commercial panel saws, the smallest of which runs on a 3 phase motor with a 10" blade. |
| At the Powermatic booth, a whole new line of machines, introduced over the past couple of years, included everything one needs to set up the dream shop - the PM2000 table saw and a mortiser, drill press, band saw, lathe and jointer. |