L’écomarché de l’ile is a market that happens at the end of august and has been for the past 10 years. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the event. This Year, I will be participating in the edition which puts a very heavy emphasis on ecological responsibility and zero waste. Many conferences […]
New Products
Some of you might have seen some new products have been added to our selection and you can now order them through the new web site transactional feature. Some tweaking must still be done but most of the features are there. Let me know if you encounter any issues. New Products Spreaders have been […]
Village D'antan in Drummondville
I went to do a visit with the family at a village that recreates the period of 1810-1930 in the region of the province of Québec. We went to visit le Village d’Antan in Drummondville, Québec and it was a very informative visit, recreating a typical village of that period in the province I live. […]
Woodworks 2014 Conference – Emporium & Wood Objects
On top of the presenters, there was other parts to the conference. The Emporium presented some sellers and sometimes presenters with there respective products. The Wood Objects offered an opportunity to woodworkers to show off there best works. Take a look at my take of the Emporium & Wood Objects exhibition. First of all, WoodObjects […]
Woodworks 2014 conference – Presenters
I just came back from the WoodWorks 2014 Conference held in Perth, Ontario. I had previously posted about the conference here. After looking at the web site when the event was announced, I had a pretty good feeling that this would be a great event and I can say that it was, at least from my […]
Otawa Woodworks Conference 2014
The Ottawa Woodworkers Association (OWA) is organizing the Ottawa Woodworks Conference on the weekend of the 26-28 of September 2014. After seeing the first link to the event, I started to poke around on the web site of the event and did not wait too long to register. Here are a few conference speakers : […]
Lie Nielsen Montreal Hand Tool Event
Well, Lie Nielsen was in Montreal for another Hand Tool Event this year and again, I added to the collection of tools. This time around, I brought my dad with me to show up the many hand tools and try them for real and see some “odd-looking tools but after explaining, they made sense. Part […]
Update
Yes well it’s been a while. Here are a few updates from the past few months : Lie-Nielsen Montreal Event Yes one year again Lie-Nielsen brought there tool events to Montreal and once again I went and came back with toys to play with. I am actually awaiting the last tool by I hope tomorrow. […]
Lie-Nielsen Hand tools events – MTL – Followup
So I went saturday afternoon and all in all, it was pretty good. The invited toolmaker for this time was Sauer & Steiner toolworks and been able to test drive some amazing infill planes. I’ve been following there blog on and off for a little while. I was not aware that they were to […]
Lie-Nielsen Hand tools events – MTL
Hi To all…. This might be a last minute post, but here it is anyway…. Lie-Nielsen will be in Montréal for the week-end (at least part of it) as part of their hand tools events. Here is the Link to the event…. I know I was there last year and plan to be there on […]