I was there all day today. I wasn't as impressed with it as I have been in the past. The Craft Supplies booth was pretty much it for pen turners, so if you wanted to browse/buy kits and blanks, you had to fight through crowds of people just to get a glimpse of stuff that was picked through by the throngs. The one kit I was focused on getting while there (Zen Kit) was not there. I wanted a new pack of Micromesh, found the packages there, but it was not labeled with what grits were conatined inside the package. I wanted to ask the gentleman working the both to find out, but one onlooker after another jumps in front of me to yet again rudely interrupt. I just put the MM back on the shelf (after waiting for a group of window shoppers to finish talking to one another) and walked off. Oh well, what are you going to do. I did have a great conversation with a retired Navy guy from the Woodturners Guild Of America. He gave me a few pointers on hollow forms and jaw chucks. So I guess it wasn't a total downer.
