The second day went a little more smoothly for me, driving in wasn't such a hassle because I didn't have to worry about rush hour traffic.
My first class of the morning was another presentation on Secret Compartments, this one was also plagued at the start by AV issues. However it was a shorter presentation and just seemed better organized than the one taught by Chuck Bender.
My second class was the most fun of the day, taught by Peter Follansbee. The Best Oak Money Can't Buy was a tutorial on splitting, riving and hewing Oak to get quartersawn lumber.
The third class of the day was another taught by Jay Van Arsdale, this one on Shoji Basics. While I did pick up a few tips on Shoji screens and how they go together, the class as typical for the weekend had a few AV/lighting issues to deal with before starting. Jay was easily sidetracked and spent a large portion actually showing examples of Shoji Screens and other japanese style furniture and buildings that he had worked on over the years.
The next class was Chisels Through Ancient Eyes by Adam Cherubini.
Adam is a very good presenter who is used to dealing with onlookers and managed to have a well thought out presentation. I caught the end of an class of his the day before while I was waiting on another class to start. Made me wish I had taken more of his classes.
The final class of the day was supposed to be on unlocking Japanese Planes, Chisels & Saws by Jay Van Arsdale. I had a bit of time before the class started to walk a few blocks and find an ATM. I was thinking of buying Jay's book on Shoji. When I came back, the class seemed like a reiteration of the Japanese Joinery 101 that I took the day before so I skipped out and hit the Marketplace.
For the most part, I managed to keep my wallet in my pocket. I did buy The Anarchist's Tool Chest at the Lost Art Press booth.
The highlight of the day however was the Annual Meeting of the Roubo Society. Roy Underhill, wearing a suit proceeded to tell the crowd all about his damaging the cherry slab Roubo bench built by Christopher Schwarz. In French. Couldn't really understand what he was saying, could pick up on a few words here and there that have similar English words but Roy is such a storyteller that people got laughs just out of his gestures and annunciation.
Then came a presentation by Don Williams on the translation of the Roubo text. Final manuscript should be off to Chris Schwarz soon. No clue how long the Schwarz's part will take but I look forward to it coming out.
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