It's time for Holz-Handwerk 2016, the gi-normous European trade show dedicated to tools, machinery, techniques and miscellaneous equipment for building things out of wood.

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Held in concert with window trade show Fensterbau (whose awesome motto is "The Fenestration Destination") there are over 100,000 attendees here and 1,300 exhibitors from 39 countries. This place is so mobbed that the organizers had to shift the opening/closing times by an hour just so host city Nuremberg's mass transit could accommodate the crush of visitors.

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It's a lot to take in, and as with last time shooting video of demos in the packed booths is well nigh impossible, but we'll gather as much info as we can for you. Holz-Handwerk's target market is folks who build things from wood, from the independent furniture designer/builder to exhibition installers to carpenters all the way up to mass producers. This time around we'll eschew the NASA-sized machines that only corporations can afford…

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…and we'll try to focus on the tools, techniques and materials more in line with Core77's readership. 

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Stay tuned as we dive in!

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