2008 N.S.S.G. Trade Show and Certification

  2008 N.S.S.GUILD SEMINAR & CERTIFICATION offered a great time with a lot of information exchange for all of the attendees.

  We were glad to see several old faces (no pun intended) and we welcomed many new faces with varying levels of sharpening expertise. Everyone attending was excited to view the variety of machines, shears, and parts available.

   Larry Brooks began the education on day one covering the subjects of: analyzing and understanding the inside ride, the set or the bow of a shear blade, the curvature of the cutting edge, how to properly use a water stone. This was completed by 12:30 and the group enjoyed a catered lunch and companionship.

   Most of the afternoon of the 1^st day was well spent straightening out a gentle bend in a bevel edge shear where Larry Brooks was assisted, by Dennis Brooks and Craig Cazier. The day one training was concluded with a question and answer session.

   Training on day two featured Nick Cutter using the morning session to demonstrate convexing and shear finishing with some hands-on work.  This was followed by questions and answers from the observers.

   In the afternoon of the second day training, Bud

Raithel did an excellent job using a power point presentation on how to grow your business. This was well received by the audience.

      At 2:30 pm the sharpeners that had signed up to test their skills picked up the certification shears. They had until 4:00 pm to complete the task of restoring a convex edge, and a corrugated bevel edge shear back to factory specification. The certification was conducted and monitored in a controlled environment.

   At the trade show on day three, sharpening machine distributors and shear wholesalers were more than willing to talk about their products. Talk about a candy store for sharpeners, this was it! 

   Certification results followed in the afternoon …. A DRUM ROLL PLEASE!

 1^st Place & Master Sharpener
Dennis Brooks

2^nd Place & Master Sharpener
Sidney Rubenstein

3^rd Place & Master Sharpener
Tamara Ault

4^th Place Guild Member
Craig Swanson

5^th Place Guild Member
Doreen Marchetti. 

Check out the new website for the N.S.S.G. at www.nssg.biz or contact J.A. Fleuridas by phone 1-800-338-0805. 

Please send any questions or comments to this email address, Thank You.    sharpedges09@yahoo.com