Day 1 (Sunday Nov.13)
Opening Day Registration 7am-8am
Vendor Intro 8am-8:30am
Ron Wada – Successful Selling 8:30-9:00am
Jim O’Donnell – Set & Hone 8:30-10:30am
Setting: Bending Block & Hammer
Hone: Flat Hone vs Machine Hone
Bonnie Megowan -Business 10:30-11:30am
How to start a sharpening business and succeed
Tips if you have already started
Ron Wada – Successful Selling 11:30-Noon
Certification Lead in 11:30-Noon
Lunch Break Noon- 1:00pm
Certification 1:00-3:00pm
Vendor Time 1:00-3:00pm
Ron Wada – Successful Selling 2:30-3:00
Hands on Time with the Instructors 1:00-3:00pm
Paul Bruno – Pet Grooming 3:00-4:30pm
Pet vs Beauty Shears
Curved Shear Repair
Shear Variety – Different dog – Different Shear
Various Business Models 4:30-5:30pm
Paul, Bonnie, Jim and Ramon
Q&A
Day 2 (Monday Nov. 14)
Jim O’Donnell – Outside Edge 9:00-10:00am
Pad on steel cs rubber vs velcro vs stone wheel
How to correct a bad convex and a bad bevel
Surgical Instruments 10-11:00am
Names, what are they used for.
How to sharpen and test
Learn from the Experts 11-Noon
Vendor Time
Hands-on Time with Instructors
Lunch Break Noon-1:00pm
Ramon Eickert – Blending and Chunking Shears 1:00-2:00pm
Tips and various techniques
Paul Bruno – Bonnie Megowan 2:00-3:30pm
Clipper Sharpening and repair
Break out class and hands on
Wrapping It Up 3:30-4:00pm
Certification Awards
Closing and Thank you.