Attention grabbers. (Electic Woodworking).

HOW do you get the attention of a weary woodworker? With planes, Janes, money and music, of course.

With all due respect to those impeccably designed booths at IWF 2002, these five companies accomplished what even the Starbucks kiosk could not--catch the attention of this wandering eclectic journalist at the end of another brain-draining trade show day.

Below: Giving new meaning to the term "cash and carry," Seagrave Coatings offered selected attendees the opportunity to pocket as many dollars as they could grab in 20 seconds. The record tally at the time this photo was snapped: $38.

Top left: While a trade show is no time for taking flights of fancy, attendees were drawn to the Atlanta Hardwood/Huntersville Hardwoods this day by low-flying wooden planes.

There was music in the air at the GL Veneer booth (left, bottom), courtesy of Gary Patterson from the group, Danny Blitz and the Jet Age Hoods. The group's single, "If Ozzie Was My Dad, That Would Rock," was recently picked to be the new theme song for The Osbornes.

Chemcraft (top right) took a lower-key approach--a sign in an open guitar case said simply, "Will stop for money."

Bottom right: It was a jungle out on the show floor. Just ask anyone at Retech/Vecoplan, which grinned and bared their wares in a jungle-themed booth.