The Cage is completely hands-on. Tools and new products are often offered by the suppliers to promote and test their products before you buy. In 2010 the SFA launched The Cage at the annual Mega Workshop in St. Louis. Since then, The Cage has exploded in popularity with fabricators, as well as suppliers.

The Cage is completely hands-on and with a creed: Don’t wear your good clothes; you are going to get wet! This is very true about The Cage! The Cage is a chain-link fenced area inside of the three top stone shows in the U.S., StonExpo, Coverings and the Mega Workshop this year, October 10-12, 2012 in Nashville, TN. Unlike Vegas, the SFA hopes that what happens in the cage is spread all over the world.

Any day in The Cage includes education demos such as invisible seam setting, top polishing, texturing, scratch repair and anything else an attendee would like to try and learn. Besides the demonstrations, the attendees are encouraged to try it themselves, applying what they have learned directly to stone. Is there a better way to learn than to watch and try? This concept has made The Cage the most popular event in the show.

Tools and new products are often offered by the suppliers to promote and test their products before you buy. Did you ever try a pad or core bit before you bought it? Now you can.

The SFA is a non-profit organization, and is continually finding new and innovative ways for fabricators to learn, share and prosper.

For more information on The Cage or to join the SFA online community, please visit www.stonefabricatoralliance.com