LINKS
Wood and Burl Sources
Big Monk Lumber Company Pete's as honest as they come and a great guy to do business with
Unique Mesquite Harold's one of the nicest gentlemen you'll ever deal with and provides the best quality
Amazon Exotic Hardwoods James Lie's a great guy with some fabulous exotics
Historical Woods of America Bill Jewell's Site . . . You may have seen Bill on The New Yankee Workshop
William Wood-Write Lots of great stuff from up north of the border
Dale The Burl Guy One of the original large scale Aussie Burl importers, Dale deals mostly in domestics now
Gilmer Woods Great variety of wood for all needs
All Righteous Woods Some incredible stuff in their warehouse . . . visit if you're up north of Boston
Gondwana Forest Products . . . if you want to get RIPPED OFF and wait 4+ months for your shipments, call Shane Dohnt of Gondwana Forest Products . . . Naturally, being the dishonest bottom feeder he is, Shane will deny so, but just ask me for the pictures of the CRATE full of unsellable red and brown mallee he shipped (against my VERY SPECIFIC direction) . . . and the flat out visibly rotten/unusable burl (that I have not listed/will not list for sale). It takes a TREMENDOUS amount for me to negatively (and publicly) endorse someone. Shane deserves it. Dohnt Buy From Shane (Pun intended) . . . I'll provide details upon request if you're seriously considering buying from him. Is that really the best you can do Shane? Block my email, threaten legal action by your Liar for Hire, and try to get other suppliers to cut me off and merchants to operate against me? Guess you're not laughing too much these days, huh DA? I told you before Shane, this wouldn't be a fair fight if I tied half my brain behind my back. Oh, forgot, let me know if you need some mallees Sheila.
Other Woodturners
Woodturning Supplies
SSHC Enerjoy radiant heat panels . . . check these out if you want to work in comfort in the dead of winter no matter where you live. The 2' x 8' x 1 inch thick panels weigh about 5 lbs, mount directly to the overhead of your workshop, run off 220V (or 110), have an available programmable thermostat (I have one, it's great quality, but I keep the temperature constant), and most importantly, are SAFE and INEXPENSIVE to operate. I left mine on at a constant temperature of 78 degrees one weekend while it was in the low 20's outside . . . WOW! I had to turn it down to 72! I have 3 panels in my 16x20 workshop and usually leave the temperature at a constant setpoint . . . in the dead of winter, my electric bill increased about $35, not all of which was attributable to the panels. You'll never have to worry about starting a fire again either (you can actually put your hand on them while operating and leave it there for a bit) . . . need I say more? Richard Watkins is the man to speak to . . . COST? Roughly $100 for the programmable thermostat, $220/panel and $150+ for shipping . . . I paid roughly $1,035 total.
Jamestown Distributors They supply boat builders and lots of other merchants. THE BEST QUALITY in woodworking and boat supplies including fasteners from silicon bronze to stainless that you won't find anywhere else . . .
Robust Brent English's revolutionary lathe
Best Wood Tools Get one of these catalogs . . . talk to Vic about his great products
The Sanding Glove Bruce Hoover's Site . . . LOTS of great products!
Turningwood.com Steve Worchester's Site . . . Sanding Disks and more . . . LOTS of great products for your sanding needs
Moffatt Light The best light stand I've seen
TorneLignum Ruth Niles' stainless bottle stoppers and more
Art/Craft Shows
Art/Craft Show Supplies
JTL Lighting Supply Photography
Understanding White Balance This will help you when taking photographs for slide images
Color Temperature Again, this will help with adjusting the white balance of RAW images
Propanels Booth Display, Pedestals and Accessories
Lighting4Art Lighting for Your Booth
Replicolor Slides, Photographs, Business Cards, etc.
Fixing Problem Jury Images Art Show Images Tips
Wondermat Flooring for Your Booth
Trimline by Flourish Art Show Canopies and Accessories
Light Dome Canopies Art Show Canopies and Accessories
EZ Pedestal Booth Display/Pedestals
Hollywood Chairs Booth Display Seating
Merchant Services Setting up to Accept Credit Cards (This is the company I use, it's not the only one)
Museum Wax Perfect for hold finials in Place when the fit loosens ever so slightly
Jury Slides Jury Slides by Larry Sanders
Woodturning Organizations, Events, and Other Links
AAW American Association of Woodturners
OVWG Ohio Valley Woodturners Guild