Woodturning Links
Woodturning Tools & Supplies
Craft Supplies USA (The Woodturners Catalog): Provo, Utah - Purveyor of woodturning tools, turning blanks, pen and other craft kits, books, and DVDs. They also provide a good selection of classes on site, led by well-known turners.
Packard Woodworks, Inc.: Tryon, NC - Purveyor of woodturning tools, turning blanks, pen and other craft kits, books, and DVDs.
Penn State Industries: Huntingdon Valley, PA - Purveyor of woodturning tools, turning blanks, pen and other craft kits, books, and DVDs. They also sell an extensive line of dust collection equipment.
Timber Woodworking Machinery: Mesa, AZ - Retail store sells new and used woodworking machinery and hand tools including lathes, woodturning gouges, and accessories. Their retail outlet is at 935 E. Southern Ave, Mesa, AZ 85204
(480) 926-2131. They also have a lumber retail outlet next door to the machinery store.
Arizona Silhouette: Yuma, AZ - Purveyor of pen kits and other craft kits, books, and DVDs.
Woodturning Stock
Woodfinder: The most complete searchable collection of wood vendors nation wide.
Woodworkers Source: Phoenix, AZ - An in-state source for domestic and exotic turning blanks. They also sell online. The retail stores also sell Jet and Powermatic lathes and other power tools, and some woodturning gouges and accessories. The 2 retail outlets in Phoenix are at 18115 N. Black Canyon Hwy 602-504-1931 (just north of the Bell exit off I-17 on the east side access road), and 645 W. Elliot Rd. Tempe, AZ 480-355-5090. The Tucson retail outlet is at 3441 S. Palo Verde Tucson, AZ 520-745-8301.
Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill: Tumacacori, AZ - Art Florez has a large selection of mesquite lumber including rootballs and burls.
Johnson Wood Products: Strawberry Point, IA - Carries mostly domestic hardwoods, including figured walnut. Offers inexpensive bowl and spindle turning bundles.
Woodturning Websites & Forums
Woodturning Online: Woodturning website with free plans, articles, a turning forum, and many links. No-cost membership required to post messages on the forum.
Woodturners Resource: Woodturning message board, free videos, free plans and tips, huge links list. No-cost membership required to post messages on the forum.
Woodcentral Turning Forum: General woodworking forum with a dedicated turning message board. No-cost membership required to post messages on the forum.
Family Woodworking Lathe Land: General woodworking forum with 3 dedicated turner's forums. No-cost membership required to see images and post messages on the forum.
Sawmill Creek Turning Forum: General woodworking forum with a dedicated turner's forum. No-cost membership required to see images and post messages on the forum.
MarleyTurned: An individual turner's website with very informative videos. Larry Marley has kindly posted a number of well done videos that answer the question, "How'd he do dat?" There is little or no commentary, mostly musical accompaniment, but the moving pictures tell the stories
Woodturning Associations
American Association of Woodturners: The national organization, the "Mother Ship"
Arizona Woodturners Association: Phoenix,AZ AAW chapter
Peaks Woodturners: Flagstaff, AZ AAW chapter
Prescott Area Woodturners: Prescott, AZ AAW chapter
Southern Arizona Woodturners Association: Tucson, AZ AAW chapter
Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild: an AAW affiliated turners guild based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. (Vancouver's Lower Mainland)
