ever heard of this place?

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 12:29 pm

Any of you ever heard of this place?

www.woodcraft.com

It's nation-wide but I have one by me. I was thinking about checking them out for some harder to find materials so I don't have to wait for shipping if I'm in a fix...

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:42 pm

A friend of mine in Rhode Island swears by them. They seem to have a good selection of quality tools. They also appear to offer overnight shipping, and don't charge an arm and a leg for it. Hmmmm. I think I found an additional vendor for "gotta have it overnight" stuff.

bscofield · Post by **bscofield** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 2:49 pm

they're a 20 minute drive for me! I can get there, buy, come home in 1 hr

marks · Post by **marks** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 6:46 pm

I get their catalogs all the time. I have never bought from them, but their stuff looks good. If you have a store near you, that is cool. Don't know if you will find all you need, but it is always fun to look in these type of stores.

I have a Woodworker's store near me (I hope I got the name right - owned by Klingspore, the sandpaper folks). I have gotten a lot of stuff from them, including carnuba, sandpaper, drill press, etc. I have ordered stains from Woodworker's Supply over the internet and have had good service from them as well. They have a store about 1 1/4 hour from me, but I rarely get there, as I can order off the internet easily and get the stuff in about a day or two.

By the way, and this is a little off topic, if anyone is considering ordering a Taig lathe, I just ordered one from Nick Carter, and his service was excellent! I highly recommend him if you are in the market for a Taig. He is very helpful, he will answer all your questions, and make sure you get what you need to do the job intended.

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:07 pm

they're a 20 minute drive for me! I can get there, buy, come home in 1 hr

Sadly, the nearest one to me is about an hour away - and very inconvenient to get to. The local mom-n-pop caries nothing useful - not even sandpaper over 150grit.

The prices on that site are a little higher than what I've seen elsewhere - but if you abslutely need it overnight, it's better to pay 10% more for the product and no be gouged on shipping I guess.

kbosi · Post by **kbosi** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:39 pm

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/frame ... lanks.html

Here is a good source for fake ivory and trim woods

Post by **KurtHuhn** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 12:33 pm

I saw that, I've also used stabilized burls in some special request pipes - basically a chunk of pen blank at the end of the shank. Some those things are *really* fun to look at, and they shine like acrylic when you polish them up.