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CAD, Designing (24-Nov-2009)
- CadStd -- CAD (Computer Aided Design) software. Basically 2-Dimensional (2D) design with sufficient 3D functionality for all the woodworking projects I do. Offers Standard Lite freeware and inexpensive Pro software. Use this first before you buy a more expensive CAD program.
- eMachineShop -- Unique true online machine shop. Download their free CAD software, draw your part, click to order, your part will be machined and delivered. I have no direct need for their machining services yet, but I do like their free CAD program and audio tutorial.
- IMSI -- The company that offers DesignCAD 3D MAX; current version 18.0. Smart Computing Magazine rated it the best 3D CAD program for under US$100.00. There is an excellent DesignCAD User Forum with plenty of knowledgeable users. Check out also DesignCAD Unleashed for free tips, tricks, tutorials and downloads.
Wood Carving/Burning, Model Building, Puzzles, Boxes (17-Oct-2011)
- Livio De Marchi Virtual Museum -- A whole different dimension of carving. Very much worth a visit, although the website is not very easy to navigate.
- Preferred Edge Carving Knives & Supplies -- They are the makers of high quality handmade tools for West Coast Native carving.
- Billing Boats -- Great ship models. I built their Cutty Sark. Offered in many languages and experience levels.
- BlueJacket Shipcrafters -- Fine wood ship modeling kits.
- Chip Chats -- I am only a beginning amateur carver if even that. I read the Chip Chats magazine of the National Wood Carvers Association to keep myself humble by looking at those absolutely magnificent price winning sculptures.
- Jewelry Boxes and Cutting Boards with Parquet Inlays -- Jewelry boxes and cutting boards handcrafted by a skilled artisan with twenty years jewelry box making experience.
- John Rausch -- The world of puzzles. Lots of those can be made from wood.
- Mamoli Models -- Great wooden ship modeling kits. However you need experience to build these. I am currently building their Blue Shadow. They feature four different languages.
- Mark's Workshop -- Featuring the craftsmanship of Mark D. Hale, a legally blind woodworking artist. His wooden boxes are absolutely fantastic.
- Mike Mahoney Salad Bowls & Woodturnings -- Mike Mahoney's web site. He taught a bowl woodturning class at Lee Valley. When you Google "Mike Mahoney" you will fine alsa a YouTube video about tool sharpening.
- Model Expo Inc -- Ship models, trains, airplanes, tools and cars.
- Nature Coast -- Model ship kits, ship modeling books, tools and supplies at discount prices! They even play a nice background music.
- Razertip Industries Inc. -- Canadian company that makes the great Razertip woodburners, hundreds of wire nip pens to choose from, and lots of carving supplies.
- Scale Model Web Sites -- International List of Scale Model Related Web Sites. Search over 5288 hobby related web sites.
- Sue Walters Pyrography -- Her Pyrography Workbook is a must have.
- Tallships Unlimited -- Scale model ship and model boat kits from around the world. Very nicely organized web site.
- Yahoo! Groups: ShipModelers-Forum -- Forum for ship modelers.
Woodworking (7-Jun-2011)
- Improving Your Home: A Beginner's Guide to Woodworking -- A must read for the novice woodworker, but full of useful information for the seasoned chip & dust maker too.
- Illustrated Professional Dictionary of Horology -- All horology terms in four languages: English, German, French and Spanish.
- Titebond -- The professional choice for woodworking & construction. I use Titebond III for my woodworking.
- American Association of Woodturners -- We seldom realize how toxic certain wood species are, so check out these Wood Toxicity Resources.
- American Furniture Design -- 100 of the best Woodworking plans.
- American Woodworker -- Not bad if you are too cheap to subscribe.
- Black Forest Wood Company -- Where I buy my "exotic" woods.
- Black Bridge Online -- Supplier of space balls for raised panels.
- Botanic names of wood -- Wood names in English, French, Dutch and botanical names.
- Dalcraft Furniture Design -- A twenty-four year old company that has been servicing the home craftsman market with exclusive furniture designs that are easy to read and apply.
- DB Fletcher Design -- Have a look at the videos of the expending round tables. That takes woodworking to a level that I can only dream of.
- Delta Machinery -- Most of my power tools are from Delta. Perhaps not the best, but certainly affordable for the personal workshop.
- Fine Woodworking Online -- Worth a visit.
- For Deluxe Woodworking -- A great resource for all your woodworking needs and questions!
- General and General International -- Products for woodworking with distributors in both Canada and U.S.A.
- Grizzly Industrial -- Fine quality tools and machinery. What bugs me is that they don't send catalogs or ship products to Canada!!!
- Hermle -- Another German Mechanical Movement Maker. Hermle was founded in 1922 and their movements are advertised as lasting somewhere between 19 to 30 years.
- Jet Equipment & Tools, and Powermatic -- Keep this reference handy when you are tool shopping.
- Kieninger -- A German Mechanical Movement Maker. Kieninger was founded in 1912, has a very good reputation in terms of the highest quality, but that comes at a price. In 1993, Kieninger became part of the Howard Miller Group (USA).
- Klockit -- A USA company that sells movements, dials, pendulums, and parts. Provide also expert advise and help. Their Clock Forum looks very well managed and is alive. It offers a wealth of information and has many experts to help out.
- Lee Valley Tools -- Where I do my shopping when I need something unique.
- New Yankee Workshop -- Who hasn't seen master carpenter Norm Abram on this famous TV show. Visit their web site for plans, videos and must more.
- Oakside Classic Clocks -- A UK company that makes grandfather, grandmother, granddaughter clocks and Vienna Regulators in different styles. Have a look in their gallery, pick a clock, look at the Full Details and select a specific wood. You can see the beautifull craftsmanship up close. They are also the UK agent for Kieninger and supply comprehensive kits of "Movement, Dial and Pendulum" sets for Hobbyist. You buy a kit from them and you get the clock plans for FREE.
- Online Tool Reviews -- Nice reviews, but unfortunately not always of products that I am interested in. Nevertheless check it out.
- Southern Alberta Woodworkers Society (SAWS) -- An association of craftsmen dedicated to the achievement of highest quality in design and production of fine woodwork. They are located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
- StairFrame -- Welded steel stair stringers for indoors and outdoors.
- Sunhill Machinery -- Worth a look when you are shopping for your workshop.
- Toolseeker -- Toolseeker searches the internet to find the low prices for power tools. They then compare the prices and give you a link to those stores selling the tools. Too bad it is only for the USA.
- U-BILD -- Do-It-Yourself Woodworking Projects, Plans and Patterns.
- Van Dyke's Restorers -- Suppliers for woodworkers and antique restorers of antique furniture and vintage home restoration hardware and supplies. Ranging from solid oak furniture kits to fittings, hinges and restorative supplies. One of the very few that sells glue for attaching canvas to the back of tambours for roll top desks.
- Windsor Plywood -- High quality (ply)wood, flooring, doors. My favourite wood supply store.
- Woodbin - Woodworking Software Central -- This site is a must. It provides the software that helps you with your woodworking hobbies.
- Woodcraft -- I have no experience with their products, but I like the way they neatly organized stuff in departments.
- Wood Online -- A woodworking information service from the editors of WOOD® Magazine. Check out their Wood Mall and Wood Store under the "shopping" topic. In one word: a wood workers' paradise.
- Woodturners Inc -- Your Woodworking Supply Specialists.
- Woodwise Products -- Wood fillers, wood patches, hardwood floor cleaner, and tools and accessories for the hardwood flooring industry.
- Woodworkers Workshop -- An absolute heaven for woodworkers. Listing over 18,800 free woodworking plans, projects, patterns and resource links. No doubt the largest private collection on the Internet.
- Woodworking.com -- One woodworker helping another, that is the core of this site. To build this on-line community, they have committed to maintaining three key principles: 1) Independence as a resource for woodworkers, 2) Comprehensive, yet easy to use, and 3) Community-based.
- Woodzone.com -- Excellent site with woodworking plans, online shop, tips, tricks, jigs, links to other useful sites.
