Hopefully some of the links here will be of use to you. I am often asked buy my students where to find woodturning related suppliers, groups etc. and that was the reason behind starting the list. Feel free to contact me with details of other woodturning related sites or events you think may be of use to other turners. Some suppliers appear on more than one list because they have considerable presence in both areas!
Woodturning Tools and Equipment
- Ashley Iles
- Axminster Tools
- Beaufort Ink
- Biven Machinery
- Brandon Bespoke
- Charnwood
- Chronos
- Classic Hand Tools
- Crown Tools
- Dictum (Germany)
- DNS (Germany)
- G&M Tools
- Hamlet Tools
- Henry Taylor Tools
- Hope Woodturning
- Hunter Tools
- Oaklea Woodcraft
- Olivers Woodturning
- Proops Brothers
- RDG Tools
- Robert Sorby
- Timberman
- Toolite
- Turners Retreat
- Woodart Products
- WL West
- Why-aye Wood
- Yandles
Wood (and alternatives) suppliers
- Dalmann (Berkshire)
- English Woods (Devon)
- Exotic Hardwoods (Staffordshire)
- G&S Specialist Timber (Cumbria)
- GPS Agencies (Portsmouth – alternative ivory, horn etc)
- Interesting Timbers (Somerset)
- The Pewter sheet company (Birmingham)
- Timberman (Carmarthen)
- T & J Tools (Warwickshire)
- Turners Retreat (Nottinghamshire)
- Timbersource (Somerset)
- Yandles (Somerset)
Other Woodturning related suppliers
- Lovell Workwear (great for smocks!)
- Woodturning Magazine
Woodturning events and trade shows
- Midlands Woodworking show (Every March at Newark showground) – March
- Dalmann open day – April
- Woodworks at Daventry – May
- Chestnut Weekender – August
- AWGB Seminar (every even year) – October
- IWG Seminar – October
- Wizardry in Wood (every four years) – October
- Harrogate Woodworking show – November
Turning projects and embellishments
- Time and Weather Instruments
- Megaquartz (clocks)
- S Lilley (lamp components)
- The Wood Shed (clocks)
Finishes and treatments
Woodturning Web Forums and Groups
- UK Workshop Forum
- AAW Web Forum
- Woodturning Zoom
- World of Woodturners
- Lucid Woodturners
- Worldwide Woodturners
Wood Identification & Information
Affiliations
- Register of Professional Turners
- Cotswold Craftsmen
- Association of Woodturners of Great Britain
- Forest of Dean Woodturners Association
- Herefordshire Woodturners
Other websites of interest
- Paul’s Creative Woodturning gallery showcase and online shop
- Enamel Art by Jeanette Hannaby
- Terry Scott’s woodturning – Some inspiring turning!
- The Daniel Collection – Quite a collection!