Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Carving

Hout van Bomen
Chris Pye—loads of FREE information, including his newsletter

Ephemera and Books

The Toolemera Press

Forums

Bodger's Ask & Answer

Handtools

Bill Carter
Old Street Tool, Inc. (formerly Clark & Williams)

Metal and Metal Engraving

Engravers' Cafe Forum
McMaster-Carr (source for metal)
MSC Direct (source for metal)
MSC Direct (direct link to abrasives and polishing)
Metal Supermarket (source for metal)
Metals Depot (source for metal)
Stewart-MacDonald (gravers, files, and tools for building stringed instruments)
Rio Grande (gravers, files, fret saws, polishing cloths)
Nathan's Forge (period and other hardware, hand-forged nails)
Sam Alfono (videos, classes)

Cool Medieval and Living History Stuff

Haandkraft

Schools

Cedar Lakes Craft Center
Woodcraft —check classes at a store near you

Places to Visit

Hancock Shaker Village

Associations

Association of Polelathe Turners and Green Woodworkers

Miscellaneous Blogs

Bill Stankus