Miscellaneous Workshop-Related Links
- Pattern Cut — 2267 East Via Burton St, Anaheim, California 92806, (714) 765-8138. Laser-cut decorative wood grilles, panels, and moldings. (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Treesearch — US Forest Service research publications. All Treesearch publications were written or produced by Forest Service personnel and are in the public domain. (✓ 2017-04-09)
- West System — Epoxies. (✓ 2017-05-04)
- Western Wood Products Association (WWPA) — TheWestern Wood Products Association represents softwood lumber manufacturers in the 12 Western states and Alaska. (✓ 2017-05-07)
- Western Lumber Resource Library — (✓ 2017-05-07)
- The Wood Database — (✓ 2017-04-09)
Books
Available Free Online
Bowe, Scott; Molzahn, Patrick; Bond, Brian; Bergman, Richard; Mace, Terry; Hubbard, Steve. “Dehumidification Drying for Small Woodworking Firms and Hobbyists: Building Your own Lumber Dry Kiln with Local Building Materials”. PDF. UW Ext. PUB-FR-396 2007. Forest Products Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture. 2007. 16 p. (✓ 2017-04-09)
Forest Products Laboratory. “Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material”. U.S. Department of Agriculture General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190. Forest Products Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture. April 2010. 508 p. (✓ 2017-03-31)
Forest Products Laboratory. “Wood Handbook: Wood as an Engineering Material”. U.S. Department of Agriculture General Technical Report FPL-GTR-190. National Hardwood Lumber Association. April 2010. 508 p. (✓ 2017-04-09)
Hardware
- 80/20 — (✓ 2017-05-03)
- Anthropologie — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Historic Houseparts — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Home Depot — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- House of Antique Hardware — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Lowe’s — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Rejuvenation — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Restoration Hardware — (✓ 2017-04-26)
- Van Dyke’s Restorers — (✓ 2017-04-26)
How-To Videos
Ramsey, Steve. “Making WWMM: How I Make My Videos, From Project Design to Upload”. YouTube. December 9, 2016. A behind the scenes look at a typical week making WWMM videos. (✓ 2017-04-27)
Wood Whisperer, The. “Flattening Workbenches and Wide Boards With A Router”. YouTube. May 23, 2012. (✓ 2017-05-03)
Tool Companies
- Air Compressor Works — (✓ 2017-04-24)
- Compressed Air Basics — (✓ 2017-04-24)
- BobsCNC — SImple and cost effective CNC machines. (✓ 2017-05-08)
- Amazon.com — BobsCNC E3 CNC Router Engraver Kit with DeWalt DW660 Router (450mm x 390mm x 85mm) — $588.00 + $58.49 shipping. (✓ 2017-05-08)
- Hybrid PantoRouter — (✓ 2017-05-08)
- Inventables — (✓ 2017-04-19)
- Kreg Tool Company — (✓ 2017-04-19)
- Oneida Air Systems — (✓ 2017-04-25)
- Rockler Woodworking and Hardware — (✓ 2017-05-08)
- Woodpeckers — (✓ 2017-04-19)
Vector Image Sources
Free Vector Images
- 4 Vector — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Brands of the World — (✓ 2017-05-01)
- Google Image Search — A great place to start a search for images, but many of the images in the search results are not free or not free to use. (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Logo EPS — (✓ 2017-04-30)
- Logo Vector — (✓ 2017-04-30)
- OpenClipart — Public domain clipart. (✓ 2017-05-01)
- Seek Logo — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Wikimedia Commons Category: SVG Safety Symbols — (✓ 2017-05-01)
- Wikimedia Commons Category: SVGs by Subject — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- World Vector Logo — (✓ 2017-04-27)
Non-Free Vector Images
Coming soon. I usually try to find free images, so I don’t have anything here yet.
Wood
We have a hard time finding good wood near us. These are some of the places we’ve found online.
- Baird Brothers Sawmill — 7060 Crory Rd, Canfield, OH 44406, (330) 533-3122, (800) 732-1697. (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Bell Forest Products — 200 E. Hematite Dr, Ishpeming, MI 49849, (877) 770-9663. (✓ 2017-05-10)
Arizona
- Woodworkers Source — 18115 N Black Canyon Hwy, Phoenix, AZ 85023, (800) 423-2450, (602) 504-1931. Also have stores in Tempe, AZ and Tucson, AZ. (✓ 2017-05-10)
California
- House of Plywood & Paneling — 1321 E Base Line St, San Bernardino, CA 92410, (909) 885-5355. We’ve bought Baltic Birch plywood from them. No website that we could find.
Woodworking Websites
- Popular Woodworking Magazine — (✓ 2017-04-23)
- WorkshopAddict.com — (✓ 2017-04-19)
YouTube
Channels
These are some of the YouTube channels I find myself watching more than the others.
- Frank Howarth — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Izzy Swan — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- Jay Bates (Jay’s Custom Creations) — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- MTM Wood — In Russian with English subtitles. Lots of end-grain cutting board designs. (✓ 2017-05-08)
- Steve Ramsey (Woodworking For Mere Mortals) — (✓ 2017-04-27)
- The Wood Whisperer — (✓ 2017-05-10)
Playlists
- “Mechanisms“ — A YouTube Playlist by Noah Posner. A collection of 500+ short (~ 15 seconds) videos illustrating how different mechanisms work. (✓ 2017-05-09)