Our normal HOURS OF OPENING, 6 days per Week, until further notice, are as follows :-
Monday - Friday: 09h30 to 18h00
Saturday: 09h30 to 17h00
CLOSED ON SUNDAYS

Thanks for visiting our Autumn Open House
Thanks to you for being such a great audience, to our demonstrators: Mark  Baker, Dave Bourne, Bert Butterfield, Simon Clements, Andrew  Hall, Alan Hazel - and Sheila, to our loyal trade supporters and to our friends and staff who made it all go along so well.  Thank you all.

Make a note now for our
Spring Open House
June 25th/26th 2010

• Henry Taylor - makers of superb, beautifully finished tools.  If you take a look at my tool rack you'll see a lot of them there.  Great tools with some really innovative ideas such as the Kryo tools - but now available at staggeringly reduced prices thanks to a unique agreement with this renowned  manufacturer.  Now quality simply doesn't cost more: take a look today and maybe treat yourself to the premium woodturning and woodworking tools you deserve.

• At last we have a reliable source of decent quality Olivewood in LARGE SIZES.  Bowl blanks up to 250 mm (10") square and 100 mm (4") thick - it's been a long time since we've seen olivewood of that size.  If you're into the domestic scene we have 125 mm (5") and 150 mm (6") cubes, ideal for pestle and mortar projects.  Oh - and spindle blanks too!

• When is a pen not a pen? The answer is: when it has been enhanced using the Beall Pen Wizard.  This latest pearl from the brain of Jerry Beall allows you to pattern the pen barrel with spirals, grooves, facets, twists, chequers, finger-grips etc. Leave them as created to enhance the natural beauty of the wood or fill them to create eye-catching details to delight the pen user.  Certainly makes your pens stand out from the crowd.  And with a bit of imagination and skill the uses can be extended well beyond pen turning.

• Have you seen: No Turning Back, the new DVD from Les Thorne , exclusively available from The ToolPost?  The man with the smiling eyes gives a tour de force in this, his first DVD.  Covering basic tooling skills and sharpening and progressing to two excellent projects, one spindle and one faceplate style, this is a most enjoyable few hours spent in Les's easy-going company.  Superb turning, well presented, and filmed in our very own training workshop!

• We have revised the way in which we show our hardwoods on the site in the anticipation this will make it easier for you to find what you need.  Domestic and Tropical are separated as are Timber Specialities.  It also gave us a chance to include a very new and unique product called Tigerwood in our listing which, along with acrylic pen blanks should make the pen-turners very happy.  Take a look at Tigerwood: it's new.

• Ever found corrosion on one of your tools or machines?  You bet!  In that case, let us introduce you to a great range of corrosion protection, prevention and removal products from UK-based specialists Shield Technology including the incredible new Restore rust remover gel.

• If you get a buzz from creating useful household objects through your woodturning, then you will find our new ceramic condiment mill mechanisms really useful.  So now you can fill your table with pepper and salt mills - with no hard grind.

• We are pleased to announce that we are now the UK distributors for OneWay Products, including Oneway chucks and jaws,  The Wolverine Sharpening systems, tool handles, gouges and even lathes.

• Cindy Drozda has finally released her latest production - Finial Star in which she shows how she creates her unique Finial Star Lidded Bowl.  We are pleased to add this to her two DVD previous productions, "Elegant Finials" and "Fabulous Finial Box" both of which are backed with a host of support material.  We also stock the complete range of Mike Mahoney DVDs in which this master bowl turner shares his expertise as well as the excellent Penmaking and Project DVDs by Kip Christensen and Rex Burningham. These DVDs are perfect for beginners looking for early guidance on turning a range of items.  Also available is the DVD from Reed Gray who gives a very practical insight into Bowl Coring with the McNaughton (I.e. Centre Saving).

• We are the UK distributor for Kelton Woodturning Tools , produced by Kel McNaughton, in New Zealand.  This excellent range of tools includes the unsurpassed McNaughton Centre Saving System, named by Ray Key as "The woodturning tool of the century" when he reviewed it. We now have in stock the latest, Mark 8 version , including the completely new Micro Centre Saver for smaller work.

• Favourite of many "name" woodturners, Abranet abrasive mesh is available in grits from 80 to 1000.  We supply packs of single grits, mixed grit packs and boxes and rolls of single grits.  And they call me abrasive (only in jest, I'm sure) - you should see this stuff!

• For the smaller lathe the Model T chuck  has proven really popular with the legion of turners who now own one.  The Model T is available with either 3/4"x16 or 1"x8 tpi spindle mounting insert, it's priced at a very affordable level and is supplied complete with two sets of workholding jaws.  For even smaller work we also offer our own micro chuck, the MM50 and the latest from Acrol, the Midi Chuck.

• Whilst chucks and faceplates are fine for regular workholding there are times when being able to mount a wooden shop-built jig, mandrel etc. would be an absolute boon.  But how to cut the thread?  The answer is a spindle tap, available to match popular spindle threads.  You'll wonder how you ever managed without one!

• We're proud to have been appointed as the first (and sole) UK distributor of the brilliant Shellawax finishing products from U-Beaut, based in Australia.  These polishes create a superb finish in double quick time with very little effort, yet are amazingly economical in use.  I tried it: I loved it!  Now at last available in the UK to buy on line.

• The VersaChuck from The ToolPost. Simply the most versatile chuck on the planet, offering the capability to mount jaws from most major chuck manufacturers, right out of the box. We now have our own chuck jaws available to suit this unique chuck.  The Robert Sorby Patriot chuck is also available along with its wide range of workholding jaws (which can also be mounted on the VersaChuck!)

• If you are a seeker after the perfect finish on your turned - and other - wood products, then you must take a look at the Beall Wood Buff .  For smaller work, there is also the Beall Bowl Buff.  A revolution in woodfinishing.  I wouldn't be without it.

• Workshop safety is paramount and few remain unaware these days of the hazards presented by dust. The Camvac dust extractors and their myriad accessories are sure to provide a solution to any situation where dust extraction is an issue. With filtration down to 0.5 microns, this really is the Daddy of small workshop dust and chip extractors, which really does keep its dust to itself!

• Your health is important. Exposure to harmful dust particles can be reduced by the use of a respirator such as the Power Cap IP from JSP. It's more than 'just' a respirator, its a bump cap and an impact protection visor too.  Now available in a "Lite" version too, eliminating trailing battery leads. We also stock the popular Trend Airshield Pro.