Richard's Woodworking Links
V3.0

  Last Updated: Tuesday, February 5, 2002
© 2001, 2002 Richard G. Russell, All Rights Reserved
 

An organized set of links pertaining to wood working, fine finishing, furniture building and related activities.
 
         
         
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The symbol denotes my favorite sites( - more info -).
The symbol denotes Sites run by Groop members.
The symbol denotes items added within the last 30 days.
The symbol denotes items added within the last 30 days.
Links that are struck through are broken but not yet removed.
If you would like me to add a link, modify a description, or make a suggestion
please email me here
Check back periodically!  I add material frequently.

 

New Features! 

Hi!,

This is version 3.0 of Richard's Woodworking Links.  Why is it version 3.0?  Because of several new features:

  • The and   indicators are now maintained auto-magically and last for 30 days after an item is added or updated.
  • There is a new Master Link Index page that lists all the sites and articles in alphabetical order.
  • Sites and articles are now listed in alphabeticl order
  • All new or updated sites and articles  are summarized on this page.  This lets you simply check this page to find new items.
  • The Master Groop Index page lists all sites and artcles that are owned or managed by members of the Professional Refinisher Email Group
  • The Last Updated date at the top of eage pages reflects the date of the newest site or article on that page.

Best Regards,
Richard Russell     www.io.com/~richardr

 
 

New Site Links  

 
High grade preimium veneers:  They have a great selection of beutiful and exotic venners.
 
3M Finishing Systems 
3M™ Microfinishing Film:  High strength polyester film backing is coated with premium, micron-graded aluminum oxide particles that are electrostatically oriented for greater cutting efficiency and resin-bonded for increased durability. This fast cutting abrasive provides precise, consistent, close tolerance finishes.
 
Absolute Coatings, Inc. 
Last-n-Last Premium Wood Finishing products:  Specializing in tough floor finishes, they also have marine spar and door varnish, sealers and other interesting products.
 
Architectural Rstoration, Inc. 
Architectural Restoration of wood, stone and metal:  Preventive maintenance, restoration and consulting services.
 
Bates Finishing Supply, Inc. 
Spray Equipment and Supplies:  An authorized distributor of: 3M • Bananza • Binks • Columbus • Industries, Inc. • Devilbiss • Dynabrade • JBI • Graco • Nordson • Paasche • Ruwac • Unibilt Industries, Inc.
 
Berkley Mills Furniture 
Beutiful Furniture!:  They offer several styles and have pictures. They have the following styles: Arts and Crafts • Prarie • Slat Back • Dynast • Mesa • Tori • Americana • Contemporary • Tansu.
 
Bill Russell Studio 
Specialist in decorative painted finishes.:  At the Bill Russell Studio, we create hand-painted finishes for furniture, accessories and architectural detail.
 
Cardinal Tool Sharpening 
Professional Tool Sharpening For Woodworkers & The Woodworking Industry:  They use state of the art sharpening machines that allow them to do an outstanding job of sharpening everything from carbide saw blades, router bits, shaper cutters, to planer knives, forstner bits, handsaws, and many other Hss as well as carbide tipped and solid carbide woodworking tools and saws.
 
Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen 
Fine Handcrafted Furniture:  Welcome to Dana Robes Wood Craftsmen, for the last twenty years, our skilled craftsmen have been designing and creating an unparalleled collection of home and office furnishings, cabinetry, built-ins, interior and exterior doors and millwork.
 
Enerjoy 
Radiant heating panels:  A good alternative to conventional heating.
 
Fine Paints of Europe 
Exclusive importer of Schreuder paints, Omega and Whistler brushes:  They also have: primers and undercoats • mineral spiritis • specialty wax • varnish • tools • books.
 
Finish Systems 
Spray guns and parts:  Your secure online stocking source for paint spray equipment and repair parts to industry, contractors and individuals with savings of 10-30% every day.
 
Furniture Designs Inc. 
Full size plans for making furniture:  specializes in full-size furniture plans for building fine furniture in the home workshop covering a wide range of styles, Early American, Arts & Crafts, Adirondack, Chippendale, and Shaker are just a few.
 
Hock Finishing 
Shellac and Alcahol:  Hock sells a shellac kit through Woodcraft. The kit includes 200 proof ethyl alcohol.
 
Hüls America - Architectural Colorants 
Aqueous colorants:  for in-plant tinting • for tinting machines • alkyd colorants for on-the-job painter usage
 
J.E. Higgens Lumber Company 
Hardwoods, Flooring, Pella Doors and Windows 
 
MC Supply 
Distributors of Commercial and Industrial Spray Painting Equipment 
 
PAT WARNER 
Designer, Furniture Maker:  This is kind of a strange site... it has great info on using a router, but little info on his furniture.
 
Popular Woodworking Magazine 
:  A good magazine for woodworkers
 
Robin Wood - Bowl Turner 
Wooden bowls made in England on a traditional foot-powered lathe:  Salad bowls, fruit bowls, wooden plates and much more. Ideal wedding presents and special gifts available for purchase online.
 
ShopNotes Magazine 
Helping You Get the Most Out of Your Shop 
 
Stickley 
The original Stickley Factory:  Besides being a great example of a manufactuerer of fine furniture, they are also a good source of info on authentic Stickley construction details.
 
Structural Hardare & Supply Inc. 
Really, Really strong steel industrial hardare. 
 
Surbuf 
Bufing pads for random orbital and other sanders.:  This is a good product and I use it personaly.
 
The British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association 
A group with a mission!:  The British Antique Furniture Restorers' Association is the foremost national organisation of craftsmen and women concerned to maintain the highest standards in the field of antique furniture conservation and restoration.
 
TileTool.com 
Tools for working with tile:  This site has all kinds of tools. The pictures are very good.
 
Vacupress 
Vaccum presses for veneering:  Vaccum pumps, bladders, and other equipment for veneering.
 
Vermont Crafts 
Links to Vermont Wood Artisans:  This is a great set of links to artisans and craftsmen in Vermont.
 
WoodNet's Woodworking Links 
More links 
 
Woodworker's Journal 
The voice of the woodworking community 
 
Woodworkers Hardware 
All kinds of hardware:  This is a good site. It is easy to navigate and has good pictures.
 
Woodworking Links 
Some woodworking links 
 
Woodworking on the Web with Coeur du Bois 
A European woodworking site:  A meeting place for woodturners, furniture-makers, woodcarvers and woodworkers, everywhere, beginners and experienced alike.
 
Workbench Magazine 
Woodworking to Improve Your Home 
 
3M Finishing System Kits 
Preconfigured specialty kits:  Aluminum Polish Kit • Acrylic Window Repair Kits • Solid Surface Finishing Kits • Plastic Repair Kit
 
About.com's woodworking category 
A very comprehensive set of links:  This is a very good site. I had never heard of about.com until I ran accros this. Does it make this site redundant? Note really - they popup LOTS of adds.
 
Ancient Greek Chairs 
Great info on this unique type of furniture:  The style and character of Ancient Greek furniture has passed through time to the present day, to the extent that it's pretty well unknown to most people. Their furniture doesn't usually count as one of the great Ancient Greek achievements. Their designs were unique and once seen are unlikely to be mistaken for anything else. There are no extant examples left to see. But a way to imagine what their furniture was like is by having a look at Ancient Greek ceramics, which sometimes depict furniture.
 
Artwood 
A gallery of find woodworking:  Artwood is a cooperative gallery located in the heart of Bellingham's historic Fairhaven district.
 
Bench Notes 
A Woodworking Page:  Books • Plans • Info • Links
 
Better Woodworking 
More woodworking links... 
 
Candadian Plywood Asociation 
Good information on plywood in general:  They have some plans, tech notes and other interesting literature on plywood.
 
Carpenters Machinery Inc. 
Used and new woodworking machinery:  An auction site for machinery of all kinds. They follow up well with email.
 
DP Systems 
Industrial Air Filters:  All kinds of air filters including filters for paint booths. Their DUSTLOK filter system is particulary interesting.
 
Fine Homebuilding Magazine 
A great magazine for all carpenters and craftsmen 
 
Fine Woodworking Magazine 
A great magazine for all wood workers 
 
Framerica 
Wholesale Picture Frame Material:  Really nice picture frames. You need to setup an account to purchase frame material.
 
Gamblin Artists Colors Co 
an American manufacturer and supplier of artists materials:  artists oil paints • art sketching oil colors • oil painting mediums • traditional and modern grounds and sizes for oil paintings • picture varnish for oil and acrylic paintings • etching inks and mediums • dry pigments • and Gamsol solvent.
 
Hutchins Manufacturing Company. 
Air Powered Sanders:  A nice line of air powered sanders.
 
Integrity Refinishing Coatings Inc. 
Manufacturer of bathroom fixture refinishing coatings and supplies:  Specialty spray equipment and personalized training schools for bathtubs, tile, countertops, flooring, cabinets and fiberglass surfaces to Professionals & Do It Yourselfers.
 
Max Krimmel 
A Turner of Alabaster!:  Max is also a fine luthier and muscian.
 
Nicholas Simile 
A fine craftsman:  Basketry • Ceramics • Furniture • Photography
 
Paul Worth's Woodworking Links 
Yet another site of woodworking links 
 
Richard Bissell Fine Woodworking 
Handcrafted Shaker Furniture & Windsor Chairs:  Richard operates a small woodworking shop in Putney, Vermont and has been designing and making furniture one piece at a time since 1982
 
Shellac.net 
The One-Stop Shopping Place for Shellac:  All kinds of great shellac! Patrick Olguin provides great customer service.
 
SmartWood 
Practical Conservation through Certified Forestry:  SmartWood's purpose is to improve the effectiveness of sustainable forestry in conserving bio-diversity and providing equity for local communities, fair treatment to workers, and creating incentives for businesses so that they can benefit economically from responsible forestry practices.
 
Stone Boss Industries 
The finest products for stone working:  I was reluctant to put this link here. however, this is a well done site and the combination of wood and stone can be wounderful.
 
SuperGrit Abrasives 
A broad range of abrasive products 
 
Sutherland Wells Ltd. 
Fine tung oil finishes:  Few wood finishes equal the beauty and ease of application that is characteristic of the Sutherland Welles Ltd.® complete line of Polymerized Tung Oil products. We provide a product for every step of the finishing process; from wood preparation, to coloring the wood, finish coats and maintenance. Whether you are doing small antique restorations or finishing thousands of square feet of heartpine floors, we have the professional wood finishing products for you!
 
The Woodworkers Online Resource 
General woodworking site:  Forums • Tips • Tool Reviews • Links • Store • Plans • Project Supplies
 
Tried and True Wood Finish 
Premium auality interior finishing products:  Linseed oil based finsihes. These are great products. Theses finishes look and feel great!
 
Van Dykes Restorers 
Antique furniture and vintage home restoration supplies :  From solid oak furniture kits to fittings, hinges and restorative supplies.
 
Waterlox Coatings Corporation 
Tung oil based fine finishes:  These are great finishes. I would consider them an 'oil' finish as they go on very thin. But they do build a film as they are based on tung oil.
 
Woodsmith Magazine 
America's most popular fully-illustrated woodworking magazine 
 
Woodworkers Depot 
Miscelaneous Products:  Equipment • Hardwoods • Dust Collection • Crafts • Wood Turnings • Hardware • Books • Patterns • Carving Supplies • Finishes • Powermatic • Delta • Jet • Performax • General • Mini Max • Maggi • Porter-Cable • Makita • Bosch • DeWALT • Senco • Freud • CMT • Amana • Wagner
 
WoodWorkers.com 
A free site for woodworkers to showcase their projects:  Anyone can post pictures of their projects on this site - its free!
 
Woodworking links from Coeur du Bois 
More woodworking links, from the UK! 
 
WoodWorking.com 
A general woodworking site:  Articles • forums • links • gallery.
 
 
 

New Article Links  

Compounding and Buffing  - by AutobodyStore.com
French Polishing - A Hands on Tutorial  - by Orville and Robert Milburn
Shellac Production  - by The Vegan Society
Some Ideas for a Better Coating  - by Craig Deller, The Deller Conservation Group Ltd
Wax the perfect protection for furniture?  - by Amy Elbert - Original article from: Wood Magazine JUNE 1989
 

Colophon  

Hi Gentle Reader,

I started this set of links out of frustration:  most sets of woodworking links, while useful, are out of date, have many broken links, are unorganized, and lack site descriptions.   This set of links is my solution to these problems.

My goal is keep a well maintained and annotated list of woodworking related links -- this means: a list that is well categorized; succinct annotations for each link; where new and updated information is easy to find; where broken links are obvious and purged after a reasonable time; where navigation is intuitive; and where pages load fast. 

I've created this list to help woodworkers, particularly members of the  Professional Refinisher Email Group.

These links are maintained by category.  I've provided descriptions where appropriate and add check mark icons for sites that I particularly like.

I hope you find this set of links interesting and helpful.  If you would like me to add a link, modify a description, or make a suggestion please email me here

The first two versions of this list were maintained by hand.  V1.0 was a single page with separate categories.   The single page became difficult to maintain as the number of links grew.  So I split the major categories into separate pages.

This is V3.0 of my site and is no longer maintained by hand.  All the site and article links are stored in an XML database as are the HTML page templates.  A program generates all these pages automaticaly from the XML database.  Broken links are also detected and marked automatically.

I wrote the page generation software in C++ (with Microsoft Visual Studio V6.0/SP3) using the Xerces XML parser from the Apache project.  It all runs under Microsoft Windows.  My next major task is to automatically upload updated pages to my web site. 

Best Regards
Richard Russell  www.io.com/~richardr

My Favorite Sites

Some folks have ask me if I would put the icon by their sites.  I know site owners and authors put a tremendous amount of blood sweat and tears into their sites.   This is particularly true of sites for smaller businesses. 

I would love it if every site was great - but they aren't. I don't believe any sites I've linked to are really awful but some are klunky, clumsy, difficult to navigate, hard to read, have a poorl color scheme (which makes them hard to read), don't provide good info, are too cluttered, etc. etc.

So, if you think your site deserves a then let me know - I'll take a look.  The best way to get a icon is to improve your site!

Please remember this is my site.  I don't get any money for this.  I've developed simply to help people - especially members of the Professional Refinisher Email Group.

 

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