The purpose of this page is to offer you links to web pages that can provide more woodturning resources
- clubs, well-known turners, vendors, and regional symposia. If you would like to see a link added to this
page, or if one of these links no longer works, please contact the webmaster.
The Willamette Valley Woodturners offers no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the information,
goods or services provided by any organization or individual related to any of the links that appear on
this page.
Market place
The following ads are posted for your convenience and information only. The Willamette Valley
Woodturners, its officers and members, make no warranty on any items purchased or sold through
these advertisements. Club policy regarding commercial advertisements is under review and none
will be carried on this page until new guidelines are determined.
To place an ad, contact the webmaster.
We reserve the right to refuse ads, to edit for content or space, and to limit the length of time
an ad will run.
Super Glue and Anchor Seal and other items
The club purchases a few supplies in bulk and sells it to members at club cost. We routinely have:
superglue ($5)
black or brown superglue ($10)
accelerator ($6)
Anchor Seal ($13/gal)
Recently the club purchased a small supply of half round protractors ($6) used to measure the angle ground on a tool
HSS rods ($3) 1/4" x 8" used to make the round skew demonstrated by Bill McCoy at the October meeting
and 5-piece caliper sets ($7). Bob Quadros will have the resale items at the meeting
It will expedite sales if you bring the correct change for the items you want.
Links to valuable sites
Woodturner Clubs In Oregon
Beaver State Woodturners (Serving Eugene, Roseburg, Lebanon)
Cascade Woodturners Association (Serving Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington)
Fraser Valley Woodturners Guild (Serving Abbotsford, British Columbia. (Vancouver's Lower Mainland)
Mid-Columbia Woodturners (Serving eastern Oregon and eastern Washington)
Northwest Woodturners (Serving Portland)
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild (Serving all professional and aspiring professional turners in the NW)
Woodturner Clubs In Washington
Southwest Washington Woodturners (Serving Southwest Washington)
Education
The club has an extensive library of videos and books on woodturning. However, sometimes you want
information on a specialized topic in woodturning that we don't have in the library. Or, you
may need information on a completely different topic, such as furniture making, metal working, welding,
hanging drywall, bead making, airbrushing or just about anything else, and don't want to have to
spend a fortune on DVD's you'll only watch once or twice.
Some of our members have used the services of "SmartFlix", and are very happy with the service
and the quality of information on these DVD's. As of this writing, SmartFlix has 5,352 videos
in 224 categories. These are all technical-type DVD's - not movies.
We added a link to this organization for two reasons. One, it's a great service.
Second, if you use the following link and rent something from SmartFlix, the club will receive a donation
of $5.00. You have to go to their website using this link, because our "affiliate number"
is embedded in the link. That way, they know who gets the credit. But, we would be adding
the link even if #2 wasn't true, because, after renting several of their DVD's, we really do believe
that this is a good potential resource for our club members.
Here's the link:
SmartFlix.com How-To DVDs
Woodturner Sites
Chris Andrew: www.turnedwoodandglass.com
Donald Derry: www.donaldderry.com
Bonnie Klein: www.bonnieklein.com
Nick Stagg: www.nickstagg.com/
Gary McGuire: www.turn-a-round.com/
Woodturning Vendors
Woodturning Online: www.woodturningonline.com
More Woodturning: www.fholder.com
The Wooden Post: www.woodenpost.com
Wood 'n Whimsies: www.woodnwhimsies.com
Holbren Precision Cutting Tools: www.holbren.com
Abrasive Solutions Inc: www.abrasivesASAP.com
Fintech Abrasives
(Sandpaper and other products)
Family owned and operated located in Belding, MI founded by Bob Greenland. Fintech fabricates
sanding belts, sheets, discs, rolls, and other products from large jumbo rolls produced by some
of the best manufacturers in the world.
www.fintechabrasives.com