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VIWG provides this directory of related woodworking links for your convenience. If you discover sites you believe others would appreciate, please email the Web Liaison with the address and details. If they meet approved criteria, they may be added to this list.

Tools Member's Websites
General Information Sponsor's Websites
Supplies Training Courses
Online Forums Publications
Galleries/Shows Other Sites
Other Guilds or Clubs Boat Building

 


Tools

www.leevalley.com - Lee Valley Tools - Veritas line of hand tools, supplies, etc.

www.houseoftools.com - House of Tools - Power tools, equipment, hand tools

www.summit-tools.com - Summit Tools - Power tools

www.fein.ca

www.lagunatools.com

www.akedajigs.com

www.woodhaven.com

www.cmtusa.com

www.freud-tools.com

www.leighjigs.com

www.jointech.com

www.lie-nielsen.com

www.ecogate.com

www.suffolkmachinery.com

www.tufftooth.com

www.porter-cable.com

www.naptools.com/POLY.HTM

www.dimarcanada.com

www.shepherdtool.com - Shepherd hand planes

 

General Information

www.bcwood.com

www.saw-online.com - Scroll saw association

www.islandpages.com/viawp - Vancouver Island association of wood processors

www.watersdancing.com - Wooden kayak kits, (Don spoke of at one of our meetings)

www.woodweb.com  - Woodworking industry information (USA)

www.woodworkweb.com  - WoodWorkWeb is a community for all woodworkers. Site provides woodwork discussions, free plans, club listings, tool reviews, tips and jigs, patterns and much more.

 

Supplies

Abrasives

www.turbosand.com

www.larickmachinery.com/sandingwheels.html

Hardware

www.knapeandvogt.com

www.screw-products.com

www.titebond.com

www.richelieu.com

www.blum.com

www.accuride.com

Finishes

www.woodessence.com

www.targetcoatings.com

Wood

Search4wood - Established website for supplies and information

 

Online Forums

www.canadianwoodworking.com/chat/webbbs_config.pl

www.woodcentral.com

 

Galleries/Shows

www.pacificws.com/artwood - Located in Bellingham Wa.

 

Other Guilds or Clubs

www.island.net/~cvwguild/ - Comox Valley WW Guild

www.saws.ca - Southern Alberta WW Society

www.luth.org - Guild of American Luthiers

www.thehobbywoodworker.ca/wwclub/index.html - Ottawa WW guild

www.awcltd.org - Affiliated Wood Carvers

www.ewwg.org - Evergreen WW Guild (Washington State)

www.gvwg.ca - Greater Vancouver Woodturners Guild

www.chipchats.org - National Woodcarvers Association

www.woodcarvers.org - Northwest Wood Carvers Association

www.saw-online.com - Scroll saw association of the world

www.woodturner.org - The American Association of Woodturners

www.wcha.org - The Wooden Canoe Heritage Association

www.womeninwoodworking.com - Women in Woodworking

www.tfguild.org - Timber Framers Guild

www.furnituresociety.org - The Furniture Society

www.gbwg.ca - The Grey-Bruce Woodturners Guild

 

Member Websites

www.gelinascarr.com - Joe and Sandra Carr

www.michaelmoorefinewoodwork.ca - Michael Moore

 www.douglasjfisher.com - Doug Fisher

www.barkermanufacturing.com  - Jim Barker

www.custom-furniture-victoria.ca   - Peter Walsh

www.sakmanfinewoodworks.com - Hikmet C. Sakman (a.k.a. Chico)

 

Sponsor Websites

www.westwindhardwood.com - Westwind Hardwoods

www.tos.ca - TOS Insurance (formerly McIntosh Insurance)

 

Training/Courses

www.robcosman.com - Rob Cosman

www.rosewoodstudio.com

 

Publications

www.taunton.com

www.carvingmagazine.com

www.shopnotes.com

www.canadianwoodworking.com

 

Other Sites

www.woodshopdemos.com

www.grampasworkshop.net

 www.kooturlumber.com/logs.shtml - Sawyer in Ontario

 

Boat Building

bikerdave.murioi.com/boats.html - Lots of good links –mostly kayaks (Canadian site)

www.arctickayaks.com/ - David Zimmerly (Museum of Man) Arctic Kayak site

www.cedar-strip.com/ - Jürgen Köppen (Powell River) Lots of amazing decorative/artistic kayak examples here!

carlsondesign.com/ - Carlson design- freeware for developing stitch and glue patterns

www.qajaqusa.org/Equipment/equipment.htm - Good info and links on ‘Greenland’ kayaks and paddles

www.seacanoe.org/grnpadle.htm - Story and details about building a Greenland paddle

home.earthlink.net/~kbsc/ - Kayak Builders of S. California website

www.guillemot-kayaks.com/Building/Building.html - Building info from Nick Schade’s site- explore this site for lots of good info, some free plans.

www.marinerkayaks.com/ - Mariner Kayaks (Seattle) Good articles on design, safety , technique from builders of some of the best ‘glass boats out there!

www.canoe-kayak.org/pages/plans.html - Minnesota Canoe Association- Good source of reasonably-priced canoe/kayak plans and a good strip-building guide

www.greenval.com/FAQnostaples.html - Instructions for ‘no-staple’ strip-building (one way)

www.paddlewise.net/topics/ - Paddlewise- a big site with design comments, technique and safety tips

www.outer-island.com/Plans.html - Jay Babina’s Outer Island Kayak site- beautiful boat (See John Abercrombie if you want to go for a test drive some day) with a very good instruction manual included with the plans he sells. He also sells a good video about learning to roll.

www.pygmyboats.com/Default.htm - Pygmy Boats (Port Townsend) Well-known commercial kit supplier (stitch and glue). Good designs which are all available for test paddling in Port Townsend. (Also a good source for seats, etc.)

blueheronkayaks.com/kayak/index.html - Ross Leidy’s amateur kayak building site- lots of good examples and links

www.seakayak.co.uk/links.htm - UK sea kayaking links

www.vckc.ca/ - Victoria Canoe and Kayak Club

www.wcha.org/tidbits/rbpfaq.html - Good FAQ (Frequently Asked/Answered Questions) collection on paddling and boats

www.wcha.org/toc.html - Wooden Canoe Heritage Association- Lots of canoe info

www.oneoceankayaks.com/Woodcore.htm - Good info on wood-strip kayaks from One Ocean kayaks

 

 
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