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The American Association of Woodturners (AAW)
Other Northern California Woodturning Club Sites
Bay Area Woodturners Association
BAWA site with lots of useful links
http://bayareawoodturners.orgNor-Cal Woodturners
This site seems to have only one page
http://www.norcalwoodturners.org/main.htm
West Bay Woodturners Society
http://www.westbaywoodturner.com/
Other Woodturners Sites
Malcom Tibbets
Million Segments Astounding Creations
http://www.tahoeturner.com/gallery/list.htmlLarry Hancock
Hollow Forms To Hats - with How To instructions
http://www.turnedtreasures.com/index.htmlLyn J. Mangiameli's
Index of Articles Page (mainly a user review of turning tools)
http://www.fholder.com/Woodturning/lyn.html
Richard Pagano's
Southwest Inspired Segmented Turnings (with jigs & fixtures)
http://www.beaverpondstudio.com/
Wood Turner's Resource
Articles to Inspiration
http://www.turnwood.net/Links to 223 Artisan Woodturners
Figure on spending an hour or two exploring - then come back to explore some more.
If you're looking for inspirations this is a great place to start.
Submitted by member Tony Bryhan
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Crafts/Woodcraft/Woodturning/Artisan_Portfolios/
How To Articles
Turningwood's Articles - drying to grinding to turning
http://www.turningwood.com/howtoo.htmAlan Lacer's Site
All kinds of articles on tools and techniques in the Articles Section
http://www.woodturninglearn.net/Darrell Feltmate's woodturning page
Beginner or Advanced - youll learn something useful
http://aroundthewoods.com/oland.shtml
Books & Magazines
American Woodworker Magazine
http://www.americanwoodworker.com
August Home
ShopNotes, Woodsmith, Workbench magazines
http://www.woodnet.net/main/woodwork.htmlTaunton Press
Fine Woodworking Magazine, plus books and videos.
http://www.taunton.com/
Turning Equiptment, Tools and Supplies
Constantines Wood Center
Wood, Tools, Finishes etc.
http://www.constantines.com/Hunter Tool Systems
http://www.hunterwoodturningtool.com/:
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Brazilian Species Research
Machining characteristics/info Brazilian government site
http://mapara.inpa.gov.nr/madeira/eng/default.htmExotic Woods Pictures
Non-commercial site devoted to accurate pictures of rare woods
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/Wood toxicity
Info on wood toxicity from Cornell University
http://ansci.cornell.edu/plants/comlist.htmlWood toxicity table
http://www.old.mendelu.cz~horace/toxic.htmTree identifier
Virginia Tech site may help you identify 450 species of trees
http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendroWoodworkers Website Association (WWA)
Wood Sampler
http://www.woodworking.org/WC/woodsampler.htmlKestrel Creek's Wood Idenfitication
http://www.kestrelcreek.com/Wood.htmHobbit House
Exotic Wood Pictures: Exotic Wood displayed, described, and identified
http://www.hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/indextotal.htm
Online Woodturning Groups & Forums
Woodcentral's Turning Forum
From well known turners to newbies - a very active forum
http://www.woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/turning.plWoodturning News Group
Lots of newsgroups - including turning
http://www.1001newsgroups.com/lmess.php?name=rec.crafts.woodturning&first=41&last=80#Woodturning online
Special eBay search engine which links to lots of turning stuff
http://www.woodturningonline.comrec.woodworking FAQs (frequently asked questions_
Links to a lot of useful woodworking information
http://cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/wood.html
Technical
Sanding
A comprehensive article on sanding
http://woodcentral.com/cgi-bn/readarticle.pdl?dir=shop&file=articles_193.shtmlWood Stabilization Report downloadbale pdf file
Forest Service Products, United States Forest Service
www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/fplrn/fplrn243.pdfWoodcentral's Article on Turning Tool Grinds
http://www.woodcentral.com/newforum/grinds.shtml
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