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Pick up a couple of these free woodworking catalogs and greatly
increase your odds of being able to find the right tool or
accessory at a decent price.
Amazon Tool Crib Catalog - Amazon.com has teamed up with the
Tool Crib to offer what is probably the most comprehensive
selection of woodworking tools out there. Their catalog features
over 4000 products ranging from books to finishing supplies to
hand tools to big irons saws, jointers, planes, and band saws.
There's something in it for most anyone including contractors,
woodworkers, hobbyists, and misc do-it-yourselfers.
Hartville Tool - Hartville has been in business since the
early 1970's. They offer a number of specialty tool and hardware
products, some of which they design themselves. In addition to
their free woodworking supplies catalog, Hartville also offers
some
free downloadable desktop wallpaper images for several
different screen resolutions.
Grizzly Industrial - Grizzly has been producing heavy duty
woodworking machinery for over 20 years. They've grown steadily
over that time to the point where their free catalog now has
over 500 pages! If you're in the market for band saws,
table saws, jointers, milling machines and other heavy duty
equipment, you should check out their offerings.
Klockit
- Klockit has been the leading clock kit and clock parts
supplier for over 30 years. They know clocks! Their free catalog
includes clock movements, inserts and dials, clock faces, wood
kits, cuckoo clocks, atomic clocks, grandfather clock
accessories, and various gifts and gadgets.
LeeValley Tools - Lee Valley is a family-owned business that
has been selling woodworking and gardening tools since 1978. A
good chunk of their products are their own design, mostly sold
as the Veritas Brand. They have a pretty good selection of shop
tools, project kits, clamping fixtures, router tables, and other
shop accessories.
Lie-Nielson Toolworks - Makers of heirloom quality tools
since 1981. They make over 50 types of planes, saws, and
spokeshaves made from top-quality materials like Ductile Iron
and Manganese Bronze for castings and cryogenically treated A-2
Tool Steel for the blades. Not the cheapest tools but certainly
some of the best.
Osborne Wood
Products - As one of the leading suppliers of stock and
custom wood turnings and table legs, Osborne Wood Products, Inc.
has provided a unique service to furniture makers since 1979. If
you're looking for a unique bun foot, dining table leg, or other
custom turning, make sure you check out the selection in their
catalog.
Penn State Industries - Free catalog featuring dust
collection equipment, clamps, vises, grinding and sharpening
tools, router bits, pen making supplies, saw blades, turning
project kits, lathe accessories, and lots more.
Rockler.com - Rockler is perhaps the most recognized
woodworking supply company on the Internet. Their free
woodworking and hardware catalog contains over 150 pages of top
quality woodworking stuff including books, glues, finishing
materials, project hardware, lumber, and tools. In terms of
tools, their focus seems to be on small to medium sized tools,
rather than the big iron items. Allow 1-2 weeks for the catalog
to arrive.
Wood
Carvers Supply - Free 80-ish page color catalog listing
thousands of products for wood carving. Many of the listed
products were developed exclusively for and only available from
Wood Carvers Supply, Inc. You'll find just about anything
a woodcarver could possibly need in this fine catalog.
Woodcraft - Woodcraft is a well-established woodworking
supplies company with a comprehensive collection of products
that includes books, carving tools, marking and measuring tools,
woodturning tools, project supplies, finishing materials, and
oodles of hardware. You'll sometimes find products in
Woodcraft's catalog that you won't find in Rockler's (and vice
versa).
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