Mike Darlow is a leading technical authority on hand woodturning and the author of 5 titles on the intricacies and theory of hand woodturning.  His fifth book on Design is a tour through the architectural applications of column forms in particular and places the modern fascination with wood turning in its historical context. All five books for $95 plus postage. The Fudamentals of Wood Turning Wood Turning Techniques Wood Turning Methods Wood Turning Design Turned Chessmen See details HERE Read more: Mike Darlow's 5 Books On Special

We have begun to add a range of USA made, solid brass, cut thread, wood screws and British sourced, solid brass set screws, bolts, nuts and washers.  These fasteners are of the sort of quality once standard and taken for granted in Australia until the advent of massive, big box, hardware stores. Now I happen personally to love these huge stores, but I do get a lot of bad feedback about the knowledge of staff and, curiously, the stock range which you would assume could never be an issue. Read more: Brass Set Screws, Wood Screws

We have just concluded an arrangement to market the world's leading brand of hand cut rasps.  Noel Liogier, whose factory is near Lyon in France, makes in excess of 1400 rasp options, the teeth on each one of which is hand cut.  The resulting tools are revered world wide for their cutting feel and durability which machine made rasps simply cannot match.  The range is available in traditional hardened tools and sapphire hardened which are tough enough to even work soft metals and perfectly suited to tough and abrasive Australian wood species. See the popular Cabinet Makers range HERE. Read…

These are traditionally used to mount escutcheon plates around key holes on doors and the like but have numerous other uses such as pinning glazing beads around doors and windows. In this application solid brass will not rust such as may raw steel panel pins. Read more: Escutcheon Pins

Just launched, a range of brass, nickel, antique bronze and black oxo coated, round and countersunk head wood screws.  If you need tiny screws for mounting decorative plaques or escutcheons and a host of other applications look HERE. Read more: New Range Of Small Wood Screws

A customer is using our tung oil on concrete and is delighted with the results. Pure Tung oil is a naturally derived tree nut oil which, when applied thinly, cures by interaction with oxygen (auto oxidation) to a tough, attractive, matte seal which can then, after some time to allow for the oil to fully harden, be buffed to a very attractive finish. The pluses are that it can be touched up at will with maintenance coats, is food safe for kitchen woodware and safe for use on toys.  Pure Tung has no added toxic driers or extender oils. Read…

Sadly Samuels Leather, in Byron Bay, have shut down production of the best range of Australian made leatherware. We have now found a European supplier of a range of chisel rolls with offset, opposed pockets which are really nice. See the details HERE. Read more: Leather Tool Rolls

For those who never encounter them, mud wasps make mud incubating cocoons for their young, then kill or stun other bugs, pack them as food inside, lay their eggs and seal the exit of the mud cocoon with more mud as they leave.  When the eggs hatch the table is ready-set for the young hatchlings who then exit by burrowing out of the mud cocoon to start the cycle all over again. Hegner scroll saws use an air pumping bellows situated under the bottom arm which pumps air through tubes and pipes to where the blade is cutting and blows…

We've just listed these Gyokucho saw cases which fit popular size dozukis and katabas. See all our Saw Cases - LEATHER, PLASTIC COTTON AND JUTE - HERE Read more: Japanese Saw Case Range added to

The blade clamp system - a Hegner patent - has both functional and safety aspects.  Cheaper saws using pinned blades do not always retain the bits of broken blades which can fly about and cause eye injury when blades snap.  It is likely that the ranking of OH&S issues for scroll saws should have eye injury from dislodged bits of blade far higher than the chances of being seriously cut by the blade.  The Hegner clamps usually retain the blade fragments. Read more: The case For Hegner Scroll saw blade clamps