This page contains information links rather than commercial links. For courses, products & services, see the icons to the right. If you'd like to suggest a commercial link, see our network page.
Associations, societies etc.
British Antique Furniture Restorers’ Association – national organisation of craftsmen engaged in furniture conservation and restoration
British Woodturners Association – represents the British wood turning industry and promotes the continuing craftsmanship and skill of its members
British Woodworking Federation – trade association
Woodworking Machinery Suppliers Association – representing woodworking machinery suppliers
Information & tips
BenchMark – provides technical information to woodworkers, about woodworking related projects, machines, and techniques
Get Woodworking – online woodwork resource
IdoStuff – guide to buying and preparing timber for woodworking
New Woodworker – huge resource for new woodworkers
Pro Woodworking Tips – 350 pages of tips for professional woodworkers
Sawdust Making – great resource covering the fundamentals of woodworking
the Wood Whisperer – another huge resource for woodworkers
Free plans
Bob’s Free Woodworking Plans – all sorts of free plans – jigs, benches, tables, kennels, toolboxes etc.
FreeWoodworkingPlan.com – enormous free project and plan database
Vintage Internet Plans – fantastic site – collection of free Mission Style furniture plans taken from publications dating back to the late 1800s; Mission Style furniture grew out of the Arts & Crafts movement
Woodworker’s Bench Notes – free plans and jigs
History
Do-It-101 – Carpentry for Boys – free book from 1914
Handplane Central – a brief history of the woodworking plane
a History of Woodworking – site devoted to the history of woodworking
Museum of Woodworking Tools – online museum you can visit without leaving your armchair
Project Gutenberg – free ebook – History of Woodworking Tools 1600-1900
Tools & Trades History Society – educates the general public in the history, development and use of hand tools and of the people and trades that used them
Vintage Machinery – devoted to information on the history, restoration and use of vintage woodworking machinery
