1) Cabinetmaker Magazine. If you are a serious amateur who has just turned pro with no employees or if you have up to 20 people working for you, Cabinetmaker is free for the asking. It's a very informative monthly publication with articles about small wood shops all over the country. From high-tech to hand work, Cabinetmakers covers it all. Write to: Subscription Department, Cabinetmaker Magazine, 650 S. Clark, Sixth Floor, Chicago, IL 60605-9886 or call (312) 922-9327.
2) The Wetzler Clamp Company. 10% off wholesale factory-direct price. Wetzler is a small company that depends mostly on word-of-mouth advertizing. For generations they have been quietly making one of the best woodworking clamps in the country. Every professional woodworking shop that the Woodguy has visited has Wetzler clamps. Call toll-free 1-800-451-1852 and ask Cindy to send you a catalog. Just write Woodguy discount on the order form and take 10% off the wholesale price. Or, visit their website at: www.wetzler.com.
3) Free wood identification. The Forest Service will identify wood for you. Just mail them a sample about the size of an index card, and a letter explaining how you came to have the sample and any other information about the sample that might help them in their search. Mail to: The Forest Products Laboratory, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53705-2398. Allow about six weeks. Don't forget to include in your letter a return address. If you want to identify a tree, a better and faster way is to call your local county extension agent.
4) Catalogs. These are catalogs the Woodguy gets every month.
- Rockler. Long-time supplier, good catalog for tools and supplies. 1-800-279-4441.
- William Alden. Mostly tools, hand and power. 1-800-249-8665.
- Cherry Tree. Supplies for production items, wooden parts, toys, clocks, doll houses, bird houses, music boxes, whirligigs and the like. 1-800-848-4363.
- Leichtung Workshops. Tools, jigs and plans for production items. 1-800-321-6840.
- Outwater Plastics Industries. Plastic and wooden parts for furniture. Lighting and architectural millwork. 1-800-631-8375.
- Classified Exchange for the Woodworking Industry. Newspaper format. Wholesale sources for hardwoods and veneers, and factory machines. Domestic and imported. 1-901-372-8166.
- Woodworking Supply Company. Furniture parts and cabinetmaking supplies, antique hardware, caning. 1-800-636-8555.
- WT Wholesale Tool. Handtools, clamps and accessories. For machinists and woodworkers. 1-800-521-3420.
- Renovator's. Antique hardware, lighting, fixtures, for home and furniture. 1-800-659-2211.
- Van Dyke's Restorers. Great prices on supplies for woodworkers and antique restorers. 1-800-558-1234.
- Conney. Safety supplies and equipment for home and industry. 1-800-356-9100.
