CRW Member Websites

Turned To Wood: Turnings by Roger Meyer

Aaron Gesicki and Amy Blackburn Arts Preservation: Preserving Traditions in Art Through Education, Promotions and Fund Development.

Jim Cox: Clean Shavings Woodworking

Lee Goehring: Gallery of Woodturnings

Ken Grunke: Natural Rotations Woodturning

Turned out Fantastic: Woodturnings by PJ Reilly Pam Reilly's site--the title says it all!

The Emerald Ash Borer

Wisconsin's emerald ash borer Internet portal This EAB Resource is brought to you by the The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
More links on the EAB below under the Techniques and Information category.

Current national information on Emerald Ash Borer

PestTracker Invasive Insect: Emerald Ash Borer Up-to-date info on sightings of the EAB (Emerald Ash Borer) in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, and other states.

EAB, Wisconsin

Wisconsin's emerald ash borer Internet portal This EAB Resource is brought to you by the The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, and the University of Wisconsin - Madison.

Emerald Ash Borer: UW-Madison, Department of Entomology

WDNR Forestry: Forest Health Protection - Emerald Ash Borer

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Techniques and Information

New hollowing tool design: The Elbo Tool

They're back! Woodturner's Resource This site was made possible by a grant from the American Association of Woodturners and built by turners for turners. A very valuable resource, and the message forums are quite active.

Bollinger Ovalturning Lathe A new elliptical lathe prototype built by Dan Bollinger, based on a design for an epicyclic oval turning chuck designed by Prof. Johannes Volmer. The mechanism is inherently balanced and can operate at higher speeds than any other elliptical chuck.

Woodturning reference and information site A must-see for all woodturners, a fine site by Alan Green Weymouth, of Dorset, England.

Timber Buyers Network: Information on Forest Management for educating and informing the forest landowner. Including the Forestry Forum, and the Timber Toolbox, online tools for calculating board feet, log volume, and tree spacing. A great site submitted by Charlie Cadenhead.

Wood and Tree Identification

Exotic Wood Pictures: Exotic Wood displayed, described, and identified A non-commercial site focusing on color-correct pictures of exotic woods. Link submitted by Lee Goehring.

Forestry Images An amazing catalog of images with just about everything relating to trees and forestry, including pictures of bark, twigs, leaves of over 180 species. No pictures of the wood itself, but see below for that.

Hough's American Woods An extensive collection of 275 varieties of wood, each with an image showing endgrain, plainsawn, and radial sawn sections. Organized by region.

Wood Identification From the folks at Kestrel Creek in Idaho, USA. An informative list of woods available to wood craftspersons from around the world, with a description of each.

EEK! Dichotomous Tree Key From Wisconsin Dept. Of Natural Resources Environmental Education for Kids program. Intended for grades 4-8, actually a handy quick reference for identifying common MIdwest trees by leaf, twig, and berries.

Ohio's Trees An excellent reference site for identifying common American trees, not only for Ohio. Good pictures and info!

Noble Foundation Plant Image Gallery Trees, Shrubs & Woody Vines of North America.

Missouri Department of Conservation Identification keys for trees and shrubs of MIssouri. Helpful to anyone in the Midwest.

Wood Identification Procedures Fact sheet from the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory including instructions on sending a wood sample for identification.

Informative Sites by Woodturners

Woodturning Learn with Alan Lacer Alan has an abundance of useful info on his site, especially regarding the skew.

Rude Osolnik The Osolnik family is keeping Rude's memory alive on this site.
Also, be sure to check out Osolnik Machinery & Supplies, offering quality products, great prices, and outstanding service.

Rob Wallace's Woodturning Links-- A huge amount of links useful to members of the woodturning community.

Tom Plamann, architechural craftsman Tom, his site, and his work are truly amazing. If nothing else, check out his transformation of a Vega 1556 lathe enabling Tom to turn large architechural columns--but you won't want to stop there, we guarantee it. He's located in Wisconsin, near Lake Winnebago.

Darrell Feltmate's woodturning page "doing you a good turn today" --Darrell has many useful tips for beginning woodturners, including a page on preparing green wood for storage.

Richard Stapley: LaymarCrafts, Hampshire, UK A great site, with lots of tips, techniques, and a huge amount of links to other woodturners and woodturning sites.

The Woodturner's Workshop This site, by Brian Clifford, a woodturner who enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others, includes a 14 chapter online instruction book for beginning woodturners. Something for everyone here, beginner and pro alike.

Bill Grumbine We formerly saw Bill as "A man out standing in his personal field", but now he does a lot of traveling for club demos and is in his own shop too much to be spending time standing in the middle of a field doing nothing!

The Late Great Russ Fairfield passed away on Jan. 4, 2011 but his website is still being maintained. Also, Woodcentral is keeping his memory alive at Russ's Corner: Collected essays on woodturning topics, by Russ Fairfield. Some very good guidelines on design of a woodturning, and an extensive collection of articles on woodfinishing.