If you’re a lover of accurate woodworking you’ll be keen to get your hands on this dual display digital caliper from Wixey.

Whether you like to work in decimal or fractional, this superb instrument will tell you precisely how good your woodwork is!

You’ll also be pleased to hear that for a limited time it’s available at 30% off!

Woodcraft have full details and even a neat little video of the calipers in action! Click here for details.

Pen making is very popular with woodworkers, and why wouldn’t it be? You have an almost infinite variety of patterns available from both wooden pen blanks and acrylics. You can design and make classic pens or produce radical designs of your own.

A lathe, a pen mandrel, pen kit and a blank and you’re away. It can also be quite a profitable hobby as pens and pencils are always popular at craft show and as gifts for friends and family.

If you’re looking for a pen-turning lathe then the 5-speed Steel City Mini Lathe is ideal. Compact enough to fit in any workshop it nevertheless has 12 inch swing over the bed and can turn up to 27 inches between centers. Solid granite bed and headstock give is strength and durability. Full details here.

If you’re looking for a pen mandrel for making pens, pen kits or acrylic pen blanks then Woodcraft currently have between 20% and 30% off a range of pen making materials. Full details here.

There are lots of ways of joining two pieces of wood but a sign of true craftsmanship is using dovetails.

A beautifully cut dovetail is a joy to see – but doing it by hand, while very satisfying, is also very difficult and time consuming.

So if you want the visual appeal, but you don’t want it to take you all day, you need a dovetail jig, and this one, from Woodriver, is currently on sale at Woodcraft at a saving of $10.00.

You’ll need  a 1/2 inch dovetail bit for your router, and a 5/8 inch template guide bushing as well, which aren’t included, but it’s still quite a bargain.

Full details at Woodcraft (click here). Available until 30th April.

Woodcraft are at it again… if you missed out on the drill bit offer last time, here’s another chance.

So here’s the deal. 170 drills, your choice of brad point or twist (or both if you need them). Not the usual $59.99 but just $24.99. Yep, less than half price.

All in a nice box with a foam padded lid marked up with sizes. For less than the normal price of one box you can get a box of each and stop hunting all around the woodshop for a sharp bits!

Best be quick though. Offer only good while stocks last, or until 30th April. Full details here.

Times are tough so any saving that you can make on your woodwork tools have got to be a good thing, right?

So how about anti-kickback 1/2” shank industrial quality carbide router bits from Wood River – that would normally be anything from $11 to $27 – for just $5 a piece. There are ten to choose from, and not forgetting an eleventh, a 90°V, that’s just $4.95.

Only available from Woodcraft and only until 31st March so I’d suggest that if you’re short a router bit or two, now would be a great time to get them!

Not surprisingly, stocks are limited. Full details here.

Now here’s a great gadget for woodworkers with table saws, routers or jointers – the Advanced GRR-Ripper System.

The picture says it all really – doesn’t need a lot of explanation – except to say that it’ll grip boards down to 1/4” and at the moment you can get it for 20% off the normal price.

Details from Woodcraft. Click Here.

Hi Everyone.

Just a quick note to wish you a very Happy New Year.

Several woodworking suppliers have new stuff for 2009 so now’s a good time to have a browse around the internet and see what you can pick up.

Amongst my favorites are Clockparts, who regular visitors will know have an excellent range of… surprise, surprise, clock parts. There are quite a few new products so well worth a visit. Click here for details.

I’ve also been informed that with the recent downturn in mind Complete Craft Book Publishing have slashed 25% off the price of their excellent downloadable ebook. It was very affordable before, now it’s a bargain.

Nowadays anyone can publish their own craft book so if you’d like some insight into this potentially lucrative market, now’s as good a time as any. It’s something I’ve done myself and I highly recommend it if you fancy having a go. Click here for all the info and the new low price.

Good luck, good woodworking and good health for 2009!

So how do you store your wood? Big heap on the floor? Jerry-built rack leaning over alarmingly? Well for a limited time you can get this superb Triton Wood Rack for 25% off at Woodcraft.

Triton call it a “Wood Rack System” which is a bit of a posh name for some shelving if you ask me, but the figures certainly add up: Each layer can hold 110lbs of weight, 41 inches of length and almost 13 inches of depth – which should pretty much take care of your storage needs. Nice and tidy!

Full details online at Woodcraft but you need to be quick. Offer lasts until 31st October. Click here now.

Dust extraction isn’t a very exciting subject but it sure makes the shop more comfortable and a lot safer.

If you’ve ever thought of installing a complete system, rather than rigging up that old vacuum time and again, now would be the time to do it as Woodcraft are offering 25% off a big selection dust extraction fittings including those all important blast gates.

The sale is on until 31st August. For a full list of dust extraction fittings click here.

Clockparts have yet another special offer – this time they say it’s to celebrate the fourth of July – I hope the offer lasts longer than that though!

The current savings are on some of their popular thermometer and hygrometer fit-ups, 2-3/4 inch and 3-7/8 inch units. These are easy to fit, just make an appropriate sized hole and pop them in. Remarkably you can now get them at up to 90% 0ff!

I’ve been a fan of Clockparts for some time now. Always good prices, regular great offers and the sort of service that’s made them the biggest (and in my opinion the best) in the business.

I suspect the offer will last more than one day but I can’t see and closure date so you probably ought to get over their quick if you’re in the market for thermometers or hygrometers. Click here for the site.