These links totaling almost 300 and indexed  below were originally compiled by Chase Ambler in Asheville, Western North Carolina for his website, he has now discontinued the woodturning pages and rather than loose this valuable source of information for woodturners he has very kindly made them available to us. We are very grateful to Chase for allowing us to use this information.
As a result of this change, if any one wishes to be removed from the list please let me know as contact details below  

INDEX

Individuals(USA and International)
Clubs(USA and International)
Organizations
Education
Supplies
Wood
Magazines &Miscellaneous
 

Organizations

• The American Association of Woodturners
• Cour du bols  Woodworking on the Web  England
• French Association of Art-Turnery on Wood
• New Zealand Association of Woodturners
• Ornamental Turners International  Seattle
• Ornamental Turning Center   A must page for ornamental turners
• Society of Ornamental Turners
• Shopsmith Users Group
• Woodturning Center  Excellent page and organization.  Worth a visit.

Education - Schools

Go to  Woodturning Instruction Sources  for a complete listing, including many not on the net.

• Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Gatlinburg, TN)
• Craft Supplies USA   (Utah)  Workshops.  Basic, Intermediate and Advanced
• The Turnery
• Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
• John C. Campbell Folk School  Brasstown, NC
• Beginners Guide to Woodturning  (an excellent net education page from the UK)
• Rocky Mountain School of Woodturning  Colorado
• Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.  Annapolis.  Major turning facility, many different classes. e-mail Joe Dickey.

Individual Instructors

Derek Andrews ( Sunrise Woodcrafts, Canada)
Mark Adams
Giles Gilson, (518)370-1677
       766 Albany Street, Schenectady, New York 12307
Abe Harper, (606)256-5443
     239 Buffalo Hollow, Berea, Kentucky 40403 USA
       Three day work study programs in green wood turning.
Darrell Rhudy, (919)782-5009 Raleigh, NC (Fall-Spring)
       8117 Rhudy Place, Raleigh, NC 27612
       Marion, NC (Summer)
       Individual instruction in Raleigh, NC (winter) or Marion, NC (summer).
       Darrell uses the tools in the style of Knute Oland.
David Ellsworth (215)536-5298, FAX (215)536-0745
       Fox Creek- 1378 Cobbler Road, Quakertown, Pennsylvania 18951
       Three day workshops, four students maximum, Beginner to Intermediate levels.
Bill Johnston, (910)673-0500 johnston@pinehurst.net
       2047 7-Lakes South, Seven Lakes, North Carolina 27376
      "... I give instructions almost exclusively at my own shop. Cost includes
       staying at our home. Spouses welcome. I specialize in use of the side-ground
      gouge and hollow turning tools. I also do considerable work with carving and
       engraving as well as with the use of color....."
Rodger Jacobs, (704)733-9819
       Rt. 1, Box 575-A, Newland, North Carolina 28657 USA
       Group or individual instruction at his studio in the NC mountains.
John Jordan (615)941-1247
       6320 Burkitt Road, Antioch, TN 37013 USA
       (615)941-1247 voice email: johnjordan@mindspring.com
       Three day workshops for $500, Fri-Sun 8-6.
Dave Lancaster (207)445-4758
       RR1, Box 238, Weeks Mills, Maine 04361
       Two day weekend workshops.
Russ Zimmerman 13304 Carousel Dr.
Punta Gorda, FL 33955
941-575-4337
www.learntoturn.com
Instruction in the basics in your shop or his 

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Magazines / Journals

• Fine Woodworking.  General woodworking, w/frequent articles on turning
• MOREWOODTURNING  A monthly newspaper for woodturners
• New Zealand Woodturner
• Woodturns.  is the online woodturning community dedicated to promoting woodturners and the art and craft of woodturning.You can find Articles, Galleries, Tips, Reference Source, and a whole load of other information.
• Woodworker's Journal eLine.  On-line bi-weekly journal, general woodworking

Miscellaneous

• 3D Woodturning
• Ancient Tree Forum  (England)
• Bowl Mill   Commercial bowls
• Carolina Woodturning Symposium  gallery page for the 1999 Symposium.  Many many images!
• Early Wood Lathes
• Ornamental Wood Turning Gallery
• Pathways 98  A 1998 juried show with many photos of many artists.
• Pen Places on the Internet  Mostly for pen collectors.
• The Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery and Shop a gallery with significant woodturning content located at 1204 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem, NC 27104 (910)725-1516.
• Register of Professional Turners in the United Kingdom
• Sunrise Woodcrafts  The Woodturning Bookstore  (books there shown from Barns & Noble, also)
• Woodturning on a drill press lathe
• Kestrel Wood Turning Studio
• Woodturning on the Web  Links, general, ornamental
• Woodturning Reference and Information Site  (UK)
• rec.crafts.woodwturning.  An excellent newsgroup.  Good reading for hints, troubles, etc.
• Woodturning Plus  Large page.  Gallery, News, articles.  Very thorough.  Must see.
• Wood toxicity table   From June 1990, American Woodworker
• Woodweb  An excellent starting point for information on the 'net about woodworking.
• Wood OnLine  has an excellent  woodturning discussion group. This group allows you to ask others questions on  woodturning tools and techniques. Click on the "Woodturning link"
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