Dalmann Limited, known for its high quality Mozambique Hardwood Woodturning timbers, has moved premises and expanded its operation to include rustic natural edged slabs and lumber sourced from Mozambique and Zambia. All timbers are sustainable and sourced from sawmills which responsibly manage their forest resources and have comprehensive reforestation programmes and socio upliftment projects in place.
Kind-hearted staff at online ironmongery supplier, IronmongeryDirect, have gone the extra mile to collect Christmas gifts, decorations and food for families at the Basildon-based Changing Pathways Refuge, which provides safe accommodation to women and children who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Welcome to our first issue of 2020 and have we got some great projects, technical articles, features and brand-new kit in store for you! What a great way to kick off the New Year!
A 15 year-old boy with cystic fibrosis whose condition has left him housebound has a brand new space in which to be home schooled and meet with friends, thanks to Band of Builders.
The 2019 Tormek Scholarship Award has been presented to Rachel Elston. Rachel’s winning piece is a stylish entryway table, which she has named ‘JOVE’. The piece provides both functionality and elegance, and has won Rachel a complete Tormek sharpening station, which will no doubt prove most useful as she pursues her career.
Metalcraft tools bend, shape, cut and join steel strip and bars; they can also work with tube, all with just a pull of a lever and without the need for heat or electrical power. You can form metal into shapes, components or finished projects with impressive and consistent results every time.
Too much work, time pressures and unprepared customers – these are the top three causes of stress at work, according to a new survey of almost 600 tradespeople by IronmongeryDirect.
Craftsmen from Morris Joinery in Shrewsbury played Santa when they donated a trailer load of wood to Headway Shropshire.
The charity helps to rehabilitate people with an acquired brain injury and will use the timber off cuts and plyboard sheets in its woodwork room. Clients make items such as bird tables, bee hotels, shelving and artworks to help with their cognitive skills such as co-ordination and memory.
Veterans and their families have enjoyed a craft day at the Help for Heroes Recovery Centre in Colchester; with the Colchester Woodturners Group kindly facilitating groups of beginners and seasoned woodturners.
