Australian company Arbortech has launched its new Mini Carver, adding to the brand’s already well established power carving range. It replaces the current Mini Grinder model offering woodcarvers and wood artists new and improved features and versatility.
It was just over one year ago in May 2012 that Arbortech launched the TURBOPlane™. A year on and Arbortech is delighted to announce the arrival of a smaller version, the Mini-TURBO™.
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A great tradition of the Arts & Crafts movement is being saved and given a flourishing future as two young chairmakers prepare to open a workshop at Marchmont House in Scotland. Lawrence Neal, thought to be the last UK craftsman earning his living from making rush seated ladderback chairs, had been looking to retire from his workshop in Stockton, Warwickshire, after half a century and had no successors, but his legacy, as the keeper of…
This week, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) launched its campaign ‘Asbestos: The hidden killer’, which is aimed at making trade professionals aware of asbestos and the damage it can cause to their health and lives.
Every week 20 tradesmen, including carpenters and joiners, die from asbestos-related diseases caused simply by breathing in asbestos fibres. Asbestos-related disease is the biggest single cause of…
In an increasingly mass-produced culture, Ash & Plumb choose to walk a different path; paying tribute to traditional craft in a modern context we realise classically sculpted pieces that allow the natural beauty of the material to shine.
The duo work with locally reclaimed, sustainably sourced woods aiming to honour the life of the tree through their work. Constantly amazed by the natural beauty of the British woods they work with, they…
The new Ashley Iles Mk. 2 bevel edged chisels are due to be launched on the 1st of November. These are the only handmade English bevel edged chisels on the market and much of the focus of this redesign has been on maximising the benefits that handmaking offers over mechanised production.
Look out for a passaround here on GetWoodworking soon to provide members an opportunity to try the tools out in their own workshops and share their…