WOODCRAFT RHODE ISLAND
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES FOR WOODWORKERS!
OCTOBER 24 - OKTOBERFEST PARTY!!!!!
Food! Tools! Demos! Drinks! Fun!
You are invited to the party! Join us for a day of woodworking, deals from vendor reps, food, socializing and fun! Meet members of the Ocean State Woodturners Club and Woodworkers Guild of Rhode Island! Share pictures of your projects, participate in hands on demonstrations, plan on staying a while and having fun!
WE ARE ON 
BECOME A FAN!
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE YOUR TABLE SAW???
A little something for everybody in this picture! We have assembled Delta's new Unisaw, and suffice to say we are impressed.
WE ARE RHODE ISLAND'S ONLY STOCKING DEALER FOR
ALL OF OUR FESTOOL DISPLAY TOOLS ARE HERE TO BE USED!
If you have an interest in a Festool tool, come on in and try it out!
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OUR EXPERT STAFF IS READY TO HELP!
Mike shows a customer the finer ponts of using Norton's water pond sharpening system. Think your chisels are sharp? Not as sharp as Mike's!
These guys don't just work here. They are accomplished professional woodworkers who make custom guitars for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, carvings that are featured by Fine Woodworking, period furniture pieces for fine homes, boats, doll houses, cabinets, and much more. (Mickey won the national Woodcraft employee woodworking contest!) We pride ourselves on having the most skilled and knowledgable woodworking staff in the country.
MANAGER'S STORY OF LATE -
One of the many priviliges of being around a Woodcraft store as often as I am is seeing some of the amazing work our customers and staff share with us. I often hear about these projects at their inception as customers mull over what materials they will use, and get updates as the project moves along. The suspense builds, and I create a mental image of what the project will look like from the information I have gathered over the course of weeks and sometimes months. Needless to say that there was nothing Woodcraft customer Mike Bigler could have said to prepare me for this. He walked into the store with his guitar, and my jaw dropped. He laid it out on a table and as I stared in amazement he asked me "Do you think I'm going to go to hell for this?" After a moment of thought, I replied "I don't know Mike, you'd look pretty funny playing that in heaven."
Special this month: Incra Miter Gauge 1000
VENEERS!!!
We stock quite a bit, and if we don't stock it we can get it for you quickly and easily! 4x8 sheets of just about any species you can think of. Paper backed, raw, melamine backed, however you want it, we can get it for you! We also have a great selection of project sized packs of highly figured and exotic veneers!
WE ARE RHODE ISLAND'S ONLY SAW STOP DEALER/SHOWROOM!
We have Saw Stop's contractor saws in stock. Cabinet saws can be shipped directly to your door! See both versions on display, ask about upcoming Saw Stop demonstrations.
TAKE A CLASS AT WOODCRAFT
OUR SHARPENING SERVICE PICKS UP AND DROPS OFF ON THURSDAYS.
Carbide saw blades, jointer and planer knives work better when they are sharp, so let's keep them that way! If you have bench chisels, carving tools and plane irons that you think could be sharper, take one of our sharpening classes! (Hint: if you're not 100% sure, then yes, your tools could be sharper and your woodworking life irrevocably changed for the better.)
FESTOOL, STEEL CITY, DELTA, DEWALT, PORTER CABLE, JET, POWERMATIC, FREUD, FORREST, LIE-NIELSEN, BESSEY, WHITESIDE, JESSEM, FASTCAP, PFEIL, PEN KITS, HARDWARE, BOOKS, CLASSES, CLAMPS, FINISHES, CARVING, DUST COLLECTION, AND SO MUCH MORE!
Exotic Turning Stock
WE'VE ALSO GOT LOTS AND LOTS OF GREAT STUFF FROM
We have Rhode Islands Largest Variety of Wood FINISHES:
Bartley, Behlen, BriWax, Bulls Eye, Bush Oil, Deft, General Finishes, Hut, Luthiers, Milk Paint, System Three, Watco, Waterlox, Williamsville Wax, Zinsser AND MORE!
Woodturning tools including Robert Sorby, Pinnacle and Crown
Woodcarving power and hand tools
Lie Nielsen & Stanley Planes
A full line of dust collection machines and accessories
Router bits from Whiteside, CMT, Freud and Woodcraft
Dovetail Jigs from Akeda, Leigh and Porter Cable
Pen kits and supplies
Wood burls (exotic and domestic)
Wood veneers
Picture Framing supplies
Project supplies
Woodworking books, videos, dvds and plans
Pfeil Chisels
Vises & Clamps
Sjoberg Workbenches
Large selection of Lumber - Both Domestic & Exotic.
Be sure to look at our class schedule, we are adding new classes every month so come back and check frequently. If you find one you like, we can sign you up over the phone, just cal us at 401-886-1175.
Do you receive our monthly sales flyer? If not, send us an email with your name and address, and we'll sign you up! Are you a member of any of our local clubs?
Here is where to go to find out more:
Ocean Woodturners - www.oceanwoodturners.com
Woodworkers Guild of RI - www.wwgri.org
MANAGER'S STORY OF LATE -
“I can not continue to live like this” my wife announced. And to further clarify her overall position on the subject, she pointed an angry finger at me and ordered “Do something about it.” I had to admit she was right. Our children’s toys were out of control, the corner of our living room looked like a twister had destroyed Santa’s workshop, and I had a sneaking suspicion the toys were procreating while we slept, breeding new toys that added to the mass seemingly out of nowhere. Something had to be done indeed.
So I set out to build a toy chest, and after a few sketches and some searching for plans, inspiration struck. Why does a toy chest need to look like a toy chest? Whatever I build is going to reside in the nicest room of our house, among our nicest furniture, why not make it fit in? That’s it! My kids will have the nicest toy chest east of the Mississippi, and when the chest is closed we will have a handsome piece of furniture on display! No, two pieces! Matching chests, one for each of them! Besides, I reasoned, Daddy runs the local Woodcraft and needs to occasionally justify the very many square feet of basement dedicated to the woodshop. I had convinced myself, and set out to work.
I drew up plans, cutting not a single corner. No fasteners, all joinery. I thought, Holy smokes! This is an opportunity to use that gorgeous figured Makore veneer I have been storing for three years, waiting for the right moment! After a short indulgence of fantasizing about neighbors complimenting our new chests and gasping agog with envy to find them filled with toys, I set out to work.
I used the vacuum press to glue the veneer, all six sheets at once. It was outstanding! If you don't have a vacuum press, you really should invest in one. The Forrest blade in the table saw was cutting 8/4 cherry burn free, the bandsaw was resawing like a champ, jointer and planer eating up wood, Lie-Nielsen hand planes cleaning up and fine tuning surfaces and joints, it was all coming together so easily. So very, very easily. I found myself excited to make progress every night, and every night appreciating the fruits of years of quality tool acquisitions.
I was leading a charmed woodworking life and loving every minute of it. Best of all, I was going to be a hero to the wife, eliminating the bane of her existence in grand fashion. So what happened, you wonder? What’s the moral of the story? Where’s the punch line? You’re guessing assembly was a disaster; I should have measured twice and cut once. No, I measured once with Starrett and assembly went great. Oh, he must have botched – or blotched – the finish, you’re thinking. Nope! A coat of wax-free shellac and two coats of varnish went on without a hitch, a compressor and an air filtration unit make for a very clean finishing environment.
In the end, I had produced two matching chests that I am quite pleased with. A couple of months after completing the project, I gazed into my living room and was inspired to take a picture, realizing that there was, after all, something that needed to be shared with everyone.
This Christmas, just give my kids cash.
I was wrong. I told Jerry that guy better get himself to Macy's asap before there's nothing left on the registry, and I was wrong. Here's the thing - A while ago a guy came into the store and caught Jerry and I hard at work in the office. He had some questions about a wine station he wanted to build as a gift for his friend's wedding present. We talked for a while about everything from wood selection to joinery and basic elements of style, and it became pretty clear we were not talking to an expert woodworker. So I had to ask - when is the wedding? My eyes bugged when he told me... two weeks. And you have a daytime job? Yup. And you're not using plans? Yup. And you know it takes time for oil based finish to dry? Yup. You've got a lot of late nights ahead of you. Yup. A wine station sounds like a lovely first anniversary gift, I thought. I was wrong. A few weeks ago we got an e-mail from the guy with pictures of the wine station attached. I was absolutely thrilled. It was a reminder of the kinds of things we can accomplish when we approach challenges with enthusiasm, passion and a can't fail attitude. So it is that Woodcraft Rhode Island Nation (um, WRIN?) honors MIKE BELIARD, Woodcraft customer and great friend to a pair of lucky newlyweds.
