Come on in and introduce yourself. Start with the great Aussie greeting G'day or G'day mate and follow on with your introduction. This is for long time users as well as new members. So if you feel the urge......

Tried a new product recently, done a course, got a new power tool, etc. Want to tell us all about it then here's a chance. You are invited to write a product review/s and as an incentive there's a special reward See inside for more details...

If you are not familiar with the rules of these forums then please read the posts in this. You may save yourself and others a lot of problems down the track.

A forum for ALL WOODWORKERS.Tell the world about your new product, service, web site, whatever. Announce upcoming woodies events, meetings, exhibitions, etc.

This forum is for information, feedback, suggestions and discussion on matters related to the forums and their use. Use it to report problems, or get help with using the forums etc.

General posts should be placed in the appropriate forum NOT HERE!

FREE STUFF PRIZE DRAWS will be conducted on a regular basis. With prizes being donated by woodworking businesses. To be eligible to win you must be a currently active member of these forums.

A forum for ALL WOODWORKERS, FINISHERS, RESTORERS, etc. both professional and amateur, to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. On anything to do with finishing, and restoration.

Got an antique you need to restore. Don't strip it and coat it with polyurethane and ruin it's value. Check in here for traditional finishes and genuine restoration help. Find out the ins and outs and how to keep or enhance it's value. Not just for furniture.

Make of it as you will.

A forum for ALL WOODWORKERS both professional and amateur to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. On anything to do with general woodwork and cabinet making.

This is a forum for WOODTURNERS both professionals and amateurs alike. Make observations, statements, seek and/or give help and advice, etc.

OK Pen turners here's one for you. Do with it what you will.

This is a forum for the Ornamental Turners to have their say. Ask questions, seek and/or give help, hints and tips, etc.

A forum for WOODCARVERS both professional and amateur to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. On the subject of woodcarving, sculpture, whittling and related fields.

OK all you toy makers out there, here's a forum just for you. Show us what you can do.

This forum is for the fast growing scrollsaw fraternity. Both professional and amateur scrollers are invited to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. On anything to do with scrollsaws and scrolling. If all you have is a fretsaw don't despair, just ask anyway.

Here's a chance to show off what you can do with your intarsia work. Got a problem, new idea plans or anything you want to share with others? This is the place to do it.

This traditional form of decorative and art woodwork is steeped in history and is still very popular today. Here is your chance to show off your work and offer or receive help, designs, timber info, etc, etc.

This forum is specially for all you box makers out there and there are a lot of you. Seek help - offer help - show us your work, etc.

Do you make clocks and wantto share then heres a forum just for you. Grandfather clocks, wooden movement clocks, mantle clocks, naked (see the innards) clocks, everything from sticking a quartz movement into a chunk of wood right on through to the big fancy ones. Let's see 'em, talk about 'em, help with 'em etc..

Here's a chance to show off what you can do with bandsawn boxes. Got a problem or a new idea you want to share? Go for it.

Got a Festool product or thinking about getting one? Having a problem and need some specific information? Ask questions, get help or generally talk about your Festools. Help and information isn't far away.
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A forum for Triton owners and would be owners. Get info and help from other Triton owners/users. Find out what's new and how it works. Air your views and get opinions from fellow users of these excellent Australian products.

This is your chance to partake in discussions, get or give information and help, etc. on routers and how to use them.

This forum is for those that use CNC machines. Lathes, routers, mills. If it is computer controlled then post it here.

Forum for router jigs, Woodrat, Gifkin, etc. etc. etc. Got a problem? Figured out how to use the thing? Found something new it will do? Found something it can't do. Then post it here.

For those who like to do it the traditional way. Here's a chance for you to join in with your own forum. Although not all that popular in Australia there are still plenty of woodworkers out there working in green timber, so come on all you chair bodgers

Add your pics here. Anything you like preferably to do with woodwork.
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This forum is for the many thousands of woodworkers who are involved in making musical instrument. Luthiers, makers of harp, violins, marimbas and other percussion instruments, recorder and other woodwind instruments. Have your say seek help, give help, show off your work etc.

We've got musical instruments so the equipment that brings the final sound to life in your home. This forum is for makers etc of speakers and other nifty Hi Fi stuff.

Flute, recorder, oboe, basoon, them long black licorice stick things, even bagpipes and all the other woodwinds here's a place for you.

A forum for ALL WOODWORKERS both professional and amateur to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. regarding timber. Supply, availability, characteristics, etc.

For those who mill their own and small commercial millers using chainsaw mills, bandsaw slabbers, Lewis saws etc for mobile saw milling.

A forum where members can swap timber with other members.

A forum for growers and managers of timber plantations. Exchange ideas, learn new stuff, teach the unteachable about forestry management.

A forum for ALL WOODWORKERS both professional and amateur to seek and give help, make observations and statements, etc. regarding powered hand tools. A great way to get advice before spending your hard earned on a new tool.

This one's for the Dark Siders. Users, collectors and lovers of good old unpowered hand tools. No screaming motors, no power cords or batteries, just good old fashioned person power.

A forum for the discussion of Japanese hand Tools. What makes them good, how to tell the good tools from the bad, and how to use and look after them.

Got a homemade tool or jig you want to show off? Here's your chance. Show us what you've got

How do you sharpen your turning tools, carving tools, plane blades, router and moulding blades, etc. Ideas and help for newbies. New or advanced techniques, old, tried and true methods. How, when, why, etc

Got an Incra Jig? Here's a forum for you. Get and give, help, tips, information etc. This forum will be monitored closely by specialists in Incra Jigs..

Seek help and info on the workhorse of the workshop. Talk to other owners and users before you buy. Find out how to fine tune and maintain the most expensive machine you're likely to own, etc.

Seek or give help on setting up and maintaining and fine tuning these machines. Get advice and info from other users and owners before you buy.

The bandsaw is one of the more important pieces of machinery in the workshop. Now it has its own forum. Use it to seek help, give help, pass on hints and tips, etc.

Drill press, lathes, all small machinery at the lower end of the market and aimed at the hobby woodworker. Anything not covered in the above forums

For the woman who is serious and passionate about her woodwork. Here's chance for the woodworking women of Australia and the World to strut their stuff. Show us your work, give of your expertise and seek help in all facets of woodwork. From carving, turning, pyrography and intarsia to cabinet/furniture making, finishing, sculpture and anything else wood related.

A special forum for anyone with a disability whether it be mild or major. This forum may give you the help and ideas you need to carry out woodworking projects. You in turn may be able to help others in the same situation as yourself with hints tips and info on how you cope with your own special disability.

Not asking you to be health and safety officers, but if you have a health or safety concern, ideas, a fix for a problem or anything health and safety related, then put it here.

How do you get your designs and plans etc onto paper, CAD, Open Office, Coral, Adobe Illustrator, Google Sketchup, etc? Show us what you use and how. Offer or ask for help. Use this forum to also share Google Sketchup plans and ideas, get help with a project. Attach plans in .skp not .jpg please so others can edit them and upload them after the edit. DO NOT post if you have an issue with others using your ideas.

Woodworking clubs from all over Australia are invited to place information of their upcoming events, news, information, raffle winners etc in this forum.

For everything to do with the Timber abnd Working With Wood Shows (WWWShows) Info from the Organizers, feedback from Exhibitors and the public. Meeting places for groups. New features, etc, etc.

For BOATS ONLY! This forum is for designs and plans for boats and other things that float on water, NOT for general woodwork.

For the multitude of wooden boat fans that use, and need info on Michael Storer Wooden Boat Plans. Put your questions etc here and they will be answered and dealt with quicker and easier by the man himself and others in the know.

Yeah, yeah, I know these are supposed to be Woodwork Forums, but many woodworkers also do a lot of metal work. Here is a forum for those who dare to work in metal. Use it wisely.

Discussions on welding techniques, machines and related topics

Building, modifying, repairing trailers of all kinds, plus any and all other fabricated metalwork.

This is the place to buy, sell or swap, anything and everything to do with woodworking and all that other allied stuff.