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The title’s a bit of a tongue twister but the wooden watch certainly looks fun to make.

This plan, provided by Woodcraft, is for a 15 inch tall wooden watch to hung on your wall or put on your desktop. The plan has been proved by Wood Magazine so you shouldn’t have any trouble with the quality.

A bit of a laught for yourself or a great gift for someone maybe.

Woodcraft say you can find the name of a clock insert supplier included in the plans but my personal favorite is Clockparts.

I haven’t seen the plans yet myself but with a bit of modification it’s not difficult to see that you could make this in lots of different sizes.

For Woodcraft click here and for Clockparts click here.

Slightly off our usual woodwork subject I suppose but I’ve just seen a copy of a new book which will be of interest to anyone thinking of selling their woodwork online.

“Selling Crafts Online” (which is a digital book you can download and read on your PC) is written by Gordon Carew, by all accounts a bit of a marketing and internet whiz who got out of the rat race a few years back to concentrate on his woodworking.

Gordon realized that for many craftsmen and women it was difficult to find good, independent advice if they wanted to sell their work online. It’s something that Gordon knows a lot about and so he’s produced this Fact File.

If you’re just starting out it’s a good read, packed with lots of useful pointers to get you headed in the right direction. I’ve been doing this a while now and it even showed me a thing or two!

It’s not the answer to everything you need to know. I’m not sure any single book could do that. It IS a great introduction to selling crafts online and I highly recommend it. Click here for details.

You might also like to get Gordon’s free newsletter. He sends out regular news of ideas he has or stuff he’s developing to help others sell crafts online. It’s free, so why not? Details here.

These radio controlled clock movements may not look very impressive, but they’re certainly accurate - to within one second every million years!

The secret is the radio signal that it picks up four times a day, from Fort Collins, Colorado. This signal resets the movement by tiny fractions of a second so your clock is as near right as humanly possible. It will even adjust itself for daylight savings.

This clock movement is maintenance free too - the only thing you’ll ever need to do is add a battery, and each of those should last about a year.

You’d probably expect it to be expensive. A radio controlled clock movement this accurate can’t be cheap, can it? Well in fact it can. While stocks last Clockparts have them for just $8.50 each - and if you buy 5 you get another FREE.

So although they’ll be right for a long time they may not be around for a long time - If you want some you better get over to Clockparts website now!

Incra jigs and measuring systems are pretty well known - and rightly so. They’re well made, extremely accurate and their prices won’t break the bank.

In order to entice you to their new site, Incra are offering this free downloadable trivet plan.

Personally I buy any Incra things I need from Woodcraft and I see no benefit in using this new site - but you might as well have the free downloadable plan!

Click here for the plan. Click here to view Woodcraft’s range of Incra Tools.

Stanley Tools are continuing to add to their large and impressive FatMax range which now contains well over 200 woodworking, storage and home improvement products.

They’re all designed to be tough and long lasting, which you’d expect from a company with the heritage of Stanley Tools who have over a century of woodwork tool making behind them.

There are rugged tool bags, axes, hammers, chisels, storage boxes, wrecking bars (called a Fubar!), tapes… you name it. Great for woodworkers and with a much wider appeal too.

The best stockists we’ve managed to find are actually Amazon who carry pretty much the full range at the usual excellent prices. Click here for details.

Leigh have just announced their new Super Dovetail Jig and when you look at the spec you can see why they called it Super.

It’s available in 3 sizes: 12-inch, 18-inch and 24-inch, so there’s bound to be one that suits your pocket and the dovetail job you need to do.

This dovetail jig is quality piece of kit as you’d expect from the Leigh and it has a number of innovations including a new and patent pending router support and dust extraction system to pull away the vast majority of the dust that these type of jigs normally create.

You need to visit the Woodcraft site to read the full spec, but to give you a flavor this jig will produce variable through and half-blind dovetails and cut your pin and tail boards in the same pass. Infinite variability also guarantees you get half pins at either end of your board whatever layout you’re using.

Woodcraft currently have special deals on the new Leigh Super Dovetail Jig and Accessory Kits and you can save anything from $25.99 to $49.99 depending which jig you choose.

I’ve got some new furniture to build for our house renovation and I’m going to have no trouble convincing my wife that I need one of these to do it with!

Full details here: Woodcraft / Leight Super Dovetail Jig Offers.

No nothing to do with King Arthur. This one’s a scroll saw, the EX-30 from General.

As you might have guessed, the EX-30 refers to the enormous 30″ capacity which should keep the most demanding scroller happy!

The accurate, laser-cut steel chassis is actually 14 x 32.5 inches and the motor is variable from 400 to 1550 strokes per minute to handle virtually any material you can think of.

Of course it’s the tilting head which is the outstanding feature of the Excalibur. Tilting the blade rather than the work table allows much greater control and is a feature of the EX-30 and it’s smaller brother the EX-21.

As you might expect with a quality manufacturer like General, there are also front-mounted controls for ease of use, fast blade changing, a locator pin for quick setting of common angles, blade tube storage holder and an upper-arm hold-up which is adjustable to make fretwork easier.

Accessories include a foot switch and robust adjustable stand.

For full details and pricing visit General.ca

Woodcraft stock the smaller but equally good EX-21 and may also have the EX-30. Probably best to visit the site where you can send them an email.

After a couple of months of planning we’re pleased to announce a brand new woodworker’s store - right here at Woodwork News!

In much the same way as we gather interesting bits and pieces of woodworking news for the site we’re now also putting together a selection of tools, books, dvds - whatever we think you’ll find useful.

So it’ll be like no other woodwork store you’ve seen - because it won’t just be from one source but from many different woodworking suppliers.

But let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. To do things like this properly takes time so to start off with we’ve got a good selection of books from people like Amazon and a few independent digital publishers.

Over the next few weeks we’ll be adding some tools, some dvds and whatever else we can find that will appeal to our woodworking visitors.

The store is here: The Woodworker’s Store. Pop back often for the best woodworking bargains!

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It’s not very often that I come across two consecutive offers for woodworking tools that I can thoroughly recommend from the point of view of being an owner and user. First it was the Flexcut chisels (see below) and now this Record woodturning lathe.

I can’t remember how long I’ve had mine - it’s certainly over fifteen years. Back then it was just called the DML24, now they’ve tweaked it a bit and it’s the DML24X/C. Whatever, it’s still the same great little lathe, ideal for the beginner but tough, durable and useful even when you’ve been turning for years.

It’s made in Sheffield, England, which has been making top quality tools for centuries, and comes with a five year warranty. Mine hasn’t missed a beat in three times that. Normally this lathe sells for close to $320.00 and because of its reputation is always in short supply. Just at the moment Woodcraft have very limited stocks for $199.99. I doubt you’ll ever see it at that price again so if you’re at all interested you need to act right now. Click here for full spec and to order.

I have a few Flexcut chisels myself - I like to dabble with carving although I’m no expert. Along with my Pfeil chisels these are my favorites. They’re light, flexible and can be kept razor sharp with ease.

When you want to get into a tight corner there’s nothing quite like a Flexcut. If you’ve never tried one you’re in for a treat.

Even better, at the moment Woodcraft are offering a great deal on this boxed Flexcut Carving Starter Set which includes all the carving chisels shown plus a relief woodcarving DVD.

It’s $15.00 off while stocks last, bringing this terrific carving set down to just $164.99 and that even includes the slip-strop and honing compound to keep your chisels at their sharpest. Visit Woodcraft’s website here for all the details and to order your set.