The American Association of Woodturners

Mission Statement
The mission of the American Association of Woodturners is to provide education, information, and organization to those interested in turning wood.

The American Association of Woodturners (AAW) is a Minnesota nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota, dedicated to advancing the art and craft of woodturning worldwide by providing opportunities for education, information, and organization to those interested in turning wood. Established in 1986, AAW currently has more than 16,000 members and a network of over 365 local chapters globally representing professionals, amateurs, gallery owners, collectors, and wood/tool suppliers. AAW’s journal, American Woodturner is the foremost publication on the art and craft of woodturning in the world.

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Easy Wood Tools

Easy Wood Tools® makes high quality, easy to use, hand-crafted turning tools and accessories so people will have more time to relax, create, and enjoy woodturning as a hobby or profession. We’re a family-owned business that takes its mission very seriously. We’re the leading replaceable carbide-tipped woodturning tool manufacturer for a reason:

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• We focus only on turning;
• We are consistently first to market with cutting-edge turning tool;
• and accessory design;
• Our products are high quality and hand made in America;
• Our customer service staff is knowledgeable, responsive, and fast.

Ohio PenWorks

hio Penworks specializes in unique, custom, hand-cast, tube-in label pen blanks made to order for pen turners. Each blank features artwork sealed around a brass tube in crystal-clear Alumilite urethane resin, capturing vivid detail while allowing the turner to shape and finish the pen.

Choose from a wide variety of original designs or work with Ohio Penworks to create a personalized blank featuring your own images, meaningful themes, or special memories. Artwork is sized to fit your selected pen kit, bringing a distinctive, personal touch to every project.

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Stadium Pen Blanks

Stadium Pen Blanks turns certified historic stadium seats and military relics into pen blanks that keep the original surface intact. Michael Hardin sources material from more than 190 venues and 220 teams, plus aircraft and ship relics, and specializes in off-center turning so the story stays visible in the finished pen. Each blank ships with a certificate of authenticity from Middleburg, Virginia.

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The Pensmiths

We make Alumilite pen blanks and we'll be bring over 400 different mixes this year! Thousands of blanks to choose from at our booth. If you haven.t turned Alumilite before, It's time to experience the difference! We'll have pen blanks, hybrids, 12" rods for kitless, stopper blanks, knife scales and more. Preview our selection at ShopThePensmiths.com

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Easy Inlay

Easy Inlay, LLC sells high-quality exotic inlays like sparkling mother of pearl; colorful paua abalone; jewelry-grade cultured opal; gleaming metal leaf and flake; luthier-grade CA glues, and UV-cure resins used by woodworkers, wood turners, luthiers, jewelers and other makers. Based in the Finger Lakes region of New York, Easy Inlay was founded by Scott Grove, renowned artist, teacher, author, and mastercraftsman; his art furniture, sculpture, and architectural reproduction brand is Green Grove Design. For more information visit www.easyinlay.com

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Niles Bottle Stoppers

Premier bottle stoppers and other turning needs. A must visit.

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RJR Wood Products

RJR Wood Products sources mainly dry turning blanks and once turned bowls from estate, moving and overstocked woodworkers. Rich, John and Rich, on occasion, also process freshly cut, green wood into larger turning blanks. We sell our products at Batavia Hardwoods (bataviahardwoods.com). Send us a note or give us a call if you need to downsize your wood collection. We are happy to buy some or all of your turning and flat stock wood. See us at our booth at MPG or in Batavia, IL if you need some more interesting wood blanks for your next project.

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Lathe Buddy

We are a brother/sister maker team who blend precision woodturning and creative sewing to solve real problems for fellow turners. Our signature LatheBuddy keeps your lathe clean and rust-free during wet sanding or wet work at the lathe. Stop by our booth to see vibrant resin and stabilized wood blanks, tools and practical sew amazing gear...all made with the same hands-on joyful energy that turners love experiencing in person. Come say hello

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Drop Anchor Creations

Come ashore and see what Drop Anchor Creations has to offer. Owned and operated by Michelle Bagley and Ed Hood. Founded in October 2018, they offer a wide range of label cast and embed blanks that may spark your interest. And should you need something a little more personalized, they can do that too! They look forward to helping you set sail and find your bounty.

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Kallenshaan Woods

Kallenshaan Woods is a family owned, unique laser cutting and engraving business located in Las Vegas, Nevada. After designing and creating the first ever laser cut inlay pen kits in 2003, we continue today to make that our main focus. Over 185 laser inlay pen kit designs are currently available.

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Rich Coers

Specializing in highly figured domestic hardwoods.

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Underhill Casting Solutions

Underhill Custom Creations was born from the love of woodworking and the influence and beauty of Mother Nature. The two combined have helped fuel the creativeness, passion, and determination behind many of our embedded object casts and the first pheasant feather blanks ever created. What started as a hobby has grown to become a business supplying our custom casts and blanks to fellow turners, artists and craftsman. Available at ExoticBlanks.

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Exotic Blanks

Whether you are looking for pen kits, natural materials, space-age plastics, vintage material, exotic materials, or just something new and different for your most valued clients, we at Exotic Blanks are here to provide you with a wide range of exciting choices for the soul of your creations.

With many years of experience in the arts behind us, we have taken the guess work out of selecting exciting new products. As active artists, we have worked with and proven all of the materials we offer. We provide tips and hints as to peculiarities of the various materials. And we are available to answer those burning questions or to accept your special requests.

In short, Exotic Blanks offers everything you need to take your products to another level, pleasing your customers and increasing your personal satisfaction. Browse through our many offers. Bet you can’t choose just one!



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