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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Best Wood Tools

We began manufacturing our wood tools and accessories in 1998 and offer hundreds of hard to find custom wood turning tools and lathe accessories.

Free shipping on all orders placed at the show.

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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.

Stadium Pen Blanks

Founded in 2010, Hardin Penworks branched off to form Stadium Pen Blanks. SPB specializes in pen blanks from stadium seats, benches, walls, & floors. SPB has historical & nautical blanks as well as embedded historical & cultural blanks are available.

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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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The Pensmiths

Two brothers making custom writing instruments and other woodturning projects. Also specializing in custom Alumilite blanks.

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BVV (Formerly known as Best Value Vacs)

BVV provides the most economical and effective vacuum chambers on the market. BVV’s focus covers a variety of industry, but we have always been known for our affordable high-quality vacuum chamber equipment. We have serviced the Woodturners, Craft and Hobbyist market, for many years and will continue expand to carry a variety of materials to meet your needs. Located outside of Chicago we ensure that most of the items are shipped same or next day, and we always have a staff of representatives available to help.

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PtownSubbie

Fred loves to design and improve useful tools and jigs for all types of projects. His line of silicone casting molds first started by looking into how he could create his own pen blanks. Today, his business has diversified into several lines of custom pen making products and accessories.

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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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Pauls Pens And Things

Powder-coated rifle cartridge assemblies, shop-made fordite blanks, colored blanks with embedded objects (acorn caps, sweet gum balls, pine cones and pasta noodles), sierra tube-in blanks made with denim, braided copper, braided stainless steel and carbon fiber, an miscellaneous wood blanks (mostly unmarked)

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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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Easy Inlay

Exotic inlay materials - mother of pearl, paua abalone, opal

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Niles Bottle Stoppers

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

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Ohio PenWorks

Ohio Pen Works sells unique and distinctive pen blanks cast in Alumilite.

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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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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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Rich Coers

Exceptional wood blanks. From pens to bowls. Beautiful and pure.

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