Subject

Hot link to other sites

 Design History
Industrial Design
Sales & Marketing

Design of the 20th Century

20th Century Decorative Arts

The 20th Century Design Collection

Value - Created Review    for a host of more contemporary furniture design links incl Conran, Lutyens, etc.

 Writing a   dissertation

Dissertation Survival Guide

History of English Kings and Queens ~ their periods  (required for furniture design and history)

History of the Monarchy - Buckingham Palace

English Furniture

http://www.nimbusantiques.co.uk/

Man-made boards incl: chipboard, mdf, plywood, etc.

Man made materials - compositives

Cutting dovetails. Articles, 

Cutting Joints

Safety (Australian)

Safety (USA)

Tools

Using The Router

Scrapers

Steam bending

Projects & Free plans

Ideas .............?????

not all free but you can get ideas from them and your construction knowledge will help you build it!

Hints & tips

The Foust Dovetail Page

Popular Woodworking

UK Workshop-  how to

The Woodworkers Journal The Mortise and Tenon Joint

Safety brochures - Australian Government

Safety in the State of Pennsylvania

The Woodworkers Journal - Marking out tools

Wealdon Tools and Ron Fox's  routering tips

The Woodzone - Scrapers

Leevalley - steam bending 

Absolutely Free Plans   

Woodworking plans from Furnitureplans.com

The Woodworkers Workshop

Yahoo Garden Furniture Plans

Yahoo Woodstore Plans

Yahoo Wood Plans

The Woodwork Note Book

Help with Maths, formulae, etc.

Woodwork software

The Maths Forum 

The  Woodweb Software Resources

Calculators and conversions

Specialist Calculators

Courtyard Assessories

Peter Child - Woodturning Assessories

NW Components

Architectural  Ironmongery

Crofts  castors

Poores ironmongery

Brass Foundry Castings

Veneering and finishing manual.

Finishing methods and techniques  

Art Veneers veneering and finishing manual

Art Brassac veneering

GetWoodworking

Abrasives

Readers Digest abrasive papers

DIY Data - abrasives

Finishing materials

waxes, varnishes, etc.

French Polishing

Art Veneers - finishing

Fiddes wax polishes

Mylands applying wood finishes

Toolpost finishes and other tips

Rustins - french poishing

 Adhesives ~ types

DIY Tools

European standards

http://www.feica.com/Standards/Section%207.pdf

http://www.normapme.com/

http://www.avsyntec.com.au/Adh/schart.pdf

Adhesives ~ fact sheets

http://oror.essortment.com/usingadhesives_rlvt.htm

http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/adhesives.pl

http://www.sky-craft.co.uk/acatalog/Skycraft_Sales_Adhesives_177.html

Trees - plant Anatomy Trees and timber species

http://www.dlarborist.com/treetrends/

http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/

http://www.wdt.qc.ca/  

http://www.ahec.org/hardwoods/pdfs/IllustratedGradingGuide.pdf

http://www.woodbook.co.uk/

http://www.hardwoodhandbook.org/

http://www.specialtyforest.com/

North  American Forests

http://forestry.about.com/library/weekly/aa071199.htm  

http://www.americantimbercorp.com/

http://www.wood-info.com/001-homepage.htm

http://www.valuecreatedreview.com/species.htm

http://www.americansoftwoods.com/index.php4

http://www.nlga.org/newbooks.html

http://www.ahec.org/

African Forests

some of these sites are reports that may expire.

If the page shows an error remove all the address after the '/'  ie.  input http://www.earthwatch.org only and then explore its content menus to find the info you want.

http://www.woodmarket.com/english/index.asp

http://www.african-hardwoods.com/

http://pubs.wri.org/pubs_description.cfm?PubID=3721

http://edition.cnn.com/EARTH/9702/21/bushmeat/

http://www.earthwatch.org/pubaffairs/books/newmark.html

http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/000224/2000022461.html

Australian Forests

http://www.forestry.org.au/

http://www.nimbinaustralia.com/environmentcentre/australian-forests.html

http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_64705.htm

New Zealand Forest

http://www.forests.co.nz/

http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/intro.htm

http://www.knowledge-basket.co.nz/siris/lwforest.html

Boreal Forests (Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, etc.)

http://www.borealforest.org/world/scan_mgmt.htm

Tropical Rainforests 

Brazilian Forests  

http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/South_America/Brazil/

SEA Forests  

incl: Singapore, Malaysia, Burma

http://www.planetgypsy.com/destinations/malaysia/rain_forest.html

http://www.singaporetimber.com/  

http://www.jca.apc.org/jatan/eng/japan-e.html

http://www.saveamericasforests.org/JapansForests/Japansforests.htm

http://www.globalforestwatch.org/

Europe & UK  Forestry

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/

http://www.unece.org/trade/timber/Welcome.html

http://www.efi.fi/

Timber conservancy and forest management.

http://www.forestsforever.co.uk/   slow?

http://www.fao.org/forestry/index.jsp?lang=1

http://www.itto.or.jp/live/index.jsp

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/

http://www.fao.org/

http://forestry.about.com/science/forestry/

http://www.wri.org/

Other non-timber ~ Miscellaneous information

Excellent free grafics viewer/editor

http://www.irfanview.com/

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/g.e.malthouse/  More resources from Geoff