Carving explained
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Useful Links

Essential Information

Safety Guide for Woodworking Students  –   A great overview for staying safe in the workshop and around all the woodworking tools
www.oshaeducationcenter.com/woodworking-safety/ 

Suppliers of carving tools and wood

Axminster Tools & Machinery – Power Tools, Hand Tools, Woodworking, Metalworking & more
Tools and Timber – Wood blanks for carving, tools and equipment
Classic Hand Tools – Carving tools plus books and DVDs on carving
Ashley Iles – Woodworking tool makers
Ockenden Timber -Specialists woodturning and carving suppliers

Links to other carving clubs

Bedfordshire

Renhold
Bedfordshire Woodcarvers
[email protected]

 Cambridgeshire

Peterborough
British Decoy and Wildfowl Carving Association (BDWCA)
www.birdcarvingsinwood.co.uk

Cumbria

Silloth on Solway
Solway Carving Group
www.facebook.com/groups/solwaywoodcarving

Derbyshire

Chesterfield
Calow Wood Carving Club
07903 814177

Derbyshire

Dronfield
Dronfield Woodcarving Club
www.dronfieldwoodcarvingclub.org.uk

Essex

Margaretting
Essex Woodcarvers
www.essexwoodcarevers.org

Hertfordshire

St Albans
Hertfordshire Woodcarvers
www.hertswoodcarvers.org

Nottinghamshire

Calverton
Oasis Woodcarvers
Oasis Woodcarvers facebook page

Nottinghamshire

Mansfield
Mansfield Woodcarvers
01623 636343

Nottinghamshire

Newstead Village
Newstead Village woodcarving group
[email protected]

Shropshire

Shrewsbury
Shropshire Woodcarvers
www.shropshirewoodcarvers.co.uk

West Midlands

Coventry
Coventry Woodcarvers Association
www.coventrywoodcarvers.co.uk

Yorkshire (West)

Holmfirth
Wooldale Woodcarvers
www.wooldalewoodcarvers.org

UK

Throughout the UK
British Decoy & Wildfowl Carvers Association (BDWCA)
www.bdwca.org.uk

Carvers and carving courses