Woodcraft

This is a great woodworking store.
Don’t get confused with ‘woodcrafters’ in Portland, they suck and they are different. This place is great!
They have a good selection of clamps, glue, small pieces of wood and all the goodies that help people turn perfectly nice pieces of wood into piles of, sawdust around the edges of their garages and shops. I think I make more sawdust than anything else by far.
That being said this place can help me do that quite well.
My last trip here was to get a specific pepper grinder to attach to the piece of wood. I love it. It looks so old and cool. But it’s not and that’s good since it works better than any actual antique grinder ever could.

I happened upon this store in 2006, I believe, in an effort to complete a project that required some wood rasps and some patience. I found the tools I needed, and I continue to work on the patience as a matter personal development. I’ve been a loyal customer, having taken two classes here, I’ve regularly purchased power tools, supplies and materials, and I frequently have questions. As a hobby or creative outlet, I make writing instruments (ballpoints, rollerballs, mechanical pencils, and a fountain pen or two), and this is the very best option I’ve found as a local supplier for everything I need. One project or interest leads to another. I’m very pleased to recommend them.

Today was random bliss! Found two of my new favorite stores! Moving to Portland was definitely made worth it when I discovered Woodcraft especially!
Randomly walked into Value Village today and came out with bargain gold! Picked up 2 swivel bar chairs for my kitchen bar for less than $ 4! Managed to haggle them down from $ 5.99 to $ 1.99 and $ 4.99 to $ 1.25 due to «broken» backs that I could easily fix with some love.
Of course next door to Value Village was Woodcraft with everything and more to fix the «broken» chairs and then some! Michel, employee extraordinaire, was very knowledgeable! He noticed a little mousy girl scurrying around the wood filler area and asked if he could help. Of course being a «shed girl» I figured I knew more, but he definitely knew his pine from his ebony and hemlock & different router types!
Michel walked out to my car with me to check exactly what was I was talking about and gave advice on how to fix the back and proceeded to chuckle when I told him how much I paid for the chairs.
Michel understood that if I bought 2 chairs for under $ 4, I really don’t need to spend over $ 15 on dowel repair glue another employee was pushing. He told me that just plain ol’ wood glue would be the best bet economically if I don’t plan on having the 2 bar chairs forever. The other employee treated me like I was a moron. But Michel recognized I’m obviously more at home in a woodworking store than any other place on Earth!
Michel helped me pick the exact product, tools & colors I needed to fill scratches on my current living room coffee table and my dining room table, H. Behlen fill stick in ebony and FastCap SoftWax #10.
The doctored chairs are currently in the process of curing and just waiting to see how that works before deciding whether or not I want to invest more money/​time into updating/​refinishing the pair, but it’d be a good excuse to chuckle with Michel and learn more from an obvious expert!
I really love this new discovery/​potential cause of future financial ruin and even happier I met Michel!
Keep it up Michel, you are a shining star! Woodcraft is lucky to have you! I’m going to bring my father in this weekend for sure! I hope you’re there! He’s the one who infected me with a love for wood-​crafting, he’ll be glad to know that I’ve got a go-​to place near me and a go-​to woodworking guru!
Oh pssst! They apparently also have classes here! I’m going to do some more investigating, but you guys be sure that I’ll be checking them out!

We drove out here today thinking they would have a really good selection of carving tools. We were right! I found a fantastic set from Japan at a reasonable $ 50. (for 7 chisels)
We were there for about an hour (my husband is a woodworker, so this store is akin to a kid in a candy store) so i had some time to observe the staff. The guys working there knew their stuff. They were able to answer every question easily and completely.
We were pleased to find a large selection of good, well made tools.