Where to for woodworking supplies?

[trowaclown]

Hey y'all!

Could anyone please tell me where to go for woodworking supplies in Singapore? I'm setting up for a self-defret job but can't find many things, whether from hardware shops or Art Friend in Takashimaya.

1. Sandpaper up to 1000 grit (Art Friend stocks to only 320 grit)

2. Radiused sanding blocks (i.e. sands things down to a fixed radius)

3. Veneers (dark woods needed, since I'm defretting a maple neck)

4. Epoxy/Polyurethane/CA for my final varnishing

Any help appreciated, and thanks in advance!

-Yong C

 

[weckl-x]

Some of the neighbourhood hardware shops have a surprisingly good range of sandpapers. Tried those in your area? I managed to get up to 2000 grit some time back.

Otherwise, you can check with woodworkers/furniture makers.

Here's a list: http://www.streetdirectory.com/businessfinder/company/2773/Woodworker/

 

[trowaclown]

Wow sounds good I'll check them out. And whoo, never expected a list available from www.streetdirectory.com. Thanks man!

 

[vx02]

weckl : bro, you think if i have a small project, say a wooden box with a glass top, to be done, they might be able to help me do it? kinda reluctant to go in to some of these places ah. bad experience. haha

 

[trowaclown]

Alright ladies and gentlemen! Got my sandpaper as suggested, from this shop called Tuas (something something). It's a shop under a 2 storey shophouse right besides the old Sembawang Shopping Centre which is currently torn down for new development. Take 856 from Yishun and alight opposite the huge hole in the ground to reach it.

 

[shinobi]

you are doing a fretless conversion? photos!

 

[trowaclown]

First I gotta get me a camera. And before that, I need to bring in a radiused sanding block. All in due time, dude! I hope to end before the 15 days of Lunar New Year.