Of the vendors that support the IAP, the harder question is who NOT to use.
We all have finite resources and ALL OF THE IAP VENDORS go above and beyond with customer service and excellent pricing. I can't think of one single vendor here that I would hesitate to do repeat business with.
We are indeed fortunate to have such a competent and knowledgable group of vendors.
QFT.
I use kits from Exotics, Wood N Whimsies, Woodturningz, Smitty's, Timberbits, Wood Pen Pro, Woodcraft, and have even ordered from Berea once.
For blanks, I've bought a lot of wood from Woodcraft, and Johnson's Work Bench. I've also got some wood from a friends farm.
For acrylic blanks, I've ordered the grab bag of trustone from RnB, and have gone through a few of the Freebie Yippie's from Ed and Dawn, but my main supplier is Eric (BUZZZZ4). I've bought some from him, enjoying the knowledge that I'm helping a good cause, and at the same time his blanks always turn out awesome, but he's given me so many blanks off of his reject pile that he can rib me about not turning the woods that I like so much (of course, he just turned two woods:biggrin
. I also have a small collection of acrylics that I bought from Woodcraft when they had them on sale. I've also bought a couple Inlace Acrylester from Woodturningz a while back just to see what all the hype was about.
Of all the acrylics I've used so far, I think that I like Eric's the best, with the Rino Plastic "Drippings" from exotics coming in second. However, this past week, Eric finally talked me into pouring some of my own, so who knows where it will lead.