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GLANBAIDEN
Life turning point
crafts new career
After completing over twenty-two
years in the Army serving with
the 1st Battalion The Royal Welch
Fusiliers, David Martin was
medically discharged after suffering
a serious head injury while on duty.
This left him with many disabilities.
You could say that this was the
turning point in David's life.
Using new skills he was taught at the military rehabilitation centre, he bought himself a woodturning lathe. Working in his garage David started to turn wood, making small decorative yet functional pieces.
His woodturning talents were soon recognised and it wasn't long before he was receiving orders. It was at this point that David realised that there were no tool shops locally that sold quality woodturning or woodworking tools. He had to travel several hundred miles to find quality tools and accessories including specialist timbers to keep his new found business creative Welsh Woodturning operating.
This is where Creative Welsh Woodturning grew into TurnersToolBox.com, a new online shop for woodturning and woodworking tools catering to the needs of the amateur and professional craftsperson. Sitting in the comfort of your own home or in your workshop office, with the click of a mouse you can browse the online tool shop. Whether you are just starting out in the craft of woodturning, woodcarving and woodworking or if you are a more established and experienced woodturner or craftsperson, David is confident that there is something on his site for you.
With orders running into the thousands from the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, David's business has grown year on year and, despite the recession, is going against the grain and looks set to increase again this year with the addition of a new printed and digital catalogue about to be published.
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