Materials

The following is a useful list of suppliers for pipemaking materials and equipment. This list is supplied for information purposes only. Na Píobairí Uilleann does not in anyway endorse any materials or suppliers listed below. All transactions entered into on the basis of information supplied on this is list are the responsibility of the customer and vendor and Na Píobairí Uilleann accepts no liability for any loss or damage in respect of these transactions

  • Abbey Woods, Unit 143, Grange Drive, Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Dublin 13 – Tel: 018393435 – sales@abbeywoods.ie – Hardwood for bellows paddles
  • Ashley Iles, EAST KIRKBY, SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE, PE23 4DD,England – Tel: +441790763372 Email : christineiles@tiscali.co.uk –  Gouges and wood working hand tools
  • Axminster Ltd., Unit 10 Weycroft Avenue, Axminster, EX13 5PH, England – https://www.axminster.co.uk/ – Workshop Machinery, Lathes/Mill/Bench & Pillar drills/Sanding and Polishing machines/ environmental air filtration and vacuum machines
  • Cookson Gold, 59-83 Vittoria st, Birmingham, England – https://www.cooksongold.com/ –  Specialist Hand tools, Jewellery making Tools and Equipment. Fine abrasives and polishing mops
  • Crocodile Crafts, Rathnabo, Blessington, Co. Wicklow – Tel : 045 865379 – Leather work tools, punches, needles, markers, veg tanned leather for belts
  • First Aid Supplies, Unit 7 BEAT, Stephenstown Ind Estate,Balbriggan, Co. Dublin – Tel : 01-8020426 – First Aid Kits
  • Handy Hardware Ltd – Tel: 01 4877387 www.handyhardware.ie – Adhesives, finishing oils
  • Healy Brass, Unit B, John F Kennedy Dr, John F Kennedy Industrial Estate, Bluebell, Co. Dublin – Tel: 01 4194000 – Brass stock
  • Home Workshop, 144 Maidstone Road, Foots Cray, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5HS, – Tel: +442083009070 https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/ – England Refurbished machinery. Harrison Woodturning Lathes
  • HS Walsh Specialist Toolshttps://www.hswalsh.com – Tel: +44 (0)1959 543 660 – Jewellery making Tools and Equipment. Piercing saws, wedge clamps, orca soldering torches and various pcs of soldering equipment
  • Johnson Matthey, Unit 1-2 Blanchardstown, Business Centre, Clonsilla Rd, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 – Tel : 01 8207722 https://www.johnsonmatthey.ie/about/ Solder (Easy and Hard) and flux. Note: minimum order policy
  • Josef Boehm e.K., Riedfelder Ortsstrasse 43, D-91413 Neustadt/Aisch, – https://www.boehmtools.de/ – Germany Reamers & tooling for wind instrument makers
  • Kelleher Traditional Ltd, 96 Salthill Apts, Monkstown, Co. Dublin – Tel: 087 917 5853 https://www.kellehertrad.com/ –  Bags & Bellows
  • Koch Krupitzer, Postfach11 25, 22858 Schenefeld/ Hamburg, Germany – Tel: 0408396 0512 https://www.kochkrupitzer.de/ – Brass tubing for staples and also large tubing for ferrules and extra large tubing for stock cups
  • Marks Models, Unit 7, Block G,Greenogue Business Park, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin – www.marksmodels.com – Modellers Brass Tubing
  • Metal Smiths UKwww.metalsmith.co.uk – Forging Brass and Brass Tubing
  • Octopus Orman Urunleri Sanayi Ihracat, Bursa Karayolu 10, Km TR – 16414 Inegol, Turkey – https://www.octopus.com.tr/ – European Boxwood Billets
  • Oneida Air Systems, 31 Wilson Road, Hadleigh, Suffolk, IP7 5RU, England – Tel : 01473 827518 –  Dust Extraction Systems
  • PJ Dix, 6 Aston Quay, Dublin 2 Specialist Tools, – (01) 671 7144 – Jewellery making tools and equipment
  • Radionics Ltd., Glenview Industrial Estate, Herberton Road, Rialto, Dublin 12 – https://radionics.rs-online.com/ – Silver Steel, Brass bar stock, HSS tool pieces, various hand tools
  • RJM Retail Ltd, Mooney Leather & Synthetics, 1B Ring Terrace, Inchicore, Dublin 8 -Tel: +353 01 4730021 – Leather for Bag and Bellows making and closed cell foam for bellows pads
  • Timberline, Unit 7 Munday Industrial Estate, 58-66 Morley Road, Tonbridge, Kent TN9 1RP, – https://www.exotichardwoods.co.uk/ – England Ebony and Castella Box wood billets
  • Tooling & Engineering Distributors (T.E.D) Ltd, Unit 9 The Olde Sawmills, Ballymount Road, Dublin 12 – https://www.ted.ie/ – Silver Steel and HSS tool pieces, various hand tools
  • Touchstone Tonewoods, 44 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey RH2 9EZ, England –https://www.touchstonetonewoods.co.uk/ Exotic hardwood
  • Triona Ltd, 1 Nethermore, Neston,Corsham, Wiltshire, SN13 9XT, England – https://www.myford-lathes.com/customer.htm – Refurbished Machinery. Myford long bed , & Super 7 W/O gear box. Hobbymat milling machine