Woodturners and suppliers - in the Malaga area of Spain?

[neilfrost38@gmail.com]

Hi, I have moved to a town (Alhaurin) in the Malaga region 29130.

I have so far been unable to find anything or anyone connected with woodturning in southern Spain, obviously I will need to buy tools and materials from time to time and it would be good to know a few like minded people.  I would be grateful to receive any information or guidance you are able to offer.

Also, I have shipped all my tools, machines and equipment, but not the lathe. I am considering purchasing a new Twister and having it shipped to me, any information or experiences on this subject from a member would be very much appreciated. 

Many thanks
Neil

[Twisted Trees]

I have no knowledge of turning suppliers in Spain, but you have Olive wood so there is that!

[Richard_C]

Even if there are no local suppliers, you are in  the fortunate position of being able to order tools and equipment from any EU country without customs formalities or tarrifs.  Unlike us, cut off from civilisation on a small island and paying a £20+ handling fee + VAT + customs duties if we dare order anything from Germany or France.

I had a thought and followed it up, if you have favourite manufactureres like Robert Sorby go to their UK website, find distributors, select country.  In a few seconds I had found a Madrid distributor (CommercialPaxos.com) that seems to do a huge range including Axminster and lathes and some timber.  It's not Malaga but they do online orders, and the state of the UK market is that many smaller businesses are closing so you end up having to trust onine suppliers anyway.

You might find a search for distributors on a few other manufacturers sites will get you something closer.  Chestnut Products have distributors in Madrid, Valencia (nice city, excellent ceramic and modern art galleries) and Palma Mallorca.

[neilfrost38@gmail.com]

Hi Richard,
Thank you, an excellent idea, normally I am fairly resourceful and can find most things I want, but as said I had drawn a blank, no pun intended.  I will follow up on this thought, many thanks,  Neil

[Valkrider]

I lived in Spain for 18 years so the following should help you. I did ship my lathe both ways out to Spain and back again 2.5 years ago.

There is Comercial Pazos in Madrid https://comercialpazos.com/

There is also Torn y Fusta who are in the Balerics https://www.tornyfusta.com/en/

They are the two biggest that I found there are a few smaller ones. The majority of turning in Spain takes place in Galicia where there are many timbers similar to what you can find in Northern Europe. The Valencia area has the major furniture building factories in Spain and as a result there are many wood yards in the area. Unlike the UK though finding turning blanks will be next to impossible. From the woodyards you buy a whole board 2m to 4m in length. Don't be put off buy the price because Spain works in cubic meters not cubic feet.

If you need any more you can PM me.