woodworking mags

Wed, May 5, 2004, 1:44pm (EDT-1) [email protected] (sawdust)
asks:
<snip> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??

The only one I like every single month is - Popular Mechanics.
Apparently they've been posting woodworking plans for about 102 years.

JOAT
If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your
pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.
- Phil Pastoret

McQualude <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...

> If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture mags
> that I like better than Fine Woodworking.

Which ones ? What do you like about them ?

(To declare a commercial interest here, I appear to be working as
webmaster for the new site of http://www.goodwoodworking.co.uk)

I also look forward to my Fine Woodworking....

However, there's a second I like that hasn't been metioned ...
probably because it's new and only three issues have been published:
American Router --
http://www.americanrouter.com/

Bay Area Dave <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Fine Woodworking is the one I look forward to the most.
>
> sawdust wrote:
>
> > A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> > my
> > subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> > So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> > wishes, and cut
> > back.
> > Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
> >
> > --
> > DavisWoodShop
> >
> >

I like "WOOD" magazine.....been getting it for awhile now......
"RKON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:KJcmc.12085$iy5.2164@okepread05...
> I just purchased and received my first DVD edition of woodworkingathome on
> DVD and I gotta say I really enjoyed it. I think they are on to something
!!
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
> "sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several
years
> > my
> > subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> > So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold
her
> > wishes, and cut
> > back.
> > Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
> >
> > --
> > DavisWoodShop
> >
> >
>
>

Woodworkers Journal
Woodsmith

--
********
Bill Pounds
http://www.billpounds.com


"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??

OK, I'm confused. You get 6 magazines by subscription and you are
asking us which ones are the best. Can't you tell that by reading them
when they arrive in your mailbox? I mean, you're already gettin' 'em -
which ones do you like best?

Dave Hall

Well, I don't get 6 of 'em :), but I do currently get Wood and
Workbench. I kinda like Wood as a middle of the road mag. I don't
believe I have ever read Worker's Journal and may check it out. Fine
Wood Working looks pretty, but I am just a hacker and not intending to
do things like they present any time soon ;)

However, I have a pie safe (from one of Norm's books) in my family
room that is full of either woodworking books or notebooks full of
plans, jigs and tips printed from the internet. My wife has commented
more than once that if having or reading printed material was an
indication of ones woodworking skills and abilities, our whole house
should be full of fine funiture and cabinetry ;)Heck the finishing
books and printouts alone would make you think I must have advanced
far beyond those cans of poly and pre-mixed shellac sitting out in the
gara....er shop.

Dave Hall

"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Yepper, six subs plus another couple each month at the book store.
> At some point ive saved about every possible 'project plan' known to
> man-kind, so im thinking why im i buying advertising.
> I was just curious about what some other woodworkers read on a
> monthly basis. And from the response, about the same as me.
> My personal fav is woodworkers journal, because of the finishing hotline
> column by Michael Dresdner.
> Ive had some pretty picky customers looking for "special effects" in their
> picture frame finishes, and ive refered to his writings quite often.
>
> Whats your fav dave?...
> davis woodshop
>
> "David Hall" <[email protected]> wrote
> > OK, I'm confused. You get 6 magazines by subscription and you are
> > asking us which ones are the best. Can't you tell that by reading them
> > when they arrive in your mailbox? I mean, you're already gettin' 'em -
> > which ones do you like best?
> >
> > Dave Hall

On 07-05-2004 12:02, in article
[email protected], "Andy Dingley"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> McQualude <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:<[email protected]>...
>
>> If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture mags
>> that I like better than Fine Woodworking.
>
> Which ones ? What do you like about them ?
>
> (To declare a commercial interest here, I appear to be working as
> webmaster for the new site of http://www.goodwoodworking.co.uk)

Finally there's a website of GGW!
Now the content online or dvd and pay per article or issue :-)

kees (grünholz)

"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>

I let all of my subsciptions end with the exception of Fine Woodworking.
It was the only one that I consistently learn things from when I read it.

Frank

I stop in at the book store and look through the mags to see which ones I will buy that month.


"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
: A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
: my
: subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
: So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
: wishes, and cut
: back.
: Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
:
: --
: DavisWoodShop
:
:

I just purchased and received my first DVD edition of woodworkingathome on
DVD and I gotta say I really enjoyed it. I think they are on to something !!

Rich




"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> McQualude <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
>
> > If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture mags
> > that I like better than Fine Woodworking.
>
> Which ones ? What do you like about them ?
>
> (To declare a commercial interest here, I appear to be working as
> webmaster for the new site of http://www.goodwoodworking.co.uk)
>
Friend brought back some mags for me after his last trip to the UK.
Liked Good Wookworking as well as New Woodworking. Like the metric
measurements as opposed to that other archaic system. The Woodworker and
Traditional Woodworking also had some good articles.
--

Phillip Hansen
Skil-Phil Solutions

You definitely want to keep FWW. I like Wood more and more every issue. Then
I'd say Woodsmith and Shopnotes.

BTW: Whenever SWMBO complains about the number of magazines (I have it bad,
started importing them from Canuckistan recently), I remind her how I don't
smoke or gamble.

Joe


"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

"Bob Gramza" <[email protected]> wrote
> I stop in at the book store and look through the mags to see which ones I
will buy that month.
>

Ive done much of this also. Prolly best to let almost all the subscriptions
go and sift thru the
crop of mags at Wally-world....Heck, they already get most of my pay check
anyway!

Yepper, six subs plus another couple each month at the book store.
At some point ive saved about every possible 'project plan' known to
man-kind, so im thinking why im i buying advertising.
I was just curious about what some other woodworkers read on a
monthly basis. And from the response, about the same as me.
My personal fav is woodworkers journal, because of the finishing hotline
column by Michael Dresdner.
Ive had some pretty picky customers looking for "special effects" in their
picture frame finishes, and ive refered to his writings quite often.

Whats your fav dave?...
davis woodshop

"David Hall" <[email protected]> wrote
> OK, I'm confused. You get 6 magazines by subscription and you are
> asking us which ones are the best. Can't you tell that by reading them
> when they arrive in your mailbox? I mean, you're already gettin' 'em -
> which ones do you like best?
>
> Dave Hall

I subscribed to this about a year ago. I'll confess, I didn't even
think of it when the question was raised about magazines. I too look
forward to its arrival and hope the fledgling effort is successful.
It's like a cross between watching Norm and David Marks with the
advantage that all the "measured drawings" are right on the DVD. So
far, I'm impressed.

bob g.

RKON wrote:

> I just purchased and received my first DVD edition of woodworkingathome on
> DVD and I gotta say I really enjoyed it. I think they are on to something !!
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>
> "sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
>>my
>>subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
>>So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
>>wishes, and cut
>>back.
>>Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>>
>>--
>>DavisWoodShop
>>
>>
>
>
>

My vote changes over time. Today it's FWW and WWJ
bob g.
Just entered the subsc. to Woodworking. I hope it measures up.

sawdust wrote:

> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

Odds are he'll have better luck finding them (and the rest of us also)
if you can come up with the titles. :-)

bob g.

McQualude wrote:

> "sawdust" <[email protected]> said:
>
>
>>Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
>
> If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture mags
> that I like better than Fine Woodworking.

"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several
> years my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold
> her wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

FWW and Woodwork are my favorites for inspiring me to greater heights of
craftsmanship and artistry.

Woodsmith and Shopnotes are excellent for showing in great detail how to
build practical projects I can complete in a reasonable amount of shop
time. They are also great for handing to one of my sons, to indicate
what's involved in a project that, to them, looks simple when I do it.

Woodworkers Journal, American Woodworker and WOOD Magazine don't do much
for me. YMMV.

I haven't started turning yet, so I cannot commment on that avenue.

None of the magazines has been able to get me through the challenges of
complex finishing yet, but the shellac mavens here on the Wreck have helped
me postpone many of those 'growth experiences' for a while. And the price
is right, mostly.

Popular Mechanics is a fine choice, if you're so inclined. Particularly
for someone with wide ranging experiences and tastes. But I don't do much,
if any, metal.

Here's to hot meals that you don't have to cook yourself. Try to keep her
happy!

Patriarch

"sawdust" <[email protected]> said:

> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??

If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture mags
that I like better than Fine Woodworking.
--
McQualude

[email protected] (Andy Dingley) said:

>> If you can find them, there are a couple of UK woodworking/furniture
>> mags that I like better than Fine Woodworking.
>
> Which ones ? What do you like about them ?

I flipped through my stack at the house and only found one, Furniture
and Cabinetmaking. I have others but they are at my shop and I don't
remember the titles off-hand. UK mags are only available in one local
book store that happens to be in a very busy mall, so I only go there
about once a year.

I like the UK mags because they feature a level of craftsmanship not
seen in the US mags except in Woodwork and Fine Woodworking. The UK mags
also feature a variety of furniture styles, the US mags, except for
Woodwork, are almost always Shaker & Mission.

Woodwork is my favorite US mag because it focuses on the craftsman as
much as the craft. I find that Fine Woodworking is formulaic just like
Wood, Journal and the others.

> (To declare a commercial interest here, I appear to be working as
> webmaster for the new site of http://www.goodwoodworking.co.uk)

Congrats!
--
McQualude

Robert Galloway <[email protected]> said:

> Odds are he'll have better luck finding them (and the rest of us
> also) if you can come up with the titles. :-)

One is aptly called, "Furniture & Cabinetmaking".

http://www.thegmcgroup.com/ccp51/cgi-bin/cp-app.pl?
aff=&pg=cat&ref=Woodworking

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000071FYE/104-3683848-
3311157?v=glance

Go to your local newsstand, woodworking section, look for magazines with
an import sticker over the pricing area.

There is only one newsstand in my area that carries these magazines and
it's in very busy mall in another city, so I've only bought them a
couple of times. Right now they are buried in a stack of magazines at
the shop and I can't remember the title of the second mag.

Fine Woodworking has gone way downhill and Wood has improved
tremendously, IMHO.

Another excellent mag:
http://www.wbthub.com/Woodwork-B00009MQ8F
--
Mac Cool

Fine Woodworking is the one I look forward to the most.

sawdust wrote:

> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

Ditto...


George Berlinger wrote:
> I like "WOOD" magazine.....been getting it for awhile now......
> "RKON" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:KJcmc.12085$iy5.2164@okepread05...
>
>>I just purchased and received my first DVD edition of woodworkingathome on
>>DVD and I gotta say I really enjoyed it. I think they are on to something
>
> !!
>
>>Rich
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>"sawdust" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several
>
> years
>
>>>my
>>>subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
>>>So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold
>
> her
>
>>>wishes, and cut
>>>back.
>>>Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>>>
>>>--
>>>DavisWoodShop
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

In article <[email protected]>, "sawdust"
<[email protected]> wrote:

You may find it worthwhile to go to the web site listed below.
www.discountmagazines.com
They have a large number of magazines at discount prices. Many
magazines such as Popular Science can be obtained for $5.95 per year.
FWW is available for $26 per year. Wood is available for $18 per year.

I subscribed to FWW when it started publishing and have carefully filed
each copy. Now I can go back a pick out a half dozen old issues and
they are as good as reading new magazines.

Dick


> A recent audit by the LOML has discovered that over the past several years
> my
> subscriptions to woodworking mags has increased to a half dozen or so.
> So in the intrest of eating dinner (cooked) every nite, i shall uphold her
> wishes, and cut
> back.
> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> --
> DavisWoodShop
>
>

leave it to you to suggest PM as the best woodworking mag...

dave

J T wrote:

> Wed, May 5, 2004, 1:44pm (EDT-1) [email protected] (sawdust)
> asks:
> <snip> Whats a couple of the best woodworking mags month-in/month out??
>
> The only one I like every single month is - Popular Mechanics.
> Apparently they've been posting woodworking plans for about 102 years.
>
> JOAT
> If you think dogs can't count, try putting three dog biscuits in your
> pocket and then giving Fido only two of them.
> - Phil Pastoret
>