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   JLMCDANIEL | Oct 09, 2006 07:25am | #1

   So far I think it is.

   Jack

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   Kaleo | Oct 09, 2006 10:41am | #2

   I think it is, because right now I live in Australia and Fine woodworking magazine here is almost 20 australian dollars. Plus I already had the subscrition going to my Mom's place in the states. So I have found it good to have the subscription here. So I can read and look up any articales that I want. The videos are good, but I have yet to see one that I thought was really helpful.

   Kaleo

   http://www.kalafinefurniture.blogspot.com

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   TimNott | Oct 09, 2006 11:41am | #3

   I have, and there's a lot of useful contnet. The videos, however, are a bone of contention. The ones I get are not only poor image quality, but don't stream properly. I don't have a broadband connection and find the download speed can't keep up - the video keeps pausing. Any other video I can think of - youtube etc - lets your browser cache the file (or just download it) until you can run it straight through. I can't find a way of doing this with the FW videos, and don't know why they can't address theis problem.

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   user-181676 | Oct 09, 2006 01:10pm | #4

   Ditto on the videos.  Other than that...money well spent!  (I was a little disappointed that I could not access all old articles though.)

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   RonK | Oct 09, 2006 02:58pm | #5

   Seems worth the money to me but I do wish I could see the videos.

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   ctsjr | Oct 09, 2006 04:27pm | #6

   I find it worthwhile.  The article archive is valuable to me, as are the videos.  I have a broadband connection, so the videos play fine.  One complaint I have is that for a paid site, it is not updated frequently enough, and it's not updated over the weekend or holidays.  What I find useful is I can find and print out an article, take it into the shop, build the project and throw the article away without messing up my magazine.  I must confess that I didn't realize that Knots was part of the unpaid access.  I think you will enjoy the subscription.  Tom

   "Notice that at no time do my fingers leave my hand"
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   bones | Oct 09, 2006 04:32pm | #7

   I like it. When it was first released, the price point was too high for my taste. When the lowered it, I gave it a try.  I'll renew when it's time. 

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   vonmagnuson | Oct 12, 2006 02:19am | #8

   I have found it useful.  The videos are choppy but pretty good,  What I have found that is of great help is the articles in PDF format.  I've been reading the magazine for years but only recently subscribed, so the ~$14 price is worth it.  I would have to say the full price would be worht it also.

   Magnus

   "Remember, a bad carpenter always blames his tools" -Joe Conti-

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   BobMc | Oct 12, 2006 07:05am | #9

   I bought in when the price was lowered to about $15 for subscribers.  I have been happy with my subscription to the online features, and I have been really happy about being able to click a hyperlink and read whatever attracted my attention, without being told I need to subscribe.  In other words, it's worth $15/year to avoid the disappointment of finding that an article is unavailable to me.  I just figure I'm paying the money to wander a cool site with lots of information, helpful people, and don't think about "This is free, but I paid for that."  I'll renew.

    

    

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   a_Furnitologist | Oct 12, 2006 03:24pm | #10

   I've found it very helpful.  Search feature is what I like for old articles.

   Got a review here in the Books/video Critique Blog-

   http://blogs.taunton.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=main&entry=7&webtag=fw-bookreviews

10. 
    forestgirl | Oct 12, 2006 07:21pm | #11

    I've found it very, very worthwhile.  The "new price" is quite reasonable.  I've found several articles that have helped (finishing, jigs, tool adjustments).  The search engine leaves something to be desired, but I'm getting used to it, and it's still faster than searching through boxes of magazines.

    I have not had any trouble with the videos.  Have DSL in the lower range of what Earthlink offers.  One video I watched didn't have quite the quality I'd like but the other 5 or 6 were fine.

    forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
    

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    Buster2000 | Oct 12, 2006 09:33pm | #12

    I agree with the others.  It seems like a good value so far.

    I've used it to look up some old projects.  When you consider the cost of some of the "Best of Fine Woodworking" books, the $14 is worth it.

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    57robbie | Oct 12, 2006 11:59pm | #13

    Hi 

     

    I think it has been worth while from the standpoint of the previous articles. It' like I have all the back issus at hand

     

    Malcolm

     

13. 
    cupim | Oct 13, 2006 12:51pm | #14

    for me, online are nice & less expensive way for international customers

    REALLY low quality videos & audio slide show are the bad side of it

    
    

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    Edited 10/13/2006 5:53 am ET by cupim