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   ron61 | Feb 19, 2005 07:49pm | #1

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   ron61 | Feb 19, 2005 07:49pm | #2

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   stancalow | Feb 19, 2005 08:28pm | #3

   Ron

   I started subscribing to Woodsmith.   I like their project plans and to-the-point articles.  I only pick up Shopnotes when I am really interested in the cover  project.  

   I'm guessing you like the no-ads concept.  There's a relatively new magazine called "Woodworking" (not Woodwork) which comes out only a few times a year, but is also no ads. 

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   forestgirl | Feb 19, 2005 09:15pm | #4

   I think they are both quality magazines most of the time.  The fact that they have no ads is refreshing, though a bit expensive, LOL.  I'm most familiar with Shop Notes, which I stopped subscribing to after I had too many plans for router tables and tenoning jigs.  A lot of people must have discontinued subscriptions, because they have recently expanded the magazine and added subject categories.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
   Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   DennyD | Feb 20, 2005 04:58am | #5

   I have read and liked Woodsmith for several years. I found at the lumber yard where I buy wood, some old issues of Woodsmith at retail price. But it seems that very recently Woodsmith is changing their format to some extent, maybe to be like some of the other magazines as they feel they need to compete.

   I like the new Woodworking Magazine. I believe it is a project of Popular Woodworking as they have the same editor. The fact that it is short. no advertising, not overwhelming  and well written all appeal to me.

   My top three periodicals are Fine Woodworking, Popular Woodworking and Woodsmith. Woodworking Magazine is gaining fast on the pack.

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   toobguy | Feb 20, 2005 07:25am | #6

   I gotta agree with you, Denny. FWW is my top choice, followed by WM. I have subscribed to WS and SN, and they are OK, but after awhile..... I recently resubscribed to SN. The rest of the lot out there, well..... if they have an interesting project article or tool review I may pick one up, otherwise not. Too many books and mags around the house as it is - an not enough room for the tools or lumber!!

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   FastEddie | Mar 02, 2005 05:45am | #7

   Too many books and mags around the house as it it,!!!!!  I Heard that. and since I am not a good organizer, I have stopped most supscriptions, other that FWW(for inspiritation only).  I check out the book store and look at the cover for features.  buy one now and then.  Less clutter and less money!

   Underneath that pile of sawdust, is there something I can sell?

    

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   forestgirl | Mar 02, 2005 08:48pm | #9

   I found it fairly interesting that Woodworking Magazine came on the stands shortly after the upstart Just Woodworking went bottom-up.  JW was a black-and-white, no ads magazine that was started  by just a handful of people.  It lasted 5 issues or so, and was gone.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)Another proud member of the  "I Rocked With ToolDoc Club" .... :>) 

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   Terre | Mar 02, 2005 06:10am | #8

   Ron,

   I subscrive to Fine Woodworking and Wood magazine.  My wife just sent off for two year subscription to Woodsmith. (They had a great offer.)   Had a one year subscription Shopnotes few years ago.    I generally buy two to three issues of Woodsmith and two to three issues of Shopnotes off the magazine rack per calendar year.   Normally for  a specific project.

   I have found all the projects for Woodsmith and Shopnotes to be dead on accurate.  Not so for Wood magazine, which generally has the correction the following month.  Lesson learned, wait a couple of issues before building a project out of Wood magazine.  I love the articles from Fine Woodworking, but have never built any of their furniture.  

   Hope that helps.

   Terre

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   JJV | Mar 02, 2005 10:47pm | #10

   I subscribed to both of them for 10 years and just recently let them drop.  After a while I found that SN kept repeating their projects (anyone else notice that it seems like every 2 years they re-publish plans for their flush-trim router jig?) so that became expendable.  WS has some nice projects but I found myself liking only a few here and there (or more specifically, my wife liked only a few of the projects) so now I'll pick them up if I like what I see.  Maybe 2-3 times per year.