Posted on Frustrated with wood working magazines
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#1 posted 201 days ago |
I get most of them, and they are all occasionally useful, but only occasionally. My two favorites are Fine Woodworking and Popular Woodworking. Inevitably, most articles are about something I’m not interested in or will never try. Sometimes, though, even a “miss” gets me thinking. For example, I don’t think I’m up for chairs, but the recent PW article on a stool got me thinking. Problem was, it was by the Schwarz and a little too much “all hand work”. Still, I did think “maybe if I Google how to taper those octagonal legs on the tablesaw . . .” Like Fred, I get tired of the “same old stuff” – especially since basic advice is often insufficient and conficting (from one article to another). An example, sharpening. I still don’t feel confident I know how long it takes (how many strokes on a 1000 grit? 6000 grit?) or how to tell when its done (big burr? little burr?). And I’ve read dozens of those articles. I need dead-reliable, idiot-proof, “just do THIS” information – about exactly what I’m interested in at the moment. Can’t these guys just read my mind? -- Jim Maher, Illinois |
