| Review by a1Jim | posted 330 days ago | 1306 views | 1 time favorited | 6 comments |  |
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- Taunton Press Fine woodworking Archive 1975-2008
- Brand: Taunton Press | Category: DVDs
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Hey Gang
I have subscribed to up to 12 different Magazines at one time and My favorite has been Finewoodworking.
I know each woodworker has there own favorite . The truth of the matter is I have complete collections of
Fine woodworking , Fine Home building , Wood , Woodsmith, and woodshop News plus a couple hundred books. If you think that takes up a lot of room your right. When they announced the were coming out with a complete collection of Fine Woodworking on DVD I was sceptical about how they could have what takes up 7ft. on my bookshelf on one DVD. After receiving it in the mail I installed it and was very pleasantly surprised as to how easily you can search any subject in a number of different ways and highlight and print any thing you want. I’ve been a professional woodworker for 20+ years and the only instructor I ever had was Norm and Fine woodworking.
Why buy this DVD when you already have the complete collection ? Number 1 how about room on your bookshelves. Number 2 find what your looking for over the years if I had never done a particular operation or
project I would search Fine Woodworking it was almost always in one of the issues but could I find or find it quickly No. Even with the printed index and later on the on line index It might take hours searching. So I say
if your anything like me as far as searching is concerned It’s worth the investment just to find what your looking for. Lastly there’s the cost It’s kinda of Expensive $ 125 but compared to buying a complete set of Fine Woodwoking if you can find one, lt’s any were between $350-$550 That makes this DVD a bargain. Many times you spend a lot of money for something and find it to be a total disappointment but not with FWW Archive it has been great so good indeed I will buy Fine home building on DVD next . I don’t want to do a commercial for Fine Woodworking but it has a lot of great content on projects, Techniques, tools and more. I would recommend this to any woodworker especially a newbie.
Jim
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
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CedarFreakCarl
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posted 329 days ago
Good review Jim. I’ve been looking at getting this DVD for some time now. I’m a member of FWW’s website, so they’ve been hammering me with emails on this same subject. With all the info on it, it’s really a steal. Maybe soon!
-- Carl Rast, Pelion, SC
a1Jim
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posted 329 days ago
Hey Carl
I belong to fww.com too I get the same e-mails . I know the DVD works for me I think it’s worth it but I’m a woodworking info nut so you have to see if it works for you.
Happy new year
Jim
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
3fingerpat
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posted 329 days ago
Jim, thanks for the review. I have the same problem of manually searching thru years of different old WW mags to find what I am looking for, as I was doing yesterday. I don’t subscribe to FWW but I buy it often as I do a lot of business travel and need something to read on the plane. I thoroughly enjoy FWW and have learned much over the years from this mag. I will definitely look into this purchase, thanks.
-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"
a1Jim
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posted 329 days ago
Your welcome. It would be hard to carry a collection of FWW on the plane. One thing I forgot in the review is you can change the size of the print . That helps guys in my age group.
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon
Bob #2
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posted 329 days ago
I got Popular woodworking annuals for 2007-08 and am no a convert to DVD’s.
Fine woodworking has always been a fave of mine but the subscriptions are unreasonalbe up here in Canada. The DVD seems like just the ticket.
Bob
-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner
a1Jim
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posted 329 days ago
Hey Bob
I hope you agree with the I way feel about it if you get it.
Jim
-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop Southern Oregon