LUMBERJOCK DESIGN BOOK !! ... need everyone's ideas

That would be great.
And stop changing you picture your mixing me up . LOL LOL

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Has a lot of merit Dan. Imagine a book full of stetchup plans.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Very good idea grumpy.

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Part 2 plans.

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Part 3 step by step projects.

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How about 5 pages of boxes ? Then 5 pages of chairs etc … etc Anyone got any estimates on what it might cost ?

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I know a book publisher.. I could ask him if you like.

-- Drink once, cut twice. New website up.... lazylarrywoodworks.com.au

It would fun to learn the options …

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Imagine all those bandsaw box plans out there.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Production on a CD would be lfar ess costly and easier to distribute… and would save trees for more lumberjocking.

Certainly the nominees for all the contests should be in there. Then you can throw on several of the multimedia elements that have appeared.

great idea Dan…I would think a published book could be something that would make this an even moe uniqique place…assuming as the site owner this would need to go through Martin (which from my perspective is a good thing)...this has become a respected site for all its talent (not counting me!) and this could become a truly marketable book if done well…

your design expertise could make it a really nice book…and if it takes off it could be an annual addition…all the best designs and projects from the previous years…with plans and details on how to make them???

cool…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

I’m thinking there are several options on a printing… CD idea fits in nicely as well. Everything will be digital anyway.
We could make a bunch of pdf files

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

It would be great if we could vote on items we want to include….maybe a set of plans or sketchups for each one selected….a few pics of the results…and maybe a quick write up by the builder as to difficult parts and shortcuts.

We could also add some of the great tips we see in here alot…..we could do voting by blog…and select items by subject…we could also ask for submissions from each subject and vote on those….would be a nice summary of the great stuff on this site…

Oh…and would be nice to have some of those great items we have favorited the most….every once in a while I senior moment and can’t find what I saw a while back and wanted to refer too…

Anyway…a few pennies from me there…

-- Woodworking.....My small slice of heaven!

Maybe we should check with Martin before going too far,after all he is the head chief here.

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Larry could have one all by himself

-- Jim from Heirloom Woodshop, custom furniture ,maker, woodworking school, heirloomwoodshop.com

What a bunch of super ideas. Need to include a section on all the useful jigs too.

-- Jerry--A man can never have enough tools or clamps

true…the cd would be great dan…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Jigs, now you’re talking. Some great ideas there.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Great idea, kind of like a lumberjock cookbook.

-- Tim: Remember, if it doesn't say Binford, someone else made it.

=hand up in the air= I am volunteering for the Sketchup design/drafting team!

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

You know, yesterday, I decided I was going to start a blog series of hints and tips, not that I have a lot since I am a newby to hobby wordworking. But I think we all stumble across neat and new ways of doing things. Don’t think that category of stuff would be something that would go on your CD, but maybe I am wrong.

Just kinda parallel thinking….........

-- Jim, Anchorage Alaska

Great idea, best of the best from lumberjocks!

-- a little bit of stupid goes a long way

Finer Woodworking .
Better homes and Jigs.
The Sun Never Sets .

and a monthly section ,

” obsessive craftsman of the month ”
or
” in the bin ”
about the projects from the scrap bin ,
or the the obsessive doing time in rehab .

-- david ,new mexico ,allheart

DAN, just about a year ago. http://lumberjocks.com/topics/5199

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

This is an excellent idea… Maybe someone should come up with a template for the book to start… as far as the different areas of the book you could encompass all areas whether it’s turning, carving, furniture, jigs, etc…

IMHO the work that goes into this is the woodworkers who use this site as a networking tool… I wouldn’t think Martin would have to ok this unless of course we use the Lumberjocks.com name, but I am sure he wouldn’t have a problem with it considering it is advertising his site.

I do a bit of graphic design etc… so I would like to come up with a few design ideas for the layout/template and cover for consideration. Maybe we could start a competition/vote.

First things first though, we should come up with a lead for the project. Someone to coordinate everything amongst everyone who wants to be involved.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

I still say lets get Martins OKEEDOKEE it’s just the right thing to do.

-- Mike. mwurm13@yahoo.com

I think thats a good idea to put somebody in front of the steering wheel..but who? Kindlingmaker had the same idea about a year ago but it never went anywhere…Dan has just re planted the seed…who would be interested in heading up this project?.....Not me…I just wanna draw :)

-- David, South Windsor, CT "I love the smell of sawdust in the morning"

Well looking at kindlingmakers last tread i think Martin’s well up for it just seems no one had the knowledge to start it of as for printing a book Why not make it a E-book that we pay for then print ourselfs it would save on shipping costs for many lumberjocks

-- cut it saw it scrap it

this was a quick site I pulled up, but I haven’t shopped around…

http://www.lulu.com/publish/?cid=en_tab_publish

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

After going through the comments here it sounds like a series not just one book. Maybe a general or overall book and specialties from there.

I love the ideas here.

-- Whether You Think You Can or You Think You Can't, YOU ARE RIGHT!!!

I looked around the lulu site. And here is price quote for 200 8×11 color pages and the least expensive fancy cover.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

My original thoughts were to make it along the lines of the FINE WOODWORKING DESiGN BOOK SERIES , even black and white would be cool.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Blurb.com is another really good site, I use it for my portfolios….

-- If you can't build it, code it. If you can't code it, build it. But always ALWAYS take a picture.

i think it would be important to decide on the purpose of the book—-or maybe the right word is what is the “audience”???

If the audience is just jocks…and its an “in-house” thing then that would direct the project one way…

If the goal is to a wider audience…then quality, cost and format become a different issue…COuld an “LJ Annual of Design and Building” become something that gets produced and sold in every Woodcraft—-that is a totally differnent thing…

This goal will direct the cost, production etc…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

ditto

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

well if we want to keep costs down we could just do a PDF computer based book… that is only sweat equity.

-- San Diego, CA US Navy

Dan, Great Idea! My God though, whoever spearheaded this would have a world of work to do. What projects to pick, out of almost 23,000, thousands of blogs and forum topics to comb through, Safety tips, and who could forget LJ Humor!!
What about Legal issues, like permissions and disclaimers? How many copies of the book would you have published? To be honest, it doesn’t sound like a best seller, but what if it took off, the latest must-have coffee table book?! Would some feel differently if real money was involved? And what about money? Where would the initial investment come from? No one would care if the investors lost their shirts, but what if there were profits? Lumberjocks is a fantastic web site, but what would it be like if it was 3X, 5X, or 10X larger? Would it or could it still be the same friendly place?
Seriously, I’m not trying to be a wet blanket, just thinking…
There’s enough on these pages to fill a monthly publication indefinitely…but then there would be advertising, subscriptions, distribution, deadlines… Big Job!!!
And finally, what about Martin? This place is his baby, even if it is us who use and enjoy it…

-- Mike in Manchester, NH---Unpleasant tasks are simply worthy challenges to improve skills.

I think the best way to do this would be to decide on a specific format then put it all together as a big file online. One link and it would be downloaded.
You’d almost need a committee to get something like this off the ground though.

-- The smell of wood, coffee in the cup, the wife let's me do my thing, the lake is peaceful. http://web.me.com/deceiver6/Deceiver/Craftsman_on_the_lake/Craftsman_on_the_lake.html

I vote for cd or dvd and possibly downloads.

-- There is no such thing as a mistake. Its called a design modification Rick Kruse, Grand Rapids, MI

I’m thinking we could start with table of contents and develop chapters based on niche …. chairs,tables,cabinets,boxes,turning, toys,pens, pendents,beds,boats,cutting boards … ...projects. Do it based on getting dibs on page numbers, ... figure 200 pages, 2 photo per page minimum, each person does their own page layout and we marry them in pdf. ... ok I want page 175. Common rules apply … pages must be numbered , nothing too frisky

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever