Thread: Taunton's Finewoodworking Network

See this post. http://tinyurl.com/fx44d

I too have seen (just yesterday) this site and have subscribed to the magazine.

Subscribing to the site for me I think was not worth it, as I only have dial-up, and to get full benefit I think you would need to be able to access the videos that they now have available to watch, to get full value.

Thats my 2 bob's worth.

Cheers

Buzzer.

I subscribe to the Taunton Finewoodworking Network and find it a great source of woodworking articles and video clips.
The articles are from past magazines and sometimes have video clips (1-8 minutes or so long).

Most of the articles are in PDF form so are easy to save and print.
I only have a few of the Finewoodworking magazines so I can't comment much on a subscription to them. What I do like is that you have access to hundreds of previous magazine articles for a fairly low price. (Can also pay monthly about US$8).

Buzzer - I agree that a broadband connection is best but you can still download the PDF articles on dialup although this is probably still a little slow.

McFly

Originally Posted by DPB

See this post. http://tinyurl.com/rhvwp:)

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Originally Posted by Shedhand

:confused::confused:

And your question is?

I too was confused DPB - did not connect to much the first time but it worked the second time. I must have missed that thread!!!!

Inital consensus seems that if you have broadband it's a goer!!!

regards,

Originally Posted by Shedhand

:confused::confused:

I'm guessing that Shedhand couldn't get the link to work. I couldn't either. When I click on the link a new page opens on the TinyURL website that displays the message "Error: Unable to find site's URL to redirect to." I tried the link a few times but got the same result on each occasion.

Regards,
Mirboo.

Originally Posted by DPB

And your question is?

The link doesn't work mate. :confused:

It works now. http://tinyurl.com/fx44d Or if you prefer the longer version try this. http://woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/showthread.php?t=28920&highlight=taunton

I subscribed to it recenlty and have been happy so far. Lots of info.

I subscribe to the printed mag and yesterday paid an additional US$14.95 for a years sub to the online network....
I have just spent an hour or so on the site so far but for the price its fantastic... A years access for less than A$20 .....

There also appears to be a very extensive and active forum there as well for members but im sure nowhere nearly as good as this one



Two questions (one for subscribers and one for IT Guru) .....

1. Is there anywhere you can insert a mag number / or see a lit of prior magazines and then click down on contents pages to see articles you want ? The structure appears to me to be select by topic eg Router then it churns out list of related articles..... While this is best way if you know what you are looking for the ability to brouse month by month would be nice for bed timereading......

2. Anyone know of a way to download vids for later viewing ... they are "aspx" files ...

Thanks
Albert

I had a look at the subscription page. It says they send you a reminder email before they automatically renew your subscription (presumably by credit card?). Can anyone confirm if this is really the case. If yes I'm unlikely to join as this approach to membership renewal annoys the crap out of me after an experience where I cancelled my contract and they still kept taking my money for about 6 months and it took months after that to get my money back.

aabb: It's unlikely you can save the aspx vid files with "legal" software. If you have a video out on your PC you can always DVD-R or video tape them, it's still probably illegal.

Originally Posted by BobL

I had a look at the subscription page. It says they send you a reminder email before they automatically renew your subscription (presumably by credit card?). Can anyone confirm if this is really the case. If yes I'm unlikely to join as this approach to membership renewal annoys the crap out of me after an experience where I cancelled my contract and they still kept taking my money for about 6 months and it took months after that to get my money back.

aabb: It's unlikely you can save the aspx vid files with "legal" software. If you have a video out on your PC you can always DVD-R or video tape them, it's still probably illegal.

Strikes me as a little inconsistent that on one hand you complain about their renewal set-up, one where they remind you first, and on the other you are trying to figure out a way to illegally copy their material. Who's guilty of unethical practices here?:mad:

Originally Posted by DPB

Strikes me as a little inconsistent that on one hand you complain about their renewal set-up, one where they remind you first, and on the other you are trying to figure out a way to illegally copy their material. Who's guilty of unethical practices here?:mad:

Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea here I'm not trying to "figure out" anything. I thought I was making it fairly clear that both methods I suggested were probably "illegal".

FWIW, I have been in the position several times of people copying my images and materials on the web without my permission and been involved for far longer than I ever wished with lawyers and thieves over these matters. It's also been part of my day job for about 10 years to know in detail what consitutes legal and illegal copying from the web. Not having access to the Tauton site to read the conditions of membership I can't be more explicit than I was in my first post.