Thread: What's your favourite Woodworking Mag?

Actually I like a DVD magazine called woodworkingathome (look here http://www.woodworkingathome.com ) Dean has done a review of it at onlinetoolreviews. I think it pretty good - it is basically a DVD that plays and you can select the segment you want from a menu - it also has PDF transcripts of the projects with plans. I just took a 1 year subscription - 6 issues for $US50.

In the more traditional paper stuff I like the US finewoodworking.

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Presently subscribed to AWR and have been for a few years. I find the occassional pearl amongst a lot of oysters. Do like the furniture articles especially by Toowoomba Frank. I also find tips about tuning machines worthwhile - such as the planer and bandsaw. I am always in humour about their articles and photographs where the craftman is measured by how big is his handplane or how small is the tenon saw. No photo seems allowed unless there are glimses of these somewhere and no sign of machine tools. Next year I will most likely scan the newsagent for any of the magazines that appear to offer something of interest.

Haven't seen any of the Oz magazines over here - I subscribe to FWW and Popular Woodworking and buy Furniture and Cabinetmaking when there are articles of interest to me.

Don't you find that the issue you can't get your hands on is the one with the continuation of an article you particularly want? That's the only reason I started subcribing - our news agent is useless at holding onto anything.

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I don't subscribe to any of them, just to the C/T and H/F catalogues coz they're free.

I lurk at times in the newsagent, after looking at any g/design magazines I might wandder over and flick thorugh the mags mentioned. Might get one one day if has something I want - but first I have an endless desire for more and more tools in the shed.

Originally Posted by silentC

Fine Woodworking had the edge but Wood Review is catching up.

But what I'd like to know is why so many people have viewed the thread but only 9 have bothered voting? There's 60+ views and even allowing for returning to check the results, there must have been at least 20 individuals who viewed it. I thought I'd covered all the options and why would you bother to look at a poll if you weren't going to vote? :confused:

Maybe I should have made Penthouse one of the options

got my attention!

re: router/lathe thank you to all who sent me info. i am an avid woodworker, but as a result of an accident i have very limited use of one arm... still want to play with wood. so i am just figuring ways that i can continue. thanks again ----- George
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Two other worthy inclusions.

One was a mag i used to get in the late 90`s untill it stopped being sold called "WOODSHOP news" it was the same format as the daily news paper. its aimed at the professional American market, but was a wealth of infomation. Fabulous mag. It is still over there but im not sure if any newsagents stock it here. http://www.woodshopnews.com/ME2/Default.asp

And the other whilst not a magazine but the best bedtime read was the "older" Garet wade catalogues. The new ones sux. The old ones are fantastic how to catalogues with page after page of not only all the tools but everything you wanted to know about their use and maintanance. Lucky i still have a few to keep me company at night in bed