Woodworking Magazines

[chris99z71]

What does everyone prefer?
My personal favorite is Wood
IMHO they've got the best simple tips, tricks and shop-built jigs. Perfect for my limited resources and beginner skill level.
Just wondering what everyone else is reading.

Also, check out:
http://www.discountmagazines.com
I use them and they've got really good rates...come on...who could pass on $6/yr for Maxim...the jokes alone are worth it.

[Monty]

I like 'em all! Depending on the content, I've got copies of all kinds of WW mags that I bought off the rack. I agree with your comments about Wood.

I subscribe to Woodsmith, Shopnotes, and Fine Woodworking.

[sapwood]

Chris,

I usually check the magazine racks and purchase what excites me (I expect the moderators to edit the responses to that statement) or applies to current interests. I also go to the library since it's free, although choices are limited. Overall ShopNotes gets the nod from me since they have lots of stuff specific to shop setup and jigs.

Fine Woodworking exceeds my skill level (but so does ShopNotes most of the time)

Looking forward to additional posts on this topic,
Sapwood

I subscribe to Woodsmith and Wood. Used to subscribe to Shop Notes, but found it very similar to Woodsmith. At renewal time, Woodsmith offered the better deal so I renewed that one. I have looked at Fine Woodworking, but it is beyond my skill level right now. (the eternal optimist! ) Wood I like for the same reasons stated by others. It has projects that are something I can either do or will be able to do before I can do those in Fine Woodworking! Plus, my folks always renew my subscription for Christmas. Last year my Dad gave me all of his old Wood magazines - starting with issue #1, so I have the full run of Wood Magazine. Man - if I could only get the time to read through them! Right now I settle for thinking of a project, going to their online index, and locate the issue I want. Then it's upstairs to the guest room to pull the issue.

[DaveO]

I get Wood, American WW'er, Pop. WW'ing, Fine WW'ing. Thanks to my awesome wife who supports my addiction. IMHO, Pop. WW'ing is right at my speed. Fine WW'ing explains things best. Wood has easy projects that are very do-able. And American WW'er has gone crappy. Dave

[fsdogwood]

I am getting PW, Wood, FWW, and not sure why/when I got WoodSmith.
FWW is/was always good to read.
Wood is fine, from time to time, some good articles.
PW is/was getting better than 2 yrs ago.

Got mine from the bay, 4 yrs of Wood for $30, 3 yrs of FWW for $50.

[TominZebulon]

I currently receive Wood and Workbench and just subscribed again to FWW (Thanks fsdogwood for the idea of getting it from e-bay. I never even considered looking there! BTW, did you get the entire 3 years in one transaction or on separate ones? I could only find an offer for 1 year subs). I really enjoy the FWW, but like may others have said, it is slightly above my skill level. Wood is a good magazine with many projects that I would like to try my hand at. I just built a medicine cabinet using their plans from a couple issues ago. I will try to take some pictures and get them posted to my gallery in the near future.

[fsdogwood]

I got the 3-yr of FWW for $50. From blueskymagazines @ the Bay.
Did a search in the bay "
Listed in category:Books > Magazine Subscriptions > Home & Garden I found a $15/year for the FWW.

The Wood magazine I got also from the bay was $30 for 4-years.
or I found this: 3yr WOOD Magazine for $21, from the seller

subscriptions4less
The PW is not cheap.

Since I am "allowed" only to use hand tools, I enjoy the handtool
articles from the PW a lot.
As you said, there's from time to time, some good articles from Wood.
I even got some Wood magazine dated the early 70's, and showed the
ads about "make your own solid state color TV" to my colleagues. The
Oct. 03 article about the wood/old-tool cleaning recipe is really good.

[Phillip]

hi guys, i subscribe to furniture and cabinetmaking (english) and get the occasional issue of woodwork magazine. F&C is like the english version of FWW but for some reason i find it a bit more helpful, more articles on skills/technique and less articles that read as reviews for the latest gadget. woodwork has a great reader's gallery and the articles are often more wide ranging, good coverage of people who make a living carving, finishing, doing sculpture, all the other fine woodworking out there.

phillip

[Phil]

Woodworkers Journal not only good projects but good editorials

[WoodWrangler]

I think I subscribe to them all as a novice, but that will all change when the subscriptions expire. At my skill level (beginner/intermediate), my favorite selections would have to be (in no order)

• Woodsmith
• Shop Notes
• Wood
• Workbench

Somewhere in the middle would be

• Woodworkers Journal
• Fine Woodworking

At the bottom of my list would be

• Woodcraft magazine
• American Router
• Popular Woodworking
• This Old House
• Creative Woodworks & Crafts Magazine
• CabinetMaker

[Ozzie-x]

• Fine Woodworking
• Woodworkers Journal
• American Woodworker
• Wood
• Woodsmith

Fine Woodworking usually has something to pick up your heart rate. The others usually have something interesting and the potential to learn something. My only real complaint with most of the woodoworking magazines is that they waste too many pages on router stuff. The only magazine I will condemn is Handy which is an insult and nothing but a racket to send you goofy books and Chinese junk.

[Matt]

Those who have met me know that FWW is WAY beyond my skill level, but it is the only one I subscribe to. I find it much more inspiring than any of the others I have read.

Also, I like to show my wife the reader's gallery. It allows me:

1. To help convince her I need another tool to make her something like "that"

2. To help convince her that my agonizingly slow work is nothing compared to those guys that take 5 - 10 yrs and hundreds of hours on a project...