For the last 7-10 years I have been subscribing to woodworking magazines. I rip them apart and file the articles I want to keep in a appropriately labeled folder. I have subscribed to magazines from Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts to Australian Wood Review and nearly every magazine in-between (except woodcarving magazines).
I've decided that not subscribing is one good way to save some money. I do not need another article on how to hand-cut dovetails, how to create a mortise and tenon joint or how to make a table. It seems that the same types of articles are constantly repeating. If I want to learn to build something, I generally look online any way. My file cabinets are filled with more plans that I would have time to build in 10 life-times. I have two five-drawer file cabinets of articles.
For a couple of years I bought the DVDs of back issues, but I find them hard to navigate and too much trouble to refer to them very often.
Has anyone else reached this decision?
I've decided that not subscribing is one good way to save some money. I do not need another article on how to hand-cut dovetails, how to create a mortise and tenon joint or how to make a table. It seems that the same types of articles are constantly repeating. If I want to learn to build something, I generally look online any way. My file cabinets are filled with more plans that I would have time to build in 10 life-times. I have two five-drawer file cabinets of articles.
For a couple of years I bought the DVDs of back issues, but I find them hard to navigate and too much trouble to refer to them very often.
Has anyone else reached this decision?