"SonomaProducts.com" wrote in message
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On Mar 26, 1:16 am, charlie b wrote:
At least in the past, FLAME WARS were mainly woodworking related. But
for the most part, name calling and such was kept to a minimum, and
often valuable woodworking information was learned.

Politics, especially polarizing politics doesn't do much in the way of
producing any useful woodworking information and frankly, there are
other news groups dedicated to politics that seem, at least to me, to be
a better place for political exchanges - that go on and on and on and on
and . . .

So - a question.

Why all the plans for Arts & Craft / Greene & Greene / Stickley pieces
in magazines - and NONE on chinese furniture and joinery. There's a
long and
deep pool of joinery and design waiting to be tapped by an editor and I
for one
am awaiting some of that info with great anticipation.

What would you like to see woodworking magazines get into?

charlie b

Finishing, finishing and finishing, especially coloring. I spend weeks
trying to dial in a color. How can I make a nice warm reddish brown
maple finish? How can I age pine such that it looks natural, etc.

You may have hit on an entirely new magazine idea. Finishing, it often
seems is half (or more) of the work on a piece, so why not have a separate
mag for it. It would be a very specialized magazine, but there are more
specialized ones out there in other fields that seem to do well. Taunton?
How about it?

jc