Out of curiosity, I bought one yesterday: a Woodwooking magazine, that
is. I think it's competive with Fine Woodworking. I have mixed
feelings about advertisements. I actually like some advertisements but
I don't like too many. I often read the Fine Woodworking classifieds.

I liked the article on sharpening chisels. It says the same things you
get elsewhere but was written very consisely....

I thought the article reviewing chisels was incomplete. Why weren't
some of the high end chisels reviewed (Barr, Japanese varieties, or
the new Lie-Nielson's)? I wasn't sure what was meant by "setup time".

The back cover was refreshing -- a chisel 101 class.

Since I recently bought about 50 board feet of lyptus, I was
especially interested in the article on lyptus. The article turned out
to be a single page. I was hoping for some advice on lyptus finishes:
e.g. shellac versus tung oil, etc.

The pictures were good. Looks like they were saving money by making
all pictures throughout the magazine in black-and-white. That's not a
probem with me but maybe some folks really want color....Had they
shouwn some pictures of finishes on lyptus, color pictures would have
been a must - perhpas that's why they didn't discuss it????

I'll wait on a few more issues before to evalaute before I subscribe.
Fine Woodworking has set the bar pretty high - in my humble
opinion....

FYI: It's $5.99.

(vmtw) wrote in message m...
Anyone pick-up a copy of this one yet?
http://www.woodworking-magazine.com/...edate=9/1/2004
Would be interested in hearing what you think of it.
Scott