On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 04:58:45 GMT, wrote:

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:12:31 -0500, Jack Fearnley
wrote:

Dave Jackson wrote:

Ditto on modifying the plans a bit. --dave


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Interesting comments. As I am a beginner I would be interested to know what
you mean by modifying the plans. Do you just mean rescaling them to a more
convenient size or is it more complex than that.

Best Regards,
Jack Fearnley

What I mean is taking ideas or features, dimensions, etc., from them
and using them rather than building the project as-is. I like a lot of
their smaller stuff, such as the jigs.

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I am a retired guy who has every single issue of woodsmith going all
the way back to Number 1(one).... Probably one of my better ideas
was to save all of them... Now IF (big if really) I get bored or need
something to work on between major projects I have a Bi-Zillion
projects to play with...

BUT over the years I know...read as I am 100 percent,
absolutely...,positively... that I never..., ever... ,not even
once... NOT modified a set of plans...

With woodsmith I "alter" their methods of joinery allot... many of
their plans are intended to "teach" you how to make this joint or that
joint etc..BUT in many cases I use a easier method that I know will
work.... What I hardly ever alter is the overall look and scale of
the project.. and my choice of Material (wood) is almost always
determined by what I have in the shop... A cherry night stand in
Woodsmith will come out of my shop as a Walnut Nightstand etc...

I also make an occasional boo boo and have to alter everything
to adjust for my mistake... lol

Bob Griffiths