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I subscribe to several woodworking mags and have looked at a few adds for turning mags. I value the opinions of the membership here. What are your favorite turning magazines? Which one would you buy if it were the only one? Thank you for your advice.
Charles
 
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phillywood said:
You want to get electricuted by asking that Qsn.?
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Nope, I just want to know what the rest of you read so I do not waste a good money on a mag that is useless to learn from. This is an honest question, not trying to start some kind of flame war between publishers. I currently subscribe to six, yes 6, different woodworking mags. I do not need 6 more turning mags in my mailbox, therefore I posed this real question to the very well informed membership here on the IAP, hoping to get the help I have grown to expect from you, the most informed people i can think of on the subject. Sorry for the long reply, but I still am looking for the answer. Thank you.
Charles
PS; It would not be the first time I have had up close and personal visitation by the electron warden.
 
If you live near a Rockler, check them out. My wife and I were at Rockler's last month, and she actually grabbed a magazine for me. I've looked at the books at Woodcraft, bought a couple, although I really haven't check out their magazine selection.

I was up to about 3 woodworking magazines, but about the time that all 3 had yet another article on building a woodworking workbench, I decided it was time to let some expire!

Finally, try asking the magazine via their website to see if they will send you an issue to check out. With the tough economic times we live in, they may just be willing to send you one. And many magazines will let you cancel your subscription without paying anything, if you are not happy, so this may be the easiest method.
 
Other than the American Woodturner published by the American Association of Woodturners I would suggest Woodturning Design. I think WD has more articles for the "everyday woodturner" than does AW. AW has more stuff for the artsy turner who carves and pierces and makes really unusual turnings. Membership in the AAW will get you the American Woodturner
Do a good turn daily!
Don

ctubbs said:
I subscribe to several woodworking mags and have looked at a few adds for turning mags. I value the opinions of the membership here. What are your favorite turning magazines? Which one would you buy if it were the only one? Thank you for your advice.
Charles
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As far as 'woodturning' magazines, I subscribe to three...
--'woodturning design' a U.S. magazine
--'woodturning' shipped in rom the U.K.
--'american woodturner' is the AAW journal.

I don't know of any others..
 
I will second what Don said. I get those 2 myself. You will find on occassion some of the wood magazines such as WOOD have articles dealing with turning. I am starting to weed out alot of my wood magazines and have to figure out how to get rid of past copies. Way too many and they are taking valuable space.
 
I joined the local AAW Chapter (someone here suggested it when we didn't have enough interest for an IAP chapter) Then I joined the national AAW and started getting the Magizine. Good info and you can join and get the print copy for $48 or get the online version for $38. I also get Woodturning design at Safeway, WOodcraft or the base excahnge. A lot of the articles are more tutorial then the AAW mag.
 
Thank you all for your information. John T., I have the same problem with the wood working mags. I bought the CD/DVD archives of three of my favorites and now have stacks of old mags to get rid of. I thought about selling them and checked on ebay and discarded that idea right off. i think I'll check with the local vocational school that has a carpenter class and see if they can use them. Otherwise ? I do not know, trash can maybe.
Again, let me express my thanks for all your effort and info.
Charles
 
jttheclockman said:
I will second what Don said. I get those 2 myself. You will find on occassion some of the wood magazines such as WOOD have articles dealing with turning. I am starting to weed out alot of my wood magazines and have to figure out how to get rid of past copies. Way too many and they are taking valuable space.
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I would love to have your old wood magazines if you are wanting to get rid of them.

Thanks,

Kicker
 
Charles, just go to the woodworking suppliers like woodcraft and spend few hours and read up on some of those magz. before you buy them and see what interests you. Heck, all of those companies would want you to buy their magz.s, but with the Internet nowadays you can get lots of info. for no charge.
Above I was just joking, since i checked your profile and saw that you are and electrician.
 
Kicker said:
jttheclockman said:
I will second what Don said. I get those 2 myself. You will find on occassion some of the wood magazines such as WOOD have articles dealing with turning. I am starting to weed out alot of my wood magazines and have to figure out how to get rid of past copies. Way too many and they are taking valuable space.
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I would love to have your old wood magazines if you are wanting to get rid of them.

Thanks,

Kicker
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Shipping would be murder:smile:
 
Phillip, I could tell from your tone of type that you had spied on me:wink:. As long as I have been in the trade, the electrons and I have been up close and personal way too many times. One of our safety seminar speakers told my that I am one of the luckiest men alive since I have been hung up twice and still able to breathe. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was really three. I guess that makes me even more lucky.
Charles
 
Add Fred Holder's "More Woodturning". I get the electronic version and it has a pen making article in every single issues -- written by Don Ward. Pragmatic, not artsy, good make it round and improve techniques stuff.

AAW and Woodturning Design are nominal in cost.

When I can get to a store who carries them, I get the UK pub WoodTurning.

and note that several american authors tend to be featured there.
 
ctubbs said:
Phillip, I could tell from your tone of type that you had spied on me:wink:. As long as I have been in the trade, the electrons and I have been up close and personal way too many times. One of our safety seminar speakers told my that I am one of the luckiest men alive since I have been hung up twice and still able to breathe. I didn't have the heart to tell him it was really three. I guess that makes me even more lucky.
Charles
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Charles, now don't go trying your luck anymore, just work smart and careful. I am glad that you started an interest with woodworking, it's much safer than playing with Electricity. The other thing for sure is that they won't say anything about casting the copper wires and elelctrical wires into the pen blanks either.
Oh, btw, don't go tryig to pull on that copper wire to wrap around your tube to make a copper balnk either. Just make sure it's not a live wire. :smile::rolleyes:
 
Phillip, I have been looking at some copper shield off high voltage cablr to cast as soon as I learn more about casting. something similar to the silver or gold we have seen here. Just another thought. Always dangerous, in my case.
Oh, by the way, I still work the trade. I just came off a job where we installed buss to carry 300,000 amps to a cell building. It was low voltage, just 350 volts.
Charles
 
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