MrC

A show is a great idea, but Fine Woodworking appeals to an extremely diverse base, with an incredible range of interests, skills, sophistication in workshops and and wide-spread geography. One might find that projects fitting the needs of a Floridian might not be the same for a North Dakotan.
I always have enjoyed the magazine and many times have marveled at the similarities of the demographics stated above with new crop of wide-eyed freshman students walking into my high school wood technology classes for those 34 years to the demographics of their fathers and grandfathers rushing for their mailed copies of FW.
Without trying to make anyone uncomfortable, and I know this observation has been debated ad nauseam, but I am literally astounded at the skills some readers, nee: self-proclaimed master cabinetmakers, do possess that can produce their remarkable museum quality showpieces while peering over their noses to use all the equipment ergonomically mounted to the ceilings. I also am willing to wager that the same segment of readers is learning no more in quality nor quantity than the segment of us where our shop requires the wood stove to do some preheating and hoping we remembered to take the glue and finish into the warm house to keep them viable, gathering our mismatched tools in one area because putting the tools away means just leaving out the ones we intend to use because we don't have display space for all of them at one time anyway and making strategic choices in our wood box, as opposed to our wood storage room. Hopefully when the shop has warmed up enough so we can build without a built-in chatter, the television has warmed up enough so we can catch a re-run of Norm. He still is on in some areas.
If FW can meet the needs of the dusty and curmudgeonly bunch as well on a video show as it has for all these years in print, you will have a winner. I really hope you are successful I constantly find merit when reading one of your magazines, DVDs, books or the like and to do it with out mind to whether I am wearing my the Frid beret, the Yankee Workshop cap, my Grandpa's Wood Shop baseball cap, or anything in between.

To say that I would love to have a copy of the book is an understatement. I taught Industrial Arts (woodworking, cabinetmaking, design and drafting - mainly) for 34 years at a public school in Maine. There never seemed to be a budget left for the true joy and inspiration provided by publications such as the Wharton Esherick Studio & Collection unless it came out of my pocket. Strange, but even in retirement the money issue remains the same, but at least now it is a little easier allocating the joy and inspiration parts.

Please sign me up! Thanks!

I would love to add this book to my collection. Thanks for the opportunity!

-Floyd (MrC)

Great Shop!

I live in Belfast, Maine looking over the Atlantic. Do you sell and ship hardwood in small quantities across the border into Maine? If you don't ship, could one pick it up? Of course picking it up would tend to diminish any savings by taking my wife through the outlets in North Conway.

If you have a pamphlet with prices or web site URL, could you send it along?

Thanks.
-Floyd

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Would love a bench top mortiser, but with this economy, it won't happen.

Looks like a great book. I have an old desk that is just waiting for the techniques I could learn.
Thanks FW!