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   SCFrankland | Mar 04, 2004 09:18pm | #1

   I am only 2/3's the way there so I really cannot feel happy for you until I to have all of them. By the way you don't have ay extra copies so that I could be closer in shareing your joy do you?

   Scott C. Frankland

   Scott's WOODWORKING Website

   "He who has the most tools may not win the race of life but he will sure make his wife look like a good catch when she goes to move on."

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   BrianF | Mar 05, 2004 12:52am | #2

   You guys would kill me! I have taken every issue of FWW that I have gotten and over the years used a razor blade to cut out the articles and things that interest me or may interest me in the future and file them in folders. I have them sorted by categories and in a file cabinet in the corner of my shop. I know this may be punishable by death, but I just couldn't stand the size of the pile I have accumulated.

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   SCFrankland | Mar 05, 2004 03:47am | #3

   Brian I think this goes for the both of use but we need to get the all the mags before we could do the same as you and make our own scrapbooks. Well maybe not scrap books but the wife has told me that I should build a bookself to store them all on instead of place them on the head board of the bed.Scott C. Frankland

   Scott's WOODWORKING Website"He who has the most tools may not win the race of life but he will sure make his wife look like a good catch when she goes to move on."

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   jonsherryl | Mar 05, 2004 09:08am | #4

   Scott, I'd have to agree with her...It's better to have all that weight on the footboard. :O)

   ...And who on earth would want to fieldstrip their copies of FWW?!...I mean, you'd have to be a flaming Liberal to be that certain your interests will never change. 

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   SCFrankland | Mar 05, 2004 03:11pm | #7

   I am a Canadian Liberal but with everything that is going on with government I think I may vote for the Rhino party if they are still around or that party who planned on doing yoga and chanting during question period at least they have a goal that is more within reason than all the other parties plans. I mean any party who main plan is to buy yoga mats isn't shooting to far out there.Scott C. Frankland

   Scott's WOODWORKING Website"He who has the most tools may not win the race of life but he will sure make his wife look like a good catch when she goes to move on."

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   BrianF | Mar 05, 2004 05:54pm | #10

   Jon,

   I know that most of my wife's co-workers would nearly die laughing hearing you call me a liberal. She is a teacher so of course almost every one she works with is a blind union following, Bush hating, Clinton loving liberal. In fact when out of ammo during a "discussion" a couple of weeks ago one gave me what I consider a high compliment. She said compared to me Rush was a liberal. I quit a good paying job as a supervisor in a large (250 employees) custom cabinet shop to stay at home with my kids when they were born rather than trust their early years to some one else, and strongly considered home schooling. I've spent the last 18 1/2 years in the Army and the Reserve. I wouldn't consider my self liberal in any way. If I got involved in some of the discussions here though I'd find it hard to get anything else done, so I come here for woodworking only (though I peek in and cheer you on from the side lines)

   As far as my changing taste though I have lots of things in those files that I have no intention of every looking at again but you never know. For example the multi issue on constructing a highboy, though I don't much care for the style I do appreciate the art and skill required to build one. I cut it out and filed it in the "furniture (bedroom)" file just in case at some time some one came to me with that in mind. I cut anything that I find interesting or informative to me, even if I don't really like it or have a use for it at this time.

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   Elcoholic | Mar 05, 2004 03:11pm | #8

   I am appalled, but not homicidal.  In FWW#1 the editors stated FWW's archival intent and despite all the other format changes and dumbing-down they have fulfilled that goal.  No one could have forseen the Internet, let alone the FWW online index back in the 70's.  The whole set takes up one plus just a little bit of a second 3' bookshelf.  Together they make an incredibly efficient and useful reference.  Too bad, so sad for the mad surgeons that perform articlectomies.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   BrianF | Mar 05, 2004 06:11pm | #11

   John, I applaud your collection, but for me where would it end? Beside subscribing to FWW and the FHB that I pick up when it catches my attention at the news stand I also regularly read Woodwork, Gun Dog, Pointing Dog Journal, The Grouse Almanac, Woodenboat, Great Lakes Sportfisherman, and many others that I pick up when they strike my fancy. They are all useful tools for the things that I do. I would be hard pressed to put any of them above the other. It always seems that about 70% of the pages of FWW is ads or techniques that I already know. The other 30% is of interest or value to me so those I keep and file away. I would have no where near a full set even if I kept all that I have recieved. Of course there are those before I found it in the 80's and a couple of years that I cancelled my subscription and only pick one up when something in it caught my eye at the news stand. It seemed that each one had less and less that was worth cutting. The last few years I have come back on board and the quality seems to be on the rise again. I guess I have never been a collector of anything and only keep the minimum that I find of value.

   Brian

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   Robin | Mar 05, 2004 09:38pm | #12

   When I got "shop-full" of stuff last year, the guy also let me go through his STACKS of woodworking magazines and catalogs.  The FWWs there immediately caught my eye (although at that time I had only heard my instructor at UofM mention it) and I got all of them.  I went through them and pulled out the ones that had articles on the cover that interested me and this is what kept me busy while the garage was being built and my "tools" were still waiting to come to their new home.  I now subscribe but I've not taken the time to go through and organize the old ones by issue #.  I guess that's something I ought to do since they seem to be so valuable!!

   Gosh - if I kept ALL MY magazines I'd have stacks of Southern Living, Coastal Living (reminds me of the beach when it's 20degs out!), and BH&G.  Yeah, my "other" interests are different apparently from y'alls!

   Robin"Well-behaved women rarely make history."from the Sweet Potato Queens' Book of Love

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   Elcoholic | Mar 06, 2004 12:51am | #13

   I see your point, at least part way.  I've never collected anything else before and maybe won't again.  For me the indexing adds enough value to dedicate the space.  I have also read each issue cover to cover (usually 1 article during the morning "constitional".  From a historical point of view even the ads can be interesting in terms of who's still around and which gizmos didn't last.  For instance I didn't get really serious about WW until the early 90's.  Word of mouth led me to Austin Hardwood in Santa Ana, CA and I buy most of my material, hardware & supplies there.  If I hadn't started collecting the entire set I wouldn't have see the old ad and discovered that Austin was a franchise.  Not life changing or anything, but interesting never the less.  My ww library on technique includes FWW, Joyce and a book on joinery that I can't recall (not to mention a gifted title by Bob Vila which is still in mint condition if your interested).  Between those, the Internet, and Knots I don't lack for ready answers to whatever question I have.  This leaves the the rest of the space and budget for books on design.

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   Elcoholic | Mar 05, 2004 02:54pm | #5

   I have a few xtras.  I'm going to be putting them on Ebay when I get home next month.  Currently on a business trip in Fl.  On building the collection - I started subscribing about 10 issues before the size change.  I got a big chunk right here at Knots.  I filled in the holes, especially the first 10 on Ebay.  New listings are added everyday.  You can save searches that automatically email you when there is a new listing.  I searched Fine Woodworking Magazine  and Fine Wood Working Magazine.  Filled in the last 10 holes in less than 60 days!

   John O'Connell - JKO Handcrafted Woodworking

   Life is tough.  It's tougher if you're stupid - John Wayne

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   SCFrankland | Mar 05, 2004 03:05pm | #6

   I have been buying my mags from the news stand now for a few years as I have been moving around so much. But the bulk of my mags has come from eBay. I search out whats new almost every day. I find that most of the issues I need are going for more than I am willing to pay. But I will one of these days break down and buy the ones I need. My biggest problem is that I buy to much other stuff which tends to take some of the capital away for the missing issues.Scott C. Frankland

   Scott's WOODWORKING Website"He who has the most tools may not win the race of life but he will sure make his wife look like a good catch when she goes to move on."

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   Ricky_Yu | Mar 05, 2004 03:17pm | #9

   Congratulations to you. I'm waiting for a bunch to come in the mail. Also, I'm meeting up with someone later today to buy some more. After that, I'll only need four more, and I'm already hot on the trail for those. I'm surprised it only took about a month to round it out in this piecemeal fashion. The downside is that I ended up buying a whole bunch of duplicates, but at least I can resell them to recoup some of my investment.