It still amazes me how informative the old issues of Fine Woodworking are, even after all these years. Fast forward to today, and I find myself rarely interested in the newer issues. I’m not exactly sure why—maybe it’s the writing style, or the depth and complexity the older articles carried.
I also can’t help but roll my eyes at the fact that Phil Lowe was essentially blackballed from Fine Woodworking after writing an article for Popular Woodworking. Ironically, I was the one who encouraged him to explore other publications to draw more interest to the school.
I’m sure Phil would get a kick out of the fact that both Pop Wood and FWW are now under the same umbrella. Hopefully, this leads to better content—because at nearly $90 a year for print and web access, it’s hard to justify the subscription lately.
No comments:
Post a Comment