Kudos to Chris for Current issue of PW

I agree...

Ted Owen, Pittsburgh

>IMHO, PWW is surpassing FWW as the preeminent fine woodworking magazine.

Ditto

Roger Nixon

>I'm always happy to see an article by Graham Blackburn (saw sharpening). I missed Don McConnell's column but Chris assured me he will be back in the next issue.

I'll add my vote for Pop Wood.

Well thanks....

Christopher Schwarz

>Thanks for the kind words.

I'm finally emerging here from a very long stint in the shop. And what a pleasant way to do it.

I just completed:

� A copy of an Isamu Noguchi table for the November issue (all hand tools to surface this Atomic-Age project). It confirmed again that scrub planes are the most fun you can have outside a Scottish pub.

� A Shave Pony for our next big PW conquest (here's the headline: "Cheating at Chairmaking"). WC's own Eric Hedberg and I are coming up with some wild ways to make traditional chairs.

� Tonight I'm completing tthe shell of a Norris smoother from a Shepherd kit.

� And tomorrow I start dovetailing an Arts & Crafts wall-hung tool cabinet for the December issue.

We've got lots of good hand tool (and turning) content for the next two issues: David Charlesworth on preparing plane blades, Dale Nish on turning birdhouse ornaments, Lonnie Bird on setting up block planes, Sanford Moss and Sam Peterson on sharpening auger bits and choosing the ultimate bit brace.

And finally, John Wilson has a router plane for us. A $5 router plane that works better than any Stanley one I've used. Here's a hint: Drink a beer and think "Allen wrench."

Plus more. Much more.

Chris

Wow...

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>This is the first time I've heard of Sandy Moss writing for a magazine. After dealing with him and monitoring his web site for years, I will look forward to reading this article. Good job tabbing a knowledgeable source for this piece.JR

Thought I missed the boat!

Brad in Ottawa

>I saw it a week ago and thought that everyone else had seen it... first thoughts were wow!

The canoe paddle is a neat little article and another round tuit!

Best part was the profile on Rosewood Studio and the mention of Robert VanNorman!!!! (I've got to root for the local guys!!!)

Keep it up!

Brad

I guess you editor types never sleep!!

Andy Lincoln,in Dearborn,MI

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Re: Kudos to Chris for Current issue of PW

Charles Stanford

>Chris is a great guy. He's also astute - he senses, like a lot of us do, that FW has left an opening. I wish him the best. I haven't seen the issue - mine has not yet arrived in the mail.

Re: Thought I missed the boat!

Sean Evoy

>Good point, Brad. I thought the article on Rosewood was spot-on. Chris must have visited during the winter or spring, though. The hills sure aren't windswept today.

Re: Kudos to Chris for Current issue of PW

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Sounds like you've been a busy boy Chris, and I look forward to seeing the future issues as you've whetted my appetie for them pretty well.

A few suggestions/ideas if I may:

-Have Graham do an article on getting the kinks out of a bent saw blade. And a good indepth article on using a sawset. I have no idea how to use one to tell the truth. Seems to me that you'd use a different sawset for different teeth. Also seems to me that some sawsets can be adjusted to different settings to bend more or less, or is it that each saw set bends only a certain amount and that's it? I fiqure that I might as well admit that I don't know how to use one and look like the idiot, because I have learned from experiance that few other folks are willing to stand up and say "I don't know" and as a result we all end up not knowing.

-Do more "Little guy" articles. By that I mean, the guys that are working from garage/basement workshops that are doing cool stuff. WC has a wealth of folks to draw from, for example, Todd Hughes is a blacksmith, Sir William makes beautiful replacement saw handles, Wayne Anderson is starting up a small toolworks, as is Bill Tindell, Jack Guzman just posted a beautiful replacement plane tote and on and on and on. I'm so tired of seeing guys like Frank Klausz featured that I could scream. I for one really appreciate the "average joe" features. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not volunteering anybody I'm merely pointing out that we have a talented bunch

of folks here.

-I'd like to see a nice article on Knight-Tools also. There may have been some done, but I haven't seen 'em.

-Definately keep a strong eye on Lie-Nielsen and Lee Valley. Tom is still small and growing and I enjoy following along with his growth. Rob Lee is much bigger than Tom, but he is really focusing on the handtools side of the house and I enjoy watching him as well.

-Don't "short" an article. By that I mean, if by doing a more in-depth article on any subject I 'd rather have a few more pages of it a few less pages of something else in order to get a better understanding of the subject. I guess I'm trying to say Quality over Quanity.

Anybody else have any more suggestion/ideas?

Todd O.

Ya got it all wrong Todd...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>"-Don't "short" an article. By that I mean, if by doing a more in-depth article on any subject I 'd rather have a few more pages of it a few less pages of something else in order to get a better understanding of the subject. I guess I'm trying to say Quality over Quanity."

Put on your salesman hat here and make 2 or 3 part articles so you have to keep buying 'em.

You sure you're not an editor?

Christopher Schwarz

>Todd,

You're right on about a lot of those ideas. And a number of those small-shop guy names are going to show up in the coming issues.

Good idea about the sawset article. I've got a 42x, but that's all I know. And fixing kinks is quite the hot topic. I bet Todd Hughes and Tom Law could do a good cage match on that one. I'll send off a message to Graham....

Keep the ideas coming. A lot of what you like in the mag is stuff that germinated here.

Chris