Bravo to Popular Woodworking...

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Dean J in MN

>I agree, Nice job Chris and Adam!

Chris -- Is PW going to offer those snazzy period shrits with the PW logo? :-)

-Dean

Don't forget the hats! :)

Denis Ch�nard, Orl�ans, Ont.

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Adam Cherubini

>I'm glad you liked the wrap up article and I join you in thanking PW and Chris for printing these "off the beaten track" articles.

Adam

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Bjenk Ellefsen

>The next thing should be a book, Adam. It's hard to find good reading material on 18th century woodworking.

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Michael Recchione

>Adam, I just read the wrap-up article, and I wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed it and the entire series. I have learned a lot from you over the years, and it's really enhanced my enjoyment of woodworking. Many of the things you've taught me weren't specific techniques, but more like sparks that ignited a major Ah-Ha that affected my approach to many things. For example, the notion of tool slaving, which you first introduced on one of these forums years ago, really changed the way I worked from that point on.

My thanks to Chris as well - he's transformed the magazine, and it's now the only WW magazine I get. In fact, we've currently got two subscriptions going, one in my wife's name and one in mine (it's getting straigtened out, but for a couple of months we're actually getting two copies every month. I'm not complaining - it leaves one for the shop and one for the... well, you can guess :-) )

In any case, I really loved the series, and I hope that you find a way to keep it going. I agree that a book would be great - I don't see this as a text on period woodworking, though. It's more about an approach that can be applied to many activities, with woodworking being the one chosen to illustrate it. But I hope you and Chris find a way to keep articles coming as well - it's something to look forward to every month.

Anyway, thanks again.

Mike

P.S. Did you ever consider taking up Zen-Mastering as a profession? Hey - maybe that suggests a title for the book! :-)

Will there be more???

Jamey Amrine

>Does this designate the end of the series? I have enjoyed these articles enormously and hope to see something along these lines as a permanent fixture in PW. This content and the offshoot magazine are about the only real magazine writing on galoot techniques out there now.

Indeed

Christopher Schwarz

>Adam's latest column goes to the printer next week. We'll continue to print them as long as he wants to write them.

Long live Arts & Mysteries.

Chris

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Greg B�tit, Vergennes, VT.

>I would like to add my praise for the series and thanks to Adam and Popular Woodworking. All of us on this forum appreciate how much woodworking expertise has been lost since the Industrial Revolution. These articles point out that retrieving this body of knowledge is an interesting pursuit in and of itself, to say nothing of it making us better woodworkers.

Bravo Zulu,

Greg

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>Adam,

I enjoyed the series and appreciate your's and PWW's efforts in producing it. Hope to read more in the future.

Thanks,

Gary

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Hank Knight from SC

>I would like to add my thanks to Chris and for their continuing contribution to our craft; to Chris for his fine work with Popular Woodworking and to Adam for his continuing and unflagging enthusiasm for traditional techniques. Together, Chris and Adam have done a huge service to woodworking by resurrecting and preserving Arts and Mysteries that might well be lost without their efforts. Thanks again guys, and keep up the good work.

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Norman (Metcalfe, Ont.)

>Same here..

I really enjoy the Arts & Mysteries series, especially the last one.

It sheds light on why certain handtool techniques have been developed pre- Industrial age, as opposed to blindly following them today.

A great approach in my opinion , to have us better understand the why behind the how..

Norman

Tool Slaving?

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Guess I missed that, can anybody bring me up to speed on the subject?

I missed the first few Arts and Mysteries articles, and I have yet to get a copy of the current mag, which I will retify this afternoon. I look forward to reading the wrap up article, and to future articles along the lines of this series.

Todd O.

Adam's perspective

ydb1md

>In this age of bigger is better and newer is better still, Adam's perspective on woodworking is refreshingly unique.

I like to call him the "pragmatic carpenter."

Reading his articles has inspired my to look at each of my tools in a new light. Rather than looking for that new and shiny tool that I "have to have," I'm taking a harder look at the tools that I have, how they work together, and what might complement my workshop best.

I've also had to reevaluate how I look at project measurements and sizing requirements. I'm going to be more flexible in my designs and use a rule a whole lot less.

I'll second that one...

James Watriss

>I think a book about this stuff would be fantastic.

Same here

Roger Nixon

>I still recall the first time I saw a Cherubini post (chuckle). Adam has always made "stong statements" that make one sit up and think. At first I thought he was just being unecessarily slavish to 18th century authenticity but it was interesting and I kept reading. Eventually I began to understood the "Arts & Mysteries" concepts that were behind the methods.

I would also like to add my kudos to Popular Woodworking and to Chris Schwarz.

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Paul in NJ

>Hi Todd,

You have been quiet lately. Been out deer hunting or something? One of the examples of tool slaving was having your plow irons and mortise chisel match. For instance if you were building a frame and panel door you run the groove with your plow plane first. Since your chisel is the same width as the plow iron it automatically registers with the groove and helps the mortise go quickly and accurately.

Paul Dzioba

HOORAY !!!

Doug Littlejohn

>Yes, Long live Arts & Mysteries (and whatever else Adam wants to write about so long as it WW oriented).

Sherwood.

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Doug in Leawood KS

>To Chris and Adam:

Adam, the articles have been a breath of fresh air. I anxiously wait to read more material from you. If you ever write a book, I want one of the first copies, and with your "John Henry" too!

Chris:

Other articles of interest (to me at least): blacksmithing for wannabe toolmakers, visits to cabinetmakers shops (not necessarily just period furnituremakers), visits to museums with notable furniture collections (e.g. The Diplomatic Reception Rooms in Washington DC, which will make your jaw hit the floor), Winterthur, Museum of Southern Decorative Arts, etc.

I miss the old days of FWW with articles by Andy Marlow and Gene Landon. I learned more about woodworking from Marlow's modest books than from any others. For those of you without sufficient gray hairs, the early days of FWW had articles like "Making a steam-bent Northwest Coast Indian box," "Making reproductions of wooden microscopes," and lots of other interesting things that can be done in wood. Woodworking, at least as reflected in magazine articles these days, has become a very homogeneous craft: power tools and their use. There is "How to build a bookcase this weekend" but nothing on creativity in woodworking.

I apologize for being a curmudgeon, I know it takes time for a large ship to change course, but I think the magazine still has a ways to go to really distinguish itself from the rest of the pack. Sadly, Adam's article, the one on Shaker furniture and the one on making a chair devil were the only things in the magazine that I found of interest. Another test of cordless drills - who cares? Any given month I can find at least one magazine featuring a cordless tool review.

On the article, "Does a Saw's Tilt Direction Matter?", the last line of the response by an unnamed senior editor says "it wouldn't be a bad thing to have one of each" (right-tilt table saw AND a left-tilt saw!) I assume the remark was said tongue-in-cheek. Even Norm might choke on that one. (Naw, probably not.)

Seriously, Chris, I appreciate the positive changes, and look forward to more.

Doug

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Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native in FL. Exile :~(

>Thanks Paul. I see the concept of this idea, and can see it's merits. will have to keep this idea in mind when plannig a project.

No deerhunting for me this year, just had to many irons in the fire lately and got myself very over-tired. Been so bleary eyed lately that I've had trouble following along with the threads. for me 4 days a week are 18 hours each, and I don't slow down much on the other 3. Catches up to you after awhile.

Todd O.

Where is the Hat ;)!!!

Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>I read Adam's articles and believe the hat has been edited out of most shots.

Adam does seem to be dressed in period clothes less the hat.

YOu guys at Popular Woodworking are doing a great job and I find your magazine is one of my favourites

Dan Clermont

Thanks, more please-

Roger Bell

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