Popular Woodworking Mag. wow what a change!

Re: Popular Woodworking Mag. wow what a change!

mikew

>Yep, PopWood and Woodworking Magazine. My two favorite woodworking mags.

Take care, Mike

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Mark Harrison -- Brisbane, Australia

>Agreed. I recently subscribed based on the changes I've seen at this publication.

Good work guys.

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Mark from Sacramento

>I agree, I think that the primary reason is Christopher Schwartz. Somehow he is able to hit just the right note for those of us looking for more than the typical crafts magazines but aren't quite up to the projects in Fine Woodworking (although we subscribe as inspiration!). His Woodworking Magazine (and blog) is also great for exploring techniques that provide all of the details needed understand and improve our skills while completing a nice woodworking project.

Re: Popular Woodworking Mag. wow what a change!

Chris K in MD

>I would agree Chris is a major contributor to the new magazine and is the new lifeblood of it.

Yes , but

bill tindall, E. TN

>Some of the authors need a spiffier looking hat. But maybe it covers up bad hair.

I wonder if FWW is feeling the competition? PW has a become a magazine to be read and studied, while the other seems to have become more to just look at the pretty pictures and glance at the fluffy articles.

Or no hair! *LINK*

Adam Cherubini,NJ

>I've never met Chris, but my sense is that he's a Steve Jobs type. Or Bill Lutz. He's an enthusiast first and I think his enthusiasm comes through in his work and effects the people he works with.

I could be dead wrong, but I don't think you can end up with the product Chris ends up with and just see it as a business. This may be totally unfair, but its my experience- columns like mine would never fly in FWW because it doesn't reach some key demographic. My column is in PW because Chris thought it was interesting. (ditto for the ipod, ditto for the dodge viper)

Oh and Chris' blog is okay, but mine is better because its got algebra! Who's Mr. Fancypants now!

Adam

I'm going to go grind up some coffeee beans and make a french press of coffee! Happy New Year everybody!


www.artsandmysteries.com

Re: Popular Woodworking Mag. wow what a change!

Christopher Schwarz

>Roy,

Thanks for the kind words.

And you know, you don't have to lurk in the bushes outside our building. We like having readers come in for a visit. See the shop (it's about 2,000 square feet and filled with all manner of expensive nonsense).

Just drop us a line and we'll find a time that's good for both of us. And the same applies to anyone else on WoodCentral. If you're driving through Cincinnati, stop by. We're right off the highway, easy to find and right by a HUGE mall and bookstore, which is a good place to drop off your spouse for an hour.

Regards,

Chris

(And Bill, we're workig on the PWW headgear. Really.)

Mr. Fancypants!

Todd O. Cronkhite Maine Native, Presently Away

>HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! HAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!

Been a long time since I've heard that one!

T.O.

these blogs...

VTAndy3

>... are a gift to the community of hand tool users desperate for content! Thank you for taking the time.

Happy New Year!

-Andy

Golden section

Warren in Lancaster, PA

>Adam, its nice to see a geometric layout for the golden section. I think eighteenth century craftsmen were more at home with dividers than calculators. You might like the method I use, which could be easier.

For a board of given width, go up the edge for a distance of half the width. Then set the dividers to the hypotenuse of the resulting triangle. Swing the divider around, adding this distance to the half width along the edge, and you are done.

As an example, for a 6 inch wide board, go up the long edge 3 inches. The diagonal (hypotenuse) is 6.708 and this added to the 3 inches is 9.708 which gives a golden rectangle.

Thanks Chris!

Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia

>You and Rob Lee, Thom Lie-Nielsen, David Charlesworth and others that are accessable to the market through the internet have done us all a great service. You(collectively)treat us as friends and colleagues and listen to us. We all benefit! JR

Re: Thanks Chris!

Donald Pierson

>Joe I agree with you. The collective wisdom, knowledge, and experience provided by this message board is fantastic. As a novice, hobbyist, beginning woodworker at the age of 72 this year, I really appreciate the sharing of this group...Don in Vancouver,WA,USA

Re: Golden section

Adam Cherubini,NJ

>I have a diagram of that below the algebra. Its not exactly the same as what you are saying as it finds .618, not 1.618, but otherwise its the same trick. I think we've talked about this. Take a look at the blog and see if its clear and makes sense. I think you can add a comment which everyone can read(?) if you wish to add anything.

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Warren in Lancaster, PA

>I think the blog is clear. The two numbers .618 and 1.618 are the same ratio; they are reciprocals. If you put the big number on top (9.708/6 in my example) you get 1.618 and if you put the little number on top (6/9.708) you get .618 .

colonial coffee

dave brown

>Interesting. I'd have guessed that A.C. would drink his coffee turkish style but seems the french press is pretty accurate, historically. Being curious, I found the info below:

http://www.awhiteraven.com/brewing.html

Storing and Brewing Coffee

In the 1800s the cardinal rule when making coffee was to put the

grounds into the water and make sure the water came to a boil. This

was more about survival than taste because water was full of

contaminants and boiling water was the only way to keep from getting

sick. In the 1900s, however, it was discovered that the taste of

coffee was much better if the water was added after you boiled it to

the coffee grounds.

-------------------------------------------------

http://www.coleman.com/coleman/ColemanCom/newsrelease.asp?releasenum=202

SIDEBAR: COFFEEMAKERS IN HISTORY

1800s

In America, cowboys and settlers prepare coffee by boiling the water,

then waiting for the grounds to settle at the bottom of the pot, often

throwing in some cold water to hasten the process. Another common

pioneer method is to place the grounds in a sock or other cloth sack

before placing them in hot water to steep.

Fibonacci Gauge  *LINK*

Derek Cohen (in Perth, Australia)

>Another way of measuring the Golden Section is to use a Fibonacci Gauge. Here is one I made from Tasmanian Blackwood and brass.

Instead of screws I made brass rivets.

See the link below for a video, courtesy of Wood Magazine, on its use.

Regards from Perth

Derek


Wood Magazine video

Re: colonial coffee

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>"Another common pioneer method is to place the grounds in a sock..."

Making sure the sock is clean first, of course, although failing to do so would certainly add some piquant overtones to the coffee.