Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
FineWoodworking's Website
Tom Colligan
>Does anyone here have experience on their paid website?
They used to have a forum named 'Knots' but, as near as I can tell, almost everything they offer today requires a paid subscription to their website. Is it worth the expense? Tia, Tom.
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Bruce, a MN Galoot
>It doesn't cost anything to get to Knots. Or the other fora, either. You just need to register.
Getting into their premium sites does cost.
Bruce
Knots
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Sgian Dubh
>There's no charge to use Knots. You only have to register and you can post away to your hearts content. The forum has a very different feel to WoodCentral. I think WC has more of a community feel to it, where many users seem to have met each other. I don't post much at WC nowadays, although I've been hanging about here since I think the late '90's, so I've lost touch with the feel thing a bit.
As to the paid side of Taunton's forum/website, I haven't got any advice from personal experience, because there's not a cat in Hell's chance I'd be tempted to join. At Knots, I've heard only a small amount of good comment and an even tinier amount of less than favourable comment from people that have subscribed.
I guess you could join Knots and ask the forum users for comment on their paid for service. You'd be likely get some information. Slainte.
well worth the cost...and more
McKay
>I enjoy the web page a great deal. I have received a number of ideas from the site. I go there at least every other day to see any new videos that they may have. It is well worth the cost. I teach vocational woodworking, and have my advanced students look at the site for ideas.
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Tony - Memphis
>I joined the paid site in a weak moment. At work one day, I was thinking about a project of mine an remembered an article i had read in FWW that related. I got a "deal" to join for $14.95. I was able to get the article in PDF. I have enjoyed that ability. The videos and stuff are ok. I really have appreciated the online access to past articles though. Not sure if I'll keep the online sub, but I might. I've been tempted to drop my sub fo rthe mag because it is ridiculously expensive.
Tony
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Mitch from TN (formerly from NYC)
>Whether you'll like the FFW subscription website depends on whether you like FWW. I have always loved FFW, so being able to access hundreds of articles from their archives is a no-brainer for me. The search capabilities of the site aren't the greatest, but the content is excellent.
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Joe Rogers, Northern Virginia
>I tried to register to get to Knots but there is some glitch (supposedly on my end) that won't let me log on. Get a registration error message. Their tech support staff is less than helpful:-(
JR
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Michael Brady
>The video instruction is good, even though you are seeing it in a very tiny window. For fifteen bucks, it is worth a shot. The free portion of their forums is a frequent stop for me, but it is not a great place for hand tool users. Doesn't approach WC or Sawmill for addressing the subject.
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Bruce, a MN Galoot
>I have to confess that I haven't tried to register using the new site. My logon dates back prior to this most recent iteration, and I just used my old one. Sorry.
Bruce
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Sgian Dubh
>You're right Michael, in that Knots doesn't attract the hand tool users into the sort of lengthy and in-depth discussions sometimes seen here, for example.
Hand tool discussions do certainly happen in the appropriate folder, and elsewhere to some extent. I suspect most Knots users/visitors tend to use a mixture of machine work with some hand work.
I fall into that group. I'm pretty useful with hand tools but, for me, using only hand tools isn't an economically viable option. So, it's a lot of machine work, and hand tools only get used where appropriate, which is still quite a lot really. However, there isn't a cat-in-Hell's chance that I'd countenance planing and squaring all the stock for a large project with anything other than heavy duty floor mounted planers and thicknessers. Slainte.
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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Yes, the videos are pretty good; but they wanted $50 the last time I checked. I thought that excessive. Maybe for $15 though. And maybe if the content of FWW, which I think has gone downhill quite a bit, improves. Of course, it's hard to say if it's the content that has changed or my increased knowledge. The very first issue of FWW I ever saw was back in 1981 or so at the huge Harvard Square newstand, the one with the photo on the cover of the slanted shelves, blew me away.
Pam
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Tony Zaffuto
>$15 if you are a FWW subscriber, $35 if not. This is for a 1 year subscription. Wish they had a 1 hour preview to determine if it is worthwhile.
I see, thanks.
Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
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