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Great new Woodwork magazine - Lots-O-Turning

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Great new Woodwork magazine - Lots-O-Turning

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Great new Woodwork magazine - Lots-O-Turning

Craig Daymon

>Just got my latest issue of Woodwork Magazine. (The magazine has been around for quite a few years, but an amazing number of people have never seen a copy.) Lots of focus on Turning. First there is an article /interview with Mark Sfirri, including directions on turning one of his mult-axis candlesticks and that is followed by an article on turning for furniture. The last article in the magazine is one on turning a Celt ("a top with a most unusual behavior").

There's also a nice carving article, one on a great art nouveau side table, making your own waxes and, of course, their always outstanding gallery (which FWW seems to have started copying in the last year or so, but not with as much variety).

This is a great magazine with loads of inspiration. It is printed with the same quality as FWW, but at a lower cost. If you've never seen it before, this would be one to get (especially for the turning crowd).

They're relatively new to the web, but they finally have a site. I'll put the link below.

-Craig

P.S. Mark Sfirri is part of our Bucks turners group. I wish I had asked him some questions before I tried multi-axis turning for the first time this last weekend. Now I know there's a possibility of some serious review at the next meeting.

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Put the info in the wrong fields. Here's link. *LINK*

Craig Daymon

>Woodwork Magazine Web Site link


Woodwork Magazine

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John Lucas

>Craig

I am about half way finished reading my issue. I love Mark Sfiri's work. I'm a long time subscriber to Woodwork. I've always liked that magazine. John

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Craig Daymon

>I'm really glad they finally have a web site and, looks like they have on-line subscribing available now too. Every time I got someone interested in it before I had to get them the non-800 number to call and I think that put off a lot of folks.

I hope the site gets a lot more folks subscribing.

-Craig

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Keith Tompkins

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Keith Tompkins

>Thanks,Craig. I like the way Mark thinks. He did an article recently in Turning Points magazine that should be "must read" material for all turners. He is bringing up design elements that have been used by other craft fields forever, yet are met with great resistance by turners.

Their article on Michelle Holzapfel was excellent as well.

Be sure to read the next issue....there just MAY be another turner featured...Hmmmm

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Craig Daymon

>Was Michelle the carver (with turning as well) that carved the pillow with the tassels with something, I forget what, sitting on the pillow? If so, YES. Wonderful article and, again, a huge pile of inspiration (even if I don't expect to get that far for several years). Absolutely awe inspiring work.

They also had a turner a while back that turned on a very tall vertical lathe that he built. He created some very interesting turnings.

There are several, but one of my favorite points about this magazine is the number of pages they will dedicate to a woodworker/turner/carver/artist. And surprisingly, it's not all praise, praise, praise, but real useful and interesting discussion. Frank Klausz got about 20 pages in one issue with 2 articles, one basically an interview with Frank where he brought up many of the issues of just how challenging it can be to be a professional woodworker and another by someone who spent a weekend in a class taught by Frank.

There was an article several years back where Michael Fortune (one of my top five favorite woodworkers, based on pieces I have seen) spent about 12 to 15 pages detailing how to do string inlays, including silver and other metals as well as wood.

-Craig

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