Favorite Trade or Tool magazine

[Scott B.]

Besides the Festool catalog.

What magazines do you enjoy getting your tool or trade learning fix from?

 

[Sparktrician]

Besides the Festool catalog.

What magazines do you enjoy getting your tool or trade learning fix from?

Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, JLC. 

[smile]

 

[GreenGA]

Ditto.

Besides the Festool catalog.

What magazines do you enjoy getting your tool or trade learning fix from?

Fine Woodworking, Fine Homebuilding, JLC. 

[smile]

 

[Deansocial]

i like to read proffesinal builder, lots of new product to look at

 

[semenza]

For new tool and product alerts I like Tools of The Trade.

Seth

 

[Scott B.]

For new tool and product alerts I like Tools of The Trade.

Seth

Seth

I enjoy TotT as well. Since Dave Frane moved over to it from jlc, it's been really good.

 

[PaulMarcel]

LOL, brice, you crack me up  [big grin]

Furniture & cabinatemaking magazine but not sure where outside the UK it's available.

I hear that magazine is pretty good; I looked into subscribing long ago and it was outrageous to get it internationally (like any print mag).  I should look for an online subscription, though I don't like those much.

 

[woodguy7]

Want me to send you 1  [big grin]

 

[tiralie]

Furniture & cabinatemaking magazine but not sure where outside the UK it's available.

I hear that magazine is pretty good; I looked into subscribing long ago and it was outrageous to get it internationally (like any print mag).  I should look for an online subscription, though I don't like those much.

Paul:
For me it's worth the price. The F&C magazine features and profiles of professional bespoke furniture designers and cabinet makers alone makes it worth the price.
I do feel the UK has produced and continues to have some of the finest craftsmen and designers working in wood in the world. I am not from the UK, but clearly biased. [big grin]
I am sure I am biased because of the magazine but it does offer an alternative approach to the writing in Fine Woodworking and Popular woodworking etc.
Tim

 

[GhostFist]

i'm all for f&c! cheaper on your android or crapple tablet

 

[PaulMarcel]

Well, excellent...  Completely agree, Tim, that it would be a worthy magazine to read even if for just the UK perspective, but moreso because of their heritage.  3-4 years ago, I looked to get a subscription and that I could tell, it was only available in print; the yearly subscription was outrageously high coming over the pond.  That app makes it very reasonable: $40/year.

Thanks!  (Thanks, too, Woodguy for the offer to send me an issue   Maybe one of Ken's mags?)

Here's a link to the iPad version of the F&CM reader app.

 

[Vindingo]

not really tool mags, but I enjoy looking through Dwell, Architecture Record and an Italian mag Domus for design ideas. 

I think design is a way under-rated skill in the trades 

 

[Kev]

not really tool mags, but I enjoy looking through Dwell, Architecture Record and an Italian mag Domus for design ideas. 

I think design is a way under-rated skill in the trades   

Architecture Record is an inspiring read ...

 

[tiralie]

not really tool mags, but I enjoy looking through Dwell, Architecture Record and an Italian mag Domus for design ideas. 

I think design is a way under-rated skill in the trades   

Do you mean the trades under rate it? or it's under-rated (taken for granted) by customers of trades?
I think both are somewhat true. Customers who won't pay for design and or don't want to pay extra to achieve a certain design and trades who don't think designers add value and are generally a PIA.
Tim

 

[Vindingo]

I think both are somewhat true.

Definitely both...

I have rarely come across a set of plans in a woodworking mag where the desk, bookshelf, side table, etc. was an interesting and original design.  I have never, and would never build furniture from a magazine  (jigs and shop accessories excluded)   

 

[woodguy7]

Have you ever seen Furniture & Cabinetmaking ?  Original design is what they do !

 

[spikfot]

Whichever is free over the net.
Disposable advertising and print media generates too much waste. I won't support it.