Thank you Betty, staff, contributing editors and authors for a great magazine. This last issue of American Woodturner was the best I have ever read. Keep up the good work.
Don Peek
Don Peek
...Muskego Chapel... The photos in the Muskego article (described by the author as unknown...and didn't strike me as being of a great deal of interest to the everyday turner..read member) (plaque. exterior of building, detail of tear out and tool marks???)....interesting to woodturners?
I rec'd my copy last Friday and spent most of the weekend going thru the issue.
I don't see what all the fuss is about. It is one of the best, if not the best, issue of American Woodturner that I have seen since 1991.
From across the room (say 15' away) I could still tell that it was the AAW Journal (mainly because of the gigantic text). Similarly, with an older Jouirnal I could not discern the logo. I could see the text.
If there is one improvement I would like to see made, that is to send it in plastic wrap or paper, like fine woodturning. I really did not appreciate the scuffing of the photo and the mailing label ruining an otherwise beautifil cover.
As far as the content, I don't think it could get any better, or in the words of a famous Virginia turner, "Betty, can you do it again?"
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..Our Journal should not be a project manual. It should be a magazine that represents all of us and all of our interests while displaying some of the best woodturnings around. ...
Our Journal should not be a project manual. It should be a magazine that represents all of us and all of our interests while displaying some of the best woodturnings around.
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Current issue has some good materials in it -- I like the array of many things. One of my "tests" is how well will this issue work for the next crew of apprentice turners in 3-5 years. Maybe a bit heavy to the "artsy-fartsly" side of the business.