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Just when I think one of the Mags is useless, I find an article or tip that pays the cost of the subscription.

Charles Neil is quite an accomplished woodworker and does an excellent job explaining woodworking and the ins and outs of a building a project, but paying $22 a month does seem a bit much unless one is seriously looking to do woodworking as a profession and doesn't want to spend a fortune on room and board while attending school.

He has a number of videos on You-Tube and if you'll see him on some of Woodcraft's product videos as well. Here's a 14 minute video by him giving background on making a Shaker clock -- http://www.cn-woodworking.com/hancock-shaker-clock/

beeg wrote:In my area we have on PBS, the following. "The Woodwrights Shop", "Rough Cut (norms replacement)", "American Woodshop" and "WoodSmith shop".

I get those plus Woodturner's Workshop with Tim Yoder, although they're repeats . I like all of them. I really wish Woodturner's workshop would come up with new episodes.
As far as reading material, is concerned, Woodsmith, ShopNotes, Wood, Woodworker's Journal, Popular Woodworking, American Woodworker are all good. They all have their strong points.

BPR

Ed in Tampa wrote:For $22 a month he would have to be good. In fact I can probably do a project and fix most of the my goof ups that he would hopefully prevent for less than that. Tow of three more shows like and I be paying more than I do for cable, internet and phone.

I'm too cheap, so far, to sign up for his paid programming. The stuff I was talking about was all free. Dozens of hours, most accessible directly from his website, and even more if you search on YouTube. Makes me feel almost guilty. I've got to agree with you, $22 a month seems pricey, but Internet economics is still in the experimental stage. The Market will eventually sort it out.

Well I suppose there are a few for-pay woodworking web sites out there. Remember Dr. Dave from the yahoo group and his Online Shop Class? Not sure what became of that.

George Vondriska used to offer woodworking classes in Hudson, Wisconsin. He now has the Woodworkers Guild of America web site for $29 per year or $5 per month for premium access. He also offers a lot of free content. http://www.wwgoa.com

ryanbp01 wrote: I really wish Woodturner's workshop would come up with new episodes.

I don't think that is going to happen. My understanding is that the show is on "hiatus" and most likely will not be coming back, as mentioned on http://wtwtim.com/