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I wonder how you store your old woodworking magazines, or maybe you pitch them?

I have three methods and don't like any.

I use filing cabinets and hang the magazines over suspended file folders. The cabinets are cheap (sometimes free) but file folders you aren't and I at least don't have much luck finding them at garage sales. And file cabinets take up a lot of space. I use this method for Fine Woodworking. Because the issue number is on the spine it's clearly visible when opening the drawer. (Saddle stitched mags can be stored this way too but you can't see the issue number.)

Then when I empty a liquor box I have storage. I put in whatever fits, label the outside and throw them up on a shelf in a corner of the basement. I store Wood Magazine this way. The cardboard (corrugated) board is thinner and weaker every year. (Maybe my memory isn't perfect but it seems to me that you used to be able to stand on an empty case that held beer.)

Finally for Woodsmith I've tried 3 ring binders and put them on a bookshelf.

So why don't one of you really clever people show me the way. All I want is a storage system that's simple, cheap, doesn't take up much room, where issues can be found - removed - and returned easily.

While I wait for the answer I'll go out and 'shovel' the 12" of snow we got yesterday. No need to worry I have that brand new snow thrower I purchased this year. Although when I bought it the guy at Home Deport promised that if I spent $980 on this machine he could guarantee we wouldn't have any heavy snow this year??

I have several year's worth of Fine Homebuilding and can't bring myself to toss or donate them...there's useful info in every issue. Problem is storing them and actually ever retrieving them for the useful info I might need. Presently the last year or so hangs around the house and prior to that they are in boxes in my mini-storage. I've wanted to buy the DVD from Taunton that includes all the issues to date, as this would actually be searchable and much easier to retrieve the info I might need, as well as taking up no space. But then it dawns on my I don't really like reading things like that from a computer screen, so I'd likely want to find the article or info I want via DVD search and then go dig out the hard copy from the boxes so I can read it the way it's supposed to be read...thus not saving me any space, just improving accessibility to the articles.

Speaking of these compendium DVDs, has anyone actually bought one of these before? I know in addition to Fine Homebuilding, Fine Woodworking has one, as does ShopNotes and WoodSmith, and I'm guessing Wood Magazine has one as well (?) Does anyone have one that can report how they like it? I've often wondered if they really contain each issue cover to cover or if they just have the articles etc. and some of the pages that are more advertising related etc. are left out? I often enjoy the little stuff in between all the articles as much as the articles themselves...just curious how complete the DVDs really are?

Hi berry I like these for storage and quick access but after a while even these can overwhelm you.

http://www.amazon.com/Bankers-Stor-File ... B0000AI45R

I finally broke down and gave away about 30 year's accumulation. Went to a new woodworker. Now, let his wife hassle him about them.

dgale wrote: I've often wondered if they really contain each issue cover to cover or if they just have the articles etc. and some of the pages that are more advertising related etc. are left out? ...just curious how complete the DVDs really are?

I have wondered the same thing. I would like to purchase the Shopnotes dvd but would like to find out first.

For the past year I have torn my Wood magazines down the spine so I could 3-hole punch them a few pages at a time and put them in binders I accumulated during my working life:D I don't like tearing them up, but it helps me keep them organize better than most things I touch.

BTW, I just started subscription to Shop Notes and they come with holes, so I don't need to tear them up. I bought the wood for roll-a-round storage carts/work space project a couple of weeks ago and now I cannot find the d@%$@# Shop Notes magazine with the article:eek:

saminmn wrote:For the past year I have torn my Wood magazines down the spine so I could 3-hole punch them a few pages at a time and put them in binders I accumulated during my working life:D I don't like tearing them up, but it helps me keep them organize better than most things I touch.

You could use magazine holders like these to put them in binders without punching holes.

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I was a charter member to Wood magazine and have every copy they printed. I keep them in storage containers. I thought they would be worth something but there really isn't a market.

It is a real pain dealing with them and I haven't went back in and looked an old copy yet.

I may just put them all out for the trash and get the DVD they now sell that has every issue since the beginning on it. Again I'm not sure why I would want this either as it seems each new issue has a more interesting project than the last to build.

I use under the bed storage unit something like this.
http://www.amazon.com/GSC-UB2042-Under- ... 43&sr=1-20

It has wheels and I do not use the lid.
I did not pay anything close to the price listed. I think I paid $13 to $15 at a local store.

rpd wrote:You could use magazine holders like these to put them in binders without punching holes.

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yes, a better solution