Fine Woodworking Magazine - The Woodworking Bible

Sadly, we no longer live in an age where you were apprenticed to a master craftsman in order to learn all of the ins and outs of your trade.  It's getting harder and harder for the American woodworker to find competent instructors in fine woodworking.let alone one that can give you the individual attention you need.  You can have that master craftsman's attention, in a way, with Fine Woodworking magazine.  Even the ads are all about woodworking!

Getting The Most From Fine Wood Working

Although not completely necessary to enjoy fine wood working magazine, it is best to have online access in order to make the most of each issue.  They do have their own website at fine woodworkers.com, which features videos and more in-depth details of topics covered in the print magazine.

Unlike a human teacher, FineWoodworking magazine is there when it is most convenient for you and not the other way around.  You can keep on learning your trade or passion even after you've closed up your shop for the night.  The magic of print will never go out of style, even with the advent of the Internet.

Furniture For Every Level

Fine woodworker magazine strives to make any instructions of how-to articles as clear to understand as possible.  This not only means excellent writing, but excellent illustrations.  They take a project and break it down to easy to follow steps.  They don’t just have a few black and white scribbles, but detailed color diagrams to help better teach you the art of fine woodworking.

Fine Woodworking is written for master woodworkers as well as beginners and has backing from the fine woodworkers association.  One of the great thing about woodworking is that you can never learn all there is to know.  Even after years as a woodworker, you can find a new project to get you interested in woodworking again.

Consumer Reports Of The Trade

It's very rare when Consumer Reports magazine ever bothers to compare fine wood working tools and products.  This big gap in unbiased product review in the woodworking industry is taken up by Fine Woodworking magazine.  They test the products they review and put them through real world situations. 

They also test woodworking projects that can fit in with a majority of interior decoration styles.  They try to keep the projects tasteful and don’t lean too far over into abstract designs or art for art's sake.  The projects they spend so much effort and ink to teach are for functional projects like furniture and cabinets.