Bill Satko
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I have been mulling this thought over for sometime (deep thinking always takes me awhile). I have come to the conclusion that woodworking blogs are my primary source of woodworking news and information.
When I first started my path down the woodworking path my sources of information were Fine Woodworking and various books. I remember pouring over the black & white issues of Fine Woodworking trying to absorb what I could.
Sometime in the mid 90's I discovered the wild and woolly usenet newsgroups and lurked for a long time in The Wreck (rec.woodworking). I believe that time was the golden age of The Wreck. What a wondrous thing it was. So many giants of thought expounding on woodworking and life. Soon my Wreck hero's moved on toward other pursuits (hopefully working wood full time) and the trolls won the battle and it degenerated into even more troll attacks and off-topic political discussions.
I then discovered the Forums and was very content for a while. The Family is the only one I really contribute to now and I slowed my lurking in others. Now I find myself following certain woodworking blogs. I am leaning more and more to the handtool side of things and I can find bloggers who specialize in just that area. There is so much detailed information posted in these blogs.
I hope to continue to be involved here, but I would like to recommend to others to look around at the bloggers that are out there. I think you will find great nuggets of woodworking information and inspiration there.
If you are interested in hand tools, may I suggest TheUnpuggedShop www.unpluggedshop.com It is compilation of blog posts that is constantly updated. It will allow you to find other bloggers on the subject.
When I first started my path down the woodworking path my sources of information were Fine Woodworking and various books. I remember pouring over the black & white issues of Fine Woodworking trying to absorb what I could.
Sometime in the mid 90's I discovered the wild and woolly usenet newsgroups and lurked for a long time in The Wreck (rec.woodworking). I believe that time was the golden age of The Wreck. What a wondrous thing it was. So many giants of thought expounding on woodworking and life. Soon my Wreck hero's moved on toward other pursuits (hopefully working wood full time) and the trolls won the battle and it degenerated into even more troll attacks and off-topic political discussions.
I then discovered the Forums and was very content for a while. The Family is the only one I really contribute to now and I slowed my lurking in others. Now I find myself following certain woodworking blogs. I am leaning more and more to the handtool side of things and I can find bloggers who specialize in just that area. There is so much detailed information posted in these blogs.
I hope to continue to be involved here, but I would like to recommend to others to look around at the bloggers that are out there. I think you will find great nuggets of woodworking information and inspiration there.
If you are interested in hand tools, may I suggest TheUnpuggedShop www.unpluggedshop.com It is compilation of blog posts that is constantly updated. It will allow you to find other bloggers on the subject.