stephen thomas
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 3, 2001
There seem to be some opinions, including my personality.
Please discuss, any factors considered.
smt
Please discuss, any factors considered.
smt
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There seem to be some opinions, including my personality.
Please discuss, any factors considered.
smt
I do think the overall tone of PM has gotten nastier over the last few years. Not so much in woodworking.
Paul
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partly due to the way wood and metal shops are perceived and personnel are trained.
We are not here to make any of you into carpenters or cabinet makers unless you want to be.
Our primary mission is that you understand woods and how they are processed, put together, and finished so you will be wiser buyers of the products, and less likely to be fooled.
All that cheap laminated/particle board junk appears to satisfy people who don't know anything about quality/construction. Those junk furniture pieces end up on the curb with "FREE" signs.
I love my vintage ethan allen bedroom set..unmatched quality. ive dropped both pcs down a few different flights of stairs and they are still standing strong and sturdy. My wife keeps telling me to get rid of it..to my reply"why its gonna be here longer than you"
Another way to think of it is there are only a couple university wood programs in the US vs a kajillion metal programs.
Youtube has similar tendencies, the majority of the videos there are either a short crappy vid of a machine that is for sale with nothing more than showing that it moves, or you have a one person hobby shop that is more focused on making videos than making higher end content.
There seem to be some opinions, including my personality.
Please discuss, any factors considered.
smt
Thanks for the comments so far. I'd have to add a lot of likes. Refrained from adding any so as not to be perceived to be slighting others.
Per Jason's note, I think Don (site owner) always hoped it would evolve in that direction. AFAICR, there haven't been many posts or feelers if any in that direction except what you post - and that is much appreciated.
Per Medsar's post, i think a number of us have real affinity for good hand tools and hand tool methods, but they don't predominate except for some aspects of specific projects. Quite a few of us would be lost without planes and chisels even on many if not most of our commercial projects. Showing them especially is process would be welcome. There have been more than a few posts on the tools, though maybe not so many projects. Not to reduce our scant membership any further, lol, but are you familiar with OWWM? It's necessary to sign up and log in, but not seen on the main board is a Woodworking forum on which quite a few hand tool projects are being done. In the post: "John Townsend Newport Secretary" everything is done completely by hand tools. Even the mahogany stock for panels was resawn with a handsaw, (as well as all the other parts.) The builder is not a hobbyist. There is also a significant Roentgen piece with musical movement being done on the same forum as well by mix of hand and power tools. Old Woodworking Machines - Index page Again - it's necessary to sign up and log in to see the woodworking and metal working forums.
I always imagined there would be a lot more about tool building and application, but apparently that aggravates a more vocal percentage than it pleases. It also seemed like there would be more projects from custom builders. But maybe there is some proprietary reserve there as well?
Any suggestions to build traffic? Build contributions?
Or is this about where it suits most of the people who log in to PM?
smt
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