Popular workbenches is often suggested as a title revision for the magazine given the number of workbench plans we ve offered over the years.
What happened to popular woodworking magazine. Today we open the discussion of the. Personally and so far i still quite like it. Whether it s a solo or group project a home improvement undertaking or a simple piece of art popular woodworking magazine lets you into the world of woodworking crafts. I worked for popular woodworking magazine from 2004 2014 as executive editor.
It s book devision is now part of penguin random house and it s magazine cruz bay publishing active interest media. The last few years it was the worst job i ever had. I don t want to start a rant against the magazine and its management. The growth of the internet changed the environment and the rules for all media.
The first few years i was there it was the best job i ever had. Woodworking advice woodworking plans woodworking projects and woodworking blogs on popular woodworking magazine subscribe today save up to 68 on 7 issues of woodworking projects and tricks. Over the last few years years it has become obvious that the values we have for the craft of woodworking creating and marketing content and relations with the audience are not shared by the management of popular woodworking magazine and its parent company. Popular woodworking has been auctioned off.
And it s true that we have published a generous number. Specifically can bob glen and chuck tell us nicely what s wrong with the direction at popular woodworking. As far as the magazine videos online education conference books and more produced under the popular woodworking umbrella nothing will significantly change though of course i ll have to find some new woodworking co workers with whom to argue the correct spelling of moulding among other things. Popular woodworking teaches the fundamental knowledge necessary for good craftsmanship with a goal of making readers independent mindful and.