Sorry that this has nothing to do with turning (mod's, delete this if needed), but I want to do some general woodworking research and I'm looking for some good forum recommendations. Your ideas are appreciated, thanks.
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general woodwork forum recommendatIons
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john lucas
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Www.woodcentral.com. there are some incredibly skilled and knowledgeable flat wood working guys there.
Roger Wiegand
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I second Sawmill Creek.
The Lumberjocks forum is pretty active and has a lot of good content.
There is also tons of info on YouTube. Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) is one YouTuber who is pretty popular.
(edited to remove a misleading statement about the Lumberjocks forum)
The Lumberjocks forum is pretty active and has a lot of good content.
There is also tons of info on YouTube. Stumpy Nubs (James Hamilton) is one YouTuber who is pretty popular.
(edited to remove a misleading statement about the Lumberjocks forum)
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https://www.lumberjocks.com/forums. While there are forums and threads that are social there is also a great deal of valuable info. Very easy to find info as well with the site layout.
Do they still charge a subscription fee?
woodweb.com Posting is restricted to professionals. I have gleaned a lot there, also at sawmillcreek.org. $6 per year is well worth it for full access to the site.
The Patriot Woodworker is a good site.
Yes and they only take Pay Pal. Makes it hard for people without Pay Pal to join.
Only if you want to see pictures, send private messages, and participate in there occasional give away. Its free to read, reply and make posts.
You don't actually have to be a Paypal member to join SMC. There is an option to pay by credit card.
SMC is the only forum to charge for services. I know the fee isn't much, but it did bother me when they implemented it. I think posts have gone down since they did it. The AAW seems to be the most active woodturning forum that I participate in. I love Woodcentral, but they are not as active as they used to be. One feature of this site that I REALLY like is how when you click on a thread, it goes to the last post you read. No other forum has that...
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Roger Wiegand
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AFAIK you have to pay to use this forum as well. Isn't it restricted to AAW members?
Every forum I use (certainly all of the Xenforo and vBulletin-based ones) will take you to the first unread post in a thread, usually by clicking a specific spot in the post title (in SMC it's a blue down-arrow icon). I absolutely agree it would be very convenient for it to be the default behavior, but I guess I'm trained now so it doesn't bother me.
Every forum I use (certainly all of the Xenforo and vBulletin-based ones) will take you to the first unread post in a thread, usually by clicking a specific spot in the post title (in SMC it's a blue down-arrow icon). I absolutely agree it would be very convenient for it to be the default behavior, but I guess I'm trained now so it doesn't bother me.
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Nah I don't believe so - I was reading up on the forum info somewhere when I first signed up (trying to figure out if I had a member ID, being on 3 month trial at the moment) and noticed in their FAQ they said it isn't JUST aaw members that can join.
Hey, thanks for the suggestions. I'd come across a few of them before but I didn't know how well respected they may be. I'll go exploring. Thanks again!
Roger Wiegand
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I think the right answer is that, like SMC, anyone can join and get most of the forum services for free and then there are some extras (related to posting pictures) that come with paid membership. At least that's what it said when I started to create a new account.