"Tools & Shops".

[Fred Page]

Why do I have trouble in buying this magazine in UK?
Taunton Press tell me to locate GMC Publications but GMC tell me to locate Taunton Press. This happens every year. A posted copy from US is about £10 and naturally from a UK agent it's much cheaper. Do list members have the same difficulty?
Fred

 

[Newbie_Neil]

IIRC, when I subscribed to FWW I got Tools & Shops included.

 

[bugbear]

IIRC, when I subscribed to FWW I got Tools & Shops included.

yeah - it's just a special edition, I thought.

BugBear

 

[Cheshirechappie]

It's a few years since I bought a copy of Fine Woodworking, but when I did I got mine from W H Smiths. They had the Tools and Shops special edition.

(Have to admit I only bought a couple of issues of 'Tools and Shops'. The 'Shops' all seemed to be about the size of a medium industrial unit - one was bigger than my house - and seemed to be equipped with every machine under the sun. It wasn't real life woodworking for me, it was just woodworking pornography, so far into the realms of fantasy that I felt it had absoutely no relevance to what I needed, wanted, could afford or achieve.

The main magazine, on the other hand, often had useful and interesting stuff in it. However, after a few years, there does come a point when you feel you've read it before, somewhere.....and as FWW is not a cheap read in the UK, I stopped buying it.)

 

[rdesign]

if u have a smart phone. you can download an app fine woodworking magazine then pay a yearly subscription get them as e magazines don't have them gathering dust when u have finished reading them and can save pages and articles u found useful for future reference rather than i read that some where... which addition awh well i'll never find that .....

regards Richard

 

[Fred Page]

Hi Richard,
Must have the glossy effect for a true Christmas day read of "Tools & Shops." Fantasy reading - those extra ordinary American workshops.

Isn't Kilkeny famous for black marble?

 

[rdesign]

its more the green marble I believe! could be wrong :/

its only 34.99 dollars for the 12 months subscription plus the 2 yearly specials when they are over 7 pounds in the shop its great value. the glossy effect can be achieved by ruining ur phone with a piece of plastic laminate stuck over the screen :twisted: