{"id":150,"date":"2005-04-14T12:16:21","date_gmt":"2005-04-14T19:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2010-05-28T02:12:03","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T09:12:03","slug":"the-new-best-of-fine-woodworking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/the-new-best-of-fine-woodworking\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Best of Fine Woodworking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taunton.com\">Taunton Press<\/a>, the publisher of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taunton.com\/finewoodworking\/index.asp\">Fine Woodworking Magazine<\/a><\/i>, was kind enough to supply me with one of their recent publications for review.  Taunton has always managed to bring a deep sense of quality to everything they produce, and their recently released <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.taunton.com\/store\/pages\/nmbw012.asp\">The New Best of Fine Woodworking<\/a><\/i> series of books is no exception.  Each book is filled with excellent articles and covers a specific woodworking topic ranging from finishing, to router techniques, to shop layout.  If your new to woodworking you&#8217;ll find a treasure trove of information from a variety of top woodworkers.<br \/>\nThese books are a collection of selected articles published in <i>Fine Woodworking<\/i> over the last decade, and that may lead some to believe that if you have or read the magazines the books won&#8217;t add much. However, I found that having all these articles grouped together by subject made it a joy to explore a topic.  For instance, spending an evening with the volume on finishing gave me several alternatives on how to finish an upcoming cabinet, and, by combining tidbits from different articles, I was able to pick up several tips and details to make me feel comfortable with trying a new finish.<br \/>\nIn each book I did find one or two editing errors, usually involving a mismatched image or caption, but these were minor and none interfered with understanding the article.  I did appreciate that Taunton took the time to mark price estimates and\/or brands that might be out of date.<br \/>\nThis series of books is a great way for a new woodworker to gain a trove of information.  For the old dog looking to learn a new trick, it&#8217;s great to be able to thumb through one volume with a variety of alternatives and viewpoints on a topic.  I&#8217;ve never been disapointed with Taunton&#8217;s offerings.  You can check out their full range of woodworking books, DVDs, and magazines on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.taunton.com\/woodworking\/index.asp\">website<\/a>.<br \/>\nBrian Todoroff<br \/>\nContributing Editor, Nothing Severed Yet<br \/>\nwww.nothingseveredyet.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taunton Press, the publisher of Fine Woodworking Magazine, was kind enough to supply me with one of their recent publications for review. Taunton has always managed to bring a deep sense of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-woodworking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.danshapiro.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}