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workshop tips? or rip-offs?
I once sent in a workshop tip that was published.Problem is the credit was given to someone else. When I google searched the name, it was a freelance writer who sometimes writes for Americam Woodworker. When I looked at some of the other tips in the archives I recognised some from a book published in the 1940's So much for the tips coming from readers. If I could give these creeps less than one star I would.

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Make that 3 and a half stars
As a library administrator I get to see and read an awful lot of woodworking books and magazines. American Woodworker was one of the first two woodworking magazines I read as a beginner (Wood was the other). Its now 11 years later and I still subscribe to Wood but only read American Woodworker at the library or while browsing at Borders. I admit that this magazine has had some great projects in it, but just not as many per issue as Wood or Popular Woodworking. I also regularly read Fine Woodworking, Workbench, and Woodworkers Journal and I have to say that against all of those others I have mentioned, American Woodworker comes in last. <
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There are better ones
If you want a great all-purpose woodworking magazine go with Fine Woodworking or Popular Woodworking. If you want all sorts of project plans get Wood. <
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>1) Very little content, compared to its peers <
>2) They use models rather than the authors in the pictures (or at least this is my assesment since all the people seem to be clean-cut, twenty-somethings with large muscles, which does not seem to fit the profile of the average woodworker). I'm not sure why this bothers me, but it does. Plus, they always seem to have this Ooops! side bar on most of the projects, which shows you how to fix problems that arise during a part of the project. But it really seems contrived, and they always show the model grimacing as if it really was an accident. <
>3) Their reviews seem to be incomplete. For instance, this month's reviews of bandsaws did not even include the Ridgid bandsaw, which is probably one of the most accessible to purchase (it's available at Home Depot), and in other reviews in other magazines it has received "Editor's Choice"