Crept out to my shop today and found a corner that was hiding out in the last go round with my shop clean up last weekend. Slowly but surely I am digging out. And getting my shop ready for production once again. I am getting anxious to say the least, but I have had to clean, and perform deferred maintenance on my machines and hand tools. Reminds me of what John Moody went through a short time ago.

 

I went through my magazine collection and I have them sorted by publisher. Next I'll get the ones I want sorted by date and I'll get them in some binders or on a shelf.

But for now I am donating to our local high-school wood program my stack of WOOD Magazines, but I am keeping my Fine Woodworking, Shop Notes, Woodworker's Journal, Popular Woodworking, and American Woodworker, Woodcraft and Wood Smith magazines.

I threw away the annual tool review specials that each publisher puts out, like best tools of 2004 etc. Those are dated, but I am keeping the rest that have wonderful articles of interest to me.

Sorting

It's nice being out here in the shop, with my Pandora music playing away my Appalachia tunes, nearby my kids are playing basket ball right out side my shop door, so I'll take a break and join em, and let em whoop up on ol dad!

 

I have been switching mine over to electronic format them putting them on cd's or dvd's. Takes less space and easier to find articles and plans. Although buying them is a little pricey, you get the magazines and articles from the start, no missed issues that way.

Just a thought.

I have been switching mine over to electronic format them putting them on cd's or dvd's. Takes less space and easier to find articles and plans. Although buying them is a little pricey, you get the magazines and articles from the start, no missed issues that way.

Just a thought.

It's a wonderful though Wayne, and one I have entertained, and now that I have a functional PC in the shop, digital editions may be the way to go now.

Of course one day those dated ones are the ones that become collectable. Sorta like the 1914 Stanley catalog I have. It might take a long time though.

 

And look back through some of them and check out the change in prices over the years.

Of course one day those dated ones are the ones that become collectable. Sorta like the 1914 Stanley catalog I have. It might take a long time though.

 

And look back through some of them and check out the change in prices over the years.

You know, that had crossed my mind, but then I thought, I'll never get rid of anything if I adopt that process! I'd be one of those hoarders, that just keeps everything, because someday it'll be worth something. I am boarder line as it is!

John,

 

You are not "Border Line" but "Cutting Edge".

 

That way you won't be thought of as a "Hoarder".

John,

 

You are not "Border Line" but "Cutting Edge".

 

That way you won't be thought of as a "Hoarder".

I like it! Hey, before I stopped drinking, I was a cutting edge drinker!

I'm not a horder there is still plenty out there for everyone else to collect.

I'm not a horder there is still plenty out there for everyone else to collect.

John, the first sign of addiction is denial.

I have a large, long library of those magazines-----was sure going to look through them again sometime----well the years have caught up with me----what do I do now? I can hardly bear to toss them but that looks like my only option. All info is available on the internet and even I have used that source when I couldn't locate a specific article I wanted-----Maybe now I feel a bit like a hoarder but not really, just an aging woodworker.

40 years worth recently went to the senior citizens center. They were all gone within a week.

I still subscribe to a couple. Probably won't renew them as they come due.

The net, especially YouTube, is much handier. 

Darn, it's good to know I'm not alone!  Now if you'll excuse me, I have about 2,000 more magazines to sort.

John

Edited August 27, 201610 yr by HARO50
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I have a good many on hand, but I have to admit when we moved last April to this place (the second time I the last 6 years) packing those magazines made me wish they were all on CDs. I only keep the ones that have plans I think I made need in the future....which, as it turns out, is most of them.

The trick is to store all those "I'm gonna make that some day" plans in your head. Then as you age, the list gets exponentially smaller. I'm down to three.

If I did that, I'm pretty sure the list would be less than 3.

Edited August 28, 201610 yr by Fred W. Hargis, Jr

3 what? Remind me again. Where were we?

I have this problem with the catalogs . So about every 3 months I go thru and throw out about half of them. The magazines are in binders (shopnotes from #1, woodsmith not renewing that one) Others are in file cabinets in file folders (wood not renewing that, and popular woodworking). Actually does not take that much room this way. Guess If I had to move again (last was on 9/11 ) there is a lot of trash in the shop.