Woodworking Forums

[Harry Niemann]

What are the 2nd and 3rd best ( After Sawmiil Creek) woodworking forums?

[Victor Robinson]

They all seem to have different personalities and vibes... I don't think we're allowed to link specific forums though.

[Matt Meiser]

This can't end well...

[Cary Falk]

There are other forums:confused:

[Bruce Page]

This can't end well...

It’s a legitimate question, just don’t link to them. :)

SMC and OWWM are the only two that I visit anymore.

[ray hampton]

do we receive a prize after we vote SAWMILL # 1

[Chris Padilla]

Most of the ww'ing magazine have their own forum. Woodnet is another one I vary rarely visit.

[Derek Gilmer]

I kinda like woodworkingtalk. Especially for lots of knowledgeable folks in the area of wood drying/rough milling.

[Matt Meiser]

It’s a legitimate question, just don’t link to them. :)

SMC and OWWM are the only two that I visit anymore.

I was referring more to the inevitable bashing of ___________. I don't even know who goes in the blank! :)

Personally, I come here and go to my club's forum consistently. I check in on Woodnet, Family Woodworking, and OWWM from time to time. I really only participate in the last one, and then only when I'm working on an OWWM project. Otherwise its too dangerous--strange machinery ends up in my shop and I end up with more projects!

[Aaron Berk]

There are other forums:confused:


+2 :cool:

But I do like OWWM, I use it for more "machine based" talk.

[Chris Padilla]

'arn talk, Aaron. :)

[David Hostetler]

I tend to be biased toward BT3Central, and Lumberjocks. woodworkingtalk is okay as well, but tends to go through dry spells...

[David Thompson 27577]

The Burl, over at Delphi.

[Scott T Smith]

Here in North Carolina we have a great local forum called ncwoodworker. It just passed 5000 members, about 90% are based in NC or adjacent states. The Forestryforum is the best sawmill, kiln drying and logging forum.

[Jim Rimmer]

I used to really like the WoodWhisperer but he is going through a lot personally right now and doesn't seem to update as often.

[Aaron Berk]

'arn talk, Aaron. :)


:D lol, thanks for the correction.Can you tell I'm a new addict? :o

I've got 1 pc of Ol'arn and just recently joined

[Steve Jenkins]

woodcentral is another good one that seldom if ever gets out of line.

[Fred Belknap]

World of Wood is a nice friendly place, I spend quite a bit of time there, Family Woodworking is nice to.

[greg a bender]

After SMC, I personally like woodnet and lumberjocks.
Just stay out of the basement at woodnet unless you have thick skin.

Greg A.

[Jeff Monson]

I go on woodweb once and awhile, there are some nice project pics there.
I also enjoy the felders owners group, very civilized and highly talented people there.

SMC is my favorite by a longshot.

[Brian Ross]

Hard to beat this one and I have had the opportunity to meet a few members scattered across the country. We have a variety of backgrounds and everyone I met are first class people. My only regret is that we did not have the opportunity to spend more time together.

Brian

[Tony Bilello]

In addition to the creek, I also spend a lot of time on woodworkingtalk.com - great forums. woodworking.com is kinda slow and familywoodworking.com, like most forums has great people but it too is kinda slow.

[Larry Anderson]

Woodnet and here...I much prefer here.

[Van Huskey]

I lurk mostly on a bunch of others all of which have already been mentioned. I find it interesting the "mob mentality", you can ask the same question on 5 forums and each forum will often have the majority agree on a single answer but over the 5 forums you get 5 different consensus.

#2 for me would be OWWM because I like 'arn. Note they have become Vintagemachinery

#3 would be woodnet more to watch the antics than anything

[fred klotz]

The Burl, on Delphi Forums, seems to have picked up a lot of Knotheads from the FWW forum. Maybe Woodnet.

[Dave Mura]

I had no idea there were so many different forums!
WoodNet is where I spend some of my time.
I'm also registered at WoodForums, but it's really slow. They have some free plans though.
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[Danny Hamsley]

I second Scott's point about the Forestry Forum if you are interested in rough lumber, sawmilling, drying lumber, etc. It is not a woodworking forum like here, but there are some very knowledgeable people on the lumber production side of woodworking, wood properties and in tree/wood identification.

[Kent A Bathurst]

Yeah - The Burl. Because I used to subscribe to FWW, I ended up on Knots when I first dove into forums. Took me a bit before I rummaged around and found the Creek - by then, Knots was going through their reorg, and all the usual suspects left. I found them again on The Burl a month ago.

Nice to see what some of 'em are doing - by-and-large a knowledgeable, friendly crowd. Ain't the Creek, tho.

Also - owwm, when I lose my mind and think I'm gonna swap out a machine [when I grow up, I want to be like Chip Lindley :D]. Which did happen a few months ago with my DP. Dangerous place to go.

[steven c newman]

I also go to LumberJocks, The Burl, and about three others. Used to be a "Knothead". About all I can say, without bashing some places. I'll be "nice", this time.

[Ken Garlock]

+1 for Wood Central. Very well moderated, and many knowledgeable people.

My choice after the Creek.

[Dave Lehnert]

I enjoy reading through the Shopsmith forum. If you stop thinking of the Shopsmith as a tablesaw, drill press, lathe etc...and think of it as a universal woodworking jig you would start to see the usefulness of the tool. Some shopsmith owners come up with some interesting jigs.

[David Weaver]

Wood central. tends to be more experience in the average post there, and the environment is civil. I am persona non grata at woodnet, but it's not a big deal. It is more of a beginners forum than this one, and the same questions get asked over and over there.

I personally don't think the basement on WN is that bad, but then again, i"m not offended by a lot other than retailers with high prices on cheap goods and constant coupon schemes.

[Rick Prosser]

As a newbie, I searched for all the forums I could find and have tried to keep current with most. I am not active on all, but still drive by from time to time. I stay pretty active on 3-4.

In addition to SMC:
FamilyWoodwoking
NC Woodworker
WOW
Woodworking Talk
Lumberjocks
WoodCentral
Lumberworks (sawmilling)
AAW

[Joseph D'Orazio]

I kinda like woodworkingtalk. Especially for lots of knowledgeable folks in the area of wood drying/rough milling.
Me too. I like that Australian site too because they do alot of boxes and their typing accent looks funny.

[mike v flaim]

I like

Knots
WoodNet
Lumberjocks
The Burl

The Burl is pretty new so if anyone can't find it, just google The Burl Forum.

Forums that have a lot of pros are usually the most educational and informative. I seek ones that fit the bill.

[Burt Alcantara]

I get a page redirect everytime I try theburlforum.com Also, tried the delphi link as well with the same result. Are they down?

[Richard Wagner]

I try to avoid saying one is better than another. I visit some more frequently because the discussions there are more interesting TO ME. The discussions deal with what I am most involved with. There are aspects with all of the forums here mentioned that I like. I frequent the Shopsmith forum more than others because I have a shop built around of that equipment. I accumulated my gear while I was active duty military, moving from here to there on a frequent basis. I could not have a shop full of old iron. Now, I am addicted to my Shopsmith.

[Jerome Hanby]

Hard to rank them, kind of depends on who has most lately posted something really great...or really stupid <g>. But on my hot bar I have links for: SMC, LumberJocks, Woodnet, and FWW. I like the blogs so I regularly surf over to PWW (need to add that to my bar)

[glenn bradley]

I agree that forums have a personality. SMC was where folks came to escape the threads filled with posts of folks randomly giving unsupported commentary, foul language and in-fighting. As we have grown, we see more of that sort of thing trying to worm its way in here. Thanks to the under-appreciated mods for their efforts. I belong to other forums but only really visit one other with any regularity. It is small with much less activity as a byproduct of the population but, it is civil, filled with talented woodworkers and primarily discusses the craft. There are some notable others (that I am sure we are all familiar with) which are more of a drunken monster truck rally with occasional demonstrations of woodworking; I'll pass ;)

[Paul Saffold]

Just here and about 20 individual blogs is more than enough to keep me out of the shop.:)

[Jerome Hanby]

Just here and about 20 individual blogs is more than enough to keep me out of the shop.:)

You know, there is a pretty good point. If I didn't sit in front of a computer all day programming and have lots of idle time during regression testing, I probably wouldn't read any forums unless I had a problem.

[scott spencer]

Woodworkingtalk, Woodnet, BT3, Wood Mag, and Lumberjocks among others.