What's the most useful ww magazine article you've ever read?

[Clisby Clark]

One that really impressed me was the PWW article a few years back about making housed dovetails using sawed off guide bushings.

[Doug Colombo]

I enjoy Woodsmith. I have been getting them for over 15 years and really enjoy the projects and articles. I thought that an article on building a jig for making laminated curved pieces was great. Although not an article, I did build a work bench that they featured and have been very pleased with it.

[david brum]

Michael Fortune's articles in FWW are very good. In particular, his article from 2 (I think) years ago about setting up a band saw was an eye opener. He cuts through the haze of voodoo, BS and urban myth and tells the reader how to get reliable results.

[Chip Lindley]

Articles in Fine Woodworking on how to sharpen my own planer and jointer blades share top honors with an article on how to tune up the contractor-type TS. That helped me refurbish my first-ever REAL TS. That old Rockwell earned it's keep many times over!

All articles from early issues of FWW was new information for me and I gleaned most all I learned about woodworking and machinery there--one issue at a time! New woodworkers today have no idea how fortunate they are to have the vast amount of woodworking knowledge right at their fingertips by searching this forum and others.

[Frank Drew]

Years and years ago Fine WoodWorking had an article on vacuum veneering, laying out all the steps involved and equipment needed (which I mostly scrounged or shop built.) Reading it was like a light went off in my head, since I'd been interested in veneering but couldn't figure out how to fit a traditional press in my smallish shop.

[Jim Rimmer]

The one in the letter telling me my subscription was expiring. ;) Too many redundant articles, plenty of help on the web especially here at SMC.