Woodworking Forums

[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.