rec.woodworking book?

[petermichaux]

Why doesn't rec.woodworking band together and write a book about an aspect of woodworking. Like Hand planes and planing? The cumulative knowledge here seems to be more than elsewhere.

Peter

[Charles Krug]

Probably 'cuz if you took all the posters of rec.woodworking and lined us up end-to-end, we'd point in all directions?

[J T]

Wed, Feb 23, 2005, 10:04am (EST-3) [e-mail] asks: Why doesn't rec.woodworking band together and write a book about an aspect of woodworking. Like Hand planes and planing? The cumulative knowledge here seems to be more than elsewhere.

Been done.

Intellectual brilliance is no guarantee against being dead wrong.

- David Fasold

[Dave Balderstone]

I'd suggest "Buying a tablesaw" as a first title.

;-)

[B a r r y]

Have you ever tried to herd cats?

Barry

[Eddie Munster]

[charlie b]

But we'd all be having fun.

Actually, several editors and writers of many of the woodworking magazines monitor the group, along with WoodCentral forums and the like, and do articles on some of the threads "gems".

The real challenge would be organizing anarchy - herding cats would be a hell of a lot easier.

charlie b

[bridger]

it's called google.

[Rick Cook]

Because it's too much like work. Sharing knowledge is fun. Writing a book is a hassle. Besides, it's too much like what some of us do for a living.

--RC (who's written about a dozen of the damn things)

[d.kessell]

LOL! Very L!

Dan

[Jeff P.]

We would not.

[Dave Hinz]

We most certainly wood.

[Jeff P.]

We wood knot! Ha, let's see you top that one.

[Dave Hinz]

(sigh)...not this agrain.

[striplings]

Herding cats is easy. You shoot 'em and stack 'em.

Steve Stripling Huntville, AL

[Dave Balderstone]

You mean a top knot?

[Rick Cook]

Frayed not.

--RC

[Charles Krug]

Oh what the hey . . .

Okay, for our first article, what is the ONE CORRECT WAY to make a dado?

*grins wickedly and ducks*

[Lawrence L'Hote]

I know..don't pay her. Or is that another.... oooops

[Philip Lewis]

1: Start with wood 2: A miracle happens 3: Voila! a perfect dado.

(We might have to be a little more in that second step.)