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Is it just me, or did anyone else find recommendations at the end of the current FHB jigsaw review pretty weak? I’m used to FHB having at least a little backbone. A review of features and their individual model notes would make me expect the prize to go to the January 2000 Bosch, if you prefer top handles, or the Metabo barrel grip. If so, why not say so? Is their point that personal feel makes more difference than features, as long as you go with one of the modern units? If so, they should say so and recommend trying before buying. Am I missing something?
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Hi again Dave,
Let me respond (before I go read it) that although I enjoy
the magazine and have learned a lot over the years from it,
I generally find the reviews too darned short and lacking in
real on-the-job depth.
Also, sometimes tool reviewers use students to give their
impressions, which for my purposes, can be pretty
counterproductive. Example-if high school kids find a sander
a little too vibraty/powerful/hard to control, how does that
relate to harsh jobsite practices or the woodworking hands
of a 200 lb. man with years of experience?
If you're going to COMPARE tools, including the people who
advertise in your magazine, you better be ready to state
your true feelings and back it up without pulling any
punches. Otherwise, it is just useless waste of copy.
The prices they show for the tools are seldom what I pay for
them or see them advertised for.
Again, I hate to bang too much on FHB. It's still the best
in print and on the net. I just share the tool comparison
disappointment.
Now I'm going to read min
*Disappointing? I'll tell ya what's disappointing to me! First, on the FHB homepage they have a picture of "The Current Issue" and it doesn't look familliar to me. Then, you ask about a tool review I don'r remember readin', and I spend 1/2 hour diggin through the pile of magazines by the bed, and can't find anything more recent than the concrete countertop issue. I believe that there is a new issue out, and I didn't get mine! (yet) (again). THAT'S what's disappointing to me! - jb
*Jim, sorry about that. I did just get it on Saturday, and it was the first article I read. Hacks me off how the newstands seem to get them up to a week before folks who pay ahead of time for automatic delivery. Seems like we should be getting the advance copies. BTW, you're in the mag, or at least someone with a tag that's only 1 character different from yours. Congrats! Dave
*I'm in it? Now you know the quality is dropping. The only place I get any notoriety is at the post office. I've had my picture up in there for quite some time now. - jb
*He's in it AGAIN? That makes twice for FH, and once for JLC. Baby, I'll have my people call your people; we'll do the lunch thing. You're going straight to the top, darling, next stop Hollywood.
*...any magazine that would publish something I said, I wouldn't want to read it...(altered slightly from W.C. Fields, I think) - jb
*jb:You'll have to change from "crazy legs" to "tauntin' taunton"Dogxx
*Hell Jim, I only got the one with the concrete counters last week. What are you complainin about. BTW they ought to think about changing the name of the magazine to Fine Architecture IMO . Chuck
*Amen, Chuck. Seems like half the magazine is fine homes instead of fine homeBUILDING. All the home articles seem to be written by the architect who just wants published pages for his brochure. It's nice to pull it all together every now and then, but only once or twice per issue, please. Otherwise, I would prefer focused pieces on design and construction options for a particular aspect of homes.
*Dave - you should e mail Andy Engel. He is one of the editors and he is looking for articles written by carpenters, just the kind of thiing you are talkin' about. He says they will even help a bunch with the writing part, if you have something to say. The money seems decent too. Seriously, give it a shot. You too Chuck. Hell, most everyone here could write something for them, if they wanted to. - jb
*Jim, irony is that I'm an architect. I'd probably write one of the articles about which I just complained. But, I'm also an avid DIY, fairly serious woodworker, and pick up good technical detailing tips for my designs and documents by reading FHB. I usually skip the architects' house articles. Dave
*See? Now there you go. I am a carpenter and read most of the architect written stuff tryin' to better understand design, site layout, use of space type stuff, and usually skim the carpentry type articles. I guess we both get different stuff from the same mag. Cool. - jb
*Jb, I heard tell they had a problem with Injun attacks on the Pony express last week. Could explain why our magazines always come later out here in the "old west"... Them high-falootin' east coasters got it so easy over there. Heard they even got indoor toilets in some places...jim
*Well jim, you ever been back there? They got so many folks packed in so small an area back there that they have to do what they can to keep 'em all pacified. That population density is a retailer's dream, but I'm sure glad I came here before I settled down."...give me wide open spaces, don't fence me in..." - jb
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Is it just me, or did anyone else find recommendations at the end of the current FHB jigsaw review pretty weak? I'm used to FHB having at least a little backbone. A review of features and their individual model notes would make me expect the prize to go to the January 2000 Bosch, if you prefer top handles, or the Metabo barrel grip. If so, why not say so? Is their point that personal feel makes more difference than features, as long as you go with one of the modern units? If so, they should say so and recommend trying before buying. Am I missing something?