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JOE_M

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We have absolutely zero bookstores in town now so I haven't seen a scrollsaw magazine in at least a year. Are there any worth buying a subscription to? I'd be looking for something with a variety of patterns and projects,and not a lot of non-scrollsaw craft or fluff.

 

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Currently there is only one magazine that is devoted exclusively to scrolling, Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts, published by Fox Chapel Publishing.

http://scrollsawer.com/

I've subscribed to SSW&C for several years and it can be a bit of a mixed bag, depending on your areas of interests.  It's very difficult for a magazine that only publishes 4 issues a year to be everything to all people.  It's well done and I enjoy getting it, even though I don't care for every pattern or project they include. 

There used to be another one called Creative Woodworking and Crafts.  Unfortunately if ceased publishing several years ago.

S.A.W. (Scrollsaw Association of the World) puts out a quarterly newsletter/magazine, but you have to be a member of S.A.W. to get it.  I've seen a few and they look quite nice, with lots of good information and some patterns, without all the advertising that comes with a commercially published magazine.

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I've subscribe to SSW&C magazine and look forward to each issue.  I am never interested in every project, but they have to try to have something for a large variety of people so I expect that, but there has always been several things in each issue that appeal to me.  Plus, even though I may not try everything, it is good to see the possibilities.

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As stated Scroll Saw Woodworking  and Crafts. There is also a German magazine but unless you read German it can be a bit of a challenge.

I do a fair amount of test cutting for the magazine and I will say there are some really neat projects coming in future issues. 

And like Bill said it is difficult to please all of the people all of the time. The fret work folks want more then the Intarsia fans say they want less fretwork and more intarsia and then I want more mechanical stuff like clocks.

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I subscribe to scroll saw. I like it, but it is the only one published that I know of at this time. I really liked creative woodworking also. It's a shame they went under. I have found a few of theirs on Amazon that I didn't have and they were complete. But they are hard to find now. Someone suggested eBay but I don't like taking a chance on it being complete.  Fox chapel has several good books available also. 

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