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Another Vote on the Wood Grain. Is it Jesus or a Woman?

Regarding the "Eye of the Beholder" picture on page 13 of your September 1999 issue. Can anyone look at that picture and not see a big rabbit? Complete with buck teeth? The knot is his nose.

Jay Kacena Marion, Iowa

Article Saved Him $300

If someone could forward this to Troy Sexton, the author of "$19.99 Dovetail Jig" (September 1999 # 110). He just saved me

$300. Give him my thanks and appreciation. The article was great. Keep up the good work.

I also liked the "Borrowing a Design" article. I have never come across any woodworking magazine that has paid any attention to design. I hope there will be more in the future. If I may make a suggestion. Start at a low level. Maybe a list of do's and don'ts. Don't vary table height, for example. Explain why chairs are made to certain heights. Things like that. Keep up the great work.

Jim Gogue Ava, Illinois

Thoughts on the Shaker Tall Clock and the Magazine

This weekend I purchased my first ever copy of Popular Woodworking. I have to say that I don't look at the magazine primarily because it doesn't cover my needs, and I do gravitate towards Woodsmith and Fine Woodworking. But this issue is different, and your Tall Clock (#110) caught my eye. I have just finished a curly maple mantle clock

from an issue of Woodsmith and applied a finish process recommended to me by Jeff Jewitt. It came out close to yours using two water-based dyes (one dark and one light) plus two applications of linseed oil and then about four coats of garnet shellac.

Having said all that, I now am inspired to build the Shaker clock you made. You have made a wonderful looking clock and I appreciated the chance you offer your readership to contact you.

In the future I will pick up your magazine and may purchase it on an issue-by-issue basis, but I am going to say the "cover look" of the magazine doesn't attract me to want to pick it up. It's too busy and needs a hint of "Not giving it all away" on the cover.

Jim Shaver Oakville, Ontario

Editor's note: Thanks for your note about the Shaker clock. As to the look of the cover, all I can say is, "You can't always tell a book by its

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