Popular Woodworking 2000-12 № 119, страница 5
Out on a Limb Welcome, Scott Phillips Our ongoing effort to bring you the best in woodworking "know how" has landed some pretty eye-popping, jaw-dropping talent over the last year or so. We've padded out the magazine's professional editorial staff with a line-up of regular contributors who have proven themselves in the workshop and bookshop. You probably know I'm talking about finishing expert Bob Flexner and the jig meister himself, Nick Engler. Then, of course, there's our work-a-day-world contributors Glen Huey and Troy Sexton, who show you how to build great projects using awesome techniques so you can construct your projects just like the pros. Now, good friends and woodworkers-in-arms, I'm thrilled to officially welcome a very bright star to our group who'll be sharing his woodworking wisdom in every issue, Scott Phillips, host of "The American Woodshop" PBS television series. You are in for a real treat. Scott's experience is as broad as it is deep. And believe me, there's so much more to him than a TV personality who landed in a wood shop. Scott developed an early affection for woodworking and learned from his grandfather, starting at age 6. That's when he built his first chair under an experienced, watchful eye. With a love of wood deeply ingrained, he later followed his father's footsteps and became a forester after earning a forestry degree from Michigan State University. For years he was a roving veneer timber buyer for Hartzel Veneer of Piqua, Ohio, Scott's home town. (Speaking of Piqua, the addition of Scott to the Popular Woodworking team completes what I jokingly call the Miami County, Ohio, woodworking triad, which also includes Nick Engler, a lifetime resident of West Milton, Ohio, and myself, a Troy, Ohio, native. We all grew up within 10 miles of one another!) Scott was not content to merely roam the woods scouting out veneer-grade logs still on the stump, and started a retail woodworking store as well. Some time later, the store, a bit of an anomaly at the time, caught the eye of the Shopsmith company and soon Scott was working for them developing the store concept and other woodworking tools. While there, he started producing videos to demonstrate the use of Shopsmith machines. Well, producing the videos and being the "on-cam-era" demonstrator lead to, guess what? The concept that eventually became "The American Woodshop" TV series. Today, the program is shown on public television stations all over the country and has been on the air for nearly a decade. If you have seen the show, you know that Scott emphasizes practical projects using safe techniques to produce quality woodworking. That combination makes Scott a great fit for Popular Woodworking. In each issue Scott will share some of his hard-won woodworking tips and tricks, and he has a big bag full of them. His work will take over our long-running "Tricks of the Trade" column and is now called "Tricks of the Trade from The American Woodshop." But don't think for a moment that we aren't interested in hearing from you about your best shop tricks. We will still publish at least one original reader trick and, are you ready? The prize is an incredible 121/2M Delta portable planer. Yes, each issue the best trick of the trade from a reader will win this amazing prize. So join me in welcoming Scott Phillips to the pages of Popular Woodworking. And be sure to keep sending us your own shop tips and tricks. We just might be sending a new Delta planer to you! PW CONTACT INFORMATION Steve Shanesy Editor & Publisher Specialties: Projects, techniques, article and project selection 513-531-2690 ext.238 steves@fwpubs.com David Thiel Senior Editor Specialties: Projects, new products and tools, tricks of the trade 513-531-2690 ext.255 davidt@fwpubs.com Christopher Schwarz Senior Editor Specialties: Author liaison, website, projects, photography 513-531-2690 ext.407 chriss@fwpubs.com Jim Stuard Associate Editor Specialties: Projects, carving,turning, project illustrations 513-531-2690 ext.348 jims@fwpubs.com Tricia Barlow Art Director Specialties: Magazine and cover design, photo direction 513-531-2690 ext.599 triciab@fwpubs.com Got Questions or Problems With Your Subscription? To report problems with your subscription visit our website at popwood.com, call our subscription offices at 515-280-1721, or write to Popular Woodworking,P.O. Box 5369, Harlan, IA 51593. 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