Ben Strano

Welcome to The Splinter Report, where we gather the assorted interesting and amusing things we’ve seen in the woodworking world. I’m Ben Strano, ya, the guy from Fine Woodworking, but we’re all one big happy family here at Active Interest Media, and since Collin is on assignment overseas (that’s cool to say), he’s asked me to step in and handle the Splinter Report for this week. I’m not going to lie, it’s big shoes to fill, and I’m a bit nervous, but I’ll do my best.

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So, we’ve been having bi-monthly builds along with the fun group of woodworkers on our Discord server (jump in, the water is fine!). For May/June, we asked folks to first share three pieces of woodworking media they love. And then to build something (anything) to hold some form of media—books, magazines, a thumb drive with PDFs, whatever. As I sat down to share my three favorite pieces of woodworking media, I thought I could use it as an excuse to share them with the greater FW audience, too.