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I Finally Did It!

Hello to the group,

Well after more than ten years, I finally got a website up! :-) Please point your browser to

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and check it out. The site will have lots of free articles and information, as more than 100 articles are initially planned for inclusion in the site - as soon as we can get them formatted and uploaded. :-0 There are several articles up now, including popular articles like boiling, and bandsaw blade resharpening with lots more coming. The website will also offer my latest research and testing results, something woodturners have been asking me to provide for years. Now that we have a site, it will be easy to maintain the reference database on the website.

After the initial 100 articles are loaded, there are 200 more planned to be added. We are also looking into adding streaming video the the site, so you can read an article and click on the video links to further investigate the specific topics. For example, if you're reading an article on sharpening and you want to see how to make an Irish grind, you will be able to click on the link embedded in the article and see it in streaming video.

We're having trouble optimising some of the pictures for the articles as many of them were shot at very high resolution. When we have tried to optimise these high-res images, they don't look too good. Anybody a web photo Guru? I may have to re-shoot some of them, or get a better optimiser program. The articles on the site now are mostly sans photo, but the photos will be added ASAP when we can figure the optimisation protocols out.

BTW, you can now purchase my videos and ebooks online and we offer a secure server to protect your credit card information. Please let me know what you think about the site and feel free to offer any suggestions for improvement. We want to make the site a valuable resource for woodturners around the world, so watch out for the big plans we have coming! Thanks and all the best to you and yours!

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Steve Russell
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Hello Darrell,

Thanks for the tip... I guess one of my questions is this: Is it better to take a 8MP picture that you then optimise for the web, or start out with a lower resolution like 2MP and then reduce it down to a smaller size for web viewing?

I have lots of high-res images and when they are optimised, they don't turn out as good as lower resolution shots that are optimised. Any ideas? I may have to reshoot everything, or become a web photo guru... :-0 Thanks and all the best to you and yours!

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Steve Russell

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Hello,

Thanks for the help and assistance. I will look into this! :-) Take care and all the best to you and yours!

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Steve Russell

Steve,

It's a great site, lots of information and I put it on my "favorites" as there is way too much good stuff to read and see at one time. But then, I knew your website would be like that!

Thanks, Ruth

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Hello Ruth,

Thanks for the k> Steve,

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