Fine Woodworking Magazine Fine Woodworking Magazine —– the very mention of it among woodworkers brings recognition and I think, a certain amount of respect. Since it’s first issue in 1975, it has been the bench mark of fine woodworking and a cut above the other publications that have come and gone since then. I remember seeing my first issue while I was going to San Francisco State University pursuing my industrial arts teaching credential. Those early issues were black and white only! I graduated from SFSU in 1977 and began my teaching career in Las Vegas that year as well. Like so many others at that time, subscribing to and keeping all of the issues of Fine Woodworking magazine was …