Please read!

[Glenn Clabo]

For all of those who don't venture outside the spiny world...
http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=38558

[Erin Raasch]

Thanks for the heads-up!

Erin

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Well I just dipped into the turning fund for another donation to SMC.

I'm challenging all you other turners to do so as well.

I think the Turner's forum is about the most active here at SMC, so lets all show our support.

This place is great, and it saves me money all the time, thus, I think a donation is certainly not a big deal.

Cheers!

[Don Baer]

Mailing money this weekend when I return home. lets keep the creek flowing without any log jams.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Well I just dipped into the turning fund for another donation to SMC.

I'm challenging all you other turners to do so as well.

Cheers!

Amen Stu. I did the same and dipped into my turning fund and made another donation. I have gotten a thousand times more info and knowledge here than what I have paid in.

[Jim King]

I really think you should reconsider the advertising issue. You have a great site and it would be easy to attract advertisers and it could be done in a way that does not affect the site in an adverse way. I dont think it would be to long before you could forget your current life and do what you like full time. Over the years I have learned to know many of my competitors as well as people in other areas of wood working and I think it would be a pleasant experience for you working with them as advertisers on your site.

[Don Baer]

Jim,
One of the great things about the creek is that without any advertiser creekers can tell there honest opinion about products. With sponser this would not be true. Keep the creek flowing freely, donate your turning bucks, now.

[Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan]

Jim, I agree with Don on this one, as long as we can keep it independent, I think we should.

Cheers!

[Ned Bulken]

if we can abysserate someone, we certainly can support the forum. check going out this weekend!

[Rich Stewart]

I had no idea. I thought it all happened by magic. That's what computers are to me. Magic. I'll send my donation in as soon as I can.

I, too, cannot tell you how much I have learned from SMC. Much better than any magazine or book. To me anyway.

[Mark Rios]

No adverts, more money.

To me, having a site with no ads and donating once in a while is worth more than a free site with even just a few ads.


And Rich...It IS magic, you're right. But we need to support the magician.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Amen to no advertising. I used to belong to some sites that had the ad's. When you went from one page to the next you had to get by a ad first. Lets keep this thing in house. We have the magic and let's keep it going.

[Reed Gray]

If we had advertisers, why couldn't we be honest about the opinions we post about their products? I would think that any advertiser would want to know what we really think. I have talked to a number of people whose products I use, and without exception, they listen, and are courteous (as am I). In one case, it actually led to some changes. I think that most of the advertisers watch the sites anyway.
robo hippy

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Reed..........who'd control the site? Who would moderate?

IMHO I don't want to see advertisers controling the content of information on this site. If I have a problem with product A I want to be able to say so without it being edited out.

As the first person who was shoved into the vortex and just because of all the wealth of information and the friendship I've gained here........I kicked in again. This place is invaluable!

[Glenn Clabo]

They already have the option of "Manufacturer's Forums "...and only a few have taken advantage of it.