I have contemplated buying the workbench plans alone, but really didn't feel I'd get my money's worth by subscribing to the "Guild". I have watched many of Marc's free videos. Many of them primarily like to hear/see themselves talk, and like that Stumpy guy who hangs at Lumber Jocks, think they are the latest comedic incarnation of Norm Abram. I will say he is better than most of the wannabe woodworking videographers and bloggers that are proliferating the web. Most nationally known woodworkers also design tools and accessories, write books, shoot videos, give lectures, and teach at their own or other WW schools to supplement their income. It is at least hard to make a decent living, until you have achieved a certain level of fame. He is trying to make a living from woodworking/woodworking education, which is hard to do today. For instance, his video about making a torsion box table copied David Marks who he credited (and did a short apprenticeship with), but he used the same overly time consuming method to cut the interior web pieces rather better, quicker and more precise method. I also think he is (or was) very derivative, essentially repeating in his internet videos (or is that podcasts?) what other, much more talented woodworkers and cabinet makers, have done and documented for years in magazines, books, VHS tapes, and DVDs. He appears to know what he is doing, but frankly I never understood his following- probably because he is young, Gen X/Gen Y and I'm not, and of course there is that soul patch thing- I don't get those either.
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