I hope the title isn't misleading, but if you go to google books, and do a search for "American Woodworker Magazine", it looks like all the issues from the 80's and 90's are available in full readable mode.
Obviosuly many product reviews are long since out of date, but you could certainly read soom cool articles and get some nice plans. Sorry if this was posted before. I tried searching but I have a lot of trouble utilizing the search functionality here.