Episodes
This week we chat with Craig Cowan from Barefoot Forge. We get into how he has built a business around custom forged Damascus steel wedding rings. Plus his adventures sailing above sharks and making sharks teeth.
Published 10/17/19
This week we chat with Shaun Boyd of Shaun Boyd Made This. Shaun is an amazing modern furniture maker who has made the transition from client work to content creator. We get into finding clients, approaches to design and his process for making templates!
Published 10/11/19
This week we chat with Jonathan Katz Moses about his No Deflection Stop Block and the big business changes he has made over the last year.
Published 10/04/19
This week we chat with Michael Alm. Michaels creates beautifly intricate sculptures from wood carvings and hundreds of vaneers. Plus he has been making some insane patterns with just plywood.
Published 09/20/19
This week we chat with John Edgar Park. John has worked as an animator and Imagineer for Disney and currently produces amazing electronic tutorials at Adafruit. We get into his background and some easy ways on how you can incorporate electronics in your projects.
Published 09/11/19
This week we chat with woodworker Blake Weber. We get into building boats, building shops and how a CNC plays into fine woodworking projects.
Published 09/03/19
This week we chat with special effects artists and creature creator Jasper Anderson. We get into what it takes to build props to Marvel, Jim Henson and how to deck out your yard for Halloween.
Published 08/25/19
This week we chat with Gareth Branwyn. Gareth grew up in the days of Cyberpunk and has been covering the world of making for decades. We get into his work with Wired, Boing Boing and Make Magazine!
Published 08/15/19
We chat with Tom Spina from Tom Spina Designs and Regal Robot. We get into his movie prop restoration business and building high-end Star Wars-inspired furniture.
Published 08/01/19
This week we chat with Dom Ricobenne about his incredible highly detailed 3D carved topographical maps. Plus some side tracks into the world of making content for Instagram!
Published 07/18/19
This week we chat with Jen Schachter about her work on massive collaborative projects with Adam Savage including Project Egress for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing!
Published 07/11/19
This week we chat with Eric Jones about all things prop making. We get into how he worked with Marvel to create an amazing replica helmet of the Wasp from Ant-Man!
Published 07/04/19
This week we chat with Jason Hibbs of Bourbon Moth Woodworking Co. Find out how Jason and his wife have built two successful business with a combination of digital tools and quality craftsmanship.
Published 06/27/19
This week we chat with Daniel Jansson from Switch and Lever. We get into his background in interaction design and how he is combining skills for a huge array of disciplines into his projects.
Published 06/20/19
This week we chat with Keth Pride about the intersection of walnut, stained glass and Star Wars.
Published 06/13/19
This week we chat with Joe Barnard from BPS.Space about model rockets with high tech components that even Elon Musk is impressed by.
Published 06/06/19
This week we chat with woodworker and woodturner Rex Krueger. We get into Rex’s journey from the world of Academia to pro woodworking shops to running his own business and how he supports it all with lots of income streams.
Published 05/30/19
This week we chat with artist and craftsmen Uri Tuchman. We get into how Uri is combining his fine art background with practical entering skills to create finished pieces full of whimsy.
Published 05/23/19
This week we chat with Tommy Matthews from Crooked River Forge. Tommy went from brand new bladesmith to a successful knifemaking business and winner of History Channels forged in Fire in just a few short years!
Published 05/16/19
This week we chat with Jonny Builds. We get into his quick rise on YouTube through some stunning builds including a custom axe with a scorpion in the handle that has gotten over 7 million views!
Published 05/09/19
This week we chat with Brian Thompson about how he is turning his entire basement into a Star Wars themed spaceship called The Smugglers Room.
Published 05/02/19
This week we chat with Lutherie Austin Papp. We get into what it takes to build a guitar for scratch and the influence of modern technology on an old school craft.
Published 04/25/19
This week we chat with journalist and maker Donald Bell. Donald has covered the maker world through his work at CNET, Make Magazine, Adafruit, Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools and his own weekly update show called The Maker Update. We get into how the Make movement has changed over the years and where he sees it going in the future.
Published 04/18/19
This week we chat with Luke Wilson the owner of TBD CNC. We get into what it takes to custom your CNC and how Luke how built a business around it. SPONSORED I recently launched my store with its first set of plans a hard wood crib. Save 25% with promo code: MOB https://store.makeorbreakshop.com
Published 04/12/19
This week we chat with woodworker and inventor Andy Klein. We get into his recent twin screw vise Kickstarter as well as his new jig to create pencils with a hand plane.
Published 04/05/19