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Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss their lumber haulers, tolerances when cutting large joints, and safely cutting thin strips.
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Published 04/19/24
Amanda is joined by Owen Madden and Evan Court to discuss their work in production shops, how their backgrounds in other shops and schools effect their work flow, and their plans for the future.
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Published 04/05/24
Andrew Hunter joins Vic and Ben to discuss sharpening, carpeted workshops, and one listener's dining table issues. Amanda talks to Sophie Glenn, a metalworker/woodworker who you should know!
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Published 03/22/24
Bob Van Dyke joins Mike and Amanda to discuss dovetail layout lines, tambour doors, and designing to a specific board. Also, Amanda and Ben discuss the fading future of affordable table saws.
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Published 03/08/24
Vic and Ben welcome a new co-host into the mix and discuss resawing, adjusting the mouth of hand planes, easy-to-build knock-down benches, and how one Dr. can stop overusing their table saw.
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Published 02/23/24
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Published 02/09/24
Larissa Huff joins Vic and Ben to discuss working in the cold, dovetail layout, fancy tape measures, and if spokeshaves are in fact worth it.
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Published 01/26/24
Bill Pavlak and Dan Faia join Ben to discuss inspecting historic furniture, resawing by hand, and sharpening drawknives.
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Published 01/12/24
Woodsmith's Phil Huber joins Mike and Ben to discuss taking care of fine furniture, making tools and jigs, and the new home of Fine Woodworking.
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Published 12/15/23
Gary Rogowski joins Vic and Ben to discuss lumber yards, ungluing a chessboard, weird router bits, and hybrid sharpening setups.
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Published 12/01/23
Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss Shaker furniture, fixing a bench top, oddball shelf joinery, and the conversation comes back to Christian Becksvoort over and over.
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Random chat
11:12 - Becksvoorts Shaker cabinet feet
21:45 - Patching a benchtop
33:04 - Most embarrassing woodworking moment
49:38 - Weird wall shelf joinery
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Published 11/17/23
MatterHacker's Dave Gaylord joins Ben to discuss the plethora of digital tools available to woodworkers.
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Published 11/10/23
Well, not ALL bandsaws, but Rollie Johnson joins Vic and Ben to discuss the weird noises your bandsaw makes, resawing wood by hand, and flattening boards with handplanes.
0:00 - Intro
3:19 - Bandsaw noises and setup
40:33 - How to resaw without a bandsaw
50:33 - No room for a jointer!
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Published 11/03/23
Anissa and Ben welcome David Johnson onto the show to discuss his work repairing furniture in LA.
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Published 10/20/23
Mike, Vic, and Ben discuss vacuum bags, coping saw blades, and ammonia fuming.
0:00 - Intro
3:03 - Catching up with Vic
10:52 - Vacuum bags
25:05 - Coping saw and fret saw blades
37:38 - Segments
50:54 - Fuming with ammonia
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Published 10/06/23
Not really, it's really Mike, Anissa, and Ben discussing jointers and planers.
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Published 09/22/23
We chat with Father John Abraham of Benchcrafted and Phil Huber of The Woodsmith Shop, and Mike, Amanda, and Ben discuss all of the great woodworking festivals of late.
0:00 - Intro
2:30 - Chatting about festivals
16:35 - Phil Huber of The Woodsmith Shop
32:30 - Tools we dug seeing at shows
44:25 - Fr. John Abraham of Benchcrafted
1:02:18 - Wrapping it up
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Published 09/08/23
Bob Van Dyke joins Mike and Ben to discuss sharpening to 80 grit, which wood is best for bending, bandsaw blade issues, and shoulder planes.
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0:00 - Intro
2:23 - What's new at Bob's?
11:34 - Gluing hinges on a box?
19:41 - Steam bending wood
29:48 - Segments
40:35 - Sharpening to 80 grit
52:15 - Breaking bandsaw blades
59:10 - What shoulder plane to get?
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Published 08/25/23
Gary Rogowski joins Vic and Ben to discuss adjusting hinges, using a chamfer bit for box miters, and making Queen Anne furniture without a bandsaw.
0:00 - Intro
1:28 - Adjusting hinges
27:41 - Chamer bit for box miters?
35:05 - Queen Anne furniture and no bandsaw
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Published 08/11/23
Bridgid from Dinkle's Woodshop joins Amanda and Ben to talk about her obsession with building bed frames, the best material for shop furniture, favorite tools, and how beginners can stop overthinking things in the shop.
0:00 - Intro
16:04 - How can a beginner shut up and start doing?
33:35 - All-time Favorites
43:48 - What to build shop cabinets out of?
51:14 - Help with bed frames!
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Published 07/28/23
An important discussion about hearing health, and why it's important to every woodworker.
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Published 07/21/23
Mike, Vic, and Ben discuss (for the last time) shops without a table saw, when to sell a tool, and why the simplest way to get something done is the best way.
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Published 07/14/23
In this episode, we talk about all things Windsor chairs with Aspen Golann and Kelly Harris, as well as their involvement with The Chairmaker's Toolbox.
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Published 06/30/23
Megan Fitzpatrick joins Vic and Ben to discuss round vs. square dogs, drilling at an angle, plane iron camber, and the best material to use on a bathroom vanity.
0:00 - Intro
5:00 - Square on a drill press when drilling at an angle
13:37 - Wood for a bathroom vanity
20:50 - How much of a camber
32:24 - All time favorites
44:24 - Angled dog holes?
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Published 06/16/23