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Are you missing something by NOT engaging in CNC and digital design, cutting a burl, blame the sealer or blame the wood
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Tear out on cherry, stock prep time savings: planer or jointer, there’s bugs in my nut wood, and the impact of tariffs on power tools and lumber.
Making stains suck less, cutting angled tenons, and what to do with all that ash? PLUS we have a new sponsor of the show!
Hand tool frustration, feeling guilty about shop time, chunks of crotch, shop dehumidification, and glamor shots
we’re talking about… BURNOUT!!!, a tight riving knife, making big under-bevels, buying bulk lumber, and uneven table legs.
We’re talking about…modifying a table, finish for a whiskey tumbler, salvaging parts from an old table saw, and woodworking with children.
We’re talking about building a table for a 3-season room, how can 6” sanders possibly be better and our go-to woodworking finishe
Is traditional joinery antiquated, a safe glue for food items, starter tools for odd jobs, why so much 4/4 lumber in Illinois, and ideas for a special picture frame.
Is traditional joinery antiquated, a safe glue for food items, starter tools for odd jobs, why so much 4/4 lumber in Illinois, and ideas for a special picture frame.
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How NOT to take a Summer vacation, table saw flatness, coping with cross-eye dominance, wet legs, and plywood voids.
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It’s show #571 On today’s show, we’re talking about kids getting started in woodworking, shop lighting, woodworking slumps, and hand planed vs sanded surfaces.
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Listener Questions* Weston is 13 and wants his parents to trust him around sharp tools. * Jon wants to know if he should add splines to his large table top. * Peter wants to know if hand planed surfaces are too smooth for some finishes. * Christian asked about our shop lighting situations. * Bob's been spending too much time on Instagram and asks if we ever get frustrated and disappointed with our woodworking. * David's wondering if he should add support to his planer.
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It’s show #570 On today’s show, we’re talking about tool knock-offs, resawing thin stock, glue and brads, which epoxy and saving the cherry trees.
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What's On the Bench* Shannon finished up his mother's urn. * Marc is suddenly finishing floors because Matt is a bad influence. * Matt is building drawer boxes like a real woodworker.
Listener Questions Charles is in an ethical quandary about manufacturers and intellectual property of machine designs. * Eric has questions about epoxy open time and which brand to use. * Alex is building guitars and looking for a way to resaw thin material * Shannon says, check out the luthier friend* * Daniels is concerned about the Cherry trees on the DC mall being cut down. * Isaac asks about using brad nails to clamp glued joinery and if they are strong enough.
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It’s show #568 On today’s show, we’re talking about hard vs soft sanding pads, the purpose of a shavehook, PVA glue life, emotional projects, Cabinets with drawers, and practice pieces out of pine.
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Listener Questions* David wonders about the hardness of sanding pad for doing cabinet work. * Jeffrey asks about using dividers between drawers on a cabinet. * Chris wants to know the purpose of a shavehook and how to sharpen it. * Josh has old PVA and asks if it can be used past it's shelf life, and what even is that?
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- Jeremy asks if we ever get emotional about finishing a project or completing a hard task.
- Joe asks if practicing in cheap Pine is actually detrimental.
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It’s show #568 On today’s show, we’re talking about woodworker vs the HOA, sharpening a card scraper, flat bottom table saw cuts, and disposable blade hand planes
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What's on the Bench?* Shannon is building an urn for his mom on a bum knee. * Marc had some shop guests and built a table with a wiener. * Matt is still making cabinets.
News & KickbackAlex asks about this helical head router bit of death and how we feel about using it.
Listener Questions* Fantin asks about building a new shop at his new house and how to handle the HOA. * Bill is using his ATB blade to cut cabinet dados and wonders if he needs a square grind blade. * Johnathan got an Accu-Burr tool to help with card scraper sharpening but asks whether he needs to go back to the stones the re-hone the edge every time before pulling the burr. * Les asks about disposable blade hand planes like RALI and whether they are worth it for a new plane user.
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It’s show #567 On today’s show, we’re talking about shoulder planes?, the very super cool tools fence, and a question about router fences that Matt probably can’t answer.
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Listener Questions* Howard asks about Marc's experience with the Super Cool Tools fence * Michael asks about micro adjust on a router table fence and for suggestions. * "Joe" asks whether a shoulder plane is useful enough to justify buying or should he stick with a paring chisel. *
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It’s show #566 On today’s show, we’re doing another Oops! All Questions episode. We’re talking about some new tools, the longevity of glue joints, uses for CNC, and domestic hardwood alternatives.
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News* Marc is schilling books at the St Louis Woodcraft (Green Rockler) on Saturday, February 3rd.
Listener Questions* Alex asks our thoughts on the Bullseye Borer doohickey * Chris is looking for options in domestic hardwoods beyond the usual suspects. * Nathan has a question about modern glues and their longevity as compared to animal based glues of days past. * Rocco runs a machine shop for a school and asks how he might integrate a wood CNC into the school and curriculum.
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It’s show #565 On today’s show, we’re talking about power jointers vs jointer planes, finishing shop walls, which smoothing plane, and regretting Harvey Tools purchases?
What's On the Bench* Marc is working on Ava's vanity and discovering parts move if you leave them around long enough. * Shannon has no room in his shop due to home remodeling projects...so he's rebuilding his tri bike. * Matt is working on the kitchen cabinets.
News* We were sad to learn of the passing of Erik Florip * * AIM acquires Popular Woodworking magazine.
Listener Questions* Justin asks about using a jointer plane vs getting a powered jointer for his mostly hybrid woodshop. * Axel asks about finishing his shop walls. * Luke wants a dedicated smoothing plane and asks whether a #3 or a #4 is the better choice.
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It’s show #564 On today’s show, we’re talking about balancing a home shop and a work shop, Black Friday recap, and a whole bunch of kickback from YOU.
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Kickback* Alex is a super fan with more than 26K minutes listening to WoodTalk this year. * Douglas says he will build stuff off Etsy with no ethical dilemma. * Alex figured out the hardware he needs for his gaming table.
What's On the Dining TableWhat did we find on Black Friday sales? Mostly that we were underwhelmed with it all.
Listener Questions* Alex is thinking about maintaining 2 shops and 2 sets of tools. * Alfred is looking for paint filler suggestions and wonders if he HAS to have a YouTube channel to be a successful woodworker.
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It’s show #561 On today’s show, we’re talking about gluing in the cold,dog hole placement, & Maintaining surfacing router bits
What's On the Bench* Marc is working on a vanity and stopping for dovetail practice. * Shannon is making marquetry Christmas cards. * Matt finished off his sunroom and office, now back to the kitchen.
Matt ReactsToday we talk about how Matt looks like Jesus
Kickback* Mark found a supplier for knockdownhardware for his gaming table in Germany
Listener Questions* Wil lives up in Alberta and has an unheated shop and needs advice on doing glue ups and wood movement in the cold. * Tom wants advice on wear and how many dog holes to add to his Joinery workbench. * Alex asks about removing the pitch from his router surfacing bit and we suggest some handy products from Rockler for pitch removal.
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Transitional jointer planes, making a wide taper on a large slab, what happens to Matt’s wood?!
handsaws for the hybrid woodworking shop, allergic reactions to Rubio, epoxy butterfly inlays, any woods to avoid in the BBQ?
trusting other people’s measurements, domino vs dowel joinery, split top or not, and dealing with the poor decisions of previous homeowners.
Electricity for woodworkers, cheap hand planes, refinishing a Walnut table, what to do with old saw blades, woodworking in someone else’s shop, and snapping bandsaw blades.
Hand plane blades, Domino Connectors vs Ikea, Finish Curing in cold temps, and Wood floor expansion
Norm Abram the YouTuber, why’s Matt so small and shy yet confident, features of an all in one workbench, and organizing portable power tools.
Cutting an angled mortise, what to do with the boule cap and using massive slabs for a workbench.
We're talking about what does “credibility” look like in 2023? Pore-filling, getting shop time when you have kids, and finishing only one side of a board.
Rubio and the fantastic finishing fallacy, Scrub planes, and “bought a bandsaw mill, now what?”.
Why you’ll go poor trying to sell lumber, Torrefied wood doors, mortising by hand, and good uses for flooring off-cuts.
Demonstrating woodworking, shoulder planes, dealing with splinters, applying Rubio to a frame & panel, breadboard popularity, and premium router table set ups.
What we look for in an ideal shop space, diamond saw files, dealing with a wife that oversteps her bounds, and owning multiple sets of tools.
Refining curves with a spokeshave, dining table design conundrum, and Random Orbital Sander Speeds
Getting old sucks, changes for Marc, skewed plane blades, and are cantilevered drum sanders worth it?
Russian Birch plywood, putting a project on pause, and what’s the difference between quilting and curl?
Just because we love you all so much it's time for a rapid fire question and answer edition of WoodTalk.
Unsolicited advice, plywood vs solid wood, and milling boards in real time, and sanding to high grits.
Sliding dovetails in thin stock, the best finish for a kitchen countertop, and a Contractor Table Saw vs Cabinet Saw
Woodworking magazines, communicating with our followers, and do we actually need to upgrade tools in order to get better?
We’re talking about wedged round tenons, succeeding without being a wiener, and sawdust disposal
Using a router to make a round table top, C-channel for table tops, EnduroVar II, and Stabilizing punky wood
Dimensioning lumber, a stupid question about pre-finishing, flattening boards wider than your jointer
Wooden moulding planes, how to improve a raw linseed oil finish, Trapezoid case mitered angles
Micro bevels, cross cut sleds vs miter gauges, veneer glue that won’t kill you….I think, and how much work do to on used tools.
Hand tools for the power tool user, which finishes spontaneously combust, Drilling big and deep into end grain.
Baltic Birch frustration, sanding before finishing, finishing an outdoor bench, and what’s the deal with compression bits?!
Shooting miters, milling on long projects, making shiplap, and the correct way to mark with a measuring tape.
Midcentury roundovers, woodworking terminology, woodworking with newborns, and Random Orbit Sanders vs Sheet Sanders
Our bad attitudes, Veritas MKII issues, sealing a wooden coffee container, and using the wrong tool for the job.
Replaceable saw blades, Beadlock, thingamabobs, sawdust allergies, and drying wood cookies.
Warped lids, workbench vises, finish for a cedar chest, where to find screws, and Matt’s Wood lot.
Workbench height, end grain routing, hand planing body language and so much more. And to celebrate 500 episodes of this dumb show, we’re doing to do a celebratory woodworking quiz.
Why woodworkers hate IKEA, MDF for a bench top, choosing a grinder, and bandsaw capacity vs quality. Also featuring your dumb questions!
Paralysis by analysis, the best way to learn woodworking, new vs vintage hand tools, and tool maintenance schedules. Also now featuring your funny captions
Table saw extension wings, what you get when you pay more for a random orbit sander, wet wood, identifying wood, and material for a new bench top.
On today’s show we’re talking about how our concept of a “dream shop” can change over the years.
We’re talking about Matt. Seriously, it’s all about Matt and his new house and new shop.
Wwork holding. Vises, holdfasts, clamps and whatever else you use to hold stuff while you work on it.
Today we explore the wonder that is cutting boards. I scream, you scream, please stop screaming about cutting boards!!
It’s all email today as we clean out our inbox. We’re talking about resawing by hand, wood filler, strength of rabbet joints, soaking wood, table outfield table size, & cutting a crosshatch pattern
Our approaches to dust collection, shop flooring, cupping after resawing, gluing cedar, and preventing chatter when hand planing.
How woodworking has changed in the last decade, building a door, the future of furniture design, the Handworks show, table top glueups, and installing the Turbo Vise.
Building your first table, tools you should never buy used, and how to get those pesky feed rollers working properly.
Variable suction on a dust collector, having helpers in the shop, how to use turning tools, dealing with a twisted board, and wood allergies,
Our woodworking predictions, our woodworking goals for 2019, stickering barrel staves, rite of passage projects, clamping pressure, sanding dovetails, dueling dust collectors, what we watch/listen to, getting back into woodworking after a layoff
Chisel storage, spokeshave use, a jointer buying decision, scrub planes, and rotted sapwood
Tool maintenance, spring pole lathes, poorly dried wood, and fine tuning with a jointer
Planter box finishing, why lumber dealers are closed on the weekends, and is rough lumber necessary?
On today's show we're talking about: sliding dovetails, the Greg Klassen debacle, drilling 1.5" holes, and strop maintenance
On today's show we're talking about: hard vs soft maple, jack or smoother, router bit storage, and smoky mortise bits
Troubles with a low angle Jack plane, does a square need to be square, and poly or varnish?
Miter saw fences, stinky shellac, rough sawn lumber, slab prices, sharpening set ups, and woodworking education.
On today's show we're talking about what we did on our summer break and a Voicemail extravaganza.
Outdoor finish options, what's the deal with the DelVe Square?, Plywood safety, applying Enduro-Var, making gifts for other woodworkers, expired finishes, soundproofing the shop.
what's the deal with the #6 fore plane?, support for large tops, building boats, and furniture styles
Getting that vintage Cherry look, building movie furniture, how to prepare the shop for the summer, low angle planes, outsourcing finishing, air dried vs kiln dried lumber for a bench, and our critique of bad critiques.
On today's show we're talking about: selling tools before you move, your first trip to a lumber yard, and table saw power.
Edge-banding router bits, boxed beam construction, our contributions to woodworking, to pre-finish or not to pre-finish, drill press speeds, epoxy pouring tips, and should you buy a Domino.
On today's show we're talking about: keeping cool in the summer shop, wood choice for a baton, Getting into chainsaw milling
On today's show we're talking about: a case of the dropsies, what's the deal with slabs, and flooring for the shop.
Building complex reproductions, breadboard end tenon length, cutting board finish, and match-planing boards
Struggling to get started on a project, shellac and wax finish, sharpening issues and the MK.II jig, book recommendations, and hollowing with hand tools
Ozoroa reticulata, unnecessary expensive tools, cross grain workbench, and making a table lighter.
Cheap chisels, the worst woodworking fads, the Woodsmith Shop, end-grain table tops, case miters, and cherry alternative
Is cheaper walnut worth it?, glue squeeze out, curved veneer panels, some finishing talk.
Gouges vs scrapers, low angle jack advice, tack cloths, our business names, and getting into restoration.
The boys are back! We're talking about yoga blocks, sources for turning blanks, projects with your kids, and wedges for leg vices.
Grain tear out, bandsaw upgrades, why do they like gray and how can we stop it?, Woodworking stuff in Europe, and what lathe setup to start with.
Hard wax oil finishes, sharpening gauges, getting into CNC?, securing table tops, and explaining woodworking to the uninitiated.
Putting a vise on a thin bench top, fixing dog holes, and would matt build a bandsaw mill.
On today's show we're talking about glue for bent laminations, storing hardware and fasteners, dust collection basics, and mid priced handsaws.
Using plans, smoothing plane angles, what's the deal with horse butt?, budgeting for the future, and what will come of the Sawstop acquisition?
a bench for a hybrid woodworker, speeding up the cherry's color change, building for tools, and the morality and ethics of taking inspiration.
Woodworkers Fighting Cancer, dealing with pests in the shop, stable hardwoods, and workbench finishes
Plane blade troubleshooting, keeping things square, cleaning furniture, and shop-made tools.
Rabbets and knickers, the trouble with buying your last tool first, grain direction on a chair seat.
Intentionally building out of square, the necessity of miter saws, adding texture, choosing a router plane, and introducing new woodworkers to tools.
What it's like to work with others in your shop. Is it different from a classroom environment? How do you keep the work on track?
sliding vs non-sliding miter saws, workbench crochets, storing logs before milling them
When to say and when to plane, losing the battle with hickory, tacky finish, material thickness, and stop blocks, and etc.
Sapele working properties, Veneering Solid wood, 220v extension cords, and ripping chain.
Working African Mahogany, kerfing out dovetail waste, and one track saw to rule them all.
How to know if your furniture can handle the load, moving a project from AC to non-AC room, and should you mill everything all at once?!
Milling logs, oil and wax on hand tools causing finishing problems, when to use a loose mortise and tenon, boards bowing off the saw mill, and panel raising planes
On today's weekend show we talking about how whether to cut lumber that is too long for your storage
Fixing a blued gouge, material for shop cabinets, and glueing up a big butcher block countertop.
On the Weekend Show, Bob from I Like to Make Stuff joins us for a discussion about parenting and making stuff.
SketchUp for sissies, moving a shop, blending 3d printing and fine woodworking, and do Matt and Marc feel inferior because the don't mess with electronics like Bob Clagett?
Sprung breadboard ends, which hand tools should you spend money on, and getting started as a college student
We're talking about how our shops and working styles might be different if we didn't have our respective businesses.
Trimming a frame flush to the top, Thousand Canker Disease, and selling your old tools.
Card scraper thickness, what's your highest grit before finishing, and asymetrical dovetail layout
Chisel recommendations for a newb, when to stop face jointing, static explosions, and movement in manufactured furniture
When do you push yourself with your design? Does going out on a limb automatically mean that some people will hate it?
On a recent trip to Michaels Craft Store, Shannon was disgusted by all the junk on the shelves purporting to be Maker kits.
Extra jointer support, taming tapers, diamond vs water stones, and leaving the bark on slabs.
We're taking 2 questions on workbenches: top material and the effectiveness of the deadman
Live edge table bases, air dried vs kiln dried lumber, and Stationary log vs stationary head mills.
Staining complex projects, Matt's building a solar kiln?!?!, and wood movement in wide boards.
Favorite finishing books, to sharpen router bits or not, miter saws vs table saws, and plywood with hand tools???
Router bit buying strategy, lathe tool recommendations, jointer planes, and where to put the drill press.
Shop sub-floors, files for restoring saws, basement woodworking, purpleheart resin, acute angles, and making big projects in small spaces.
What are the big Black Friday deals we have seen in the past and what have we taken advantage of.
Oil finish in a low powered turbine, installing opposing drawer slides, and notching corners.
Your co-hosts as kids. What were we into? Anything that showed aptitude for woodworking or video-making?
Oil and wax finish on a butcher block, wall storage in a concrete walled shop, and starting a business.
Using a frame and panel for a tool chest door, fixing an orange peel lacquer finish, and narrow piece kickback.
Oil stones vs water stones, how to avoid mistakes related to rushing, and setting pricing expectations
curved cauls, who need's 'em!, what's matt going to do with all of those slabs, what's the deal with Purpleheart, and all kinds of backwards sawing and softwood only Japanese woodworking questions for our guest host Wilbur Pan.
Getting hot with epoxy, outdoor bar top options, and jointing a strip of moulding by hand.
Choosing joinery, sanding small pieces without rounding them over, hand planing crowns, and glueing up joints.
Knowing when your planer and jointer blades are dull and including torsion box assembly tables in small spaces.
Ductless Mini Splits VA PTAC in the shop, cutting accurate miters, sticky poly, and dealing with dank basements.
Sheet goods for exterior use, Japanese saws vs western saws, and tool recommendations gone wrong.
Hand tool fatigue, using a woodworking miter saw as a metal cut-off saw, and the right finish for furniture in a rental property.
An in-depth discussion about what's going on in our shops and we offer some general woodworking wisdom (if we have any)!
Attaching a butcher block top to a base, getting started in woodcarving, 110v jointers, and our featured topic, how to deal with shop frustration and maximizing limited time.
Dealing with pitch in your 2x4's, rabbets planes, back pain, and how often function dictates our wood choice.
End grain orientation for panels, smoothing a bookmatched panel, scraping glue, and our featured topic, the Festool Domino vs the world!
Sanding between coats, spalting your wood for fun and profit, resaw or plane, and hobbies outside of woodworking.
Mallets & chisel handles, protecting our electronic gear in the shop, shop security, keeping walnut from fading, and our featured topic, how much rehab can you do on a tool before it loses its soul?
jointing woes, router planes, breadboard ends, and our featured topic, how has video production impacted our woodworking.
On today's Anniversary/April Fool's show we're talking about clamping out gaps, prepping old cabinets for new paint, and securing socket chisel handles.
Cutting a juice groove in a cutting board, planers and Pine, bench top mortisers, power carving tools for bowls, and our strategies for dealing with squeeze out.
Trouble with a Mission Oak Finish, saw tooth geometry, grain direction in a panel, finishing all sides of a board at once, heating a workshop, project stability when shipping across the country, proper clamping pressure, and our Featured topic: how to do Woodworking in America right!
WoodTalk Roulette where we will grab emails from the mail bag at random and answer them.
Designing your own projects, biscuit depression, starting a saw, and attaching a table top.
Our lathe situations, first tools for the hybrid woodworker, knockdown hardware, and bench vs. mortise chisels.
Getting internet into the shop, listening to audio while woodworking, how flat is flat enough, and how thick to cut lumber.
Differences between rubber gloves, cleaning up squeeze out, troubleshooting an underperforming scraper, and letting boards rest after milling.
The intimidation of getting started, 45 degree zero clearance inserts, using a carbide bandsaw blade, and choosing a dust collector.
Removing mill marks in boards, dovetail orientation for casework, non traditional table designs with regard to wood movement, the trend of sped up woodworking videos, moving from a dry climate to a humid one, being called carpenter instead of woodworker, and a look back at the project's we've made in 2015.
Furniture safety, cutting notches, and buying a first spokeshave. Oh yeah, Matt's leaving the show too.
Determining finish on old trim, fire resistant projects, and bandsaw cut quality featuring special guest Dave Piccuito.
Dealing with a scratch while finishing, getting a distressed look, and concerns with thin wooden components.
Electrical outlets, dealing with swollen plywood dados, and evenly milling a board with knots.
Today we're joined by Matt Cremona to talk about one work surfaces in the shop, bark on a live edge slab, & choosing the right plane for the job.
A kitchen table finish, sanding curves, sharpening a saw, and our shop gear that has nothing to do with woodworking.
Re-coating an old poly finish, bandsaw blades for curves, and correcting a rip hand saw cut.
Crook cane handle designs, defusing shop vac hose static electricity, and resawing with table saw and band saw.
Finish for a teak shower bench, curved vs hard angles in ductwork, and steamed vs unsteamed Walnut.
Laminated leg vise chops, managing scrap wood, loose tenon joinery, the Bosch Glide Miter Saw vs the Festool Kapex, and Veritas' PM-V11 steel.
Finishing a project with nooks and crannies, using cut nails, and flattening a table base to accept the top
Making curved sides on a small box, attaching paper-backed veneer to a van interior, and finishing half blind dovetails.
On today's show, we're talking about Storing Shellac, fixing a dado that's too deep, and a "different way" to mill boards by hand.
Preventing cedar from graying, seeing grain direction in a board, and hinge recommendations for large dropdown drawer fronts.
Softwood for a workbench, establishing your design style, using a router as jointer, and choosing wood for a table top.
Miscellaneous topics from our email bag that are too short for a single topic show and not long enough for a regular show.
Popping figured maple without warming it up, gluing face grain to edge grain, and traditional turning tools vs carbide insert tools.
Panel movement in a grill stand, concerns over basement humidity, and cutting compound angled tenons.
Workbench finishes, rust prevention in the tool cabinet, and whether to wipe away glue when it's wet or dry.
Boiled linseed oil before a clear coat, tinting epoxy, and whether to pre-finish edge banding on a plywood box.
Curing finishes in the oven, small shop miter saws, and hardware for connecting cabinets
Respirators in the wood shop, tips for staining pine, spraying finish on deep cabinets.
Should you leave the marking gauge line or get rid of it, how flat does a jointing plane need to be and sharpening a fine toothed saw.
An emergency safety alert for your shop, how long should that table stretcher be, and SketchUp cut lists.
Attaching a sitting bench top to the base, is the router plane fence necessary, and dealing with mystery goo after finishing.
Filling pores, do you need to use a lot of different glues, and starter carving chisels.
Today's show we're talking about using twin tenons vs one big tenon, cutting curve part mortises, how to know when you saw is dull, and our thoughts on two new furniture-building shows (Framework and Ellen's Design Show).
Matching solid wood and plywood, grain orientation in a panel, and keeping finish and glue from freezing.
On today's show, we're talking about project creep and how projects can get out of control.
Full Show Notes: http://thewoodwhisperer.com/woodtalk/wood-talk-213-project-creep/
Tips for working with reclaimed lumber, buying workbench lumber, and are dovetail saddle markers lazy woodworking?
Paring with Japanese Chisels, dealing with overwhelming fear of sawdust piles, lumber checking, and wood plugs for stretched ears.
Hiding table end grain, what makes something fine furniture, is CNC real woodworking, and how we come up with original designs.
Today we're talking about fine-tuning tapered plugs, avoiding slippery surfaces on step stools, and attaching a table top to its base
Lie-Nielsen vs Veritas, loose tenons and bed rails, refurbish or buy new, and what we're thankful for!
Sealing with shellac, selecting a solvent for an unknown finish, and skipping the jointer and going with a planer.
Wood warping after a resaw, trouble with a smoothing plane, and octagonal frame joinery.
Solvent confusion, box joints and short ceilings, workbenches and T tracks, and selecting wood for your projects.
Safe finishes for comic book storage, drawer guide positioning, and restoring an antique workbench.
Finishes for kitchen cabinets, dealing with glue squeezeout, and should you get a really small hand plane?
Steam bending vs bent lamination, choosing your tools based on sharpening methods, and replacing your dust collector's filtration bags.
Design rules for grain orientation, filling cracks with finish, and making really long panels.
Avoiding rounding over with a random orbit sander, splines or biscuits as a glue-up aide, a bit of marquetry on a box, and a WIA wrap-up with a discussion of Lee Valley's new custom planes.
Preventing cupped panels, respirators for the permanently bearded, box hinges, Spraying outdoors, acclimating lumber before a project, and avoiding tearout while turning.
Mixing profiles and breadboard ends, using a chisel plane, and making dadoes and grooves with hand tools.
Easy durable finishes, automation distancing us from our craft, and how to perform a ritual bloodletting with your chisels
Ammonia fuming, pre-finishing rituals, plywood in the hand tool shop, and how flat is flat enough.
Oil finish inhalation hazards, long miters with hand tools, and woodworking when your job moves you around the country.
Matching stain, rough vs smooth glue surfaces, tips for beating the summer heat, framing mirrors, and unique joints for a bed frame.
Hand tool dust collection, steam bending kiln-dried wood, flattening a partial log slab, using molding planes on curved edges.
Bandsaw dust collection, small insert screws, choosing the right size hinge, carving tool brands, and if too much woodworking content is a bad thing.
The pros and cons of a granite countertop for a workbench, adjustable height workbenches, and how to use a spokeshave.
Vice slippage, router table and a shaper, shop upgrades, tension wood, and hand plane technique.
Squaring a table saw blade, combo blades, sharpening a molding plane, and your voicemails!
Cadbury Cream Egg stand, budget chisels, avoiding tearout with plywood, flattening waterstones, the draw knife, a twisted workbench, setting up a skew rabbet plane, and constructing Art Deco pieces.
Wood movement cracking finish, 15" planer options, protecting milk paint outdoors, building with decking lumber, spindle sander for the drill press, cloudy surface when sharpening, and bits for a brace.
Plywood cases, planing dried glue, angled mortises, the iBox jig, cutting dovetails with a tenon saw, and choosing between a fret saw and a coping saw.
Planing thin stock, stationary sanding machines, woodworking in the cold, sharpening the micro-bevel, hybrid saws, un-calibrated jointers, and a primer on chisels.
Alternatives to epoxy thickeners, hand-planing small parts, the ideal plane for a shooting board, Blacker House Chair, how cold temps and high humidity will affect wood, and reclaimed wood.
Cuttin down on pro bono work, wood acclimation, returning bad wood, injury time-outs, minimizing noise transmission, and reinforced miters.
Flat panels after glueup, wooden screws, workbench questions, lamination techniques, big box store wood, and dealing with large slabs.
Downdraft tables, powder coating hand planes, drilling end grain, veneer vs solid wood for a dining table, liquid hide glue and lubricants staining wood.
Pre-finishing your projects, skill-building strategies, sharpening with diamond stones, a fence for a small bandsaw, dealing with an infestation, and smoothing dovetail pins.
Carbide tipped bandsaw blades, palm routers, avoiding sapwood, wooden gears, weathered wood, and making a large bridle joint.
When its safe to remove a blade guard and riving knife, resawing to conserve wood, making a wooden plane and shooting board, your first workbench, buying stock in the rough, and disposing of old power tools.
Cool finishes, table saw residue, monotonous woodworking, best practices at the table saw, plugging holes, clogging dust collectors, and planning your cuts strategically.
Squaring up a large piece of ply, block planes for specific tasks, making a conductor's baton, rustic furniture advice, fine dust collection at the tablesaw, and fixing cracks in live edge slabs.
Drifting table saw cuts, proper rasp use, old clogging chip breakers, prepping a bandsaw for a move, proper dust mask usage, and is sanding necessary for hand tool users?
Festool MFT in place of the table saw, clamp times, purchasing a chisel set, dealing with a cupped table top, denatured alcohol and food-safe shellac, and keeping the upper bag of a dust collector caked with dust, on purpose?
Freezing water stone baths, going hand or power for your first dovetails, narrow mortises with a chisel, underpowered bandsaws, tablesaw blade slippage, difference between dovetails saws, and differences between epoxy types.
Belt sanders for fine woodworking, card scraper sharpening, water stone storage, matching baltic birch to solid birch, and respiratory protection when using epoxy and fiberglass.
Essential hand tools for power tool woodworkers, router speeds, keeping a sharp edge on your tools, and using bandsaw blades for hand saws.
Golden Ratio, the router plane vs the shoulder plane for tenon cheeks, and mobile bases.
boiled linseed oil shelf life, being too picky about calibration, taming bowl scraper tearout, lapping the sole of a hand plane
Custom bandsaw blades, giant monster planes, and using sandpaper to flatten sharpening stones.
Mineral oil spills, bit and brace advantages, wood movement in large panels, power hand planers for flattening boards, replaceable cutters vs traditional turning tools, and planer snipe.
Machine-cut dovetail angles, spokeshaves vs rasps, popping the grain with dye, tips for flawless drawers, integral vs loose tenons, and workbench thickness for holdfasts.
Wooden planes, sassafrass toxicity, hinges for bathroom vanity, Festool Domino models, finishing around an inlay, and how to make a tenon for a breadboard end.
Knowing when a design is right, replacement parts for hand planes, cambering blades, and using Waterlox finish
Finish storage and disposal, hand saws for re-sawing, and the properties of Danish Oil.
Milk paint, skill-building projects for hand tool woodworkers, and an interview with Matt Kenney from FWW.
Ouija boards, low angle planes on figured woods, olive oil on kitchen items, old log wood, finishing a live edge board, and rust removal.
Preparing tools for a move, dangerous chemicals for finishing, carving gouge bevels, the ruler trick on bevel up planes, factory certifications, and cutting small mortises.
Books that inspire us, wood movement in workbenches, cutting dovetails on long boards, and 4/4 vs 8/4 pricing.
Expansion differences between hardwood and softwood, resaw alternatives to the bandsaw, and the difference between parallelogram and dovetail way jointers.
Our must-have books, breaking bits, a saw to do it all, our choice in clamps, a shop vac that sucks too hard, tool maintenance frequency, and turning a cyclone on too many times.
Choosing between the router plane and rabbeting block plane, areas of woodworking where it is OK skimp, and scraper planes vs cabinet and card scrapers.
Wiping varnish, building with something other than 3/4" stock, disposing of sawdust, and restoring some old Stanley planes.
Japanese chisels, getting the most from a dust extractor, planing one side of a board, veneering, storing left-over finish, and ash for hurleys.
The Handworks even in Iowa, locking miter joints, quality dividers, locating an air filter, using OSB, large wet slabs, and alternatives to traditional stickering and stacking.
We're talking about Marples blades, Sweetheart vs Bailey, storing hand planes, high end sanders, protecting your assembly table, and pressure treated wood.
Die grinders, PVC pipe, Forrest vs Freud, scraping, jointer length, granite top retrofits, back bevels, blade height, effects of finish on wood movement, and buying wood just because.
Cupped table top, a box for severed fingers, using router bits with shapers, t-slot miter bars, compact table saws, bevel angles on bevel down planes, jointer options, dado blade safety, and designing difficulty.
Nordfab ductwork, European saws, quartersawn wood, round vs square dog holes, thin kerf blades, smoothing expensive wood, cutting up burl, and graduating from shop projects to real furniture projects.
Jack planes, leaving dovetail scribe lines, the difference between some common saws, inspecting an old table saw, using B-grade wood, fixing a warped chair seat, and using epoxy.
Responsible wood usage, green mineral spirits, design for strength, fixing a hand-cut mortise, Arm-R-Seal alternatives, riving knives, carving tools, RAS, cross-cut sleds, steel hardness, butcher block finish, elmers glue, and sprung joints.
Circular saw blades, liability insurance, cutting face frames without big tools, upgrading your chisels, planing thin stock, choosing a shop space, creating stopped dados with hand tools, and applying Arm-R-Seal over newly stained wood.
On today's show, we're talking about getting back into woodworking, drying lumber, and shipping finished projects.
Finishing Ebony, finish options for game pieces, shop space for a first house, joinery for a plywood tool cabinet, dry lube on a table saw, using metal pipe as dowel stock, and chair joints with no metal fasteners.
Fixing a bent handsaw, deciding what scrap to keep, working with pine, and should woodworking be sexy?
Tiny router bit screws, the effect of sites like Pinterest, wet-sanding shellac, mortising into the end of a dowel, dado blades, the purpose of the nicker, CNC in the small shop, and way to encourage finish to dry faster.
Saw handle angles, traveling for wood, using a Stanley #6 as a jointer plane, the Hock Block Plane Kit, and an HVLP-applied finish for a crib.
Cherry for a desktop, the ruler trick, stationary sander options, cabinet scrapers vs scraper planes, finishing suggestions for cherry, getting a grippy finish on a fish net, is a ClearVue Cyclone a good idea in a small shop, and special guest J. Leeko
Breaking down plywood, Shapton glass stones, adapting Festool hoses, hand plane talk, and Kickstarter campaigns.
Problems with cat poop, picking the right joint for the job, and some listener feedback on jointer blade sharpening and buying used bandsaws.
Hand saw sharpening, jointer/planer combination machines, milling procedures, and jointer knives.
Trouble with honing guides, troubleshooting a water-based finishing problem, and wood shop attire.
The year in review, the wide world of hand planes, wood movement after milling, digital vs print magazines, the Domino vs the Multi-Router, and oil finishes causing blotching in cherry.
The trouble with buying tools, using scraper planes, and laminating solid wood for stability.
Granite vs steel, choosing the right gloves for finishing, wood handled tools in dry climates, fixing a blunt plane iron, bevel angles for chisels and plane blades, and transitioning from hobbyist to pro.
Bandsaw tuneup, shop music, tools we would choose if starting over, sharpening, laminated countertops, and organizing tasks during a complicated project.
Scott Meek shares his WIA experience with us and talks about his wooden hand planes. Also, cold weather woodworking and a special event: the Matt2007 vs Matt2012 SawStop debate.
Festool Domino, Tool Chests vs Tool Cabinets, Drill Presses, Wood Storage, Urban Harvested Wood, and Mallets.
Storing oil/varnish blends safely, router tables, dealing with a cluttered shop, assembly table flatness, and Magswitch featherboards.
On today's show, we're doing a little Woodworking in America recap and of course our regular selection of shop stories, links, voicemails and emails.
We're back to our regular format today with What's on the Bench, Around the Web, and Voicemails! Although we got a little sidetracked with Festool talk.
On today's show, we have two special guests to give us first-hand perspectives on two woodworking conventions: IWF Atlanta and Fine Woodworking Live!
Aging effects on wood, using a gents saw for dovetails, and combatting de-lamination in plywood after template routing.
Marc gets inspiration from David Marks' Marquetry DVD, Matt's newly-sharpened saws are stolen, and Shannon's going to do his best Underhill impression with his new tool tote.
We're talking about outdoor workbenches, woodworking with humidity in mind, Marc's new shop, and the concept of Improv Woodworking.
Fine Woodworking Editor Asa Christiana talks about his recent online fiasco and we also talk about the best multi-tasking tools and how to make the best use of a small work space.
Saving money by building your own furniture, Jeff Miller's new jigs for hand tool work, how to make a rule joint and long-term tool storage.
Our scariest shop accidents and close calls, old woodwrights shop episodes, shop accidents, safety week, using high angle smoothers, and parallel guide placement in a leg vise.
Changing respirator cartridges, basement woodworking and HVAC, beading on a drawer front, polyurethane flammability, good woods to practice planing, ebony species, and cutting bevel angles over 45 degrees.
Roy Underhill on the PBS iPad app, California's tablesaw law, pore-filling walnut, hand plane oils, and must-have tools for the beginner.
The WTOR boys take time for a little inward reflection as they discuss their 2012 woodworking resolutions.
With the holidays coming up, this is the perfect time to consider making small projects as gifts.
A surprise edition of Wood Talk Online! The community has some unsolicited parenting advice for Marc and Nicole.
Building your woodworking legacy, popping the grain in redwood, and Pop Woodworking going digital!
Card scrapers, sharpening with sandpaper, planing narrow boards, paring with the bevel down, and deciding between storing your lumber in the garage or in the basement.
Taxes, the future of woodworking, and a butt load of content from the magazines, blogs, and forums
Bad April Fools Jokes, what saws a beginning woodworker really needs, how to tune up an old hand plane, as well as a butt load of content from the magazines, blogs, and forums.
Hand planing, Popular Woodworking's new site, setting up shop, as well as our favorite articles, blog posts, and Wood Talk Online Forum posts.
Plywood's place in fine furniture, Fine Woodworking's new site, as well as our favorite articles, blog posts, and Wood Talk Online forum posts.
The WIA classes we are most looking forward to, low angle vs high angle planes, and can you live without a tablesaw?
The woodworking styles you should probably get to know, our favorite recent woodworking articles, some cool crap going on in the forums and a discussion of furniture styles.
Eye injuries, Popular Woodworking's new format, and Fine Woodworking's call for bloggers.
Using hand tools, the differences/uses of rabbet vs shoulder vs plow vs router planes, and learning ww'ing from books and videos alone.
Popular Woodworking round table discussion, Veritas Detail Rabbet Planes, Woodworkers Fighting Cancer, Bob Rozaieski from the Logan Cabinet Shoppe, The American Craftsman Workshop, and the tablesaw injury report.
Fine Woodworking's new Knots forum, Lumberjocks Winter Awards, Czech Edge Tools new rule stop, Lead, and Roy Underhill's new school.
David Marks Bandsawn Veneers DVD, the Leigh Super FMT, hand-carved Christmas ornaments, combination tablesaw blades, Charles Brock rocker plan, and a torsion box workbench.
Marc comes on to give folks a quick update before the Thanksgiving holiday and Matt gives us a little pre-recorded holiday wish.
Norm Abram of the New Yankee Workshop retires, green finishing with Michael Dresdner, Build or Buy, ID Wood iPhone App, and woodworking school or business school?
Sawdust Chronicles 30-day Challenge, Woodworkers Safety Week 2009, battery charger fire, Woodworking in America, woodworking resources in Europe, refinishing a gun stock, and how to get through the painful learning curves of woodworking.
2 Year Anniversary Show! We've been sponsored by one of the most popular knitting podcasts out there, Nuttin' Wrong with Knittin'!
SketchUp for Woodworkers free SketchUp tutorials, Malcom Tibbits amazing segmented turnings, an old Delta ad, Dude Craft, and An Axe to Grind.
Popular Woodworking goes digital, the new MattsBasementWorkshop.com, the International Builder's Show, and the Leg Up.
Marc's new finishing room, The Earlex Spray Station, self-cleaning blast gates, "lazy people food", taking photos of your work, accepting credit cards, and dyed through tenons.
Kaleo Kala's visit to Marc's shop, "The Schwarz", woodworking classes, Lie Nielsen's backorder, new tools from Festool and Powermatic, Forstner bits without spurs, and milling lumber with only a planer and a router table.
Lee Valley's Catalog, Matt shaving with his chisels, the concept of designing on the fly, woodworking clubs, fitting drawers, safety gear, filling termite holes, biographical woodworking books, and router bit diameter
The latest season of New Yankee Workshop. New podcasts, Modernwoodshop and Teenage Woodworker, new European plunge cut saws, Chris Scwarz being the Oprah of the woodworking world, upgrading tools vs buying new.
Marc is currently working on a sculpted end-table and for The Wood Whisperer and Matt brings up his concerns about The Woodworking Shows.
BBQ Wood Flavors, Bill Pentz dust collection, Festool TS55 and MFT replacing the tablesaw, furniture dimensions, and finishing the inside of furniture.
Tom Iovino joins us for an email Q&A show. Topics include Performax drum sanders, finishing toys, the Festool Domino, and cross-cut saw blades.
Topics include flush trim bits, AWFS Las Vegas, riving knifes, Marc's interview with David Marks, meeting Norm Abram, and the Festool Domino.
Another great episode. Preventing rot in outdoor woods, good hardwoods for a beginner, tool selection, and dust collection myths.
Wood toxicity and allergies, AWFS, air compressors, brad nails, PM66 vs PM2000, diamond stones, double stick tape, and spiral cutter heads.
Router bit of the month, drill presses, favorite finishes, and your emails and voicemails.
2-part epoxy finishes, gluing large panels, joinery comparison, tearout preventing, and essential hand tool skills.
How to select rough lumber, bandsaw drift, squaring stock without a jointer, favorite bandaids, finishing books, and HVLP compressor requirements.
HVLP, spray booths, SketchUp, shop sound-proofing, wood fillers, Sears Carvewright, and how to flatten a board without a jointer or planer.
Matt's slant-front desk, Marc's new garage doors, wood storage, narrowing down design options for customers, antique hand-tool restoration, and when to use nails and screws.