Against The Grain Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The model Planer Justin Bought used
Northfield woodworking machinery
McKaskell Haindl Design build website
Chris’s Instagram
the book Shop Class is SoulClass
the book House by Tracy Kidder
Hitachi planner jointer combo machine
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We received question from Michael on IG asking if we love our jobs are are happy with what we are doing. So we talked about it as well as the outbreak of the Covid-19 virus. Be safe everyone and thanks for listening
Homestead Finishing Products
Jewitt Guitars
Jeffs Instagram
Jeffs facebook
Jeffs Youtube channel
We talk about what kind of projects we would not take on in our shops. Stuff we would just say no to or hand off to someone else. Along with a couple of topics mixed in to the chat.
The guys talk about working with designers this week. They have all found that some are very good and some are not up to the snuff.
Everyone from our families to yours, Happy holidays. We are taking a break for the next couple of weeks. Thanks for another great year everyone. Happy Holidays
Mike runs a one man shop just outside of the Denver Colorado area. We have a great conversation about what he does and how he keeps doing it.
Fredies steamer
weather seal guide
Guys new employer is on instagram, you can see a lot of there projects, shop and the outreaching they do there.
@pdindy
We talk about selling yourself and all the talent we were born with. Please excuse Freddy's audio, his Mic broke
This week Guy, Justin and Freddy talk about getting just a little more room in the shop and what we would do with that extra space.
What if you had 3 weeks to take the time to focus on learning a new skill. The guys discuss what skill they would like to have some time to focus on if they had the time
Episode #52 It's about the small success not the failures, we talk about keeping your head high even when things don't go well. Getting yourself down doesn't do anyone any good. Taking the small positives and forgetting about the mistakes. There are no problems, only solutions!
When building and needing to blend your work with others, do you lower your standards or keep the quality higher, Justin runs into a situation that he has to decide
Episode #50 the Big 5 Ohhhh we answer two listener questions, Should furniture Makers have to get a license and Should you quite your job to become a furniture maker.
Episode #49 Managing yourself is about keeping yourself accountable, making sure you get the job done and not just play around when it comes time to knocking down.
Episode #47 Help Wanted. Freddy needs to hire some people for help with all his up coming projects here in the near future. Guy gives him some advice from his previous experiences in his past lives career.
Joshua Brackett Instagram Page
Color Theory
Color Wheel
Henri Matisse
“The Snail” Painting by Matisse
Episode #40 The big 4 O. We took off a couple of extra weeks for the end of the year. So we spend this show touching base and see whats been going on with the guys in the shop and talk about up and coming plans. Its a show were we ease back into our rolls.
We decided with the holidays to take another week off. So we are reposting Episode #30 with Paul Jasper because its such a good show and it had issues with uploading onto iTunes. Enjoy, We will be back in two weeks with a new show
In episode #39 Freddy needs a minute, Freddy takes the mic and vents a little. Its all good stuff that he just wants to talk about before the years end.
In episode #38 we have special guest this week John Stene. John wears many hats in his day job. He builds cabinetry / millwork. Installs cabinetry as well as a finish carpentry for mostly commercial buildings. John found our show when we were in our infancy and let us know he liked it. We started fellowing him for his knowledge and antics. This combination led to us wanting him to be a guest on the show. We hope you enjoy the wild ride this Montana bull riding cowboy has taken to become a Canadian residence that does fanatic work with a little humor mixed into his everyday life.
Episode #37 we discuss some of the myths associated with woodworking. Will your shop blow up, are 2x4s for furniture, do you need that tool?
Episode #36 Josh Brackett of Brackett & Co. Restorations. We have a guest this week. Josh is a restorer from just outside of Atlanta Georgia. We have a great conversation with him this week about all kinds of things. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Episode #35 we are asked if shellac smells when its old, and we try and explain a little about painting and staining.
Episode #32 we discuss getting started in woodworking, on the machinery side. If you had a couple of thousand dollars, what tools should you get started with. Table saw, band saw, or maybe even a track saw. Listen in to see our thoughts on this and find out why Freddy goes missing.
In episode #30 we spoke with Paul Jasper about design and execution. This on Episode #31 Freddy is back from vacations and wants to dive a little deeper into design.
Freddy's away so we have a guest this week to fill his spot, the mad Scientist "Paul Jasper". Some of you may know Paul from his Instagram account @Copper_pig_fine_woodworking. Paul is actually good friends with Freddy and has helped us with the show behind the scenes. This week we sit down and talk to Paul about his background and the interesting work he builds now in his spare time. We cover the topic of balancing Design vs. Execution in woodworking.
Episode #29 My favorite project: we talk about the piece of furniture that brought us our most joy and why that is.
Justin talks about the Desk he built http://www.craftedheirlooms.com/
Guys talks about his Dinning room Table https://www.guyswoodshop.com/
Freddy talks about his secret project and Seymour Chest http://periodcraftsmen.com/period-furniture.html
Heres a link to learn how to make Swan Towel like Guy https://youtu.be/yVskDmdoDd4
Episode #28 Just a Conversation, This week the boys change it up a little. Instead of the typical formate show they have been accustom to, this week they just have a conversation about what they have been up and dealing with.
Episode #27 Research and Development. This week we talk about the background work. The things you have to do to before you even get the project off the ground.
Episode #26 We talk about warranting our products as well as dealing with customers that are not happy.
Episode #25 Its a slightly different show this week. We had the pleasure of having a small business owner of a high end tool belt and apron maker Michael Williams this episode. We talk about the his small business and taking the opportunities when they come along .
www.calaveratoolworks.com
Diamondback Toolbelts
Episode 22 Keeping Track With tax season over, you have the tendency to realize it may be time to implement a new way of keeping track of your jobs. From receipts to time cards. We discuss it all on this show.
In Episode #21 we dive back into our finishing processes. Talk more about our techniques and what we use
Episode #20 The Finishing Show Part 1 we dive into how we finish our projects. This is a big topic that we just stated to skim the surface on.
Episode # 19 Let the Robot Do It, We discuss using a Cnc, laser cutters, or 3D Printers in the shop and if we consider it still woodworking.
Episode #18 Turning your hobby into a business. When do you do it, how do you do it? We offer up some hints to hopefully add a little advice to help you if you are wondering what it may take to make this big step with your hobby.
Episode #17 Justin asks Guy and Freddy how they handle working with veneers. Some of the pit falls he has with it in hopes to get better at working with it. They also go over other techniques to seem to work for all of them.
Episode # 16 We discuss plywoods. Grading, quality, and sizes. Each of us talk about how and where we use them in our work. Check out this link from Andersond Plywood Chart for all other plywood info on our website theatpodcast.com
Justin, Guy, and Freddy take some time out of their busy day to do a little dreaming in this episode. We are discussing dream shops this week. Each of us have a slightly different setup. As well as what we will do in our shops to make the layout work just a little better for ourselves.
Episode # 14 New Year new you. Justin, Freddy and Guy talk about their plans for the up and coming year. Steps they plan to take to make their business and lives better.
To give everyone a more in-depth idea as to how we price. We broke down 3 pieces and showed how each of us price them with a little more description.
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Pricing work is a question that get brought up a lot in conversation. Freddy, Guy, and Justin each describe how they would price a small shaker table that seems to be standard for most woodworkers to build at some point in their journey of woodworking.
Episode #10 we continue our talks about adhesives from the previous show. We cover some listeners questions as well as other glues and applications they can be used for.
Adhesives, its the stuff that holds our work together. With so many options we decided to take a look at pretty much everything each of us have uses. This turned out to be a massive topic for us. It wasn't until we really got into it that we realized this is going to be a 2 part episode.
The balance of using power tools and hand tools is a big debate. We discuss how we each use the tools in our shops.
Shop sounds, Listening to your surroundings is a big part of everyday life in the shops for all of us. Heres some of the sounds we subconsciously are aware of.
In Episode #6 the topic of sharpening is covered. We discuss our techniques and how often we sharpen as well as what we sharpen.
In episode # 5 we discuss work benches. Guy is going to build a new one, so we thought we would all share our thoughts on how we each use our benches and what we look for in a bench.
We cover education. Have we had it, would we recommend it, and would we consider it in the future.
In this episode we talk about doing it all over again. Tools a beginners may want to start with, the tools we would like if we started from scratch again.
In this episode the host give a brief history of their backgrounds and how they have gotten to where they are
Introduction Show of The Against The Grain Podcast. We cover what direction we hope to go with the show, Enjoy