Wood Notes Podcast is a collection of short episodes from Steven Ricks. Steven will highlight the challenges he faces with being a “Professional Hobbyist Woodworker” while maintaining a separate career, a family, and multiple community roles. Steven has been a Maker since he was ten years old and has earned his Masters Certificate in Woodworking from the Marc Adams School of Woodworking. Episodes will cover topics from specific work processes and workshop motivations to inviting guests to discuss issues of the day.
Steven introduces the new name for the podcast. What's on his bench this week? He discusses his definition of Professional Hobbyist Woodworker and talks about how bad it is to muscle through projects.
This week Steven takes a moment to discuss his Grizzly Jointer Planner Combo and why he loves it so much.
This week Steven discusses workflows in the shop. Included a change he made to his workflow involving processing raw lumber. Then is new strategy for an overall workflow to keep motivation high and procrastination at bay in the woodshop.
Welcome to the Wood Shop with Steven Ricks. This is a new weekly short podcast discussing, motivations, tools, and friends working with wood.