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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.
Robot vacuums for the shop, hand saw sharpening, is this thing sharp enough?
Expired wood, barn inspiration, and personal responsibility in the Maker Community
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?”.
We’ve got a grab bag of odd questions. Don’t blame us…you asked.
Which power tools to buy first, which hand plane to buy first, and jointer bed length
Why you’ll go poor trying to sell lumber, Torrefied wood doors, mortising by hand, and good uses for flooring off-cuts.
Making barn videos, sharpening curved blades, learning how to train someone in a one-man shop, and we heard from you guys about a bunch of things that are Matt’s fault!
Woodworking and mental health, a Moxon vise as your only vise, why a quick release mechanism doesn’t exist for table saw blades, and tools that have been in storage.
Predicting sag on shelves, modern design with hand tools, and cutting up pretty boards
Demonstrating woodworking, shoulder planes, dealing with splinters, applying Rubio to a frame & panel, breadboard popularity, and premium router table set ups.
What is straight, the ugly truth about content creation, and plywood vs solid wood.
Why you should never write in to criticize this show, workbench or hand tools first, jointing wood, bandsaw brakes, and when to seal logs?!
glue for veneering, marc the voiceover guy, stealing designs, and buying lumber locally.
It’s show #532! On today’s show, we’re talking about Japanese vs western saws, bit storage, and designing a woodshop layout from scratch. Sponsored by You
Food safe finish with tung oil, Cherry color change, are chainsaw mills sketchy, and Marc’s firehouse thingie.
It’s show #530 On today’s show, we’re talking about tool reviews, options for resawing a wide slab, smoking with project scraps and straight edges. Sponsored
Using dye on Walnut, card scraping a cutting board, and Making boards longer.
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?
Attaching a face frame to a case, getting a good deal on lumber, and insurance.
We’re talking about wedged round tenons, succeeding without being a wiener, and sawdust disposal
Buying your first hardwoods, assemblies with no dings, and roubo from slabs.
Staying in our lanes, Domino knockoffs, and pots and pans schmoo.
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
wood movement, air filtration in a garage shop, benchtop jointers
Extra screws, how Minwax stain works, and Design Intellectual property.
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.
Killing shop reverb, planer speeds, and woodworking on a metal table.
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?!
Kerfing planes, close calls, and why rustic furniture is crap.
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.
Wood movement, rasps, diamond stones, store bought workbenches, and finding free logs.
On today’s show we’re talking about how our concept of a “dream shop” can change over the years.
We’re talking about precision and accuracy.
We’re talking about what we’re thankful for!
We’re talking about things we specifically don’t upgrade and why!
We’re talking about Matt. Seriously, it’s all about Matt and his new house and new shop.
Today we doing a Q&A show to clean out our inbox…and to answer your questions.
With the holiday season soon upon us we are talking about gifts for the woodworker.
With the holiday season soon upon us, we are talking about making gifts for others.
We’re talking about what you do after you have your design.
Today we are talking about how we design our projects
Today we are talking about workbench vises and workbench alternatives.
Finishing mistakes and how to fix them.
Cleaning out our inbox and doing a Q&A show.
Our thoughts on the one and only Dovetail joint.
It’s show #474 For June 16th, 2020, and today we are talking Mortise and Tenon joinery Sponsored by You If you want to help support
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
It’s show #467 For April 15th, 2020, on today’s show we’re talking about Shop Spring cleaning, chiseling on the workbench, Maloof finish, and the difference
Outdoor projects, successes, failures, and finishes.
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.
We’re talking about taking woodworking classes.
Building your first table, tools you should never buy used, and how to get those pesky feed rollers working properly.
Our 2020 goals, what we’ve been up to, and the fact that the WE’RE BACK BABY!!
Dovetails, pre-finishing, and why slabs are so pricey!
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
Storing lumber, radial arm saws, and adjustable shelf options.
Why no lacquer?, our most challenging projects, a painted finish, and out feed tables.
Shop layout, differences in bench planes, how much of the tree can be used.
