EPISODES

552 – Embarrassed by all the Shiplap

trusting other people’s measurements, domino vs dowel joinery, split top or not, and dealing with the poor decisions of previous homeowners.

550 – Not Our Best Work

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.

548 – Domino Killed the Dovetail Star

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.

544 – Shannon’s Offense of the Quarter

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.

542 – Tree Curious

We’ve got a grab bag of odd questions. Don’t blame us…you asked.

540 – High Octave Lumber Sales

Why you’ll go poor trying to sell lumber, Torrefied wood doors, mortising by hand, and good uses for flooring off-cuts.

539 – Trixie Spagnuolo

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!

538 – Don’t tighten your nuts so hard

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.

536 – Thumb Crotch

Demonstrating woodworking, shoulder planes, dealing with splinters, applying Rubio to a frame & panel, breadboard popularity, and premium router table set ups.

535 – Elite Straightists

What is straight, the ugly truth about content creation, and plywood vs solid wood.

534 – Where Does Water Come From?

Why you should never write in to criticize this show, workbench or hand tools first, jointing wood, bandsaw brakes, and when to seal logs?!

533 – Hand Jobby

glue for veneering, marc the voiceover guy, stealing designs, and buying lumber locally.

532 – Tell Me About Your Balls

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

530 – Should We Trust Tool Reviews?

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

528 – The Final Shop

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.

526 – Missouricans

Getting old sucks, changes for Marc, skewed plane blades, and are cantilevered drum sanders worth it?

524 – Q&A Bonus Show

Just because we love you all so much it’s time for a rapid fire question and answer edition of WoodTalk.

523 – Unanimous Poo Pooing

Unsolicited advice, plywood vs solid wood, and milling boards in real time, and sanding to high grits.

522 – Does She Have a Sister?

Sliding dovetails in thin stock, the best finish for a kitchen countertop, and a Contractor Table Saw vs Cabinet Saw

521 – The Normic Period

Woodworking magazines, communicating with our followers, and do we actually need to upgrade tools in order to get better?

518 – Bandaids

Buying your first hardwoods, assemblies with no dings, and roubo from slabs.

515 – The Hangover Method

Dimensioning lumber, a stupid question about pre-finishing, flattening boards wider than your jointer

512 – Bowl of Spagbo

Extra screws, how Minwax stain works, and Design Intellectual property.

511 – Nature is Dumb

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.

508 – Crotch to the Face

Hand tools for the power tool user, which finishes spontaneously combust, Drilling big and deep into end grain.

507 – Euro Meat

Baltic Birch frustration, sanding before finishing, finishing an outdoor bench, and what’s the deal with compression bits?!

504 – Matt’s Anals

Midcentury roundovers, woodworking terminology, woodworking with newborns, and Random Orbit Sanders vs Sheet Sanders

503 – Shannon Hates Nurses

Our bad attitudes, Veritas MKII issues, sealing a wooden coffee container, and using the wrong tool for the job.

502 – Fueled by Hoochie

Replaceable saw blades, Beadlock, thingamabobs, sawdust allergies, and drying wood cookies.

WT501 – Humpin’ Trees

Warped lids, workbench vises, finish for a cedar chest, where to find screws, and Matt’s Wood lot.

WT500 – Marc Likes Little Balls

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.

WT498 – Better to Be Smooth

Paralysis by analysis, the best way to learn woodworking, new vs vintage hand tools, and tool maintenance schedules. Also now featuring your funny captions

WT497 – I Hate You

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.

WT496 – Put A Ring On It

Wood movement, rasps, diamond stones, store bought workbenches, and finding free logs.

WT471 – Backsaw Boys

Wwork holding. Vises, holdfasts, clamps and whatever else you use to hold stuff while you work on it.

WT470 – Talk Like a Pirate

Today we explore the wonder that is cutting boards. I scream, you scream, please stop screaming about cutting boards!!

WT469 – Just the Tip

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

WT467 – Shannon is Inspired by Marc

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

WT461 – Build Your First Table

Building your first table, tools you should never buy used, and how to get those pesky feed rollers working properly.

WT460 – Rehydrated Toast

Our 2020 goals, what we’ve been up to, and the fact that the WE’RE BACK BABY!!

WT458 – Cool Your Balls

Variable suction on a dust collector, having helpers in the shop, how to use turning tools, dealing with a twisted board, and wood allergies,

WT455 – Woodworking Predictions for 2019

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