This week, Adam, Grant and Morley are joined by a special guest - the one and only (maker, not wrestler) Ethan Carter! We talk about how we decide when a project is "finished", how different types of projects create different ideas of "finished" and how we deal with incremental improvement.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Ethan: 

• Leather stitching three ways video
• Designing a GrillGun holster

Adam: 

• Doing some car mods
• Woodworking for Kids #2

Morley: 

• Back to work at the scenery shop - install for Top Chef Canada
• Embossed leather keychains for a local restaurant

Grant: 

• Fixed squeak in his chair :(
• Shaving beard for cancer fundraiser (donate here!)

Mentions:

• Nick @BuildDadBuild
• GrillGun
• DIY plywood tiles by Laura Kampf
• Diresta Razor Blade
• Because We Make Podcast (Ethan and Vincent's podcast)
• How to Increase Productivity by Jack Conte
• Timeline: 1984 by Weird History
• Into the Spotlight Podcast
• Kevin Parker
• Audiotree
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Our Clampmendations for this week:

Ethan:

• Voice Controlled Sofa Beer Fridge by The Garage Avenger

Adam: 

• Woodturning as Therapy by Pat Lap

Grant: 

• Gumption by Nick Offerman

Morley: 

• NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts - Flatbush Zombies and Tame Impala

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Big thanks to TFTurning for the aw

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about Fusion 360, 3D Printing, minimalism and maximalism.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Grant: 

• Released BMW light video!
• Was invaded by The Beard x16
• Received maker swap from Deadrise Woodcrafts

Adam: 

• Didn't make BWM Enlighten Us project :(
• Episode 2 of Woodworking for Kids
• Got a 3D printer for FREE!
• Learning Fusion 360

Morley: 

• Weekend at a cottage
• Learning to play the bass guitar
• Designed a 3D Printed guitar hanger 
• Published Episode 6 of Into the Spotlight Podcast

Mentions:

• Andy Pugh
• Ikea Lamp Commercial
• Jimmy Diresta
• Adam Savage
• Fight Club
• The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova 

Our Clampmendations for this week:

Adam: 

• Mighty Car Mods

Grant: 

• The Minimalist Woodworker by Vic Tesolin

Morley: 

• The Art of Manliness Podcast #637: What Poker Can Teach You About Luck, Skill and Mastering Yourself (Interview with Maria Konnikova)

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Big thanks to TFTurning for the awesome theme music!

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Morley tells a story and we talk about our dream houses/shops. 

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Grant: 

• Finished poker chip holder for dad
• Was going to go camping... ending up welding the frame of his trailer

Adam: 

• BWM Enlighten Us project coming along
• Bought a truck!

Morley: 

• Tripod strap
• Had quite the afternoon...

Mentions:

• John Kuiphoff
• Justin @ScrollsawScribb

Clampmendations:

Grant: 

• Having a welder :)

Adam: 

• Spiral scroll saw blade

Morley: 

• Vulfpeck
• Ebay auction

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

And a big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music!

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram and @theclampcast on Twitter

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND KEEP CLAMPING!!

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about our strategies on YouTube and Instagram (and sneak in a bit of chat about other social media)

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Grant: 

• Guest on Because We Make!
• Fixed the lock on his car 
• Sumo’s projects video - spar gauge 
• Fell off a ladder…. Ouch 
• Poker chip holder for his dad 

Adam:

• Car Shopping
• BWM Enlighten Us Challenge. Boiled plywood (didn't work)
• B-roll video
• New microphone!

Morley:

• 3D Printed Reading Light for #BWMEnlightenUs 
• Working on Tripod Strap
• Taking some time to design, refocus and brainstorm

Mentions:

• 200,000 Ash Trees by John Kuiphoff

Clampmendations:

Adam: 

• Drill bit holder by Ethan Carter Designs
• Beast Mode Supplements

Morley: 

• The Last Dance

Grant: 

• A 

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram and @theclampcast on Twitter

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AN

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about "the taste gap" - when our taste and our abilities progress at different rates, and how we deal with this phenomenon as makers.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Adam:

• BWM Enlighten Us Challenge project
• Getting his mind blown by his new camera

Morley:

• Also working on his BWM Enlighten Us Challenge project
• MOZHC Embossed Leather Keychains
• Leather tripod strap

Grant: 

• Broke his clamps! (Deadrise Wood Crafts maker swap)
• Final coats of varnish on the paddles (preparing for a weekend canoe  with th fam)
• Youtube now has the “mentions” feature 
• Sanding his old fiberglass trailer
• Changing ideas on BWM challenge 

Mentions:

• The Taste Gap by Ira Glass
• The Taste Gap, graphicall

Clampmendations:

Adam: How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

Morley: 507 Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown

Grant: MBMBAM

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about collaborations, experiments, printers, coloring books, recent news and hardware store strategies. 

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Grant: 

• Editing camping video, but realized that he lost some footage in the wilderness :(
• Refinishing canoe paddles
• Made a scrapwood ~thing~ for Sumo's scrapwood challenge
• Designing #bwmenlightenus challenge project
• Working on maker swap with Deadrise Wood Crafts
• Bought a printer (now you're just showing off, Grant)

Morley:

• Leather and canvas slim card wallet
• Embossing leather with 3D printed stamps
• John Kuiphoff on Into the Spotlight
• Sheltie Patch

Adam:

• Building a new workbench
• Designing farmhouse table 
• Working on a new style of video

Clampmendations:

Adam: Daniel Schiffer

Grant: Bending Pallet Wood Veneers to Upcycle a Swivel Chair by Dainer Design

Morley: How I Built This with Guy Raz

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Inst

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about developing our styles, how we got into YouTube, our inspirations and our influences.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Adam:

• Took a week off from making
• Waiting for deliveries - new computer and camera
• Thinking about expanding/starting his business

Grant: 

• Got monetized on YouTube!
• Working on model airplane stands

Morley:

• Put out 3D printer enclosure/standing desk video

Clampmendations:

Adam: Impractical Jokers

Grant: Flippin Rejects Rotary Phone Lamp

Morley: Chris Fleming

Thank you to our top patrons:
Leeroy from Big Rock Timberworks

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND KEEP CLAMPING!!

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley talk about how camping fits into and enhances our creating, living and making!

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Adam:

• New camera and computer - last video filmed on his phone!
• Working on Because We Make Enlighten Us Challenge 
• New series - woodworking for kids

Morley:

• Working on a new wallet design, integrating 3D printing
• Editing the 3D printer enclosure video
• Made a patch for Grant featuring Rivet the mini schnauzer
• Went canoe camping in Algonquin Provincial Park

Grant: 

• Giant poster holder video
• Disabled the service host sysmain in Windows
• Got a canoe!
• Went backpacking and camping in Frontenac Provincial Park

Clampmendations:

Morley: John Kuiphoff

Adam: Oiling your tools
Honorable mention: Adam Savage's Spot Robot Rickshaw Carriage! 

Grant: The 2020 Recycled Skateboards (and Epoxy) Baseball Bat Home Run Challenge! by Andrew Szeto

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND KEEP CLAMPING!!

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam Grant and Morley talk about finding a balance between the creating, living and making aspects of our lives.

Support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CLAMP 

What’s in our clamps this week:

Adam:

• Working on Because We Make Enlighten Us Challenge 
• Made a dowel jig
• Working on logo branding iron.
• Baby (hopefully not literally in his clamps)

Grant: 

• Won instructables contest for Mud Kitchen! 
• Making a folding bow/buck saw. 
• Editing giant poster hanging video

Morley:

• Rebranding: Yelrom Blog -> Morley Kert 
• Putting the finishing touches on 3D printer enclosure/standing desk
• Working on my #MysteryMakerCollab Project 

Clampmendations:

Adam: Jay Bates 

Grant: Building My Dream Desk - DIY Desk With a Built In Computer by Zac Builds 

Morley: Insomnihack by Al’s Hack Shack 

Where you can find us:

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND KEEP CLAMPING!!

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.

This week, Adam, Grant and Morley are joined by Jimmy Diresta! We had a great conversation about mentors and mentorship and explored 20 or 30 equally interesting tangents along the way.

What's in our clamps this week
 
Jimmy:

• Bulleit Bourbon Half Teardrop Trailer Displays
• Leather Bag video

Grant:

• Motor overheated on 1946 Delta bandsaw :'(
• Working on giant poster holders
• Planning backcountry camping trip

Adam:

• Built activity gym for baby
• Making a branding iron
• Bringing back 1-hour builds!
• Started #bwmenlightenus challenge build

Morley

• Put together 3D Printer

Clampmendations

Morley: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Jimmy:  The King of Staten Island

Adam: Wood for Beginners (and how to get it for free!) by Fixit Fingers

Grant: My wife during home renovations by Dude Dad

Where you can find us

Jimmy - @jimmydiresta on Youtube and Instagram

Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram

Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram

Morley - @morleykert on Youtube and Instagram, and at morleykert.com

Collectively - @clampcast on Instagram

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING, AND KEEP CLAMPING!!

Support the Show.

Where to find us:

• Adam - @makermackey on Youtube and Instagram and at makermackey.com
• Grant - @thegrantalexander on Youtube and Instagram and at thegrantalexander.com
• Jessy - @jessyratfink on Instagram
• CLAMP - @clampcast on Instagram , on YouTube and at clampcast.com

Want to support CLAMP? Check out our Patreon!

Also, big thanks to TFTurning for the theme music.