This week, Adam, Grant & Jessy are joined by Preston Blackie of Urban Shop Works (@UrbanShopWorks) to talk about Etsy. Join us to learn just how easy it is to get permabanned, if Etsy advertising is worth it, and how useful Pinterest can be for small business owners.

Mentions:

•  @HighCaliberCraftsman 
• @ChadsCustomCreations 
• @Hatchmade

CLAMPmendations:

• Adam: "Your Honor" TV show
• Grant:  @MariusHornberger - Drill Press Upgrades & @FixitFingers "Pallet Wood Projects are SCAMS" video
• Jessy: "Pod Mortem" podcast -  @thepodmortem 
•  Preston:  @TheSwedishMaker & Youtube Storytelling Course with  @ColinandSamir 

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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.

In this episode, Adam, Grant & Jessy discuss the maker spectrum. Or is it a Venn diagram? Or maybe a coordinate system of some sort? We're not sure but we'd love to hear from our listeners about what they think!

Mentions:

• Mann Made in MA
• Rich Loen
• Wood By Wright 
• Full Steam Designs
• Nerdforge
• Jonny Builds

CLAMPmendations:

• Adam - Contraband Police
• Grant - High Caliber Craftsman's Hexacto knife
• Jessy - The Trans Handy Ma'am 

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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 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.

In this episode, Adam, Grant & Jessy are joined by Becky Stern on International Women's Day to talk lady makers, feminism, social media and more.

Check out Becky Stern on YouTube and at beckystern.com!

Mentions:

• Craftzine & CRAFT: 
• Corrine of Threadbager
• Meg Allan Cole
• Crafty Chica
• Lynne Bruning 
• ReadyMade magazine 
• Bust Holiday Craftacular 
• Mancrafting  
• Becky on the The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Diana Eng
• Alie Ward of Ologies Podcast 
• April Wilkerson on Assembly Required
• Lindsay Creative 

CLAMPmendations:

• Adam - Insider: How Crime Works
• Becky - Lab Muffin Beauty Science
• Grant - DIY Huntress
• Jessy - Clara's Woodshop

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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.

In this episode, Adam, Grant & Jessy chat about all the different ways of documenting projects.

Mentions:

• LTD Woodworks
• Morley Kert (check out the pallet videos to see complainers)
• Jimmy DiResta (make more than one of each project for best documentation)
• Spider-Man stopping the train scene 
• Trello (productivity software)
• Making It podcast
• SketchUp (3D design software)
• Autodesk Fusion 360 (3D design software)
• Adam Savage on keeping/organizing documentation materials
• Jerry Seinfeld shows all the joke notes he's kept  
• Jessy's chilaquiles recipe

CLAMPmendations:

• Adam: Supercheap Auto's 5 INSANE Cars VS EPIC Golf Course - Country Club Chaos with @mightycarmods & @theskidfactory video 
• Jessy: Tom Petty - Wildflowers 
• Grant: Sean Tucker's "The Courage to be Disliked (a thought for makers)" video

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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.

In this episode, Adam, Grant & Jessy discuss one of the big maker questions: Do you really have to turn every hobby into a side hustle? Also: some chat about the pressures of YouTube.

Mentions:

• I Like to Make Stuff 
• Mark Rober
• Sidemen YouTube Channel
• Casefile podcast 
• Mike Holmes

CLAMPmendations:

• Jessy - The Horror Virgin podcast
• Adam - Nerd Forge: "I lost my finger.. so I made another one" video
• Grant - Tom Silva on Instagram

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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 are joined by Jeremy Specce to talk about time management in the shop, "wasted" time, and ways to make big projects seem more manageable.

Mentions:

• Dave Bauer 
• Making It podcast
• Jimmy DiResta 
•  Chad's Custom Creations vacuum former video

Our CLAMPmendations for the week:

• Adam - Built not Bought
• Grant - Gnome Hammer Forge 
• Jeremy - Silverhair & Sawdust

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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, Grant & Jessy are joined by Chris from  Cow Dog Craft Works to discuss trends in the maker community. Shout out to the Working Hands Podcast for starting the most recent trend: pencil sharpening with shop tools!

Mentions:

• pj_fetscher on Instagram 
• Anne of All Trades on Instagram 
• Nature is Metal subreddit
• Jackman Works on Instagram
• wobydesign on Instagram 
• Andrew Szeto on Instagram  
• Kez USA classes
• Andrew Hunter on Instagram 
• George Nakashima
• Hoener Farms on Instagram
• imnotanexpertatthis on Instagram
• Michael Alm on Instagram  
• Keith Decent on Instagram
• Jimmy DiResta on Instagram 
• Nick DiGiovanni on Instagram 
• dwwoodbuilds - the original pencil sharpening video

Our CLAMPmendations for the week: 

• Chris: "Encyclopedia of Wood Joints" book 
• Grant: Nicholas Berchtold 
• Jessy: Hogwarts Legacy
  
  

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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 & Jessy discuss the saying "Buy once, cry once." Is it really better to go all out when it comes to choosing and buying tools?

Mentions: 

• "You can easily builld a workshop too! TOOLS!" video by Mark Dainer
• "Work For It" podcast by Brian House
• Jessy's "Golden Snitch necklace" DIY
• Penolopy Bulnick's 3D printed infill jewelry that folks are selling on Etsy

Our CLAMPmendations for the week: 

• Grant: "The Last of Us" video game 
• Jessy: "Stray" video game 
• Adam: Surround yourself with where you want your mind to be
  
  

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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 & Jessy discuss the quote: “if you are the smartest person in the room, you are in the wrong room.” Stick around to the end for some tips for placing higher in Instructables contests from Grant & Jessy!

Mentions:

• Andy Pugh
• Ethan Carter's Leatherworking Class at Maker Camp
• Grant's hammer video
• Keith Drennon of the Working Hands podcast 
• Making It podcast 
• I Like to Make Stuff youtube
• Ted Lasso tv show 
• Kevin from The Office is a poker champion
• Instructables - How to Judge a Contest 
• Jessy Ratfink - How to Write an Instructable Class

Our CLAMPmendations for the week:

• Jessy: SZA - SOS
• Adam:  A Touch Responsive Plasma Filled River Table - Plasma Channel
• Grant:  The Builder Sessions podcast

Thank you to our top patrons:

• Tripp Southern 
• Jarrad Jenkins 
• Scott Oram from Dad It Yourself DIY 
• Brent Jarvis from Clean Cut Woodworking 
• Vincent Ferrari from Digitally Creative 
• Greg Wallwey from Platte Valley Woodworks 
• Justin Oeffler from Bear Maked 
• Miguel Angel Vilela from miguev_makes 
• Joe Hrdina 
• The Noble Wiking 
• Lawrence from Maritime Knife Supply 
• David Wood from DWWoodBuilds 
• Matthew from Artigiano Serio 
• JZ and Daniel from Just Might DIY

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.