Nate and Scott interview Jason Fox from the YouTube channel Never Stop Building about his experiences in Japan learning about Japanese carpentry.

0:00 Intro

1:29 Hot tubs & filming

9:39 Japanese wood working

20:19 Internship in Japan

23:08 Desk job v hands on

24:48 Milling dreams

27:00 Port orford cedar

31:02 Jason at mill

36:15 Appreciating craftsmanship

38:42 Current project

Website: neverstopbuilding.com

YouTube channel: Never Stop Building

Hexagonal Hot Tub video: https://youtu.be/k0kuDdcejDI

Nate and Scott talk to John Blodgett about all things wood, including the management of our forests and the fires that ravaged the west coast of the United States in 2020.

0:00 intro

2:06 Johns mill

4:37 Who can order

7:00 2020 west coast fires

9:23 Close to home

11:45 Salvageable lumber

12:54 Business & termonology

18:43 Flooding the market

20:05 Trees 101

23:32 Logs are commodity

27:53 Record pricing

33:15 Supply & demand

36:02 Race to the bottom

40:22 Work allocation

46:53 Finger pointing

52:22 Trade offs

57:23 We The People

DCFP.com

https://vimeo.com/268878871

Nate interviews Radigan Carter, an individual investor who spent 10 years working on 5 continents in the military, private sector and government. He is interested in using his knowledge (he has a civil engineering degree) and extensive experience in building individual and generational wealth.

0:00 intro

2:57 Radigans background

5:13 Taliban truck bomb

7:04 A soldiers perspective

10:26 Comradery & craftsmanship

16:28 Natural gas

20:22 Hard work defined

26:12 China

33:44 Investing

48:02 Passive investing

52:00 An advantage

56:01 Peace of mind

58:44 Interest rates

1:06:52 Where to find Radigan

radigancarter.com

Twitter: @radigancarter

Nate discusses some of his recent favorites reads.

0:00 intro

:53 Killers of the Flower Moon

2:41 The Rational Optimist

5:45 Kodi

8:08 How to Fail at Almost Everything

10:42 Hobbit

12:25 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F

15:45 Basic Economics

17:28 Water for Health, for Healing, for Life

17:45 How I found Freedom

Killers of the Flower Moon https://amzn.to/2ZpKYZD

The Rational Optimist https://amzn.to/3diAaV8

Kodi https://amzn.to/2ZpLcjr

How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big https://amzn.to/3s4eroj

The Hobbit https://amzn.to/37nKibE

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck https://amzn.to/3bebc6K

Basic Economics https://amzn.to/3u64YhN

Water for Health for healing for life https://amzn.to/3b7o5Q2

How I Found Freedom In An Unfree World https://amzn.to/3dhfVqT

Nate and Scott discuss the process of process of making lumber.

0:00 intro

:48 EC nervous

6:48 Sharpening

11:00 Bucking

17:40 Scaler

22:22 Wood quality

27:55 EC dad was scaler

30:48 Grading

32:48 Selection/sorting

35:30 Milling

37:25 Farmed

42:50 EC revisions

Nate has a discussion with Sam Holmes about his adventures in long distance sailing.

0:00 intro

2:25 How Sam got started

5:42 Maiden voyage

8:22 Prep work

10:40 Weather and waves

11:17 Night sailing

14:40 Port protocols

17:09 Sailing lifestyle

18:53 Mentors

21:30 Lessons learned

22:53 Disconnected during Covid

25:41 Repairs and maintenance

29:54 Future adventures

32:32 Filling time at sea

36:24 Eating while sailing

37:45 Long term goals

Find Sam: Instagram and YouTube:  @Sam Holmes Sailing 

Sam's YouTube video of sailing to Hawaii: https://youtu.be/yUi0gsxVHZM

Scott and Nate discuss Scott's time in the 80's and 90's doing pick up and piecework.

0:00 EC pick up experience

9:14 Pick up vs stacking

13:2 Negotiating price w foreman

15:01 Temporary work

17:31 Desert vs mountain

20:21 Lumber quality

22:33 Work quality

29:02 Spec pick up

32:02 Pick up on exterior

33:44 Spec inspection

36:46 Courtesy inspections

38:29 Spec timing

Scott and Nate answer FAQs about the spec house and answer the voicemail messages left from viewers.

0:00 EC Health

4:02 Spec FAQ

7:30 Voicemail

7:43 Andrew - allowable tolerances

11:13 Carlo - spec basement

12:24 Matt - spec on DVD

13:47 Dylan - what motivates EC

18:55 Chris - EC and God

20:30 John - EC and boots

23:38 Seth - working for friends

27:45 Kevin - EC and trade shows

29:45 Jared - project productivity

If you want to record a voicemail for EC, visit this link https://essentialcraftsman.com/podcast

Tom is metal worker and machinist currently working at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab with scientists and physicists developing and building machines to use in scientific research. Tom also has a YouTube channel Oxtoolco and is the author of several books about metal working.

0:00 intro

1:33 The machinist community

2:15 Machinist education

6:22 Tom's background

11:07 Clorox

12:20 Thrasher magazine

15:04 A great opportunity

19:37 Lawrence Berkeley lab

23:00 Physics & machinery

27:53 Tom becomes an author

32:15 Tom's YouTube channel

36:52 Where to find Tom

YouTube: OxToolCo

Instagram: oxtools

Books:

https://amzn.to/3nl61G9

https://amzn.to/35fFZhm

https://amzn.to/3njyjRz

Nate interviews Tim Uhler of Awesome Framers, located in Seattle WA. Tim was raised in the family construction business and runs a YouTube channel and the entertaining Instagram account  @AwesomeFramers . He also a contributor to the Journal of Light Construction.

0:00 intro

1:06 Tim's background

5:50 How rain affects framing

8:50 Building seasons

9:45 OCB, plywood, zip

13:33 Finding updated materials

16:54 Tim's mentors

18:47 Hiring/keeping employees

21:08 Fun job sites

24:39 Bidding framing

29:03 Social media is a tool

37:00 On camera

39:45 Writing for JLC

44:38 Authentic footage

47:20 Framers and concrete

50:35 True Work clothing

57:36 Where to find Tim

pioneerbuildersonline.com

Instagram:  @AwesomeFramers 

YouTube: AwesomeFramers