It’s show #598 - On today’s show, we’re talking about safety lessons for a maker space, strategizing lumber for a workbench, helical heads in benchtop planers, cypress finishing.

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What's On the Bench

• Marc is bending and laminating to make the fanciest towel rack, and now has his new True Grip Clamp Pads for sale! 
• Matt is cleaning and sterilizing.
• Shannon took his architect training course on the road to California and admired trees.

Kickback and Stuff

• Paul teaches Fusion 360 at his local Woodcraft and shares what he likes about it over SketchUp.
• Joel comments on how Europeans make better plywood with a history lesson on wooden fighter planes in WWII.

Listener Questions

• Joel wants a planer and wonders if a spiral head is worth it in a benchtop model.
• Von milled a Red Oak log into boards and is now about to build his workbench but asks if there is any particular grain orientation he should consider for the parts as he builds it.
• Jim is building Adirondack chairs from Cypress. He wants them to grey naturally and wonders if he should put any finish on them at all.

Selected Woodcraft Events

In-Store Classes are awesome. You should take some! Check your local store to see what they have going on.

Here’s just a sampling of what’s going on:

Store Events:

• Supreme Bowl Contests – Woburn, MA; Walpole, MA; Richmond, VA; Norfolk, VA; Portsmouth, NH (Separate contests at each store)
• Submit your bowl to be voted on in a variety of categories. Voting ends February 8th (submission dates and categories vary somewhat by location)

Classes:

• Kansas City, KS – Learn Resin Casting – Saturday, January 31st, 9 to 4
• January 30th – DATE NIGHT: WINE & CHEESE, Turn a bottle stopper and cheese plane

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