Maker Skills

This week JD (you may know him as apexish on Instagram) joins the Makerskills bunch to talk fabrication and many of the related skills that go into building big things out of metal. PJ gets great deals on another boat load of tools... where is he putting all of this! Oh, yeah he has a interdimensional storage system. Tom stops wrangling kids and joins in this week and Tanda.. well yeah she's there too.

This week's skill topic comes to us from last week's guest. The topic is engraving, and let me tell you if there's anything our hosts have expertise in... it's not engraving. We've never let a lack of experience stop us before! 

This week our guest is the wonderfully talented tool maker and machinist Tony Rouleau. I'm not sure we need to say more! PJ, Tony and Tanda had a great chat. Tom didn't do his research so heended up in the principal's office and had to sit out this show, or maybe he had to tend to a kiddo that wasn't feeling well. We're still not clear on all of the details. 

This week we celebrate episode 50 by talking about Product Developizing. PJ got some great deals, or at least some parts to make some deals, or maybe just some stuff to sell as scrap... we're not really sure but he was happy as always. He didn't even kick Tom and Tanda off the show even when they were entirely researchless and fun factless.  Tom is on a tear with product design and Tanda made something once that a few people bought.

You Guest it! We had the wonderful and talent Dre of Crafts With Dre on the podcast this week. We talked resin pours, listeners sent in their amazing deals, special order codes for BRUNT Workwear were given. Tom was distracted and a good time was had by all.

Tom has taken on the challenge of creating 100 things in the next 2 years. So basically that's a product each week for 2 years. We thought this was an interesting exercise and, for at least one of the maker skills crew, it brought to mind the word ideation and we ran with it. PJ managed to break a bit of a dry spell by rounding up some deals including lumber at prices that will make you tear up and enough bubble wrap to entertain a youngster well into college. Tom tried to get rid of a table but another one found him and followed him home.  

This week, the maker skills crew welcomes Paul Jackman to the show. The skill topic is pallet woodworking and I'm here to say this little snippet of the 5 to 7 hours we discussed pallet woodworking is likely pretty decent. Give it a listen and let us know what you think and consider becoming a patron so that we can afford the outrageous fees demanded by our guests. What you have just read may or may not be true or have any merit. Johnson's Hardware and it affiliates did not endorse this caption. 

This week on Maker Skills the usual suspects are absolutely positively talking about Positivity. Is it a skill?, we think it is. It's something that's good to have in your tool belt and definitely something that can be practiced and improved. We're a bit thin on bargains again this week but there are hints of bargains on the horizon. 

This week we have another special guest, Graz Makes. All the Maker Skills guests are special, that's why we invite them! Since Graz has been making knives for some time now that's the skill topic jumping off point. Enjoy!

Woodworking has finally made it's way to the Maker Skills podcast. Tanda has found a few things made from wood in her research that might surprise even the most ardent woodworker. PJ has run out of deals and couldn't find anything at any price... we're kidding of course! Tom put in some serious research time this week, we're pretty sure. However, it may not have been related to the podcast. Old Oswald is back to answer listener questions and a big congrats to our newest Maker Skills Patreon member, to whom the podcasters three bestowed a special skill.