Shop Talk Live - Fine Woodworking

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STL207: Is woodworking art?...

01.17.2020

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss crosscutting wide panels, knowing when to sharpen, pinning joinery, and they add a new chapter to the debate–is woodworking art?

Shop Talk Live - Fine Woodworking episodes:

01.17.2020 STL207: Is woodworking art?–Part 2 Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss crosscutting wide panels, knowing when to sharpen, pinning joinery, and they add a new chapter to the debate–is woodworking art?
01.03.2020 STL206: The best plywood for jigs Tom, Mike, and Ben start 2020 off with a quick-fire session, answering bunch of questions and discussing what they hope the new year brings to their shops
12.20.2019 STL205: Swimming In Sawdust! Anissa and Ben are joined by Windsor chairmaker David Douyard and they discuss what to do with sawdust and shavings, whether a jointer is worth it for a listener, storing lumber vertically, and whether or not drift is actually mythical.
12.06.2019 STL204: Don't Shoot Your Miters Tom, Mike, and Barry discuss shooting miters, inlaying, scraper sharpening, and when to baby the burr, and Tom shows Ben up by doing both favorite tools and techniques
11.22.2019 STL203: Finding holly for inlaying and banding Bob, Mike, and Ben discuss sources for holly, what a listener can do with 1/8-in. ebony, how close is close enough when setting up a jointer, and a listener asks how you can prefinish AND soften edges after a piece ...
11.08.2019 STL202: This guy found a workbench on the side of the road! Anissa, Barry, and Ben discuss radial arm saws, side-of-the-road workbenches, dowel joints, milling wide boards, and suffer dramatic smooth moves
10.25.2019 STL201: Friends Don't Let Friends Go Metric Mike and Ben discuss first handplane purchases, tool chest construction, calipers, sourcing rift-sawn oak, English-style tablesaw fences, and Mike tries to talk Ben out of switching to metric.
10.11.2019 STL200: Live from North Jersey Tom, Mike, and Ben head down to New Jersey and join the members of the North Jersey Woodworkers Association for a live podcast recording at one of their monthly meetings
09.27.2019 STL199: In Defense of Tail Vises Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewooworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Shop Talk Live show notes are available here - https://www.shoptalklive.com
09.20.2019 STL198.5: Bonus Episode with Tim Rousseau While recording the Modern Desk video workshop, Tim Rousseau and Ben sat down to talk about finishing, resawing, veneering, and the Danish Modern aesthetic
09.13.2019 STL198: How much lumber is too much lumber? John, Barry, and Ben discuss workbench stretchers, basement shop vs. garage shop, and a new chapter begins in the round vs. square mortise debate Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter. Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership. ...
08.30.2019 STL197: Clean Miters That Are Actually Strong Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss various case miter options, veneering curved legs, buying old machinery, painting MDF, and their all time favorite tools of all time… for this week
08.16.2019 STL196: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Planer Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss planer upgrades, chip-out prone furniture parts, benchtop tablesaw concerns, and write the next chapter in the rabbet block plane debate
08.09.2019 STL195.5: Scott Landis of Greenwood Global For more than 25 years GreenWood has worked with artisans in Honduras and the Peruvian Amazon to produce high-quality wood products from well-managed forests
08.02.2019 STL195: New Tools From AWFS in Vegas Rollie Johnson and Justin Fink join Tom, Barry, and Ben to discuss new tools being shown at the AWFS fair in Las Vegas
07.18.2019 STL194: New-Fangled Finishes Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss clamp-up times, getting a consistent matte finish, low V.O.C. oil finishes, designing with CAD and Fusion360, and of course, they swap this week’s All Time Favorite Techiques
07.05.2019 STL193: Pocket Screws vs. Dominos Former STL host, Asa Christiana, joins Mike and Ben, answering questions about jointing long boards, communal workshops, outdoor furniture, and debating pocket screws vs. dominos.
06.21.2019 STL192: Learning To Cut Dovetails Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss their favorite techniques, fixing inlay strips, workbench tops, tools for kids, and one listener's need to not see his books
06.07.2019 STL191: A Jointer Worth Traveling For If you are interested in learning more about how you can support Old Sturbridge Village’s cabinet shop, contact their development office at development@osv.org for more information. Question 1: From Joseph: I bought a new house in 2017 and instead of ...
05.24.2019 STL190: Assembling a Lumber Stash Anissa, Barry, and Ben discuss lumber stashes, hollowing the backs of western-style chisels, a listeners machinery buying dilemma, and Anissa comes out swinging with another epic smooth move
05.10.2019 STL189: Nancy Hiller, Chris Becksvoort and Vic Tesolin Recorded live at Fine Woodworking Live 2019, in front of a live studio audience
04.26.2019 STL188: FWW Live Pregame Show Mike and Ben do an audio-only pregame episode to fill the feeds of those who aren't able to make it to Fine Woodworking Live 2019, and of course, answer some listener questions
04.12.2019 STL187: Desert Island Dream Projects Tom, Mike, and Ben discuss milling wide thin stock, the ethics of selling projects someone else designed, and Tom comes packing a plethora of smooth moves.
03.29.2019 STL186: Machinery Placement Guidelines Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss sticky camelia oil, shop layout, broken toys on the workbench, the merits of the Delta Unifence, and their all-time favorite techniques
03.15.2019 STL185: Reading Bob Van Dyke's Mind Bob, Mike, and Ben discuss tear-out prone woods, milling long vs. short pieces, jointer blade height, and Mike and Ben prove that they know Bob a bit too well
03.08.2019 STL184.5: Chris Schwarz Chris and Ben chat about his woodworking history, researching the techniques of ole', and of course, his upcoming appearance at Fine Woodworking Live 2019
03.01.2019 STL184: Is it time to stockpile ash? Mike, Barry, and Ben lament the impending demise of their favorite tree, what specifics they look for in sketchbooks, using a hollow-chisel mortiser as a drillpress, and their favorite woodworking books
02.15.2019 STL183: The Call of the Cordless Tool Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss cordless favorites, gummy camellia oil, waxing jointer beds, and recent smooth moves
02.08.2019 STL182.5 - Veneer Master Craig Thibodeau Mike interviews Craig Thibodeau, author of The Craft of Veneering and creator of some of the coolest woodworking pieces you'll ever see
02.01.2019 STL 182: Tiny Scratches On My Blade Tom, Mike, and Ben discuss concrete floors, honing issues, sliding tablesaws, and homemade paste wax
01.18.2019 STL181: Will a Jobsite Saw Cut It? Anissa, John, and Ben discuss small shop solutions, table stretchers, shop lighting, and their recent smooth moves
01.04.2019 STL180: Designing Without Drawing Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss design process, vibrant painted finishes, maintaining Japanese chisels, and their shop resolutions for 2019
12.21.2018 STL179: Barry's Insane For The Scrub Plane Barry, Mike, and Ben discuss no-name handplanes, drawboring, scrub planes, and the best wood choice for a dining room table that is likely to travel the world
12.07.2018 STL 178: To Glue One Edge or Two? Mike and Ben talk with Bob Van Dyke about stropping, acclimating wood, jointer safety, glue ups, and their all-time favorite techniques
11.30.2018 STL 175.5: Bonus Episode with Kate Swann Tom interviews Kate Swann of The Florida School of Woodwork
11.23.2018 STL177: Pekovich's Primitive Projects Mike and Ben talk about Mike's book, his early projects, kumiko, and Mike shoots down another one of Ben's techniques
11.09.2018 STL 176: Why we don’t like resawing on the tablesaw Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss milling lumber without a joiner, tablesaw resawing, lumber questions, and the top two choices for... everything
10.26.2018 STL 175: Stressful Panel Glue Ups Tom, Mike, and Ben discuss panel clamps, plywood backs, Craig Thibodeau, Garrett Hack, and Ben's box of happiness!
10.12.2018 STL 174: The power of the spring joint Bob Van Dyke joins Mike and Ben, in studio, to lay down the law on the spring joint, veneer glues, and box splines
09.28.2018 STL 173: The Draw of the Wooden Handplane Mike and Ben welcome associate editor, Barry NM Dima into the mix, and discuss wooden handplanes, apartment woodworking, surface prep,
09.14.2018 STL 172: You're using your chisels wrong Mike, John, and Ben discuss chisel technique, working in multiple shop spaces, favorite techniques, and finally answer a question about spoon carving
08.31.2018 STL 171: When the Instagram Critics Get To You Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss unwanted critiques, sharpening jointer knives, panel glue-ups, and dive pretty deep into fuming oak
08.17.2018 STL 170: Biscuit Joiner vs. Dowel Jigs John Tetreault joins Mike and Ben as they answer questions about dowel jigs, biscuit joiners, tricky glue ups, dust collection and their all-time favorite tools of all time
08.10.2018 STL 169.5: Bonus Episode - Maplewoodshop We were going to put this interview in the last episode, but it deserved to have your undivided attention. So here is a special bonus episode of Shop Talk Live.
08.03.2018 STL 169: Bandsawn Surface vs. Tablesawn Surface Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss what to kind of surface to expect from a bandsaw and tablesaw, woodworking schools, modifying plans, and all-time favorite techniques
07.20.2018 STL 168: Bevel Angles and Workbench Wood Mike, Matt, and Ben answer 14 questions in another lightning round
07.06.2018 STL 167: Tricky Glue-Ups Mike, Matt, and Ben discuss glue-ups, premium vs. not-so-premium chisels, clogged handplanes, and milling lumber
06.22.2018 STL 166: Disappearing Tablesaw Guards Matt, Anissa, and Ben discuss tablesaw safety, working with round parts, drawbore joinery, wood movement, and their all-time favorite articles
06.08.2018 STL 165: Staying Safe in the Shop Mike, Tom, and Ben discuss their favorite safety techniques, milling techniques, unfinished projects, and wide miters
05.25.2018 STL 164: Sometimes you can blame the tools Mike, Matt, and Ben discuss jointer setup, bad bandsaw blades, plywood workbenches, and Japanese chisels and their all-time favorite techniques

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Shop Talk Live - Fine Woodworking episodes:

STL207: Is woodworking art?–Part 2

STL206: The best plywood for jigs

STL205: Swimming In Sawdust!

STL204: Don't Shoot Your Miters

STL203: Finding holly for inlaying and banding

STL202: This guy found a workbench on the side of the road!

STL201: Friends Don't Let Friends Go Metric

STL200: Live from North Jersey

STL199: In Defense of Tail Vises

STL198.5: Bonus Episode with Tim Rousseau

STL198: How much lumber is too much lumber?

STL197: Clean Miters That Are Actually Strong

STL196: Is It Time to Upgrade Your Planer

STL195.5: Scott Landis of Greenwood Global

STL195: New Tools From AWFS in Vegas

STL194: New-Fangled Finishes

STL193: Pocket Screws vs. Dominos

STL192: Learning To Cut Dovetails

STL191: A Jointer Worth Traveling For

STL190: Assembling a Lumber Stash

STL189: Nancy Hiller, Chris Becksvoort and Vic Tesolin

STL188: FWW Live Pregame Show

STL187: Desert Island Dream Projects

STL186: Machinery Placement Guidelines

STL185: Reading Bob Van Dyke's Mind

STL184.5: Chris Schwarz

STL184: Is it time to stockpile ash?

STL183: The Call of the Cordless Tool

STL182.5 - Veneer Master Craig Thibodeau

STL 182: Tiny Scratches On My Blade

STL181: Will a Jobsite Saw Cut It?

STL180: Designing Without Drawing

STL179: Barry's Insane For The Scrub Plane

STL 178: To Glue One Edge or Two?

STL 175.5: Bonus Episode with Kate Swann

STL177: Pekovich's Primitive Projects

STL 176: Why we don’t like resawing on the tablesaw

STL 175: Stressful Panel Glue Ups

STL 174: The power of the spring joint

STL 173: The Draw of the Wooden Handplane

STL 172: You're using your chisels wrong

STL 171: When the Instagram Critics Get To You

STL 170: Biscuit Joiner vs. Dowel Jigs

STL 169.5: Bonus Episode - Maplewoodshop

STL 169: Bandsawn Surface vs. Tablesawn Surface

STL 168: Bevel Angles and Workbench Wood

STL 167: Tricky Glue-Ups

STL 166: Disappearing Tablesaw Guards

STL 165: Staying Safe in the Shop

STL 164: Sometimes you can blame the tools

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