Splinters N' Stuff Podcast

Anthony and Luke get caught up after a short separation and talk about Anthony's recent run in with the law in Mexico, Wood and Plane's biggest client yet, the fun of language learning, and how to gracefully work through issues with customer expectations. 

With Anthony following Luke's lead, and vacationing in Mexico, Luke was joined by Patrick Bilazzo aka @pinebarrenpalletworks, and Carlina Sacco aka @sawdustgypsy. Without Anthony there to keep the conversation somewhat relevant, this one is filled with random rabbit trails, and went way over time. Patrick and Carlina are awesome folks with an awesome operation, and are just a blast to be around. Enjoy!

Old friends Luke and Jonathan (@blacklabeldesign.co) get together with Anthony to catch up and talk about how their life paths seemed to have converged over time. Jonathan runs a Set/Production design/fabrication shop in the Atlanta area. The guys talk about the challenges of scale and managing client expecations. 

Anthony and Luke catch up after a long separation (two weeks is a long time!), talk about Luke's bday trip to Mexico, and a fun time stuck in Chicago. For the Splinters seciton of the podcast, the guys talk about how to manage clients' expectations for doing your best work within the scope of the project!

Luke and Anthony reach out to the listeners to say thanks (we love you and your feedback, give us more!) and with Luke's upcoming THREE O birthday, the guys relive some of the glory days, stick around for Anthony's surefire way to beat your opponent in a beer shotgun. 

Anthony and Luke have a pretty existential discussion with Michael Williams (@CalaveraToolWorks). They cover the true enlightenment found in control of ones time through business ownership, life balance, and keeping in mind what really matters.  

Anthony and Luke had fun bringing Trevor Bergk (@bergksmetalworks) on the show, and covering topics form rare materials in custom jewelery fabrication like Fordite and Meteorites, and found that there were a lot of similarities in their journies to becoming a maker!

The guys actually talk shop pretty much the whole time. They focus on new ventures into commercial development subcontracting and how to handle the inevitable flaws in your work. 

Jess, a multi-faceted maker out of the chicago area, known online as @TheLivingTimberCo joins Luke and Anthony for a chat about her work, her journey, and Menards. She has a lot of projects in the pipeline so be sure to give her a follow and stay tuned! 

Wow, this one got deep. Normally this is written in the third person, but this is straight from the heart on this one. We honestly didn't know what we were going to talk about when we got together at Luke's shop for this recording, and it seems like magic happened. We dove into perspective of self, inspiration, growth, mindfulness, goals, privelege, confidence, balance and more. We honestly both learned a lot about ourselves and each other through this conversation and it's arguably it's the best conversation we've recorded. Hopefully you gain something from this, and if you do, please let us know!