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  • Killing it on Etsy with Pine and Birch

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    • Website
    • Pine and Birch on Etsy
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • Titan 2 Vinyl Cutter
    • Shopbot CNC
    • Hypertherm Plasma Cutter
    • Shit Show Sign
    • Metal Signs

    TOPICS
    00:02:22 - Pine and Birch Background in Business
    00:03:44 - Background in construction
    00:05:52 - Drafting background
    00:06:58 - Getting into the sign business
    00:08:26 - Selling on Etsy
    00:18:06 - The busy sign selling season
    00:19:10 - Design Process
    00:23:02 - The learning process
    00:25:12 - Marketing in 2020
    00:30:42 - Shop Space Setup
    00:32:30 - Shipping products
    00:35:25 - Where to find Laney

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    39 min
  • Woodworking Wins and Fails with Bevelish Creations

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    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    • Instructables
    • Catia Software Modeling
    • DIY Mid Century Modern Baby Crib
    • DIY Harry Potter Epoxy Resin Floating Shelf
    • Art of Geek Challenge
    • DIY Mid Centruy Modern Desk Organizer
    • Rhino Slider
    • Drawer Front Fusion 360
    • Bent Lamination Tissue Box
    • Noah Lorang Maps
    • Modustrial Maker
    • X-Carve
    • Tools Today

    TOPICS
    00:02:59 - Design Engineer for Honda
    00:09:03 - Shop Space Setup
    00:13:21 - Getting into Cameras
    00:13:44 - Design work at Honda
    00:16:39 - Getting into YouTube
    00:30:17 - Getting into CNC
    00:44:19 - Favorite Video/Project
    00:48:23 - Where to find Alex


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    53 min
  • Programming Electronics with Michael Cheich

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    • Programming Electronics Academy
    • Tab Electronics
    • Dan Massey Project Hover Disk
    • Arduino Crash Couse
    • Dan Massey Hoverboard
    • ESP8266
    • Kit on a Shield
    • DrDuino
    • First
    • Smugglers Room

    TOPICS
    00:03:51 - Welding in the Marines
    00:07:42 - Serving in the Army National Guard
    00:11:49 - Getting into Electronics
    00:19:11 - Getting into Arduino
    00:23:53 - Teaching Electronics
    00:25:49 - Building the Programming Electronics Academy
    00:29:25 - Interaction with Students
    00:34:37 - Favorite Student Projects
    00:41:35 - Courses Offered
    00:43:45 - Michael's Workstation Setup
    00:49:36 - Collab with Smugglers Room

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  • Jennie and Davis are Building a Custom Furniture Business

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    • Jennie and Davis
    • YouTube
    • Instagram
    • Embry Riddle
    • How to Sell Anything to Anybody
    • Selling More Furniture
    • Evan and Katelyn
    • E-Myth
    • Jennie and Davis Coaching Programs

    TOPICS

    00:02:12 - Origin Stories
    00:07:17 - Moving to North Dakota
    00:08:02 - Getting into Woodworking
    00:12:28 - Business focus
    00:18:54 - Starting a furniture business
    00:24:42 - How to build a client base
    00:30:10 - Creating System
    00:37:25 - Working together
    00:41:12 - Building up clients in Texas
    00:46:11 - YouTube
    00:52:32 - Business Coaching
    00:54:35 - Make or Break Shop Update

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    59 min
  • Making a Damascus Steel Ring with Craig Cowan

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    • Website
    • Instagram
    • Damascus Ring
    • Catskill Mountain Makers Camp
    • Patrick Adair Interview
    • Making My Wedding Ring (John Malecki)
    • Barefoot Forge Classes
    • Workbench Con
    • Made for Profit
    • Spring Make
    • Anne of All Trades
    • Damascus Steel Shark Teeth

    TOPICS

    • 00:03:04 - Craig's Shop
    • 00:07:08 - Getting into blacksmithing
    • 00:09:14 - Becoming a boat captain
    • 00:13:32 - Fixing Stuff
    • 00:14:43 - Making a Damascus Ring
    • 00:16:37 - Building a business around rings
    • 00:24:01 - How to make a Damascus Ring
    • 00:36:54 - Growing the Business
    • 00:43:00 - Do you really work barefoot?
    • 00:46:25 - Collaborations
    • 00:50:39 - Where to find Craig
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    56 min
  • Building Modern Furniture with Shaun Boyd Made This

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    • Website
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • Four Eyes Furniture
    • Jory Brigham
    • Curved Bent Lamination Lamp
    • Jared Rustin
    • Modern Maker Podcast
    • Jonathan Katz Moses
    • Modern Plywood Desk
    • Furniture Plans
    • Modern Credenza

    TOPICS

    • 00:03:25 - Getting started with building
    • 00:05:14 - Working for Sundance Film Festival
    • 00:13:39 - Starting a furniture business
    • 00:18:58 - How to find clients
    • 00:25:45 - Client builds vs YouTube builds
    • 00:29:46 - Making templates
    • 00:33:39 - Design Process
    • 00:44:48 - Building for YouTube
    • 00:52:49 - Working with Chris Salomone
    • 00:58:06 - Upcoming Projects
    • 00:58:51 - Where to find Shaun
    • 00:59:38 - Shop Update

     

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Building a Business with Jonathan Katz Moses

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    • Website
    • Universal No Deflection Stop Block
    • Dovetail Alignment Board
    • Dovetail Jig
    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • Sean Boyd
    • Bescutter Chinese Laser
    • Jory Bingham

    TOPICS

    • 00:01:42 - The Last Year
    • 00:04:48 - International Maker Station
    • 00:08:21 - Selling Templates
    • 00:12:27 - Stop Block Design Process
    • 00:31:22 - Growth on YouTube
    • 00:44:34 - Creating Online Courses
    • 00:52:40 - Where to find Jonathan

     

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    57 min
  • Wooden Sculptures and Plywood Patterns with Michael Alm

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    • Michael Alm
    • Instagram
    • Deborah Butterfield
    • Dale Chihuly
    • Modern Maker Podcast
    • Making Desk Drawers with Chris Salomone
    • Workbench Con
    • Carved Fox Head
    • Wooden Owl Wings
    • Herringbone Pattern Tool Box

    LINKS
    00:05:23 - Background in Art
    00:06:13 - Building as a kid
    00:07:31 - Digital vs Physical Art
    00:10:17 - Making metal sculptures
    00:16:13 - Working for Dale Chihuly
    00:20:47 - The Business of Art
    00:30:16 - Getting Connected to the Maker World
    00:37:39 - Favorite Pieces
    00:42:24 - Creating Plywood Textures
    00:47:20 - Collaborations
    00:51:49 - Current Projects
    00:52:29 - Where to find Michael

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    57 min
  • From Disney Animation and Imagineering to Adafruit with John Edgar Park

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    • jpixl.net
    • Make Magazine
    • Make: Television
    • Understanding 3D Animation Using Maya
    • Chewbacca Mask Video
    • Adafruit: Escape Room Video Series
    • Lucio Blaster from Overwatch
    • Fritzing-Schematic software
    • Adafruit
    • Trinked-Powered NeoPixel Google Kit Pack

    TOPICS
    00:02:57 - Growing up in NYC
    00:04:13 - Background in Theater
    00:06:49 - Making background
    00:15:13 - Professional animator for Sony and Disney
    00:22:38 - Disney Imagineering
    00:25:35 - MAKE: Television
    00:31:15 - Build videos for Adafruit
    00:37:01 - Favorite Projects
    00:42:59 - Importance of digital tools
    00:46:17 - How to get started in electronics
    00:51:19 - Synthesizers
    00:54:01 - Where to find John
    00:54:50 - Make or Break Shop Update

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    58 min
  • Building a Shop and Fine Furniture with Blake Weber

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    • Instagram
    • YouTube
    • Craft Will Never Die
    • Lumberjocks
    • Ultimate CNC Enclosure
    • Fine Woodworking Magazine
    • Walnut Box
    • Hand-Carved Sign
    • TOPICS

      00:03:18 - Getting Started
      00:05:22 - Getting into Woodworking
      00:10:34 - Setting up the First Shop
      00:13:36 - Fine Woodworking
      00:15:34 - Hobby vs Pro
      00:16:30 - Doing Gallery Work
      00:20:18 - Designing a Shop
      00:23:28 - What Blake Makes
      00:29:10 - Handcarved Shop Sign
      00:34:58 - CNC
      00:42:58 - Favorite Tool
      00:47:09 - Where to Find Blake
      00:48:12 - Shop Update

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      52 min

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    The Make or Break Podcast is a weekly audio and video series that features amazing makers across the world. We dive into the greatest things they make as well as lessons learned from the things they…