Wood Talk | Woodworking

546 – Matt Hates the Environment

Expired wood, barn inspiration, and personal responsibility in the Maker Community

544 – Shannon’s Offense of the Quarter

We're talking about what does “credibility” look like in 2023? Pore-filling, getting shop time when you have kids, and finishing only one side of a board.

542 – Tree Curious

We’ve got a grab bag of odd questions. Don’t blame us…you asked.

540 – High Octave Lumber Sales

Why you’ll go poor trying to sell lumber, Torrefied wood doors, mortising by hand, and good uses for flooring off-cuts.

538 – Don’t tighten your nuts so hard

Woodworking and mental health, a Moxon vise as your only vise, why a quick release mechanism doesn’t exist for table saw blades, and tools that have been in storage.

536 – Thumb Crotch

Demonstrating woodworking, shoulder planes, dealing with splinters, applying Rubio to a frame & panel, breadboard popularity, and premium router table set ups.

534 – Where Does Water Come From?

Why you should never write in to criticize this show, workbench or hand tools first, jointing wood, bandsaw brakes, and when to seal logs?!

532 – Tell Me About Your Balls

530 – Should We Trust Tool Reviews?

528 – The Final Shop

What we look for in an ideal shop space, diamond saw files, dealing with a wife that oversteps her bounds, and owning multiple sets of tools.

526 – Missouricans

Getting old sucks, changes for Marc, skewed plane blades, and are cantilevered drum sanders worth it?

524 – Q&A Bonus Show

Just because we love you all so much it's time for a rapid fire question and answer edition of WoodTalk.

522 – Does She Have a Sister?

Sliding dovetails in thin stock, the best finish for a kitchen countertop, and a Contractor Table Saw vs Cabinet Saw

520 – Pooping on Shannon

Attaching a face frame to a case, getting a good deal on lumber, and insurance.

518 – Bandaids

Buying your first hardwoods, assemblies with no dings, and roubo from slabs.

516 – C Channel is a Waste of Time

Using a router to make a round table top, C-channel for table tops, EnduroVar II, and Stabilizing punky wood

514 – Proud to be Wiener Woodworkers

Wooden moulding planes, how to improve a raw linseed oil finish, Trapezoid case mitered angles

512 – Bowl of Spagbo

Extra screws, how Minwax stain works, and Design Intellectual property.

510 – Keep Perspective in Perspective

Killing shop reverb, planer speeds, and woodworking on a metal table.

508 – Crotch to the Face

Hand tools for the power tool user, which finishes spontaneously combust, Drilling big and deep into end grain.

506 – Never Go Full Cremona

Kerfing planes, close calls, and why rustic furniture is crap.

504 – Matt’s Anals

Midcentury roundovers, woodworking terminology, woodworking with newborns, and Random Orbit Sanders vs Sheet Sanders

502 – Fueled by Hoochie

Replaceable saw blades, Beadlock, thingamabobs, sawdust allergies, and drying wood cookies.

WT500 – Marc Likes Little Balls

Workbench height, end grain routing, hand planing body language and so much more. And to celebrate 500 episodes of this dumb show, we’re doing to do a celebratory woodworking quiz.

WT498 – Better to Be Smooth

Paralysis by analysis, the best way to learn woodworking, new vs vintage hand tools, and tool maintenance schedules. Also now featuring your funny captions