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Fine Woodworking magazine editors and contributors answer your questions and share woodworking tips and techniques.

Shop Talk Live - Fine Woodworking FineWoodworking.com

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Fine Woodworking magazine editors and contributors answer your questions and share woodworking tips and techniques.

    STL300: A tricentennial celebration!

    STL300: A tricentennial celebration!

    Not really, it's really Mike, Anissa, and Ben discussing jointers and planers.
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    0:00 - Intro
    1:46 - 300 of these things 
    7:10 - Woodworkers making speakers
    16:44 - Milling 1-3/4 stock
    23:07 - Segments
    36:15 - Do you need a jointer?
    48:20 - What cutter head for a Dewalt 735
    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    STL299: Woodworking Festival Season

    STL299: Woodworking Festival Season

    We chat with Father John Abraham of Benchcrafted and Phil Huber of The Woodsmith Shop, and Mike, Amanda, and Ben discuss all of the great woodworking festivals of late.
    0:00 - Intro
    2:30 - Chatting about festivals
    16:35 - Phil Huber of The Woodsmith Shop
    32:30 - Tools we dug seeing at shows
    44:25 - Fr. John Abraham of Benchcrafted
    1:02:18 - Wrapping it up
    For more information about our eLearning courses - http://www.finewoodworking.com/elearning
    For more information about our Woodworking Fundamentals journey - http://www.finewoodworking.com/fundamental
    Join us on our new Discord server! - https://discord.gg/8hyuwqu4JH
    Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com
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    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 1 hr 5 min
    STL298: That's a fancy commode!

    STL298: That's a fancy commode!

    Bob Van Dyke joins Mike and Ben to discuss sharpening to 80 grit, which wood is best for bending, bandsaw blade issues, and shoulder planes.
    Sign up for our Woodworking Fundamentals journey here - www.finewoodworking.com/fundamentals
    0:00 - Intro
    2:23 - What's new at Bob's?
    11:34 - Gluing hinges on a box?
    19:41 - Steam bending wood
    29:48 - Segments
    40:35 - Sharpening to 80 grit
    52:15 - Breaking bandsaw blades
    59:10 - What shoulder plane to get?
    For more information about our eLearning courses - http://www.finewoodworking.com/elearning
    Join us on our new Discord server! - https://discord.gg/8hyuwqu4JH
    Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com
    Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter
    Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited
    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    STL297: The hand tool you need to buy is a bandsaw

    STL297: The hand tool you need to buy is a bandsaw

    Gary Rogowski joins Vic and Ben to discuss adjusting hinges, using a chamfer bit for box miters, and making Queen Anne furniture without a bandsaw.
    0:00 - Intro 
    1:28 - Adjusting hinges
    27:41 - Chamer bit for box miters?
    35:05 - Queen Anne furniture and no bandsaw
    For more information about our eLearning courses - http://www.finewoodworking.com/elearning Join us on our new Discord server! - https://discord.com/invite/RhdBXNH2
    Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com
    Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter
    Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited
    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    STL296: Dinkle dreams of bed frames

    STL296: Dinkle dreams of bed frames

    Bridgid from Dinkle's Woodshop joins Amanda and Ben to talk about her obsession with building bed frames, the best material for shop furniture, favorite tools, and how beginners can stop overthinking things in the shop.
    0:00 - Intro
    16:04 - How can a beginner shut up and start doing?
    33:35 - All-time Favorites
    43:48 - What to build shop cabinets out of?
    51:14 - Help with bed frames!
    Find Bridgid on YouTube:  @dinkles_woodshop 
    and on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dinkles_woodshop/
    Join us on our new Discord server! https://discord.gg/RhdBXNH2
    Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com
    Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter
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    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    STL: Getting Geeky with ISOtunes

    STL: Getting Geeky with ISOtunes

    An important discussion about hearing health, and why it's important to every woodworker.
    ISOtunes hearing protection merges certified protection with cutting-edge communication technology to give you a safe, enjoyable, and productive experience in the shop, on the job, and beyond.
    Check out the entire line of ISOtunes here: https://isotunes.com/collections/hearing-protection
    You can find Dr. Kathleen Wallace on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@eardocoftiktok
    and on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/drkathleenwallace/
    Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

    • 52 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
1.2K Ratings

1.2K Ratings

Fejj Doorednu ,

Wood Music

Hey all, love this podcast for the practical no bull discussions. I appreciate everyone talking about the craft and how it takes place in all kinds of settings and how much variation there is in execution in the shop. I also really like the sidebar discussions that are wood related and some not. This is at the top of my list of favorite podcasts. Thanks to everyone who shares their expertise openly as well as the creative processes they use or don’t use. If anyone listens from the person who hasn’t touched a tool yet to the master craftsman, I think they would thoroughly enjoy listening. Also a big thumbs up the the group for doing a session on hearing protection. This is great stuff and something we all should be actively doing in our shops. Another area where there seems to be a lack of knowledge is in protecting our lungs. It would be great to have some experts and industry folks represented to have that discussion. MSA serves a large industrial base and they have some very knowledgeable folks who can give you the details of a good breathing protection program for the professionals and hobbyist. 3M is another good one. Thanks for pouring into the wood working community.
PS - I love listening to music while working in the shop. It sounds best while making sawdust.

Jeff Underwood
Seminole, FL

jlkinsel ,

My favorite podcast

I’ve listened to this podcast for years - through multiple host changes, on trips to buy hardwood for a new project, laughing at corny jokes on flights halfway across the Atlantic Ocean. These are my woodworking nerd buddies when I get some alone time - to think about woodworking, or how woodworking affects other things in my life.

In the business world, the best quality a product can have is if customers would be sad if the product went away. I’d be very, very sad if this podcast went away. Keep up the great work!

rexhansen ,

#294

The chair geeks did a great job answering my question. The discussion was entertaining and informative. I look forward to hearing more from Kelly and Aspen.

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