STL 105: Why We Build What We Build
The guys talk about inspiration and what they like to build and reveal their all-time favorite tool of all time… this week. Plus reader questions on scrapers, joinery, and the changing color of wood.
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 [email protected] 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.
Listen to Previous Episodes
- Shop Talk Live 104: Clark Kellogg, Pro Furniture Maker and Instagram Star
- Shop Talk Live 103: All Time Favorite Furniture of All Time… for this week
- Shop Talk Live 102: The New Guy From Nashville
- Shop Talk Live 101: Cherry is No Substitute for White Oak
- Shop Talk Live 100: Matt is out of control, plus a mystery guest
- Shop Talk Live 99: Waterstone Detectives
- Shop Talk Live 98: Mike’s Stick Trick, and the Fabric of Matt
- Shop Talk Live 97: The Guys are Toast
- Shop Talk Live 96: Tablesaws and Tool Tests
- Shop Talk Live 95: Looking Back Fondly
- Shop Talk Live 94: A Fond Farewell
- Shop Talk Live 93: Nick Offerman’s Dream Shop
- Shop Talk Live 92: Please CLOSE the Bathroom Door
- Shop Talk Live 91: Best Way to Destroy Furniture
- Shop Talk Live 90: Gorilla Glue for Fine Furniture
- Shop Talk Live 89: Workbench Wisdom
- Shop Talk Live 88: Marquetry Master Craig Thibodeau
- Shop Talk Live 87: Shop Talk Live Moving to Video
- Shop Talk Live 86: Furniture Maestro Chris Gochnour–Part II
- Shop Talk Live 85: Furniture Maker Chris Gochnour
- see all episodes
Comments
Thanks for the recommendations on the high traffic table refinish. I like Matt's idea about using floor poly. I can just use mop and glow on the table to clean it up. Great show as usual. You made my boys crack up with your answer.
Honestly the last 30 seconds really made this podcast, but it wouldn't make sense without listening to the whole thing.
On a serious note I definitely feel the tension between taking the time to make jigs for precise, quicker, repeatable features and still finishing the tables my wife wants sometime before my toddler moves out of the house. This is especially painful this early in my woodworking hobby since I just got a new tablesaw and my first router, requiring quite a few sleds and jigs to get the simplest tasks done reliably.
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