Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss what helped them make the leap from beginner woodworkers and what they wish they had done differently when setting up their shops.

STL229: The $1000 shop exercise

Nov 20th, 2020 1h 4m

Barry and Ben discuss how they would go about assembling a shop with a budget of a thousand dollars.

STL228: The best gifts to make as a woodworker

Nov 6th, 2020 1h 4m

Asa Christiana joins Mike and Ben to discuss the best gifts for woodworkers to make, European wood species, and properly clamping mortise and tenon joints.

STL227: Tom McLaughlin is serious about square

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h 20m

Tom McLaughlin joins Mike and Ben to discuss jointing long boards, hardware installs gone wrong, squaring up crosscut sleds, and how to find you voice as a furniture maker.

STL226: Buying a used drill press with Rollie Johnson

Oct 9th, 2020 1h 9m

Rollie Johnson joins Mike and Ben to discuss handplane restoration, 110v vs 220v for machines, planer snipe, and every thing you should know before buying a drill press.

STL INT: Interview with Garrett Wade founder Garry Chinn

Oct 2nd, 2020 52m 18s

Ben interviews Garry Chinn who founded Garrett Wade 45 years ago to bring high-quality hand tools to a new market.

STL 225: Just use the plywood already!

Sep 25th, 2020 1h 10m

Anissa, Barry, and Ben give a pep talk to a listener worried about stepping up to walnut and another listener who is doing everything he can to avoid using plywood.

STL224: Is there one true way to sharpen a scraper?

Sep 11th, 2020 1h 8m

Mike and Barry discuss milk paint, scraper sharpening, shellac finishes, when to sharpen a tablesaw blade and their smooth moves.

STL223: Mike Mascelli knows more about finishing than you do

Aug 28th, 2020 1h 3m

Mike Mascelli wows Bob Van Dyke and Mike Pekovich answering listener questions in this (mostly) finishing-centric episode.

STL222: The call of the solid-wood chessboard

Aug 14th, 2020 1h 2m

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss more tablesaw safety, solid-wood chessboards, hotel woodworking for a heath care worker on covid assignment, and sawing a wooden blimp in half. Plus, a new jingle and a new boss!

STL221: Gary Rogowski admits woodworking is hard

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 5m

Gary Rogowski joins Ben to answer listener questions on drying lumber, sharpening problems, sawing practice, and the feasibility to create a four legged piece without it rocking.

STL220: Jack plane death match - Will bevel up go down?

Jul 17th, 2020 1h 3m

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss jack planes, tablesaw safety, scrap wood storage, and how a listener could widen dados

STL219: Dadoes without dado blades

Jul 3rd, 2020 1h 12m

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss dust collection for bandsaws, keeping notes during a project, a listener's odd glue-line failure, and try a woodworking potpourri for the first time.

STL218: Megan Fitzpatrick's favorite tool storage

Jun 19th, 2020 1h 2m

Megan Fitzpatrick joins Barry and Ben to discuss Moxon vises, wooden vs. metal-bodied handplanes, tri-squares vs. combo squares, grinders, and why it's worth building a tool chest.

STL217: Chris Becksvoort thinks you need a moisture meter

Jun 5th, 2020 1h 4m

Contributing editor, Chris Becksvoort joins Mike and Ben to answer questions on milling, wedged joinery, and his two favorite tools.

STL216: Accessorizing your new tablesaw

May 22nd, 2020 1h 9m

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss tablesaw accessories, shop rituals, testing sharpness, knockdown fasteners, and tall people.

STL215: Steve Latta’s favorite vises

May 8th, 2020 55m 45s

Contributing editor Steve Latta joins Mike and Ben to discuss when to peg a tenon, hammer veneering, broken bandsaw blades, CNCs, and what the difference is between a jointer and a planer.

STL214.5: The one with no questions

May 1st, 2020 49m 9s

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STL214: Built ins? Screw em!

Apr 24th, 2020 1h 7m

Mike Farrington joins Anissa and Ben to discuss sanding techniques, built in joinery, workbenches, and smooth moves.

STL213.5: The Bob Van Dyke show

Apr 17th, 2020 40m 24s

Contributing editor, Bob Van Dyke gets the show to himself answering questions about pre-finishing, constructing built ins, and creating a profile on a curved edge without a router.

STL213: Making wooden handplanes

Apr 10th, 2020 1h 6m

Vic Tesolin joins Mike and Ben to discuss making wooden handplanes, identifying troublesome boards before it's too late, shooting miters, what a listener should do with a excess of #4s, and they share their favorite techniques for the week.

STL212.5: What mallets does a woodworker need?

Apr 3rd, 2020 21m 38s

In this bonus episode, Mike and Ben discuss if the Shaker workbench is fit for holdfasts, and what mallets you really need as a woodworker.

STL212: The call of the pattern-maker’s vise

Mar 27th, 2020 58m 4s

Chairmaker, David Douyard, joins Mike and Ben in studio, and they discuss using budget lumber, tools the covet, go-to chisels, and what one listener should do with his old pattern-maker's vise.

STL211: Woodworker's aprons

Mar 13th, 2020 1h 3m

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss planing wood at an angle, whether it’s worth restoring old homeowner-grade machinery, and the do’s and don’ts of prefinishing. Then they get pretty geeky about aprons and pencils.