# Episode 302: Dungeons and Dragons in the snow

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2021-04-09
- Length: 1h 02m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss their personal preferences for fiction versus nonfiction, with Bob explaining his need for factual grounding in stories. David Picciuto details his process for building high-end speakers from a Creative Sound Solutions kit, highlighting a specific failure where a router bit shifted, ruining the fit of a speaker baffle. Meanwhile, Bob Clagett provides an update on his enclosed trailer build for a TV production, discussing the logistical challenges of managing a film set on his property and his mental strategies for breaking down complex fabrication tasks into manageable steps.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=1) Introduction: Morning routines and reading habits
- [2:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=173) Bob Clagett's preference for nonfiction and factual storytelling
- [14:59](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=899) David Picciuto builds high-end speakers from Creative Sound Solutions
- [20:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=1210) Bob Clagett's enclosed trailer build and TV production logistics
- [30:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=1834) Jimmy Diresta's router failure and cabinet door fabrication
- [46:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=2800) Compartmentalizing creativity and subconscious problem solving
- [55:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-04-09-episode-302-dungeons-and-dragons-in-the-snow#t=3338) Community recommendations and Patreon shoutouts

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Logistics & fulfilment](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/logistics-and-fulfillment)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Creative Sound Solutions (company)
- CSS Audio (company)
- YouTube Formula (product)
- Daryl Eve (other)
- The First Day (product)
- Frenchie Sunga Attack (other)
- Stuff Made Here (other)
- Jeremy Fielding (other)

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