# 465: YOU SLICED UP ROB?!

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2024-12-13
- Length: 1h 10m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/465-you-sliced-up-rob

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss how gaining efficiency in their crafts buys them time for creative refinement and personal projects. Jimmy details his process of slicing a walnut log with a Lagosol sawmill to build a park bench, while David works on a sculptural hexagonal wine rack and Jimmy plans office sound treatment. The conversation explores the tension between efficiency and perfectionism, noting that extra time often leads to higher-quality output rather than increased volume, a concept they link to Parkinson's Law.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=0) Introduction: Weather and Sawmill Project
- [1:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=114) Jimmy's Lagosol Sawmill and Walnut Log
- [4:14](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=254) David's Sculptural Wine Rack and Jimmy's Sound Treatment
- [9:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=597) David's Hexagonal Wine Rack Construction
- [14:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=865) Bob's Custom Desk and Password Security
- [25:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=1528) Efficiency, Creativity, and Parkinson's Law
- [38:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=2331) College Backgrounds and Artistic Influences
- [56:31](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=3391) Quality vs. Quantity in Content Creation
- [1:05:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-12-13-465-you-sliced-up-rob#t=3937) Recommendations: Harke, Bob Dylan, and Muppets

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Lagosol (other)
- Final Cut Pro (tool)
- Fusion (tool)
- Synology (other)

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