# 476: That’s What You Do Do

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2025-03-21
- Length: 56m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/476-thats-what-you-do-do

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss their current projects, including Diresta's new CNC plasma cutter and steel apple casting, Clagett's Shape Poco assembly, and Picciuto's custom silverware organizer and Juno 106 synthesizer restoration. The conversation shifts to the theme of making friends as adults, with the hosts sharing anecdotes about connecting through local communities like comic book stores, music shops, and bluegrass concerts. They reflect on how shared creative interests and physical spaces facilitate social connections for makers and hobbyists.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=1) Introduction and Spring Cleaning
- [4:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=278) Diresta's New Plasma CNC and Steel Apples
- [13:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=805) Clagett's Shape Poco and Picciuto's Projects
- [22:27](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=1347) Making Friends Through Shared Interests
- [33:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=1995) Community Connections: Comic Shops and Music Stores
- [46:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-03-21-476-thats-what-you-do-do#t=2763) Spring Cleaning and Final Picks

## Topics

- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Carbide 3D (company)
- Shape Poco (product)
- Fast Cut CNC (product)
- Windy Hill Foundry (company)
- Juno 106 (product)
- Ricky Saetta (other)
- Public Opinion (other)
- Steinway (company)

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- [STL342: What We Wish We Knew](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2025-05-30-stl342-what-we-wish-we-knew) (Shop Talk Live)
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