# 498: I’m Like a Dog

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2025-09-12
- Length: 1h 09m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/498-im-like-a-dog

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss their recent attendance at the Making It 500 live event, reflecting on the community impact and the hosts' personal struggles with routine disruption. Bob details the technical challenges of turning his 11th porch pole on a lathe due to moisture imbalance, while David explains his process for building a Danish modern chair using only a laser cutter. Jimmy outlines his upcoming construction of a pool house shed and his management of multiple concurrent projects, including an NDA-bound electronics build.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=1) Introduction and Making It 500 Recap
- [1:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=66) Making It 500 Event Experience and Community
- [14:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=894) Bob's 11th Porch Pole Lathe Challenges
- [24:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=1494) David's Laser-Cut Danish Modern Chair
- [32:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=1977) Jimmy's Pool House Shed and Project Management
- [41:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=2471) Live Events, Routine Disruption, and Imposter Syndrome
- [52:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2025-09-12-498-im-like-a-dog#t=3133) Raccoon Story and Patreon Thanks

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Making It 500 (other)
- Blackthorn (other)
- History of Simple Things (other)
- Matthias Wandel (other)
- Morley Kurt (other)
- Harvard Business Review (other)
- Woodworking is Bull**** (other)
- Paul Jasper (other)
- Copper Pig (other)
- Jon Layman Studios (other)

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- [STL330: Our least favorite questions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2024-11-29-stl330-our-least-favorite-questions) (Shop Talk Live)
- [STL212: The call of the pattern-maker's vise](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-03-27-stl212-the-call-of-the-pattern-makers-vise) (Shop Talk Live)
- [STL254: Iron and oak (and maple?)](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-19-stl254-iron-and-oak-and-maple) (Shop Talk Live)
- [STL 108: Matt Kenney has left the building](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-01-stl-108-matt-kenney-has-left-the-building) (Shop Talk Live)

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