# 530: If No Disasters Happen...

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2026-07-24
- Length: 1h 16m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/530-if-no-disasters-happen

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss recent projects and past disasters. Bob details building a climbing wall in his pool house and the physical toll it took, while David explains his post-art show creative slump and his new atomic-style furniture project. Jimmy shares stories of a CNC fire, an acetone burn on his Cadillac, and the technical challenges of encasing a mummified cat in resin.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=1) Introduction and Post-Show Crash
- [3:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=221) David's Atomic Furniture and Resin Box
- [29:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=1764) Bob's Climbing Wall Build
- [45:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=2718) Jimmy's CNC Fire and Cadillac Disaster
- [52:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=3177) Resin Pouring Techniques for Specimens
- [55:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=3334) David's User Errors and Abandoned Projects
- [1:01:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=3668) Jimmy's Guitar and Frisbee Launcher Failures
- [1:06:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-07-24-530-if-no-disasters-happen#t=4013) AI Content Theft and Creator Recommendations

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Founder wellbeing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/founder-wellbeing)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Total Boat (company)
- Chesapeake Lightcraft (company)
- Bear Mountain Boats (company)
- Rick Beato (other)
- Jack Conte (other)
- Deconstructed Animation (other)
- Fender (company)

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- [The Spark Gap - Episode 23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-spark-gap/2014-12-10-the-spark-gap-episode-23) (The Spark Gap)
- [033 - All Over the Place](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/unnamed-reverse-engineering-podcast/2020-04-27-033-all-over-the-place) (Unnamed Reverse Engineering Podcast)
- [Ep 234: Machines on Fire, Old Kinect New Kinect, and Birth of the Breadboard](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-09-01-ep-234-machines-on-fire-old-kinect-new-kinect-and-birth-of-the-breadboard) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [124: Please Don't Light Yourself On Fire](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-11-05-124-please-dont-light-yourself-on-fire) (Embedded.fm)

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