# 537: Sneeze Session

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2026-09-11
- Length: 57m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/537-sneeze-session

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss the creative challenges of making content, including attribution, project pile-up, and the tension between personal interest and YouTube performance. Bob shares his experience with a new 5-axis CNC machine and the Zigzag table, while David reveals his fear of accidentally copying designs and his struggle with accumulating tools and finished projects. Jimmy reflects on his own 'project pile-up,' the difficulty of finding new problems to solve after fixing his house, and the importance of storytelling in maker videos.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=1) Introduction and Sneeze Session
- [1:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=115) Bob's 5-Axis CNC and Zigzag Table
- [8:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=500) Attribution and Copying Designs
- [22:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=1377) Project Pile-up and Tool Accumulation
- [39:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=2373) Solving Non-Problems and Storytelling
- [51:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2026-09-11-537-sneeze-session#t=3109) Recommendations: Rhinebeck Aerodrome and Darren King

## Topics

- [Creator business](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/creator-business)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- 5-axis CNC machine (tool)
- Zigzag table (product)
- Wiggle chair (product)
- Frank Gehry (other)
- Stuff Seth Makes (other)
- Morley Kurt (other)
- Rhinebeck Aerodrome (other)
- Spirit of St. Louis (product)
- New Mind (other)
- Darren King (other)
- Mute Math (other)
- Clipping (product)
- Bridgeport (tool)
- Cohart (other)

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- [STL354: Go and Do the Thing](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2025-11-14-stl354-go-and-do-the-thing) (Shop Talk Live)
- [113: I Wasn’t Expecting Therapy Today](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2024-06-27-113-i-wasnt-expecting-therapy-today) (Thoroughly Considered)
- [439: Ditches and Psychology](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2023-01-06-439-ditches-and-psychology) (Embedded.fm)
- [Product Design with Simone Giertz](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2022-06-07-product-design-with-simone-giertz) (The Amp Hour)

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