# STL 79: Ed's Mysterious Basement Experience

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2015-02-27
- Length: 52m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.libsyn.com/stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience-0

## Summary

Ed Vernick, Mike Bagovic, and Maddie Kenny of Fine Woodworking magazine discuss restoring vintage machinery, specifically converting a threadless spindle on a 1930s Electric Carpenter machine using a Shopsmith adapter. They debate the structural integrity of angled tenons versus loose tenons in chair joinery, concluding that corner blocks provide the primary strength. The hosts also share techniques for cutting accurate tenons with a spacer, using blue tape for edge jointing thin boards, and setting up a jointer to avoid ridges.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=6) Introduction: Ed's Antique Store Adventure
- [6:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=417) Restoring Electric Carpenter Spindle with Shopsmith Adapter
- [8:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=532) Angled Tenons vs. Loose Tenons in Chair Joinery
- [12:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=748) Cutting Accurate Tenons with a Spacer and Blue Tape Edge Jointing
- [23:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=1438) Setting Up a Jointer and Diagnosing Ridges
- [30:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=1818) Choosing a Smoothing Plane: Standard vs. Low Angle
- [33:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=2018) Favorite Tools: Depth Gauge and Travel Toolbox
- [42:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-02-27-stl-79-eds-mysterious-basement-experience#t=2532) Restoring a 200-Year-Old Rocking Chair

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fine Woodworking magazine (company)
- Electric Carpenter (product)
- Shopsmith (product)
- Lee Nielsen (company)
- Veritas (company)
- Goodell and Pratt (product)
- Sterret (product)

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