# STL 83: Outfit Your Shop for Under 2-Grand

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2015-04-24
- Length: 1h 01m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.libsyn.com/stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand

## Summary

Ed Burnick, Mike Eckanich, and Dylan Ryan from Fine Woodworking discuss setting up a woodworking shop on a budget, answering listener questions about bandsaw blade alignment, drilling dog holes, and mixed-media concrete projects. They recommend specific tools like a 14-inch bandsaw, sliding compound miter saw, and hand planes for a $2,000 starter kit, while also sharing 'smooth moves' (mistakes) and reviewing a custom plunge router mortising jig.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=6) Introduction and Skunk Trap Story
- [4:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=258) Bandsaw Blade Alignment and Dog Hole Drilling
- [12:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=769) Smooth Moves: Shop Mistakes
- [22:46](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=1366) Mixed Media and Mortising Options
- [29:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=1787) Building a Shop for Under $2,000
- [39:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=2353) Favorite Tools: Planes and Brooms
- [43:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=2630) Custom Mortising Jig and Marking Gauges
- [55:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-04-24-stl-83-outfit-your-shop-for-under-2-grand#t=3316) Buying Used Table Saws

## Topics

- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fine Woodworking (company)
- Conabear trap (product)
- Alex Snodgrass (other)
- Carter Tools (company)
- Asa Christiana (other)
- Michael Fortune (other)
- Rockwell (company)
- Veritas (company)
- Lee Nielsen (other)
- Saw Stop (product)
- Delta Unisaw (product)
- Parametric 66 (product)
- Bob Van Dyke (other)
- Center for Furniture Craftsmanship (company)
- Jeff Miller (other)
- Tight Mark (company)

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