Hardware Podcasts

STL 87: Shop Talk Live Moving to Video

Shop Talk Live · 19 Jun 2015 · 1h 06m

What this episode covers

Fine Woodworking editors Ed Burnick, Matt Kenney, and Mike Pekovich discuss the launch of their video podcast format, answering listener questions on handplane frog adjustment, dovetail joinery techniques, and dust collection system design. They showcase specific tools including Veritas shoulder planes, Sigma Power Select 2 waterstones, and a custom dovetail alignment jig, while debating the structural merits of half-pins versus half-tails. The hosts also share workshop mishaps, such as drilling a plane body incorrectly and struggling with dovetails due to poor lighting, emphasizing that woodworking is an accumulation of managed errors rather than a pursuit of absolute perfection.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Lee Valley, Veritas, Stanley, Lee Nielsen, Harbor Freight, Jet
Also
PM V11, Sigma Power Select 2, Unscrew

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