# STL 95: Looking Back Fondly

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2015-10-08
- Length: 50m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.libsyn.com/stl-95-looking-back-fondly

## Summary

Fine Woodworking editors Tom McKenna, Mike Pekovich, and Asa Christiana discuss the departures of former staff members Ed Gabriel and Asa Christiana, while sharing woodworking advice and tool reviews. Mike Pekovich demonstrates using a block plane for Kumiko lattice work and discusses frame-and-panel door construction, while Asa Christiana highlights a Japanese Kabiki marking gauge and Tom McKenna explains how to modify a chisel into a skew chisel. The hosts also review Lee Valley's PMV-11 steel blades, discuss the value of local woods, and address the logistical challenges of setting up a home woodworking shop.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=6) Introduction: Staff Departures and Farewells
- [4:16](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=256) Frame-and-Panel Door Construction Advice
- [8:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=504) Favorite Tools: Block Plane, Kumiko, and Marking Gauges
- [17:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=1021) Tool Modification: Skew Chisel and PMV-11 Steel
- [24:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=1477) Influential Articles and Magazine Production
- [35:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=2130) The Value of Local and Reclaimed Woods
- [41:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2015-10-08-stl-95-looking-back-fondly#t=2516) Shop Setup Challenges and Community Support

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Factory operations & automation](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/factory-operations)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Fine Woodworking (company)
- Lee Valley (company)
- Lee Nielsen (company)
- PMV-11 (chip)
- Kumiko (other)
- Kabiki (other)
- Freud (company)
- Veritas (company)
- Taunton (company)

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