# STL 103: All Time Favorite Furniture of All Time... for this week

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2016-01-29
- Length: 1h 00m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.libsyn.com/stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week

## Summary

Hosts Tom McKenna, Mike Bekovic, and Matt Kenny discuss woodworking techniques and furniture design. They share solutions for leveling machinery on uneven concrete floors, advise on choosing between contractor and cabinet-style table saws, and demonstrate a quarter-mockup technique using hinged mirrors. The episode concludes with the hosts sharing their favorite pieces of furniture, including Garrett Hack's sideboard and Andrew Hunter's hutch.

## Chapters

- [0:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=2) Introduction and Conference Recap
- [10:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=600) Leveling Machinery on Uneven Floors
- [15:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=922) Table Saw and Band Saw Buying Advice
- [25:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=1539) Quarter Mockup Technique with Mirrors
- [35:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=2104) Storing and Hanging Japanese Saws
- [40:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=2422) Fixing a Cupped Live-Edge Tabletop
- [46:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-01-29-stl-103-all-time-favorite-furniture-of-all-time-for-this-week#t=2777) Favorite Furniture: Garrett Hack and Andrew Hunter

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fine Woodworking (company)
- Colonial Williamsburg (company)
- SawStop (product)
- Laguna (company)
- Grizzly (company)
- Porter Cable (company)
- Garrett Hack (other)
- Andrew Hunter (other)
- Dan Faye (other)

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