# STL 109: Machine mayhem and explosive shellac

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2016-04-15
- Length: 46m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac

## Summary

Host Tom McKenna and editors Mike Pekovich and Matt Kenny discuss woodworking techniques and tools, starting with Tom's experience of a shellac can exploding due to gas buildup from a damaged liner. They answer listener questions about achieving parallel edges with a bandsaw, fixing taper on a jointer, and troubleshooting a Craftsman bandsaw's resawing performance. The episode concludes with the hosts sharing their all-time favorite tools and furniture, including a Japanese hammer, a Veritas shooting plane, and Shaker furniture from Hancock Shaker Village.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=1) Introduction and Shellac Explosion
- [4:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=278) Bandsaw vs. Table Saw for Parallel Edges
- [9:40](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=580) Fixing Jointer Taper and Setup
- [12:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=727) Favorite Tools: Japanese Hammer and Veritas Plane
- [21:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=1295) Kitchen Cabinet Finishing Advice
- [26:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=1599) Troubleshooting Craftsman Bandsaw Resawing
- [32:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-04-15-stl-109-machine-mayhem-and-explosive-shellac#t=1946) Favorite Furniture: Shaker Village and Mario Rodriguez

## Topics

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

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Zensor (company)
- Delta (company)
- Veritas (product)
- Ashley Isles (company)
- Hancock Shaker Village (company)
- Mario Rodriguez (other)
- Leonard Belcher (other)
- Lee Valley (company)
- Fine Woodworking (company)

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