# STL 111: Get to know Garrett Hack better

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2016-05-13
- Length: 59m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better

## Summary

Hosts Tom McKenna, Matt Kenny, and Ben Strano answer listener questions on bench vice placement, straightening bowed white oak storm door styles, and chisel sharpening techniques. Special guest Garrett Hack, a furniture designer and contributing editor, discusses his design evolution from Shaker to asymmetrical forms, his life on a New Hampshire farm, and his preference for the low-angle jack plane. The hosts also review their favorite tools, including a Lee Valley Veritas plane and a Freud Diablo saw blade.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=1) Introduction and Website Updates
- [4:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=277) Bench Vice Placement: Left vs. Center
- [9:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=558) Straightening Bowed White Oak with Steam and Water
- [15:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=907) Favorite Tools: Veritas Plane and Freud Blade
- [28:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=1736) Jet Super Saw Sled and Chisel Sharpening Advice
- [42:39](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-05-13-stl-111-get-to-know-garrett-hack-better#t=2559) Garrett Hack: Design Evolution and Farm Life

## Topics

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

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Lee Valley (company)
- Veritas (product)
- Freud Diablo (product)
- Jet (company)
- Fine Woodworking (company)

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