# STL 123: Nick Offerman's All-Time Favorite Tool

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2016-10-28
- Length: 57m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool

## Summary

Host Tom McKenna and editors Mike Pekovich and Matt Kenney answer listener questions on finishing cherry wood to avoid blotching, modifying an Inverness bench vice, and removing glued chisel handles. The team discusses their favorite tools, including a Veritas shoulder plane and custom shims, before welcoming special guest Nick Offerman to discuss his book 'Good, Clean Fun' and his favorite tool, the draw knife.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=0) Introduction and Sponsor Read
- [1:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=111) Finishing Cherry Wood
- [7:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=442) Inverness Bench Vice Modification
- [11:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=668) Favorite Tools: Flush Trim Bits and Shims
- [22:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=1368) Favorite Tool: Veritas Shoulder Plane
- [26:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=1566) Career Advice for Aspiring Woodworkers
- [33:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=2012) Bandsaw Safety and Chisel Maintenance
- [39:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=2348) Interview with Nick Offerman
- [54:29](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2016-10-28-stl-123-nick-offermans-all-time-favorite-tool#t=3269) Listener Feedback and Outro

## Topics

- [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)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Watco (other)
- Veritas (other)
- Lee Nielsen (other)
- Good, Clean Fun (other)
- Peter Galbert (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Episode 092: Good Clean Fun with Nick Offerman](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-10-14-episode-092-good-clean-fun-with-nick-offerman) (Making It)
- [Making It #010: If it looks straight….](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-02-26-making-it-010-if-it-looks-straight) (Making It)
- [Episode 286: Did he look like this? Are the eyebrows right?](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-11-29-episode-286-did-he-look-like-this-are-the-eyebrows-right) (Making It)
- [Episode 278: Black, White, Shiny Metal, Rusty Metal](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-09-25-episode-278-black-white-shiny-metal-rusty-metal) (Making It)
- [Episode 323: Car Couch Potato](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-09-24-episode-323-car-couch-potato) (Making It)

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