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STL 130: Workbench advice and waterfall joinery

Shop Talk Live · 3 Feb 2017 · 1h 03m

What this episode covers

Host Tom McKenna, along with contributors Matt Kenney and Ben Strato, discuss workbench design, advising a listener to build a single-piece top rather than a split one for practical clamping reasons. The team analyzes the legal victory of SawStop over Bosch regarding table saw patents and reviews favorite furniture pieces by Tim Coleman and Brian Reed, highlighting their joinery and aesthetic details. They also cover woodworking techniques, including waterfall joinery using slip tenons, bench vice selection, and smoothing outside curves with a disc sander.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
SawStop, Bosch, FastCap
Also
Lee Nielsen, Vix

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