# STL 153: Setting up shop with Justin Fink

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2017-12-22
- Length: 1h 00m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink

## Summary

Justin Fink, editor of Fine Homebuilding, joins the Shop Talk Live hosts to discuss the structural and environmental challenges of setting up a woodworking shop. He provides detailed advice on walling in utilities like furnaces and AC units, emphasizing the need for manufacturer-mandated clearances and combustion air ventilation. The conversation then shifts to heating strategies for detached garages, where Fink argues that air sealing and insulation are more critical than the type of heater, warning against combustion heaters that cause condensation and rust on cast iron tools. Finally, he explains how to remove a central support post by installing a large LVL beam and shares his dream of a timber-frame shop with radiant heat.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=1) Introduction and Guest Background
- [6:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=364) Walling in Utilities and Clearances
- [17:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=1035) Heating Detached Garages and Insulation
- [30:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=1844) Removing a Central Support Post
- [40:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=2435) Dream Shops and Timber Frames
- [54:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2017-12-22-stl-153-setting-up-shop-with-justin-fink#t=3268) Shop Floors and Dust Collection

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Sustainability & circular products](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sustainability-and-circularity)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fine Homebuilding (company)
- Taunton (company)
- LVL (material)
- Garrett Hack (other)
- Dave Fisher (other)
- Northfield (product)
- OSB (material)

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