# STL180: Designing Without Drawing

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2019-01-04
- Length: 1h 02m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl180-designing-without-drawing

## Summary

Mike Pekovich, Anissa Kraemer, and Ben Strano of Fine Woodworking discuss designing furniture without full-scale drawings, debating the use of mockups, sketches, and digital tools. They address structural concerns for a widened bench, identify milk paint and Urushi lacquer as finishes for vibrant wood grain, and explain the maintenance of Japanese chisels with hollow backs. The episode concludes with the hosts sharing their 2019 shop resolutions and discussing woodworking gifts.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=3) Introduction and Shop Talk Live Live Announcement
- [3:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=217) Structural Analysis of a 6-Foot Bench
- [11:43](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=703) Designing Without Drawing: Mockups vs. Sketches
- [25:37](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=1537) Shop Resolutions and Daily Sketching
- [43:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=2631) Identifying Milk Paint and Urushi Lacquer Finishes
- [47:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-01-04-stl180-designing-without-drawing#t=2852) Maintaining Japanese Chisels and Dream Tools

## Topics

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

## Most relevant to

established companies

## Mentioned

- Fine Woodworking (company)
- Mark Edmundson (other)
- Real Milk Paint (company)
- Old Fashioned Milk Paint (company)
- Lee Valley (company)
- Andrew Hunter (other)
- Matt Bickford (other)
- Chris Schwarz (other)
- Tim Coleman (other)
- Ben Strano (other)

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