Hardware Podcasts

STL186: Machinery Placement Guidelines

Shop Talk Live · 29 Mar 2019 · 55m

What this episode covers

Host Jeff Rose, along with guests Mike Pekovich and Anissa Sailors, discusses shop maintenance and layout, specifically addressing how to clean gummy Camellia oil from hand planes using naphtha or acetone. They advise a listener building a new shop to experiment with portable tool placement before committing to permanent in-floor power and dust collection, suggesting an 8-foot clearance around a table saw. The hosts also share woodworking techniques, such as using bendy sticks for clamping and blue tape with CA glue for temporary bonding, while debating the merits of Delta Unifence versus Biesemeyer fences for table saws.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Grizzly, Delta, Biesemeyer, StewMac, Lee Valley, Peach Tree
Products
Unisaw, Unifence
Also
Camellia Oil, naphtha, acetone, mineral spirits

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