# STL188: FWW Live Pregame Show

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2019-04-26
- Length: 32m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl188-fww-live-pregame-show

## Summary

Mike Pekovich and Ben Martin discuss woodworking techniques and tools ahead of the Fine Woodworking Live event. Pekovich explains his methods for cutting dovetails in hard woods like Wenge using table saws and router bits, and breaks down the time required to build a complex dovetailed tea box. The hosts also cover steam bending challenges with kiln-dried stock and techniques for preparing Kumiko strips without a table saw.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show#t=7) Introduction and Block Plane Design
- [5:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show#t=308) Dovetailing Wenge with Table Saw and Router
- [12:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show#t=767) Time Estimation for the Dovetailed Tea Box
- [18:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show#t=1110) Steam Bending Kiln-Dried Stock for Guitar Hangers
- [23:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-04-26-stl188-fww-live-pregame-show#t=1392) Preparing Kumiko Strips Without a Table Saw

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Whiteside (tool)
- Forest (tool)
- Diablo (tool)
- Woodcraft (company)
- Porter Cable (tool)
- Fine Woodworking Live (other)
- Desmond King (other)

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