# STL191: A Jointer Worth Traveling For

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2019-06-07
- Length: 1h 10m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for

## Summary

Bob Van Dyke and Mike Beckovich discuss tool selection for dados and grooves, recommending a dado stack or box joint blades over router tables for efficiency, while addressing a listener's concern about transporting milled lumber by advising on sealing and acclimation. They share favorite techniques, including Peter Galbert's heat gun method for straightening riven stock and Bob's flush-cutting method using an L-fence on a table saw. The hosts also debate the use of plywood versus solid wood in furniture plans, concluding that plywood offers stability and cost-effectiveness, and advise finishing projects for loved ones rather than getting bogged down in material perfection.

## Chapters

- [0:03](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=3) Introduction: Shop Talk Live 191 and Old Sturbridge Village Cabinet Shop
- [11:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=661) Listener Question 1: Router Table vs. Dado Stack for Dados and Grooves
- [23:32](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=1412) Listener Question 2: Transporting Milled Lumber and Wood Movement
- [33:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=1992) All-Time Favorite Techniques: Heat Gun Straightening and L-Fence Flush Cutting
- [45:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=2738) All-Time Favorite Technique: Sawing Reference Lines and Vertical Dovetailing
- [57:33](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2019-06-07-stl191-a-jointer-worth-traveling-for#t=3453) Listener Question 3: Plywood vs. Solid Wood in Sewing Table Plans

## 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)
- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Old Sturbridge Village (company)
- Brock Job (other)
- Norm Abram (other)
- Society of American Period Furniture Makers (company)
- Forest (company)
- Woodworker's Too (product)
- Peter Galbert (other)
- Al Breeze (other)

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- [Episode 332: Plywood is good](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-11-27-episode-332-plywood-is-good) (Making It)
- [Making It #010: If it looks straight….](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-02-26-making-it-010-if-it-looks-straight) (Making It)
- [361: It’s complicated](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2022-07-08-361-its-complicated) (Making It)
- [Episode 259: Pretty alright woodworking](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-05-01-episode-259-pretty-alright-woodworking) (Making It)

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