# STL214: Built ins? Screw em!

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2020-04-24
- Length: 1h 07m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl214-built-ins-screw-em

## Summary

Mike Farrington, a professional woodworker and YouTuber known for his 'Frugal Woodworker' brand, joins Shop Talk Live to discuss shop organization, workflow efficiency, and specific woodworking techniques. The conversation covers the debate between large versus small workbenches, efficient sandpaper usage to avoid 'pigtails', and joinery strategies for built-in cabinetry that prioritize speed and hidden fasteners. Farrington also shares personal anecdotes about managing employees in a small shop and recounts a significant hand injury sustained during an early career project.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=1) Introduction: Mike Farrington and Shop Setup
- [5:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=349) Workbench Size: Large vs. Small Workstations
- [20:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=1200) Sanding Techniques: Avoiding Pigtails and Managing Grits
- [27:18](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=1638) Hiring and Training Employees in Small Shops
- [38:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=2290) Smooth Moves: Tool Damage and Hand Injuries
- [49:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=2984) Built-in Joinery: Screws, Dados, and Hiding Fasteners
- [1:00:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2020-04-24-stl214-built-ins-screw-em#t=3648) Jig Materials: MDO, MDF, and Phenolic

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)
- [Design for manufacturing & NPI](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/design-for-manufacturing)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies

## Mentioned

- Woodcraft (company)
- Fine Woodworking (company)
- Caleb Jane (other)
- MDF (material)
- Baltic birch (material)
- MDO (material)
- Phenolic (material)

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- [Episode 251: Wood and heavy metal-y](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2020-03-06-episode-251-wood-and-heavy-metal-y) (Making It)

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