Hardware Podcasts

STL230: Bending wood with your bare hands

Shop Talk Live · 4 Dec 2020 · 1h 02m

What this episode covers

Mike Pekovic and Anisa Copsalis discuss the transition from beginner to intermediate woodworking, emphasizing the importance of fixing mistakes, machine comfort, and sharpening hand tools. They compare steam bending, hot pipe bending, and bent laminations, detailing specific setups like incandescent tube bulbs for hot pipe bending and wallpaper steamers for steam bending. The hosts also share personal 'smooth moves,' including Anisa's bench trough organization and Mike's troubleshooting of a router table cutter installation.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

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Mentioned

Companies
Northwest Woodworking Studio, Laguna, RadioShack
Also
Krenov School, Bob Van Dyke, Brian Boggs, Yuri Kobayashi, Gary Rogowski, Fine Woodworking

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