# STL253: Woodworking is just tricks and fixing mistakes

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2021-11-05
- Length: 1h 10m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes

## Summary

Woodworking expert Ellen Casper joins the Shop Talk Live hosts to discuss shop management, tool maintenance, and design aesthetics. The conversation covers strategies for storing machinery and lumber in non-climate-controlled environments, the mechanics of jointer bed lengths, and specific tool preferences like the Rockwell Unisaw and Festool saws. Casper also shares techniques for disassembling glued dovetails and offers advice on pairing walnut slabs with complementary native woods like maple or oak.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes#t=6) Introduction: Ellen Casper and Shop Talk Live
- [10:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes#t=652) Storing a Shop and Lumber in Extended Storage
- [23:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes#t=1436) Jointer Bed Lengths and Flattening Techniques
- [37:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes#t=2261) Favorite Tools and Table Saw Setup
- [51:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2021-11-05-stl253-woodworking-is-just-tricks-and-fixing-mistakes#t=3066) Pairing Walnut Slabs with Native Woods

## 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)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Rockwell Unisaw (product)
- Festool (product)
- Northwest Woodworking Studio (company)
- Pony Jorgensen (company)
- Certainly Woods (company)

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- [Episode 033: More listener questions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-08-21-episode-033-more-listener-questions) (Making It)
- [438: It Feels Like a Big Boy Saw](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-04-19-438-it-feels-like-a-big-boy-saw) (Making It)
- [361: It’s complicated](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2022-07-08-361-its-complicated) (Making It)

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