# STL296: Dinkle dreams of bed frames

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2023-07-28
- Length: 1h 02m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames

## Summary

Bridget from Dinkle's Woodshop joins the Shop Talk Live hosts to discuss her passion for building bed frames, her experience as a self-taught woodworker, and advice for beginners overcoming analysis paralysis. The group debates the merits of MDF versus plywood for shop cabinets, highlighting cost, flatness, and dust concerns, while also sharing favorite tools like the MicroJig Gripper and digital calipers. Bridget shares her engineering background influences her approach to joinery and material selection, and the hosts discuss their own favorite woods and strategies for managing the 'weight of the craft' as they improve.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames#t=7) Introduction and Bridget's Background
- [15:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames#t=958) Advice for Beginners: Shutting Up and Starting
- [32:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames#t=1948) All-Time Favorite Tools: Gripper, Calipers, and Squares
- [43:21](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames#t=2601) Shop Cabinet Materials: MDF vs. Plywood
- [51:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-07-28-stl296-dinkle-dreams-of-bed-frames#t=3066) Bed Frame Design and Construction

## Topics

- [Industrial & consumer product design](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/industrial-design)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Dinkle's Woodshop (other)
- MicroJig Gripper (tool)
- Veritas Precision Square (tool)
- MDF (material)
- Baltic Birch Plywood (material)
- Cherry (material)
- Walnut (material)
- IKEA (company)
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore (company)

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- [Episode 064: Pat the bushes of my brain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-03-25-episode-064-pat-the-bushes-of-my-brain) (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)
- [Episode 332: Plywood is good](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-11-27-episode-332-plywood-is-good) (Making It)
- [441: Wooden Shoes For A King](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2024-05-10-441-wooden-shoes-for-a-king) (Making It)
- [Episode 033: More listener questions](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2015-08-21-episode-033-more-listener-questions) (Making It)

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