# STL300: A tricentennial celebration!

- Show: [Shop Talk Live](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live)
- Published: 2023-09-22
- Length: 1h 04m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration
- Listen: https://shoptalklive.podcast.static.taunton.com/stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration

## Summary

Mike Pekovich, Anissa, and Ben discuss woodworking techniques, starting with a listener's question about building speaker enclosures, where they advise focusing on sound quality over aesthetics and suggest using Parts Express kits. They then address milling thick stock, recommending resawing on a bandsaw to minimize waste from planer shavings. The conversation shifts to tool selection, debating the necessity of a jointer versus a jointer-planer combo, and finally analyzing cutter head options for the DeWalt 735 planer, weighing the cost of helical Sheelix heads against disposable HSS knives.

## Chapters

- [0:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=6) Introduction: Shop Talk Live 300th Episode Celebration
- [6:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=418) Building Speaker Enclosures: Materials and Construction
- [16:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=1002) Milling 1-3/4 Stock: Bandsaw vs. Planer Strategy
- [23:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=1387) Favorite Tips: Glove Storage and Tool Inconsistencies
- [36:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=2175) Jointer vs. Jointer-Planer Combo Decision
- [47:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/shop-talk-live/2023-09-22-stl300-a-tricentennial-celebration#t=2877) DeWalt 735 Cutter Head Options: Sheelix vs. Knives

## Topics

- [Mechanical engineering](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/mechanical-engineering)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-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

- Parts Express (company)
- DeWalt 735 (product)
- Sheelix (product)
- Infinity Tool (company)
- Grizzly (company)
- Oliver (company)
- Bird (company)

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- [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 219: Really? Plastic? Really??](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2019-07-05-episode-219-really-plastic-really) (Making It)
- [Episode 332: Plywood is good](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2021-11-27-episode-332-plywood-is-good) (Making It)
- [Episode 211: Uncle Joe](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2019-04-26-episode-211-uncle-joe) (Making It)
- [420: People Who Cut Wood](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2023-11-27-420-people-who-cut-wood) (Making It)

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