Episodes

  • Tinking about Matt Wearing Lycra | WoodTalk 573
    Sep 24 2024
    Is traditional joinery antiquated, a safe glue for food items, starter tools for odd jobs, why so much 4/4 lumber in Illinois, and ideas for a special picture frame.

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    37 mins
  • Cross Eye Domination | Wood Talk 572
    Sep 4 2024
    How NOT to take a Summer vacation, table saw flatness, coping with cross-eye dominance, wet legs, and plywood voids.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Fill Your Holes with Woodworking! | Wood Talk 571
    Aug 28 2024

    It’s show #571 On today’s show, we’re talking about kids getting started in woodworking, shop lighting, woodworking slumps, and hand planed vs sanded surfaces.


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    Listener Questions
    • Weston is 13 and wants his parents to trust him around sharp tools.
    • Jon wants to know if he should add splines to his large table top.
    • Peter wants to know if hand planed surfaces are too smooth for some finishes.
    • Christian asked about our shop lighting situations.
    • Bob's been spending too much time on Instagram and asks if we ever get frustrated and disappointed with our woodworking.
    • David's wondering if he should add support to his planer.
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    41 mins
  • Goooo Sleep Number Bed | Wood Talk 570
    May 15 2024

    It’s show #570 On today’s show, we’re talking about tool knock-offs, resawing thin stock, glue and brads, which epoxy and saving the cherry trees.

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    What's On the Bench
    • Shannon finished up his mother's urn.
    • Marc is suddenly finishing floors because Matt is a bad influence.
    • Matt is building drawer boxes like a real woodworker.
    Listener Questions
    • Charles is in an ethical quandary about manufacturers and intellectual property of machine designs.
    • Eric has questions about epoxy open time and which brand to use.
    • Alex is building guitars and looking for a way to resaw thin material
    • Shannon says, check out the luthier friend
    • Daniels is concerned about the Cherry trees on the DC mall being cut down.
    • Isaac asks about using brad nails to clamp glued joinery and if they are strong enough.
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    49 mins
  • Matt Prefers it Hard | Wood Talk 569
    Apr 24 2024

    It’s show #568 On today’s show, we’re talking about hard vs soft sanding pads, the purpose of a shavehook, PVA glue life, emotional projects, Cabinets with drawers, and practice pieces out of pine.

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    Listener Questions
    • David wonders about the hardness of sanding pad for doing cabinet work.
    • Jeffrey asks about using dividers between drawers on a cabinet.
    • Chris wants to know the purpose of a shavehook and how to sharpen it.
    • Josh has old PVA and asks if it can be used past it's shelf life, and what even is that?

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    • Jeremy asks if we ever get emotional about finishing a project or completing a hard task.
    • Joe asks if practicing in cheap Pine is actually detrimental.
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    27 mins
  • Woodworker VS the HOA | Wood Talk 568
    Apr 11 2024

    It’s show #568 On today’s show, we’re talking about woodworker vs the HOA, sharpening a card scraper, flat bottom table saw cuts, and disposable blade hand planes

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    What's on the Bench?
    • Shannon is building an urn for his mom on a bum knee.
    • Marc had some shop guests and built a table with a wiener.
    • Matt is still making cabinets.
    News & Kickback

    Alex asks about this helical head router bit of death and how we feel about using it.



    Listener Questions
    • Fantin asks about building a new shop at his new house and how to handle the HOA.
    • Bill is using his ATB blade to cut cabinet dados and wonders if he needs a square grind blade.
    • Johnathan got an Accu-Burr tool to help with card scraper sharpening but asks whether he needs to go back to the stones the re-hone the edge every time before pulling the burr.
    • Les asks about disposable blade hand planes like RALI and whether they are worth it for a new plane user.
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    54 mins
  • The Blue Woodcraft | Wood Talk 567
    Feb 10 2024

    It’s show #567 On today’s show, we’re talking about shoulder planes?, the very super cool tools fence, and a question about router fences that Matt probably can’t answer.

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    Listener Questions
    • Howard asks about Marc's experience with the Super Cool Tools fence
    • Michael asks about micro adjust on a router table fence and for suggestions.
    • "Joe" asks whether a shoulder plane is useful enough to justify buying or should he stick with a paring chisel.

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    32 mins
  • Matt's Little Thing | Wood Talk 566
    Jan 24 2024

    It’s show #566 On today’s show, we’re doing another Oops! All Questions episode. We’re talking about some new tools, the longevity of glue joints, uses for CNC, and domestic hardwood alternatives.

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    News
    • Marc is schilling books at the St Louis Woodcraft (Green Rockler) on Saturday, February 3rd.
    Listener Questions
    • Alex asks our thoughts on the Bullseye Borer doohickey
    • Chris is looking for options in domestic hardwoods beyond the usual suspects.
    • Nathan has a question about modern glues and their longevity as compared to animal based glues of days past.
    • Rocco runs a machine shop for a school and asks how he might integrate a wood CNC into the school and curriculum.
    Ask Us a Question

    Send in questions via the contact form here on site or hit us up on IG at woodtalkshow or send us a voicemail using your phone voice memo app to woodtalkshow@gmail.com

    Finally you can find us individually on Instagram at mattcremona, woodwhisperer, and renaissancewoodworker


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    43 mins