Stay ConnectedA woodworking show for modern woodworkers and makers. Join Marc Spagnuolo, Shannon Rogers, and Matt Cremona for a light-hearted look at the latest news, tips, and tricks from the world of woodworking.
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Marc previews the Festool KAPEX, MFK 700 laminate trimmer, and OF 2200 router, focusing on dust collection and design features. Listener questions cover finishing a walnut kitchen table, polyurethane versus pre-cat lacquer, building gloss before a satin topcoat, stain versus varnish, router tables versus shapers, and woodworking shows.
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Marc and Matt share woodworking wish lists that include vintage Bedrock planes, a large jointer, panel saw, drum sander, mortiser, spray booth, and more clamps. A listener question leads to a broad comparison of white glue, yellow PVA, polyurethane, hide glue, epoxy, and resin glues, along with antique tool restoration and ways to reinforce miter joints.
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Tom built a draw-leaf dining table just in time for Thanksgiving, using an all-wood extension mechanism, a plywood top with a solid wood mitered frame, and Waterlox. The episode also covers hand-tool tips, vintage Stanley planes, a Ridgid table saw binding problem, and thoughts on Laguna table saws.
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Marc and Matt discuss fine dust health risks, source collection, and respirators, then compare miter saws, table saws, and track saws for crosscuts. Other topics include finishing chest interiors, pricing custom work, bar-stool heights, and which scrap woods are safe or unsafe to burn in a food smoker.
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Marc discusses moving toward water-based finishes and plans to test several products. Listener questions cover calculating wood movement, disguising a misdrilled hole, respirators for bearded woodworkers, favorite shop jigs, wood choices for trekking poles, finishing coasters, and polishing plane irons.
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Guest host Tampa Tom joins Marc to compare hand planes and card scrapers with drum sanders for final surface quality, including a demonstration of how a well-tuned smoothing plane performs on mahogany. They also discuss oily exotic woods, humidity, toy-safe finishes, Domino versus router-based loose tenon joinery, and table saw blade choices.
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Marc and Matt tackle a finishing problem involving stain that stayed tacky for days on an antique oak piece, then discuss shop layout and why woodworkers should expect to rearrange their shops as they learn what works. Listener questions cover reducing board thickness, woodworking in an apartment, cutting composite trim, and half-blind versus through dovetails.
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Marc and Matt tackle listener questions ranging from choosing between through and half-blind dovetails for a cedar wedding gift box to finishes that resist water rings on furniture. They also dig into drying reclaimed mahogany, dust collection, jointer safety, router bit selection, and Matt’s first experience using shellac on a cherry desk.
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Marc and Matt revisit the SawStop debate with a real-world comparison: roughly $30,000 in surgery and physical therapy after a conventional table saw accident versus the far smaller cost of a SawStop activation.
They also discuss WD-40, Boeshield T-9, and dry lubricants for table saw mechanisms, power carving with Arbortech cutters and die grinders, cooling a hot and humid shop, cutting sheet metal with a circular saw, and whether the inside of a cedar-lined blanket chest needs a finish.
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