Shop Talk Live - FineWoodworking

STL255: Vic’s plywood workbench

December 3, 2021

Vic Tesolin joins Anissa and Ben to discuss economy shop life, his new workbench, making handplanes, and sharpening toothed planes.

STL254: Iron and oak (and maple?)

November 19, 2021

Cozied up in the new shop, Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss the progress setting up the shop, techniques for ebonizing, painting panels, and primo box hinges.

The Innovators: Grizzly Industrial

November 12, 2021

We chat with Grizzly’s own Jameson Hawn to get a behind-the-scenes look at the company.

STL253: Woodworking is just tricks and fixing mistakes

November 5, 2021

Furniture maker and machinery guru Ellen Kaspern joins Anissa and Ben to answer listener questions about jointers and walnut slabs, and to proclaim her never-ending love of the Delta Unisaw.

STL252: The pull of the Japanese handplane

October 22, 2021

Andrew Hunter takes over the show to answer listener questions about Japanese handplanes and how he uses them in his work.

STL251: Assume the glue is going to fail

October 8, 2021

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss Patrick Sullivan's end-grain glue myths video, how a listener can hide a joint on an 18-ft. run of molding, and the pros and cons of floating tenon joinery.

STL250: Catching up with Ed Pirnik

September 24, 2021

Ed Pirnik joins Ben to discuss the early days of Shop Talk Live and what he's been up to the past six years.

STL249: MDF on a jointer?

September 10, 2021

Bob Van Dyke joins Mike and Ben to discuss story sticks, cooling glue to get more open time, and spring joints. And he admits to milling MDF on his machines!

STL248: Best of Shop Talk Live #1

August 27, 2021

From STL179 Question 1: From Tony: We hear so much talk about Lie Nielsen, Veritas, and Stanley hand planes but, I have a Millers Falls No. 8 that i picked…

STL Profile: Erika Torres

August 20, 2021

Erika Torres tells us about her woodworking journey—from high school shop class to studying with Gary Rogowski–and why she's committed to woodworking for the long haul.