Shop Talk Live - FineWoodworking

STL286: Finish sprayers—Turbine or Compressor?

March 10, 2023

Mike and Ben welcome new associate editor, Amanda Russell to the mix, and discuss sprayer options, magnets, and what other craft skills translate to woodworking.

STL285: Now the robots are DESIGNING the furniture!

February 24, 2023

Larissa, Vic, and Ben discuss A.I. in furniture design, edge banding for plywood, machine maintenance, and a listener's bandsaw issues.

STL284: Wood moves, and the other woodworkers are wrong

February 10, 2023

Gary Rogowski joins Mike and Ben to discuss knockdown joinery ideas, steam bending, wood movement and what to do with your stuff when you die

STL283: The original Moxon vise

January 27, 2023

Mike, Vic, and Ben discuss whether a beginner should build a workbench or tool chest, the confusing array of finishes and applicators, and the ethics of selling tool-like objects.

Barry NM Dima, Anissa Kapsales, and Ben Strano sit at the bench in the shop on episode 282 of Fine Woodworking's podcast.

STL282: This is a woodworking podcast!

January 13, 2023

Barry, Anissa, and Ben talk about tool storage, dovetail strength, 3d printers in the wood shop, and one listener's outside-the-box jointer idea.

STL281: The facebook bark police

December 16, 2022

Larissa Huff joins Vic and Ben to discuss disk sanders, shop carts, live-edge tables, and milling.

STL280: Bench top jointers and ditching the table saw

December 2, 2022

Vic and Ben discuss life without a table saw, how much room a bandsaw takes up, bench top jointers, and how to be a good Instagram community member.

STL279: Don’t forget about Fun Woodworking

November 18, 2022

Asa Christiana joins Mike and Ben to discuss tool libraries, the best way of fairing curves, and what one listener might be doing wrong with their hand plane.

STL278: Fine Plywood

November 4, 2022

Mike, Anissa, and Ben discuss their favorite plywoods, how flat an assembly table needs to be, Mike's Tormek, and corner desks.

STL277: When good enough is good enough

October 21, 2022

Amanda Russell joins Barry and Ben to discuss what it's like to apprentice for one of the greats, when to turn off the need for perfection, and what the future holds.