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Fine Woodworking

STL214: Built ins? Screw em!

April 24, 2020

Mike Farrington joins Anissa and Ben to discuss sanding techniques, built in joinery, workbenches, and smooth moves.
STL213.5: The Bob Van Dyke show

April 17, 2020

Contributing editor Bob Van Dyke gets the show to himself answering questions about pre-finishing, constructing built-ins, and creating a profile on a curved edge without a router.
STL213: Making wooden handplanes

April 10, 2020

Vic Tesolin joins Mike and Ben to discuss making wooden handplanes, identifying troublesome boards before it's too late, shooting miters, what a listener should do with a excess of #4s, and they share their favorite techniques for the week.
STL212.5: What mallets does a woodworker need?

April 3, 2020

In this bonus episode, Mike and Ben discuss if the Shaker workbench is fit for holdfasts, and what mallets you really need as a woodworker.
STL212: The call of the patternmaker’s vise

March 27, 2020

Chairmaker David Douyard joins Mike and Ben in the studio, and they discuss using budget lumber, tools they covet, go-to chisels, and what one listener should do with his old patternmaker's vise.
STL211: Woodworker’s aprons

March 13, 2020

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss planing wood at an angle, whether it’s worth restoring old homeowner-grade machinery, and the do’s and don’ts of prefinishing. Then they get pretty geeky about aprons and pencils.
STL210: Turn on that lathe!

February 28, 2020

Turning experts Janet Collins and Josh Friend answer your turning questions in our very first episode dedicated solely to jamming sharp tools into spinning wood.
STL209: Dealing with temperamental slabs

February 14, 2020

Anissa, Barry, and Ben laugh a lot while discussing frame and panels, backyard sawyers, working in shared shops, and what to do when a listener's partner isn't down with the A&C (Arts and Crafts).
STL208: FWW visits The Woodsmith Shop!

January 31, 2020

Ben heads out to Iowa and records a show with the hosts of The Woodsmith Shop TV show
STL207: Is woodworking art?–Part 2

January 17, 2020

Mike, Barry, and Ben discuss crosscutting wide panels, knowing when to sharpen, pinning joinery, and they add a new chapter to the debate–is woodworking art?