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trusting other people’s measurements, domino vs dowel joinery, split top or not, and dealing with the poor decisions of previous homeowners.

Raised panels by hand, electronics in the shop, and selling a tree.

Electricity for woodworkers, cheap hand planes, refinishing a Walnut table, what to do with old saw blades, woodworking in someone else’s shop, and snapping bandsaw blades.

Hand plane blades, Domino Connectors vs Ikea, Finish Curing in cold temps, and Wood floor expansion.

Norm Abram the YouTuber, why’s Matt so small and shy yet confident, features of an all in one workbench, and organizing portable power tools.

Robot vacuums for the shop, hand saw sharpening, is this thing sharp enough?

Expired wood, barn inspiration, and personal responsibility in the Maker Community

Cutting an angled mortise, what to do with the boule cap and using massive slabs for a workbench.

We're talking about what does “credibility” look like in 2023? Pore-filling, getting shop time when you have kids, and finishing only one side of a board.

Rubio and the fantastic finishing fallacy, Scrub planes, and “bought a bandsaw mill, now what?”.

We’ve got a grab bag of odd questions. Don’t blame us…you asked.

Which power tools to buy first, which hand plane to buy first, and jointer bed length

Why you’ll go poor trying to sell lumber, Torrefied wood doors, mortising by hand, and good uses for flooring off-cuts.

Making barn videos, sharpening curved blades, learning how to train someone in a one-man shop, and we heard from you guys about a bunch of things that are Matt’s fault!

Woodworking and mental health, a Moxon vise as your only vise, why a quick release mechanism doesn’t exist for table saw blades, and tools that have been in storage.

Predicting sag on shelves, modern design with hand tools, and cutting up pretty boards

Demonstrating woodworking, shoulder planes, dealing with splinters, applying Rubio to a frame & panel, breadboard popularity, and premium router table set ups.

What is straight, the ugly truth about content creation, and plywood vs solid wood.

Why you should never write in to criticize this show, workbench or hand tools first, jointing wood, bandsaw brakes, and when to seal logs?!

glue for veneering, marc the voiceover guy, stealing designs, and buying lumber locally.