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0:00 - Intro
1:18 - Random talking and old tools
11:07 - Professional woodworking?
20:46 - How flat is flat enough before planing?
33:58 - Dovetails in thin stock
45:07 - Smooth moves
1:03:48 - How accurate is acceptable?

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Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

This interview is was done in 2019, and originally posted to FineWoodworking.com in 2020. It's new to the podcast audience and we thought the world could use a dose of Russ Filbeck right now.

For more information on Russ and to get a copy of his incredible book on ladder back chair making - https://russfilbeck.com/

Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com   

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Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.