Fri, 28 June 2013
Matt Kenney continues his interview with master woodworker Michael C. Fortune. Then, the crew offers up its go-to guide for legendary workshops and museums every woodworker should have on their bucket list. And as always, we answer your woodworking questions. |
Fri, 14 June 2013
This week it's all power tools, all the time. Plus, our exclusive interview with Michael Fortune, a Fine Woodworking-inspired TV drama, and Matt's BIG jointer news! |
Fri, 7 June 2013
Are helical cutterheads worth the investment on your jointer? Find out this week on Shop Talk Live. Plus, we reveal an exceptional value for brass hinges, introduce Matt's new theme music, and answer a whole host of your woodworking questions. |
Fri, 24 May 2013
Matt Kenney searches the internet for vintage woodworking machinery and bites off a bit more than he can chew. Then it's off to the races as we answer your woodworking questions and offer up even more, yes more, handplane 101. |
Fri, 10 May 2013
Fine Woodworking staffers tackle questions on planers, bandsaws, workbenches, and more. Plus, Matt Kenney gets busted for running staples over a jointer, and we catch some serious flack from an angry listener! |
Mon, 22 April 2013
On this week's edition, Ed Pirnik gets a gentle ribbing from his co-hosts. Plus, we dive into understanding handplane bevel angles, the plusses and minuses of jointer/planer combo machines, and more! |
Fri, 19 April 2013
Due to an ill host and our normal cast of characters being on the road photographing a variety of new articles for Fine Woodworking magazine, we're postponing the release of Episode 30 until Monday, April 22, 2013. |
Fri, 5 April 2013
Asa Christiana, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik wax poetic on what makes them tick as woodworkers, plus, the guys tackle a whole host of sharpening-related questions on Fine Woodworking's biweekly podcast. |
Fri, 22 March 2013
This week, we hear a Fine Woodworking staffer's shocking confession about allegations of tool abuse, address some examples of tablesaw safety that leave a lot to be desired, and answer your questions. |
Fri, 8 March 2013
On this week's episode of Shop Talk Live, we hit the road for an interview with furniture master Phil Lowe, then dive into answering your woodworking questions, with a bit of help from actor/woodworker Nick Offerman. |
Fri, 22 February 2013
On this week's edition of Shop Talk Live, editor Asa Christiana officially announces Fine Woodworking Live 2013. Plus, we answer a whole host of woodworking questions, including a debate on how best to tackle big workbench top laminations without a beefy jointer! |
Thu, 7 February 2013
FWW senior editor Matt Kenney decides it's time for an even bigger workbench. Plus, Matt and senior web producer Ed Pirnik go mano-a-mano over differing views on workbench finishes. Plus, your woodworking questions answered! |
Fri, 25 January 2013
Ed Pirnik sings the praises of his new favorite tool for cutting tenons. Plus, Asa and Ed tackle woodworking questions on thickness planers, building a traditional workbench with minimal tools, and much more. |
Fri, 11 January 2013
Ed Pirnik fills us in on his recent trip to Cuba, with a special focus on furniture lost to the revolution and a house built of Cuban mahogany. Then it's time to address listener questions with Matt Kenney and Mike Pekovich. |
Fri, 28 December 2012
Asa Christiana, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions and welcome members of the Modern Woodworkers Association onto the show. |
Fri, 14 December 2012
Mike Pekovich, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik delve into the murky underworld of vintage tablesaw rehab and have a little fun at the expense of contributing editor Christian Becksvoort. Plus, outtakes from last week's episode of Parks and Recreation featuring FWW contributing editor Christian Becksvoort. |
Fri, 30 November 2012
This week on Shop Talk Live, get the scoop on an upcoming appearance by Fine Woodworking staffers on NBC primetime TV. |
Fri, 9 November 2012
Fine Woodworking editor Asa Christiana, art director Michael Pekovich, and senior web producer Ed Pirnik answer questions from readers and present a few of their favorite woodworking techniques in a brand new segment. |
Fri, 26 October 2012
Fine Woodworking senior web producer Ed Pirnik and senior editor Jon Binzen hit the road once again, this time bound for New Hope, Pennsylvania and the workshop of George Nakashima. Later on in the episode, Ed, Jon and FWW editor Asa Christiana answer readers' questions and offer up a brand new audio Shop Stumper. |
Thu, 11 October 2012
Asa Christiana hits the road, bound for Lee Valley/Veritas and a look at the manufacturing process behind some of today's most popular hand tools. Plus, Ed Pirnik introduces the new Shop Stumpers segment and offers listeners a chance to win a copy of woodworker Garrett Hack's classic title, The Handplane Book. |
Fri, 28 September 2012
Mike Pekovich, Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions. Plus, we investigate the so-called "lethality" of some woodworking chemistry mentioned on an earlier episode. |
Fri, 14 September 2012
Asa Christiana Matt Kenney, and Ed Pirnik discuss an upcoming Video Workshop project series and answer woodworking questions from Fine Woodworking readers. |
Fri, 31 August 2012
Fine Woodworking art director Mike Pekovich, senior editor Matt Kenney, and senior web producer Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions on furniture-building-basics and sharpening. Plus, a controversial debate on the merits of half-blind dovetails. |
Sun, 5 August 2012
Woodworker/actor Nick Offerman and contributing editor Christian Becksvoort join the editors to answer your woodworking questions and check in on the action at Fine Woodworking's very first live event. |
Fri, 20 July 2012
Asa Christiana, Mike Pekovich, and Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions and reflect on their own building blunders. |
Fri, 6 July 2012
Mike Pekovich and Ed Pirnik answer your woodworking questions and wax poetic about workbench tech. |
Fri, 22 June 2012
Asa Christiana and Matt Kenney answer your woodworking questions and ponder the tech-savvy nature of "tweens." |
Fri, 8 June 2012
Pekovich and Matt Kenney reflect on lessons-learned from early visits to the lumberyard with special guest, FWW web producer Lisa Morgan. |
Fri, 25 May 2012
Mike Pekovich and Matt Kenney school us on the Fibbonacci sequence and how it can help your furniture design. Plus, Mike gets teased over his boring glue bottle. |
Fri, 11 May 2012
Asa Christiana and Jeff Jewitt tackle your finishing-related questions. Plus, the cops show up to apprehend Jeff. |
Fri, 27 April 2012
Asa Christiana and Mike Pekovich tackle the pluses and minuses of potential new tablesaw legislation. Plus, Mike and Asa reveal their most recent woodworking blunders. |
Fri, 13 April 2012
Mike Pekovich and Matt Kenney answer questions from readers. Plus, Ed Pirnik reveals the sordid behind-the-scenes details of a recent April Fool's video. |
Fri, 30 March 2012
Fine Woodworking editor Asa Christiana is joined by senior editor Matt Kenney, managing editor Mark Schofield, and senior web producer Ed Pirnik in Shop Talk Live's third episode. |
Fri, 16 March 2012
Asa Christiana and Mike Pekovich answer questions from readers and offer up the inside scoop on how the magazine finds the top-notch craftsmen and women who grace Fine Woodworking's back covers. |
Thu, 15 March 2012
Asa Christiana and Mike Pekovich answer questions from readers and head into uncomfortable territory as Asa takes jabs at Mike for owning too many tools. |