15 – Updated Shop Tour/Live Q&A (Part 1 of 2)

Video - May 7, 2007

A big thank you to all of you who participated in our first ever LIVE show. We made history together! For those of you who missed it, I will post the edited videos as regular podcasts (starting with Part 1 above). I couldn’t believe how much time went by. When it was all said and done, we put in about 2.5 hours!! Questions were coming in left and right from the chat room so the videos will seem long for folks who weren’t there in person. To quickly explain what was going on, I planned on a quick shop tour and a little Q&A. Nicole was operating the camera and Mom was moderating the chat room and yelling out questions as they came in. It was pretty funny. Everything went well, minus a few technical issues. Unfortunately, the live audio was via my laptop microphone. I have it all figured out at this point so the audio will be much better next time. As you will see though, the recording came out as expected.

Check out Part 2 of this Updated Shop Tour: Part 2

Discussion

Steve May 7, 2007 10:36 am

I don’t know about you. I’m sure glad Marc posted the video. I didn’t realize I missed so much due to the fury of chatting that was going on. Wasn’t it intense!

It was the best 2-hour of Internet land I’ve ever had. Great Job! Great Fun! You are the “King”

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Jerry Loethen May 7, 2007 11:35 am

Sorry I missed the live event. It’s nice to have the replay available. The additional links are great as well. It looks like I don’t have an excuse for getting the car into the garage any more :-(.

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Mattias in Durham May 7, 2007 4:40 pm

Thanks for posting this compilation. I had a prior engagement so I unfortunately couldn’t participate in the live event. Next time.

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Austin Dienner May 7, 2007 6:16 pm

Cant believe i missed the live show, cant wait till the next one. When is the next “real” podcast coming out Marc? This one was awesome but i cant wait until one with an actual project comes out.

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thewoodwhisperer May 7, 2007 6:23 pm

Well, its still hard for me to predict when the “real” podcasts will air. I am still trying to balance getting a few major commissions done while coming up with ideas for the podcast.

I plan on doing a few podcasts based on techniques I will be using for these upcoming projects. Two of the topics I hope to cover are dovetails and home-sawn veneers. But I cant film them until I am at that point in the project. Also, we have the assembly table project coming out soon. Just waiting for the green light from FineWoodworking.com.

So hold tight. We are working toward more and more steady content. But there are a number of loose ends to tie up before we get there.

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Roger May 7, 2007 8:16 pm

Great live show but my wife (the knitter) was upset the show ran into the dinner she prepared and I wouldn’t leave the computer. Just finished watching the rerun from the website and the sound was much better, less of the reverb/echo and the issue with the lapel mike. All in all a great broadcast lots of info, but you forgot to roll the credits at the end of the show.

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Paul Comi May 7, 2007 9:17 pm

Wow, that was a neat tour Marc! Very informative. I like the way you managed to answer some tough landmine questions such as the dust collection pvc or the sawstop questions and not cave in with the safe answers. Keep up the good work my friend

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Steve May 8, 2007 7:20 am

Regarding the echo:

I had noticed the echo when I opened the Ustream “open in large separate view” window. This is so you could view the video portion over your entire computer screen. When I had moved back to normal view, the echo stopped?

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Greg Watson May 9, 2007 5:53 pm

Now that was fun to watch! I am continually impressed by the quality of the shows and your WW knowledge Marc. You’re my hero, keep up the great work.

Cheers

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Joe Watson September 19, 2008 7:42 am

Just going to mention if you haven’t already seen it but Mythbusters did a bit on PVC pipe to test sandblasting and static build up. It never really built up anything substantial. now that its been tested to that extreme means more people will argue it but its not something to worry about.

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dave September 22, 2008 5:57 pm

nice shop . I live in the bahamas ,i’m a cabinet an furniture maker.
i want to start my own business. an i also live working by myslef.
but i need some tip on starting it any tips looking to here from you

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Matt January 24, 2009 1:46 pm

what does your shirt say?

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- thewoodwhisperer January 24, 2009 5:31 pm
  
  Just one more level……
  Just one more level……
  
  :)
  
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jack August 14, 2009 12:03 pm

how do you use that crane to move stuff?

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- thewoodwhisperer August 14, 2009 12:05 pm
  
  You just tie a chain or rope around the object, connect it to the hook, and use the pump to lift the arm. Its just like a car jack. It can’t lift the stuff very high. But its just high enough to get it off the ground so you can move it around. Very handy!
  
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jack August 14, 2009 5:28 pm

what’s that thing on your the thing on your shop vac?

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- jack August 14, 2009 7:39 pm
  
  the big metal pole on the back at 24:50 when you are talking about the sawstop.
  
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  - thewoodwhisperer August 14, 2009 8:04 pm
    
    Its actually not a metal pole. Its just the shop Vac attachment.
    
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David January 10, 2010 1:12 pm

Just found your website recently and am catching up on years of podcasts. I really like some of your shop organization techniques. I’m also a very organized person and have been struggling with keeping the shop up to my standards.

I had a question regarding the cleats in the drawers with your air nailers. It appears you just have some 3/4″ ply at the back of each with a notch in order to hold them in place, but what is the setup where the front of the nailers are, how are you keeping them from falling over?

Thanks.

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- thewoodwhisperer January 10, 2010 7:36 pm
  
  Its very simple David. I just place a small rectangle of ply scrap at an angle. So each gun goes in and then tilts to the left. They stay in place pretty nicely unless I happen to slam the drawer for some reason. :)
  
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Jon August 29, 2013 3:33 pm

where do your students come from and how do they get involed

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15 – Updated Shop Tour/Live Q&A (Part 1 of 2)

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