We want to thank our top Patrons on Patreon: Jameson Elam, Stu Morrison, Scott McWilliams, Elliot Trent, Ty Moser, New England Woodworking Studio, Glen Vajcner, Adam Zawalich, Nick Hinson, Dave Barlow, Jedidiah Schultz, and Dustin Suits! You too can support the show by purchasing a T-Shirt, donating, or become a monthly patron as well. If you choose to become a patron you can get the show’s pre-release, a sticker, or other rewards based on the level you choose.
Thanks to Marshall Toy, Scott Haun, Sebastian Ollari, Justin Capogna, Matt Cremona, Nick Carruthers, Robert Bakie, Tim Holiner, Dave Bebee, Brodie Brickey, Modern Builds (Mike Montgomery), Eric Burke, Christopher Pickslay, JM Tosses, Terry Mulligan, Eric Schneider, Joe Pierce, Kyle Walker, Daniel Mendoza, Michael Jeffcoat, Kyle Thomas, Bruce Cooper, Steve Avery, Matthew Vitale, Matt Parker, Alex Garcia, Tim Marquart, Charles Alm, Chris Shanor, Stian Johannessen, Jeff Bull, Nathan Serviss, Mike Boehmer, and Mike Merzke for your support on Patreon as well.
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What’s Going On In The Shop
Kyle – Working on the 100 vase, starting a job for Whittier College.
Sean – Made another metal leafed bowl and started restoring a couple hand planes.
Brian – Fixed the jointer and dust collection, working on the walnut bed, and stuff around the farm.
Main Topic – Thoughts on becoming and being self-employed.
Guest Question:
None…
Listener Questions, Email, and Comments:
Dave Kunkle – Hi guys,
I’ve been an avid listener of your podcast from the beginning and enjoy it very much. I wanted to ask a question. Have you ever built something for a client and not been able to get it into their house or into the room the piece is going? I’m in the process of building an 84 X 48″ dining table and matching bench for a client. What design considerations do you make for fitting through doorways, around corners, etc? Do you build larger pieces of furniture in such a way that they are assembled on site?
My last project was a map cabinet and I’m thankful that I made the bottom detachable because it was about a 1/2″ too wide to fit through the doorway. I had asked the client for the width of his doorway but he measured from the inside of the frame and didn’t allow for the doorstop trim (or whatever it’s called). I don’t want a similar situation with the dining table.
Thanks for any thoughts you have about this. Keep doing what you’re doing! It’s appreciated!
Dave Kunkel
Wildside Woodworking
@wildsidewoodworking
Chad McKamey –
I have recently started building furniture on the side as extra income/ shop upgrade money. I have had a few large pieces, but mostly Adirondack chairs which are quick and easy. I’m wanting to get into more custom high end pieces using hardwoods and more traditional building methods. The problem is that in my local area people are building big box store lumber pieces for ridiculously low prices (farmhouse table and benches for $500). Their quality is subpar at best, how do I find the clients that are wanting a quality piece and how do I convey my quality to clients so they understand that my product is worth my asking price? Thank you guys for entertaining me every week love the show and what you do for the community.
Many thanks
Chad McKamey
iTunes Reviews
Matt @ WBC Woodworks – Can’t Stop Listening – 5 Stars – Great Podcast! Fun and always entertaining with pertinent info. Keep it up!
If you have comments, questions, or suggested topics for future shows you can email us at contact@thedustylife.com. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @thedustylife. You can support the show by purchasing some merchandise, clicking the donate button for a one-time donation, or by becoming a monthly patron to help us keep this bus rolling.
Also, consider subscribing to The Dusty Life Podcast through iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, Stitcher, or the click the RSS on our homepage at thedustylife.com and please leave us a rating and review as it helps climb the ever growing podcast charts.
We want to thank our top Patrons on Patreon: Jameson Elam, Stu Morrison, Scott McWilliams, Elliot Trent, Ty Moser, New England Woodworking Studio, Glen Vajcner, Adam Zawalich, Nick Hinson, Dave Barlow, Jedidiah Schultz, and Dustin Suits! You too can support the show by purchasing a T-Shirt, donating, or become a monthly patron as well. If you choose to become a patron you can get the show’s pre-release, a sticker, or other rewards based on the level you choose.
Thanks to Marshall Toy, Scott Haun, Sebastian Ollari, Justin Capogna, Matt Cremona, Nick Carruthers, Robert Bakie, Tim Holiner, Dave Bebee, Brodie Brickey, Modern Builds (Mike Montgomery), Eric Burke, Christopher Pickslay, JM Tosses, Terry Mulligan, Eric Schneider, Joe Pierce, Kyle Walker, Daniel Mendoza, Michael Jeffcoat, Kyle Thomas, Bruce Cooper, Steve Avery, Matthew Vitale, Matt Parker, Alex Garcia, Tim Marquart, Charles Alm, Chris Shanor, Stian Johannessen, Jeff Bull, Nathan Serviss, and Mike Boehmer for your support on Patreon as well.
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What’s Going On In The Shop
Kyle – Working on the 100 vase, starting a job for Whittier College, Finished a bent laminated leg round table.
Sean – Returned from The Video Woodworkers Skiatook Adventure in OK, demonstrated how to metal leaf and apply a chemical patina (below: silver leaf with liver of sulfur patina; Bowl turned by Shawn Graham). Made another mini 6 board chest. Posted the Zeta Table video.
Gave a sample panel to Nick Hinson and he framed it.
Brian – Video on the herringbone benches is live, nearly finished with the walnut bed, worked on the jointer dust collection.
Braxton – Recuperating from the OK trip, and finishing up some tables.
Main Topic – Live events and the fun to be had. Visit the Video Woodworkers website to more information on the creators who attended the OK event.
Guest Question:
Braxton Wirthlin – Thoughts on the VWW Skiatook, OK event experience. Check out Braxton on his YouTube channel and his podcast, Woodturners Anonymous Podcast.
Listener Questions, Email, and Comments:
Robby Wright – Gents, In a recent show, you commented about leaving dust collectors
running because you can damage the motors by starting and stopping them too
much. In my experience as a woodworker, industrial electrician and an
electrical contractor, I suggest that you are only partly right. Most dust
collectors that are 2 HP, maybe 3 HP, and smaller have fairly lightweight
impellers on them. They can be started and stopped frequently without an
issue. Dust collectors with heavy impellers, such as the 5 HP units, have a
heavier startup load and shouldn’t be started as frequently. Frequently is
more than more than 15 times an hour.
I have a 2 HP Taiwanese dust collector that I have used for 15 years now. It
is controlled by a current sensing circuit that turns the dust collector on
and off any time a monitored tool, such as my table saw, bandsaw, etc., is
turned on or off. In the initial stages of a project, it is not unusual to
start and stop both the table saw and dust collector many times in an hour
and it hasn’t damaged anything in the motor in those 15 years.
Remember that the only parts that can be damaged are the starting switch,
capacitor, windings and bearings in a single phase motor. The starting
switch will wear, but that is normal. The capacitor doesn’t normally wear as
it is engaged for only a few seconds unless the starting switch is welded
shut. The bearings aren’t going to be hurt from this type of starting and
stopping, leaving only the heat in the windings to do damage. As long as the
motor doesn’t overheat, you are good to go. For three phase motors, only
heat needs to be worried about.
When starting, the only real load on the motor is the inertia of the
impeller. The load of the air movement doesn’t occur until the impeller
starts to get up to speed. Even with all gates open, the motor is going to
be running at less than full rating if properly designed. I measured my
motor and it only draws about three-fourths of its rated current, even under
maximum load of my dust collection system. The more gates that are closed,
the less load on the system.
By the way, if anyone is interested in a current sensing controller for your
DC, you can find my article on it in Fine Woodworking, Aug, 2000 or the FWW
on Small Shops book by Taunton Press.
Enjoy your show – keep up the good work.
Nick Hinson – I recently broke my mini lathe (and almost died in the process). I want to get a full sized one now. I’m going to have to go used because I don’t have the moolah to get a new full sized one. This means looking up old lathe model numbers and figuring out which one has what I need and if they’re worth the price they’re listed at. The problem is, I’m not sure I know what all features are needed in a full sized lathe since I’m so used to the tiny bench top one I had. What are some must-haves for you guys in a lathe? Anything that isn’t a must but is super useful to have? Also, any of you guys wanna sell a lathe for cheap? 😉 Thanks guys!
Arron Sparrow – Hey guys,
Love your podcast. This comment is a few weeks old, so please forgive me. When you were talking about future builds or pieces you would like to build in the future, one of you mentioned a canoe. I believe you also talked about how much work a cedar strip canoe would be to build. I am also a dream builder of canoes, and here is one I might start with for the following reasons:
1. It looks good, in that the above the waterline parts are mostly cedar strips.
2. but the below the waterline parts are plywood.
This seems to be a good compromise between good looks and ease of build.
Stian Johannessen – Hey,
Great podcast you guys, keep up the good work. This is the podcast I look forward to the most during my week.
My question for you guys is, should I now get a cheaper band saw and then see if it works with my workflow, or wait 6-12 months and just buy the better quality one? I have been checking our equivalent of craigslist for the last 4 months, but no good deals there, only overpriced low quality stuff. Been wanting learn how to resaw and use homemade veneer and maybe even use it as a small makeshift mill, as a way to start making my own lumber.P.S:
Since i don’t live in the states, i can’t leave a review there, but here it comes:
The Dusty Life is the nr1 podcast out there, everyone should listen to it. Keep making us laugh and learn- Stian Sørhus
iTunes Reviews
Brian SaidEnough – Dusty Life WHOO WHOOO! – 5 Stars – The best thing since turned wood! You all give great advice. Keep it up.
Self Immolation – Fun Listen and Inspiring – 5 stars – Good chemistry and it’s fun to hear the different approaches between the guys. It’s also interesting to hear about turning, something I’d like to try one day. It seems I have everything but a lathe in my shop. My only complaint is the awkward silence and fluidity at times, but I’m also not the one editing it, so I understand that’s a lot of work to clean that up post. Keep up the good work, guys.
If you have comments, questions, or suggested topics for future shows you can email us at contact@thedustylife.com. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @thedustylife. You can support the show by purchasing some merchandise, clicking the donate button for a one-time donation, or by becoming a monthly patron to help us keep this bus rolling.
Also, consider subscribing to The Dusty Life Podcast through iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, Stitcher, or the click the RSS on our homepage at thedustylife.com and please leave us a rating and review as it helps climb the ever growing podcast charts.
We want to thank our top Patrons on Patreon: Jameson Elam, Stu Morrison, Scott McWilliams, Elliot Trent, Ty Moser, New England Woodworking Studio, Glen Vajcner, Adam Zawalich, Nick Hinson, Dave Barlow, and Jedidiah Schultz! You too can support the show by purchasing a T-Shirt, donating, or become a monthly patron as well. If you choose to become a patron you can get the show’s pre-release, a sticker, or other rewards based on the level you choose.
Thanks to Marshall Toy, Scott Haun, Sebastian Ollari, Justin Capogna, Matt Cremona, Nick Carruthers, Robert Bakie, Tim Holiner, Dave Bebee, Brodie Brickey, Modern Builds (Mike Montgomery), Eric Burke, Christopher Pickslay, JM Tosses, Terry Mulligan, Eric Schneider, Joe Pierce, Kyle Walker, Daniel Mendoza, Michael Jeffcoat, Kyle Thomas, Bruce Cooper, Steve Avery, Matthew Vitale, Matt Parker, Alex Garcia, Tim Marquart, Charles Alm, Chris Shanor, Stian Johannessen, Jeff Bull, Nathan Serviss, and Mike Boehmer for your support on Patreon as well.
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What’s Going On In The Shop
Kyle – NEW Lathe, Making tap handles, working on the 100th vase.
Sean – Finished the nightstand video and the modern stool and preparing for the VWW event in OK.
Brian – Working on the walnut bed
Brain Benham’s Door Video
Main Topic – How do you measure success in a project?
Guest Question:
Mike Montgomery – Work flow and machine/shop organization.
Listener Questions, Email, and Comments:
Matthew Moore – Hey guys! First off, I stumbled upon your podcast a couple weeks ago and haven’t been able to stop listening to it since. Keep up the good work.
I have a dilemma that I was hoping for some advice on. I am pretty new to wood working and have been making some cutting boards as well as doing some home projects. So far I have a bunch of hand-me-down stuff from my dad and grandfather which include a Craftsman circular saw, 10” Craftsman single bevel miter saw and some hand planes. I’ve also recently purchased a 13” Delta thickness planer and 6” Pioneer jointer along with some Kreg jigs and a router and table as well as various other tools. For most projects I can get by with what I have however I am a bit of a perfectionist and it kills me when there are tools that could make certain tasks easier and/or more accurate and I don’t have them. So my wife came to me a few days ago and told me that for Father’s Day and my birthday she had enlisted the help of our parents and between them I have $450 to buy some more woodworking tools. I’ve been in the market for a table saw as well as a dust collector and have been scouring Craigslist to try and find something worth buying. Also, my shop is in my basement and is pretty small. 13’ x 12’ at the moment with plans to move one wall back so it will be 13’ x 16’. Which brings me to my questions? Would my money be better spent on a Dust Deputy/Shop Vac type dust collection system rather than a dedicated dust collector and would I be able to do most things with a good track saw rather than spend the money on a table saw that would take up quite a bit of real estate in my shop? I am ripping down sheet goods in my driveway as it is to bring them into my shop through a bulk head so that is where the track saw intrigues me.
Thank you in advance and sorry for being so long winded! Stay dusty my friends!
Cheers!
-Matt
iTunes Reviews
UGWGKM – I like donuts – 5 Stars – Listening to this podcast is like eating an old-fashioned donut and washing it down with a hot cup of coffee. Except you don’t eat the dusty life, you listen to it. So I guess the two aren’t anything alike. Except that I really like both of them, so there’s that. Anyway, cats can hear in ultrasound. Now you just learned a fun fact from reading the reviews, imagine what you’d learn from actually listening to the podcast. So grab a coffee and a donut and subscribe. Meow.
Hdueiaknfhyrb – Thanks Guys! – 5 stars – Fantastic information and great banter! Keep up the great work!
If you have comments, questions, or suggested topics for future shows you can email us at contact@thedustylife.com. Follow the show on Twitter and Instagram @thedustylife. You can support the show by purchasing some merchandise, clicking the donate button for a one-time donation, or by becoming a monthly patron to help us keep this bus rolling.
Also, consider subscribing to The Dusty Life Podcast through iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, Stitcher, or the click the RSS on our homepage at thedustylife.com and please leave us a rating and review as it helps climb the ever growing podcast charts.
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