The Build Guild Podcast : A Professionally Unprofessional Podcast for Makers

Six months have passed. Jobs have been quit. Markets have been tapped. Cavernous new shops have been renovated. Listen in on the rectangle-table discussion as Pete, Coty, Ben and Brian go over our changing maker lives. And also make at least one horrifying gaffe that reduced everyone to tears

We have a special guest from the past rejoin us and join the podcast as a host from now on!  Peter from @rowdyromanfire is now a host!

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We're back after a few months hiatus!  Coty, Brian, and Ben sit down and catch up on what's been going on since the last episode and you won't believe the change Coty's had.

Brian's Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/FierySquirrelArt

Get a fiery squirrel art t-shirt! : https://teespring.com/stores/fierysquirrelart

Coty's new realty Instagram @sellingarkansas

www.homesforheroes.com/affiliate/coty-skinner

Ben's video edit...

AJ is an artist that teaches art.  She prefers teaching children because they have a more open mind.  In the summer she usually runs art camps.  Covid 19 is throwing a wrench in the plans.  Find out what she's going to do in it's place.  She own's a tractor but isn't a farmer.  She runs AJ's art studio.

Coty gets a new CNC in the shop, a Onefinity CNC, just like Ben got a few weeks ago.

We find out tha...

On this episode we have woodworker Brett Gordon from Gordons Woodshop.

Brett is a....well, it's something with farms and plants, full time employee and does woodworking as a hobby.  He doesn't have robots in the shop (much to Bens dismay) but he does use a combination of power tools and hand tools.

Coty makes a chess set for some famous guy.

Brian draws spaceships in pen....or pencil?  Oh, and his grades are literally wor...

When the Covid-19 Virus locks down the world you hang out with your best friends.  Since we can't be around other people, there's no guest host this time.  Ben, Brian, And Coty discuss how the virus and its extraordinary circumstances affect their businesses.  Ben's wife Molly also decided to start a book blog.  https://www.leggingsandliterature.com/ Brian cannot teach remotely because he has no internet on his ...

It's the first episode of the new year!  The guys finally catch up after a nearly 3 month hiatus.  They visit with Allen Horn.  Allen is a pest control technician (he works with Ben) and a handy man.  While Allen isn't full time or part time, he does several jobs throughout the year.  From Decks to Fences to a fake baby grand piano, he does it all.  He's learned from YouTube and HGTV.  Yes, you re...

Rick Castleman From Castleman Custom Works is a jack of all trades.  While only taking 45 minutes to master custom jewelry, he's also a woodworker, remodeler and a worship leader.  Also, Cotys episode of the TV show, Small Business Revolution (episode 3) finally released, and we catch up on how that has affected his business.

You can find Castleman Custom Works at:

https://www.instagram.com/castlemancustomworks/

https://w...

Meredith Palmer isn't your typical college student.  She already owns a business called Palmer's Designs.  Starting out designing shoes, she now does everything from paintings, to digital art, to live wedding paintings.

Palmer’s Designs is a product of my contemporary and impressionistic style. While she mostly paint on canvas or paper, she has done a wide variety of projects. She loves painting abstracts, as well as land...

Ever wonder what it takes to be a blacksmith?  In this episode our guest host is Daniel Casey of Casey Arms.

Daniel had his own show on The History Channel called Iron & Fire and was also a contestant on the hit TV show Forged In Fire. (will it cut?)

Listen as Daniel shares how he makes traditional, one of a kind, completely hand crafted rifles, pistols, and blades.

Thanks for listening!

Find Daniel at his website htt...

When you think of graffiti artist what comes to mind?  For me, it's graffiti on a train.  This week, we sit down with Jason White of Whites Artworks and talk about his beginnings of tagging trains to cites hiring him to put murals on the side of whole city blocks.  His latest mural at the time of recording is a mural commissioned by Hulu's TV show (that Coty stars in) Main Street : Small Business Revolution on the si...

Episode 6 : John Godwin of Duck Dynasty

In this episode of The Build Guild Podcast, the guys have the privilege of interviewing John Godwin of the wildly popular A&E tv show Duck Dynasty.  Godwin is part of the Duck Commander Family.

Godwin grew up in the heart of Louisiana and had childhood ties to the Robertson family after participating in a duck calling contest where Phil Robertson was a judge. As he grew up, Godwin r...