The Matt and Joe Woodworking Fun Hour

Block vs. Bench

Which to get first? Why?

An essential set

Old vs. New

Our favorites

Least Used

Don’t ever buy a compass plane

Matt’s long-time friend and former Fine Woodworking Art Editor and professional furniture maker, Kelly Dunton.

This one is all about routers. Big ones, small ones, bits and dust collection.

Warning: at the end of this podcast some NSFC (Not Safe For Children) jokes are told. They aren't terrible but you might get questions.

Matt and Joe discuss their top moments or things that have made significant or pivotal changes in their furniture making.

Matt had a bad week. He made some small mistakes and a really big one on his credenza. Its not how you make it but how you recover.

We even made some mistakes on this podcast so it abruptly ends and I apologize… but I blame that on Matt.

Sounds simple but maybe its not. Matt & Joe are both building doors for their current projects. Joe had questions about building doors. Small doors, frame and panel doors, laminated, lumber core veneered doors and more.

Second episode from quarantine. Matt and Joe answer more listener questions.

In this episode Matt and Joe discuss the essential tools to pack for woodworking classes. They go into a little about how to pack them and making sure not to take them with you on a cruise.

In this week’s episode Matt and Joe discuss Matt wrapping up his book about kumiko. Joe asks some questions about kumiko.

We answer a listener question from John about a reliability of a table saw miter sled vs. a miter shooting board.

Matt’s 3 things to know about planing figured woods.

Stat of the podcast.

As always a joke.

In this episode Matt and Joe discuss goals and accomplishments to look forward to in 2020. Matt explains tips and tricks to working and holding larger scale pieces with jigs and fixtures.

Matt’s Joke of the podcast.
Stat of the pod.
Matt’s 3 things to keep motivated in the shop.

While we were away Matt had some serious kickback on the table saw and took a trip to the ER. He’s okay. In this episode he explains what happened, how to prevent it and what’s happening moving forward.
Three things to know about what happened after Matt’s table saw accident.
Stat of the pod and of course a joke.

This episode went a little off the rails but we still got some good stuff for you.

Matt's headed to Indiana to teach at the Marc Adam's School of Woodworking.

Menial progress was made on Joe's tea cabinet.

Joe needs a desk for his new office space and Matt answers questions about building one. How to build it, what matches with Ash, to paint or not to paint, so many questions.

Holy Moly. We're back!

What have we been up to. We Talk about where we are with our Tea Cabinets, Matt's new wall cabinet and Matt's 5 Essential Woodworking Skills.

1. Vision

2. Sharpening

3. Milling

4. Layout

5. Order of operations

3 things to know

Joke and stat of the podcast.

Whats up listeners we’re back. Its been a busy summer for Matt and Joe. In this episode we check in. Joe explains a pretty big mistake he made on his tea cabinet and Matt confesses he’s done the same thing before.

Matt taught some end grain veneers and explains his process. We also go into pricing work.

3 things to know about human relationships.

Random questions for Matt and Joe to answer.

Matt and Joe couldn’t make it work this week so Matt flies solo. Matt answers random questions and talks about Slim McGinty.

We discuss Matt and Joe’s cabinets and where they are in the build process. We go a little further into detail on the Rip n’ Flip method we used for Joe’s panels.

We answer listener’s questions.

Matt’s 3 things to know about growing up in Florida.

Stat of the podcast.

This episode’s joke.

Matt and Joe will be live streaming on Friday May, 24.

The goal is to get Joe started with some panels for his tea cabinet.