Brians Questions:
Love the show. Thanks for getting right to the questions. I have a project where I’ve made hundreds of the same item. Over that time, I’ve come up with a bunch of different jigs and processes that I’ve iterated over time to make things go faster and work better. I wonder if you have experience with and thoughts about how to approach this kind of woodworking-at-scale and if Huy in particular has any take-aways from making all those drawer knobs recently. Thanks! Mike
Hey guys, my name is Van Whitmire and I recently started listening to your podcast. I’ve really been enjoying it and had a couple questions for you.
I’m 17 years old and super involved in my high school club, SkillsUSA. I placed 6th in the state of Nebraska in cabinetmaking this year. When I get out of high school, what do you think would be the better route: getting on with a construction crew or trying to find a job in a cabinet shop?
I’m not a super experienced woodworker yet, but I know my way around a shop pretty well. I’m currently finishing up my junior year of high school, and over the last few weeks I decided I want to start making and selling custom cutting boards. Right now I’m completely running everything out of my high school woodshop, and I’ve also started buying tools to slowly build up my own small shop. How would you recommend pricing my boards? I don’t want to make them so expensive that nobody buys them, but I’d also like to actually make some money from them.
Thanks again, and keep up the great work. You guys are doing an awesome job with the podcast and I’m looking forward to listening to more episodes. Van
Guys Questions
G’day fellas,
A quick question that might not have such a quick answer: when matching planks for a tabletop or panel, which do you prioritise – Grain matching or colour matching?
Thanks for all you do!
Jim from Perth
Good morning gentlemen! As always, I love the show and value your perspectives. Keep up the great work. I have been woodworking as a hobbyist worth the occasional commission piece for 30 or so years, and I’m always looking to improve, learn, and grow as a woodworker. For the past few years I’ve also had the pleasure (and torture…lol) of working at a lumber yard/hardware selling lumber and tools.
I’ve finally come to the point where I’m seriously considering getting a track saw. My question is, which one to get? I’m looking for one that will give really good cuts, have some versatility with accessories, but not break the bank. I know that Festool, Milwaukee, and Makita are, for the most part, interchangeable with the tracks, and DeWalt and Kreg have their own proprietary track designs. Aside from straight cuts with the saw, how have you guys used the guide rail system in your woodworking? Thank you, Joshua. The Blackdog Woodworks
Huys Questions
Greetings all; setting up new shop; gotta ductwork question. First main equipment: 5hp sawstop; 20” planer; 16” jointer; floor spindle and belt sanders; 20” bandsaw and such. Gotta 3hp Oneida cyclone dust collector. Question; I’ve been using hvac ductwork for years and manual blast gates; advantages of upgrading on norfab ducts? Are there better options? Guessing $2k-ish investment. Cheers guys! Chris
Hi fellas,
I’m making a coffin shaped bookshelf for a friend of mine using 3/4″ plywood. I wanted to make dados for the shelves but my router base doesn’t have an adjustable angle. So i made a jig to achieve the angle but when I made 2 passes with my 1/2″ straight bit to get to the exact thickness of the shelf, there was a noticeable “step” in the dado. What I ended up doing was simply cutting an angle on the sides of the shelves to match the angle of the case and then glued and screwed straight through the case and plugged the holes, no dados. I’d like to know how you would handle attaching shelves at peculiar angles and if theres a better way to make angled dados,
Thanks! -Matt
