Sunday, February 8, 2015

MWA Podcast Episode 69 - Scott "Shuttle Man" Phillips




Show Notes:


What’s in the shop?
  • Chris
    • Hoping for a hope chest
    • The Kuksa Cup
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  • Dyami
    • The Track
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  • The Cars
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    • The stuck door
  • Tom
    • The Bronchitis
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Blog post that piqued our interest

Goings on in the MWA

Main topic
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  • While working, Scott was making 15 to 20 models a year. This year, in retirements he wrote a book and made 16. Making a tribute takes 55 hours. Scott has two on the bench at a time in order to be more productive.
  • How many shuttles have you made? - 450+
  • What else do you make from wood?
    • Adirondack chairs and other things, but the Shuttle Tributes are Scott’s pasion.
  • Scotts trick for finishing exotic woods
    • Many are oily.
    • Scott will use Crown deglosser in a misting bottle. It will take the oil off the surface for time so that the woods can be glued together. Scott also mists the finised project with the deglosser because it looks like a finished project and lets you see an blemishes before finishing. The deglosser will not raise the grain. It will evaporate and prepare the wood for a Lacquer finish
  • Wood from around the world is used to represent the borderless world seen from space.

Community Conversation
  • I cussed

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Friday, February 6, 2015

MWA Podcast Episode 68 - Andy Brownell and Gorilla Glue




Show Notes:

Hello, everyone and welcome to this - the 68th edition of the Modern Woodworkers Association online discussion about all things woodworking. Today’s special guest is Andy Brownell. Before we get to him, let me introduce our usual panel. I'm Tom Iovino of Tom's Workbench dot com, and I'll be your host for this program.

This episode of the Modern Woodworkers Association podcast is sponsored by The Gorilla Glue Company - for the toughest jobs on planet earth.

What’s in the shop?

Chris
  • Spatula City

Dyami
  • Tracks
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  • Cars
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  • Tom
    • Washing his bed with water
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    • Hope chest #3
  • Andy
    • Bubinga Desk
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    • Popular Woodworking
      • Upcoming articles in 2015

Goings on in the MWA

Main topic
    • Gorilla Glue
      • Overview of the products
      • FAQ
    • Brownell Furniture
    • Explain how you got into woodworking
    • At Woodworking in America 2012 you told us that you us that you wanted to get away from rectilinear furniture and get into curves. From your bubinga desk to you Esherick stool to your current Castle table you’re getting curvy. How’s it going? Is it as hard and as intimidating as you though?



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