Sun, 25 January 2009 ATTENTION - WE'RE MOVING! PLEASE VISIT THE NEW SITE AT
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Thu, 22 January 2009 UPDATE AS OF JANUARY 23, 2009 Thanks to a very observant listener I've discovered why the original feed that most of you were subscribed too wasn't working in iTunes. In an effort to make the transition as painless as possible, I accidentally typed in the wrong feed address. It may take a day or two, but iTunes should automatically redirect the old feed http://www.mattswoodshop.libsyn.com/rss to the new one. Hey folks I've got a new and much improved website and I'm putting the finishing touches in place as we speak. If you haven't done so yet, please stop by and visit it at www.mattsbasementworkshop.com. Please bookmark it as a favorite and visit often LOL!! Also, you may have noticed a problem with your feeds. I've tried to make this as painless as possible, but I think you may need to resubscribe to continue getting the latest episodes. I apologize for this and I'm still working to get everything in place. To make it easy for you to subscribe, or resubscribe if necessary, click here to be taken to the new website where you'll find three choices for getting the show the way you want it. The full feed with everything; video, audio, PDF, etc. The video only feed or the audio only feed. Thanks for everything and I look forward to another year of Matt's Basement Workshop with all of you!! Category: general -- posted at: 10:12 PM Comments[0] |
Wed, 21 January 2009 Status Report: Matt has been pushing piles of dust around his shop just for fun, and he has finally started playing with Google Sketchup. Aaron in the chat room recommends Go-To-School.com. Marc also mentioned signing up for classes with Andy Chidwick and Darrell Peart at the William Ng School. Marc is also now making a steamer trunk for Duane. If you are interested in donating: American Cancer Society and the James Cancer Center. Around the Web: Popular Woodworking has gone digital - subscribers to the magazine can now thumb through the magazine online, clip and save articles for later reading and even share a page or two with non subscriber friends. News: International Builders Show is this week (Jan. 20th-23rd) in Las Vegas. Woodworkers Journal is covering the event extensively. Check out their video blog. And you can subscribe to their Twitter Updates too. Hot Deals: Wood Talk Online $10 off orders over $75. WTO listeners ONLY! Click here for details! Painter's Pyramid 10 Pack Purchase 4 Sets For The Price Of 3! Now Through January 31, 2009 FREE Set Of Replacement Planer Blades – Up To $54.99 Value! With Purchase of ANY DeWALT Thickness Planer at Woodcraft (this is a mail in rebate offer) Topic: No major topic this week, but I show everyone my new toy, the Leg Up from the makers of the Gorilla Gripper. Congrats to BD for winning a Wood Whisperer Guild 6-month membership! We finish up with a very special Tom's Tip about using screws. What's that have to do with toilet bowls? You'll have to listen to find out. We finish the show with a number of chat room questions. Enjoy the video form the live feed below. We did try to get matt face in the feed but it eventually killed our connection, so we had to cut it. Category: Wood Talk Online -- posted at: 7:21 AM Comments[0] |
Fri, 16 January 2009 ATTENTION - WE'RE MOVING! PLEASE VISIT THE NEW SITE AT www.mattsbasementworkshop.com where you'll find the video and more for today's show and future shows. The small plow plane from Veritas has quickly made it's way to the top of my list of "favorite tools". It's so easy to use, and like a good "speciality" tool should do, it does its job extremely well. So well in fact I've actually wasted time debating whether I should or shouldn't use it in place of a stacked dado blade or a straight cutting bit on a couple of projects recently! For those of you not familiar with a plow plane or what it does. A plow plane is used solely for the purpose of cutting grooves along the length of a board (with the long grain). You can cut them on the face or on the edge of a board and as I'll demonstrate you can even cut them on the ends of a board. Typically you won't use a plow plane to cut a dado across the width of a board. The lack of a nicker to score the wood fibers will result in a horribly torn out surface. Of course as I demonstrate today, there are ways around that. Congrats to this week's schwag winner...Michael Rogers!! Help Support Matt's Basement Workshop by visiting our sponsors!
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Sun, 11 January 2009 It's the beginning of the new year and it's also the beginning of a brand new month...so that means it's time for ROUTER BIT OF THE MONTH!! This month's Whiteside router bit is the 1/8" Roundover bit. A small radius bit that works great to ease edges on all your components. If you aren't this month's winner, you can still take advantage of the great discounted price at Woodcraft...Click Here If you haven't heard yet, Matt's Basement Workshop is getting a face lift and things will be changing with the feed soon. Bookmark the new site at www.mattsbasementworkshop.com and visit it soon. More information will be coming soon, but don't worry about any disruptions in the feed. We'll be making this as painless as possible!! Listen to today's show by clicking on the player below Help Support Matt's Basement Workshop by visiting our sponsors! To download directly to your computer Right Click on direct download, choose "Save Target as" Comments[2] |
Fri, 9 January 2009 Status Report: Marc and Matt start off by trading stories about their 2008 holiday adventures. Around the Web: The HandyGuysPodcast - A great DIY podcast! The Timber Kid - A new podcast from a very cool 15 year old in the UK. News: Latest Woodwright Shop shows available online at PBS.org Hot Deals: Highland woodworking continuing free shipping on all orders over $100 within 48 contiguous states and excludes freight etc. Highland woodworking is also offering 25% off all books in stock. Topic: A quick review of tablesaw blade terminology. A Big Announcement: We are proud to announce that we will soon be working closely with Popular Woodworking to present you with an even better audio podcast experience. With Pop. WW'ing's help, we'll be able to bring you interviews, guests, and lots of special features. So this is a VERY cool thing! You can look forward to hearing some of this new content early in February. And speaking of Popular Woodworking, the Schwarz t-shirts are in!! Check them out. One of our voicemails was from Mack who asked how to create a live edge. Here's a great video from Charles Neil that describes his process: Charles Neil We finish up with a very special Tom's Tip about using glass jars in the shop. Category: Wood Talk Online -- posted at: 10:06 AM Comments[1] |
Thu, 1 January 2009 Happy New Year to everyone!!! 2008 was a very good year for Matt's Basement Workshop. I had a chance to meet so many of you in person, through emails, forums and more. All of these opportunities to meet you only helped to confirm something I've known all along...woodworkers make the best friends!! So if I haven't said it enough already...THANK YOU! Thanks for being you and thanks for being my new best friend. As always, with the beginning of a new year occassionally there comes some new changes. And to start with, very soon you'll be noticing some dramatic changes to the appearance of the website. It's been a longtime coming and thanks to some close friends of the show, Marc and Nicole, it's finally happening. While the actual appearance of the website will be different and far more organized the content and everything else will be the same. As a head's up for everyone, the only other dramatic change you'll discover is that the feed for the show will also be changing. But to help make this change as simple as possible, I'm going to keep the old feed up and running and adding content to it until at least February. I figure this will give everyone an opportunity to stay up to date and make the transition as smooth as possible. I'll of course keep you up to date throughout this transition and if you have any concerns or need help making changes don't hesitate to contact me! Happy New Year again to everyone, I know 2009 will be even better!! Category: general -- posted at: 5:43 PM Comments[0] |
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