Making It With Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto
Making It is a weekly audio podcast that comes out every Friday hosted by Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto. Three different makers with different backgrounds talking about creativity, design and making things with your bare hands.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 63 minutes
- Episodes
- 496
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2025
Episode 297: I’m not sick, just 53
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about sketching out ideas and Jimmy’s love of Bic pens.
Episode 296: Harpsichord nerds
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about dealing with bad weather and new things that they each learned.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Building a smoker for Lincoln …
Episode 295: It’s like feeding a rhinoceros
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about following ideas and giving them a chance to turn into something better.
Episode 294: Bwhu, bwhu, bwhu, bwhu
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about waste, kitchens and roosters.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Making disposable knives and making people mad.
- David Picciuto: …
Episode 293: My pants are here!
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about impractical projects.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: The DirestaWear pants are in!
- David Picciuto: Sold out of books! More on…
Episode 292: Diminishing Returns
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about finishing projects so you can move on.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Got back from Kansas City working with Make48
- David Pic…
Episode 291: I’m just the pretty face
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about the year ahead.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Painted his Chevy truck
- David Picciuto: Starting a mural in the shop, finally …
Episode 290: What’s important is that you made something.
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about 2021.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Wants to finish things and fight against how ego can hold him back.
- David Picciuto: Taki…
Episode 289: Country backhoe doctor
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about collets, good, perfect, and backhoes.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Worked on one of the many trucks, bought a backhoe
- David…
Episode 288: It’s in the air
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about jeans, ideas and copying.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Working on the truck
- David Picciuto: Waiting to release the 808 tabl…
Episode 287: That’s the problem I’m looking for, but with wiener dogs..
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about chickens, engines and YouTube.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Working on an old truck
- David Picciuto: Made several small proj…
Episode 286: Did he look like this? Are the eyebrows right?
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about outside influences and sugar bottles.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Forged a latch for a chicken coop latch
- David Picciuto: …
Episode 285: The Opti-grab
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about ghosts, building codes and making use of idle time.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Back from California, has lots of ghosts i…
Episode 284: Speaking of wiener dogs…
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about finishing up molding, casting, insurance and leaving California.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Made leather bag, ready to ge…
Episode 283: I look like a coal miner who’s ready for war…
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about coding, person as product and iteration.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Still on set for a TV show
- David Picciuto: Working on…
Episode 282: On the edge of the mosh pit
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about social media.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Still filming in California
- David Picciuto: Making new rings for this year, work…
Episode 281: I got a turkey on my paper yesterday
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto talk about what’s in your go-bag for a 1-month trip.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: In Burbank for shooting Making It (the tv show)
- Dav…
Episode 280: It’s great to have a few extra brains around
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about patents, inventions and obsessing over ideas.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Headed out to Hollywood soon, finishing trailers…
Episode 279: Making things for making things
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about developing products and solving problems.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Made a boot knife, Maloof rocking chair
- David Picciu…
Episode 278: Black, White, Shiny Metal, Rusty Metal
This week Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto talk about super powers.
What We’re Working On
- Jimmy Diresta: Working on Maloof inspired rocking chair
- David Picciuto: Made some new/old jigs
- …