Splinters with Gary Rogowski

Bandsaws are the most versatile machine in the furnituremaking shop.

You know it when your tools hide from you, resist your efforts, thwart your progress.

To be involved with one’s work is not just a question of what gets produced but how it gets produced. This is in the nature of Quality.

Our muses can be difficult to locate on some days. Pay close attention to them.

The screwdriver. One of our most indispensable tools.

Molly Major, metalsmith, and Gary discuss creativity.

You can handle a mistake in several different ways. Choose the one that yields the most for you.

Starting out can be a challenge. Keep an eye on the prize.

There is no shortcut to learning skills. It’s just like taking a hike. All the steps have to be made.

Roger Benton runs a wood resource center in Brooklyn, New York. His sawmill saws up tons of wood every year rescuing these trees from the landfill. He does this to save beautiful wood to produce incr…

The jointer is as sensitive a piece of cast iron as exists in the shop. Learn how to tune and use yours to get the results you are after.

These hand planes I find indispensable at the bench. They are time savers for me.

There are a lot of tools one needs at the bench. Being able to bounce back from a mistake or two is one of them.

A reprise of a favorite episode, our Season Two opener.

Picking out your lumber and milling it makes a difference in the look and longevity of your piece. Learn some of the qualities of wood to watch for.

Slow down, I’m in a hurry.

Time to sharpen again. Not because I’ve been using so many of my tools and made them dull. No, it’s our summer break now and this is a podcast broadcast in Season One. Enjoy.

Chisels, the wedge, the most important hand tool in the shop.

This is a list of the top machines that a furniture maker needs in the shop.