Episode 42 – Share a Chair with Peter Cales

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I had the pleasure of talking to Peter Cales last month.
Peter shares his philosophy of Share a Chair at Share a Chair, and blogs about his creations at Measure Cut Cut.

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Episode 41 – Mark Ferioli’s Pub Table

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I had the pleasure of meeting Mark Ferioli at the New England Home Show, and seeing him do a little bit of work at the North Bennet Street School. In this episode Mark shows up the in’s and out’s of his table.

Marks Contact Info:
Mark Joseph Ferioli
508.269.8048
MJFwoodworking@hotmail.com
www.MJFwoodworking.com

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Episode 40 – A Welcomed Critique

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Hey everybody! While I was at the New England Home Show (NEHS), Neil Lamens showed me a new creation of his. It’s a lamp/side table combo piece that I’ll podcast at a later date.

The base of the lamp is a stack lamination which got my creative juices flowing once again. The next morning, at breakfast, I came up with a new table design. I plan on making this table in the Fall, around the time of the next The Sawdust Chronicles Build Challenge.

During a trip to the Society of American Period Furniture Makers in CT, Neil critiqued my table design on camera (with the help of David Pruett). Unfortunately, the microphones weren’t plugged into the camera properly and the 40 minute video was scrapped.

I recently talked with Neil on Skype about the table again, and this episode is that critique. Enjoy.
Below is a SketchUp of the table in question.

SketchUp of the Pizza Pie Table


Hand Sketch 1 of the Pizza Pie Table


Hand Sketch 2 of the Pizza Pie Table

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Episode 39 – 30 Seconds with Tommy and Justin

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After the announcement (and by after, I mean immediately after) that Tommy would be the host of the next woodworking television show on WGBH (pending funding), Neil Lamens, David Pruett and I sat down with Justin DiPalma and Tommy MacDonald for another announcement.

What Tommy did for Justin shows what a great guy Tommy really is.

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Episode 38 – First Episode of 2010

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A new year, and a lot to talk about. Get ready for a couple of hours of Rick and Pete talking about what they are doing and what plans they have.

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Episode 37 – A Special Year End Gift!

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Here all all of the great things that have happened to The Sawdust Chronicles this year.
Thanks for being such great fans!

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My Mr. Miyagi

If you weren’t following the conversation that Adam King and I had in the latest episode, I told everyone the story of my own ‘Mr. Miyagi’.  Well, totally by chance, we started talking over Facebook again this week.  Turns out the guy has a HUGE 40’x60’ woodworking shop at home.  It looks like it’s a big detached building that also houses some farm equipment, but still!

Turns out he’s been a woodworker for some time, and he’s probably much more proficient than I am.  Due to his many deployments, he is only able to do light woodworking a few times per year.  Still, I wish I had his shop!

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