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Episode 151: Happy Little Pocket Holes w/ Steve Ramsey [Woodworking For Mere Mortals]
04/09/23 • 67 min
Episode 151
Special Co-Host:
Steve Ramsey
https://www.instagram.com/steveramsey_wwmm/
https://www.youtube.com/@steveramsey
Dan is keeping up with Etsy orders, tricked Nick Brim into upgrading his big CNC, had a controller fail on the machine but he got his mini CNC up and running, and had some large slide tables get returned because people cant measure.
Steve is working on a little garden bench. A Zen meditation bench. And he’s trying organize his shop and get rid of some stuff that he doesn’t use anymore.
Pete was dealing with pet issues because Binx was not doing well last week, been stressed dealing with that, fulfilled some custom orders with the laser with Emma, and has been enjoying time with Emma while she’s home for spring break setting up processes for the business.
Mike went to Tahoe last week, taught Jackson how to ride a bike, got a large air compressor for the CNC, landed a large built in job, delivered a desk, and is working on a large live edge table from a valley oak that came down locally.
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Write-in:
FROM PATREON:
Max & Mindie Kuhns, Stubby K Studio
Good Afternoon, first, thank you for the years long information that helps us all get better. To us, the value the three of you bring to our shop is so disgustingly beyond the small price of being a VIP member.
On a icky note, since there is much conversation about shop fires on AWP right now we felt it timely to come out of our hole and tell you we lost our home and our hobby wood shop to fire in September, ultimately it was ruled, by our insurance adjustor & the fire marshal to be a rechargeable battery, and it was plugged in to a surge protector that seems to have failed. I can't say the name of the battery but I will say that our adjuster let us know that he'd been to 10 fires in our state last year and 6/10 were a rechargeable battery in a garage.
The shop fire was put out, the home seemed smoke damaged when we left at 3 AM. At 5 AM we were alerted to the news that the fire was still smoldering in the attic and took out the rest of our home.
We lost everything, if it wasn't fire damage it was water damage.
We've moved to a commercial spot and officially made ourselves a small Husband & wife business. We have some great young apprentices and are recovering the loss surprisingly well. We are incredibly busy, and we are incredibly grateful to still be around.
If you won't mind sharing our, "lesson learned" from this wildly difficult time in our lives - for the love of our maker family- put your recharging batteries on a surge protecting power strip and turn the power strip off before you leave your shop at the end of each work day.
Thank you again for the value & professionalism you've added to our lives.
Max & I would like to challenge all AWP listeners, and our maker community to become VIP members and give back a bit of the good fortune AWP puts out into our worlds.
Thanks Again,
Mindie Kuhns
Stubby K Studio
Voicemails:
Patrick Gensel
Steve, is there something in the maker world that you’re itching to jump into or learn for your own enjoyment?
Thomas
TSG
Episode 151
Special Co-Host:
Steve Ramsey
https://www.instagram.com/steveramsey_wwmm/
https://www.youtube.com/@steveramsey
Dan is keeping up with Etsy orders, tricked Nick Brim into upgrading his big CNC, had a controller fail on the machine but he got his mini CNC up and running, and had some large slide tables get returned because people cant measure.
Steve is working on a little garden bench. A Zen meditation bench. And he’s trying organize his shop and get rid of some stuff that he doesn’t use anymore.
Pete was dealing with pet issues because Binx was not doing well last week, been stressed dealing with that, fulfilled some custom orders with the laser with Emma, and has been enjoying time with Emma while she’s home for spring break setting up processes for the business.
Mike went to Tahoe last week, taught Jackson how to ride a bike, got a large air compressor for the CNC, landed a large built in job, delivered a desk, and is working on a large live edge table from a valley oak that came down locally.
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Write-in:
FROM PATREON:
Max & Mindie Kuhns, Stubby K Studio
Good Afternoon, first, thank you for the years long information that helps us all get better. To us, the value the three of you bring to our shop is so disgustingly beyond the small price of being a VIP member.
On a icky note, since there is much conversation about shop fires on AWP right now we felt it timely to come out of our hole and tell you we lost our home and our hobby wood shop to fire in September, ultimately it was ruled, by our insurance adjustor & the fire marshal to be a rechargeable battery, and it was plugged in to a surge protector that seems to have failed. I can't say the name of the battery but I will say that our adjuster let us know that he'd been to 10 fires in our state last year and 6/10 were a rechargeable battery in a garage.
The shop fire was put out, the home seemed smoke damaged when we left at 3 AM. At 5 AM we were alerted to the news that the fire was still smoldering in the attic and took out the rest of our home.
We lost everything, if it wasn't fire damage it was water damage.
We've moved to a commercial spot and officially made ourselves a small Husband & wife business. We have some great young apprentices and are recovering the loss surprisingly well. We are incredibly busy, and we are incredibly grateful to still be around.
If you won't mind sharing our, "lesson learned" from this wildly difficult time in our lives - for the love of our maker family- put your recharging batteries on a surge protecting power strip and turn the power strip off before you leave your shop at the end of each work day.
Thank you again for the value & professionalism you've added to our lives.
Max & I would like to challenge all AWP listeners, and our maker community to become VIP members and give back a bit of the good fortune AWP puts out into our worlds.
Thanks Again,
Mindie Kuhns
Stubby K Studio
Voicemails:
Patrick Gensel
Steve, is there something in the maker world that you’re itching to jump into or learn for your own enjoyment?
Thomas
TSG
Previous Episode
What Would Oprah Do? w/ Drew Witt [WittWorks]
Episode 150
Dan is working on etsy orders, raised his prices and is still selling a ton of products, and he set up his 2nd Onefinity CNC!
Pete had his vendor event, made a ton of supplies for future events, has been trying to keep up with etsy orders this week because his product got shouted out in a video, has been dealing with 3D printing drama in the community with new machines coming out, and is dealing with landscaping and garden prep.
Mike is waiting for his new CNC to drop, getting a new air compressor for the machine, canceled his 3D printer, getting ready for some other new machines coming to the shop, and working on a desk and a table.
Drew is working on a big video for this weekend, and prepping for a big giveaway, and a tool announcement.
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Voicemails:
Braden
Little Bug Woodworking
When are you planning to get back to your core content? When are we getting another lawn video?
Malcolm
Bossanova woodworks
Why is your channel called Witt Works if you dont do any work?
Thomas
TSG Makes
My question for tonight is about jigs.
I wonder, does using jigs makes you a better woodworker or, does a good woodworker knows when it’s worth the time to make jigs?
Also, are you planning on making an April’s fools day video special? I know I planned one, I just love those!
John Schiesser
Questions for Drew
Drew your channel has blown up recently, if you could go back in time and give yourself some advice, what would you tell yourself?
Question for the Group
So reel bonuses are going away, how is that going to change your guys participation in Instagram?
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Dan:
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Mike:
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https://www.etsy.com/shop/coffeycustombuilds
Next Episode
Episode 152: Legal Regal w/ Lee Ohman [Regal Street Woodshop]
Episode 152
Special Co-Host:
Lee Ohman
Lee is going through a lull and is catching up on family projects, one of them being an old style wooden wagon, and stripping the paint off the old drill press stand .
Dan is keeping busy with etsy, finally keeping up with orders, redesigning the C-table to have some variety and he was also on the sawdust nation podcast.
Pete is working on adding some etsy listings, Christmas is coming! Doing admin work with Emma reaching out to brands, and lots of landscaping.
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Voicemails:
Lonnie Miller
Crosscut custom builds
Im making a line of wall mounted products like coffee mug shelves and I’m thinking of using French cleats and shipping them for the customer to install.
Patrick Gensel
With the spring season upon us, what is everyone doing to get ready for summer weather?
Malcolm
Bossanova Woodworks
If you didnt have to worry about money or making content, what would you be making in the shop?
Thomas
TSG Makes
I’ve been making bunch of bottle openers and as I don’t have a CNC, yet, I had to print myself a template, cut with a band saw and then use a template bit on a router.
The problem is that I have a lot of tear out. I only leave like 1 mm to half a mil on the bandsaw so the router bit should not have to work a lot.
I tried with a compression spiral bit and had 4 or 5 scary catches. Then I tried a big cheap bit and surprisingly I had less catch and tear out.
I thought compression bit were supposed to be better, am I doing some wrong here ?
Kimani Strayhorn
Van Stray Designs
What is your feel good desert?
AND what do you see yourself doing with your content going forward?
Braden
Lee, what’s the story with the music videos? What got you started/ why did you get started? When we getting WAP? GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT!
You can send in your question to get answered on the podcast! Record your question or comment on your phones voice memo app and email it to [email protected]
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https://www.etsy.com/shop/awpstore (https://www.etsy.com/shop/awpstore)
Pete:
https://www.instagram.com/ptreesworkshop/ (https://www.instagram.com/ptreesworkshop/)
https://www.youtube.com/ptreesworkshop (https://www.youtube.com/ptreesworkshop)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/pTreesWorkShop (https://www.etsy.com/shop/pTreesWorkShop)
Dan:
https://www.instagram.com/danieldunlap.woodworks/ (https://www.instagram.com/danieldunlap.woodworks/)
https://www.youtube.com/danieldunlap (https://www.youtube.com/danieldunlap)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/ddwwstore (https://www.etsy.com/shop/ddwwstore)
Mike:
https://www.instagram.com/coffeycustombuilds/ (https://www.instagram.com/coffeycustombuilds/)
https://www.youtube.com/coffeycustombuilds (https://www.youtube.com/coffeycustombuilds)
https://www.etsy.com/shop/coffeycustombuilds (https://www.etsy.com/shop/coffeycustombuilds)
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