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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#335: PRO TALK With Carpenter Brian Campbell, Pt. 2

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Home & Garden, How To, Education

4.8785 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this two-part, Pro-Talk podcast Patrick talks to Twin-Cities carpenter Brian Campbell about being a more efficient carpenter, honing your skills, and finding interesting work.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:06.8

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0:18.0

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0:22.1

masonry walls. Sacrete has been helping pros get the job done right for over 85 years. Visit sacrete.com

0:29.4

or call the Sacrete technical team at 866 Sacrete for the tools and know-how to tackle your next

0:35.8

project. This is the second half of our two-part pro-talk interview with Carpenter Brian Campbell.

0:41.3

So if you have a good-sized medic bag, you can put all your PTE in there.

0:46.3

And so if that comes in from the truck and you've got eye protection, ear protection,

0:52.3

dust masks, gloves, knee pads, all of that gear in one bag.

1:04.7

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, a regular discussion with building industry

1:09.1

professionals.

1:10.2

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb.

1:12.3

Today I'm joined by Twin Cities Carpenter Brian Campbell. You can find the Fine Home Building

1:17.5

Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

1:23.2

So your tool system, which, you know, is part of the things I find interesting about the way you work.

1:29.7

But the other thing recently, I've been watching you restore an old bread truck, literally an old aluminum bread truck to be your carpenter's rig.

1:40.3

And it has a drop-down door on the back that allows you to roll your carts right into someone's driveway or into their garage or what have you.

1:48.9

Has the vehicle also been an evolution in your work methods?

1:55.4

Yes. I, you know, you speak of, I spoke earlier of frustration leading to creativity.

2:04.0

And I originally used these carts in a Dodge Ram Pro Master.

2:11.9

Your typical work band is about the same size as a sprinter.

2:15.6

And they worked in there just fine.

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