#77 Cabinet maker Ken DeCost joins the guys
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2019
⏱️ 154 minutes
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Summary
Ken Decost is the lead cabinet maker at NS Builders in Boston. Ken takes us behind the curtain of what it's like to work at NS Builders. He talks about efficiency, raising the bar, process and what it's like being a craftsman.
Where to find our Guest:
Ken DeCost @kendecost on Instagram
Where to find our Hosts:
Nick Schiffer @nsbuilders on Instagram and YouTube
Tyler Grace @TRGHomeconcepts on Instagram
John Hourihan @heresjohnnyh & @vintagebuilders on Instagram
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Music:
"Dessert" by Nate Gusakov
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| 0:16.4 | What's up guys? It is Modern Craftsman Monday. We are sitting in the studio and today I have Ken the Cost, League Cabinet Maker over here at NS Builders and we talk a little bit about his backstory and |
| 0:21.6 | how he took a pretty big leap from his job to risk it all on a pipe dream |
| 0:29.0 | that we had two years ago on Nick on me essentially. And a storage space I had here in Avon. |
| 0:35.4 | Good dude, great story, good conversation. |
| 0:39.1 | Solid. |
| 0:48.0 | All right, Ken, welcome to the podcast. Why don't you take a second to introduce yourself who you are, what you're doing here, |
| 0:52.0 | what's your story after you stop shaking |
| 0:57.0 | uh I am Ken I am a cabinetmaker here at NS. You're celebrating two years. |
| 1:05.0 | I am. |
| 1:06.0 | As of the other day. |
| 1:07.0 | That was it. |
| 1:08.0 | So when friends ask you what you do, are you like shy about it like that? |
| 1:10.5 | Or you like get balls deep into it and be like you know what I just I make |
| 1:15.2 | magic happen in a workshop like norm like no I don't what is it like? |
| 1:19.8 | same really yeah fuck you don't even drop Nick's name at all. |
| 1:25.0 | That's later. |
| 1:27.0 | Don't you know who we are? |
| 1:30.0 | And S, you might know them. |
| 1:32.0 | Well, so for those that don't know, |
| 1:35.0 | so you're celebrating two years here, but two years ago, |
| 1:38.0 | or I guess a little bit longer than two years ago, |
| 1:40.0 | we had met here at this shop. I had just relocated to the shop and... |
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