Diamonds are a Woodworker’s Best Friend | WoodTalk 590
Wood Talk | Woodworking
Marc Spagnuolo
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 September 2025
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
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It’s show #590 - On today’s show, we’re talking about… Tools we wish existed, shopping for a grinder, Why don’t you buy another super expensive, super specific tool??
Giveaway Winner!
Nathaniel Snell is the winner of the WoodRiver small shoulder plane. We had over 500 entrants and thank you for everyone who entered. The great new is Woodcraft likes the idea and there will be more of this to come.
What's on the Bench
- Marc is make cat collar tags with a laser and avoiding drywall.
- Shannon used his new WoodRiver shoulder plane and admits it might has a use in his shop despite years of hating on shoulder planes.
- Matt finishing clearing out after sawmilling just in time for more sawmilling.
Kickback
- Jim visited Woodcraft while listening to the show and spent $1000 on stuff he doesn't need. Goooo Woodcraft!
Dining Table Discussion
We talk about the double edged sword of specialty tools: gimmick or useful?
Listener Questions
- Simon had a tough medical procedure and is looking for advice on how to move forward with his woodworking with lack of grip strength.
- Tommaso asks what tool we want that doesn't currently exist on the market.
- John is shopping for a grinder as he is tired of resetting the bevel using stones and sandpaper.
- Gary asks Matt why he doesn't have a chipper for all the offcuts and waste from his saw mill.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wood Talk. |
| 0:05.7 | Now here are three guys who always turn the other cheek when cleaning up tenants. |
| 0:11.3 | Mark, Shannon, and Matt. |
| 0:13.4 | Well, what's going on, everybody? |
| 0:14.8 | It is show number 590, and on today's show we're talking about tools that we wish existed, |
| 0:20.2 | shopping for a grinder, and why don't you buy another super expensive, super specific tool? That's compelling. I like that. There was a pretty judgment in that. Quite a bit judgment. I mean, maybe it was just my reading of it. That was judgmental, but I don't know. We'll have to see what that. I like the direction you took with it regardless. Okay, we're going to find out. All that and more is coming up, but first we want to let you know that Woodtalk is proudly sponsored by Woodcraft. Woodcraft is the leading authority in woodworking, making, and creating. They have the tools, supplies, expertise, and hands-on classes to inspire creativity at every level. |
| 0:55.4 | Learn more at woodcraft.com. |
| 0:57.7 | And I'm on the next level, and I feel inspired right now. |
| 1:00.6 | Hey! |
| 1:01.1 | Hey! |
| 1:01.8 | Like that? |
| 1:02.3 | That's pretty good. |
| 1:03.0 | Hey! |
| 1:03.2 | And our show is also sponsored by the generous contributions of people, such as yourselves. |
| 1:09.7 | If you want to help support the show, you can do so by go to |
| 1:12.6 | Patreon.com slash foottalk and send it to become a patron of the show. |
| 1:17.1 | You get, uh, besides being a cool patron person, you also get access to the ad-free |
| 1:20.8 | version of the show with all the awkward pauses that are there that you'll probably |
| 1:24.5 | enjoy. |
| 1:25.4 | This week, we're thanking, Patrick Daughters of Delos, Dave Frankowski. All right. Daughters of Delos, it sounds like that would be like, like a new band, like a hippie kind of band. Could be, yeah. A crunchy hippie band. Or a witch coven. It could be that too. |
| 1:46.4 | What are we getting involved with here, guys? |
| 1:47.3 | There is that too. |
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