Greasy Ham Finish | Wood Talk 595
Wood Talk | Woodworking
Marc Spagnuolo
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 20 November 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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It’s show #595 - On today’s show, we’re talking about what to do when your workbench sucks, Is wood acclimation BS, and running a lathe backwards.
Woodcraft Giveaway
Congratulations to Matt Croyle who won the tap room cutting board kit.
We also heard from Joe, last months lathe tool giveaway and he does actually have a lathe and has already put his new tools to use.
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What's on the Bench
- Matt is milling parts for his Guild project table
- Shannon used a power tool to cut up a live edge slab for an architect.
- Marc bought a new bike then lots of NYC pizza.
Kickback
Listener Questions
- Von asks how much wood actually acclimates over the course of a few weeks and if that is a myth.
- James asks what to do after he built his workbench and then feel inadequate about it after watching hundreds of videos.
- Joe asks why he would run his lathe backwards because his lathe motor runs both ways.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wood Talk, crafting artisanal sawdust since 2007. |
| 0:09.2 | Now here are your host, Mark, Shannon, and Matt. |
| 0:13.7 | All right, it's show number 595 on today's show. |
| 0:17.0 | We're talking about what to do when your workbench sucks is wood acclamation |
| 0:20.9 | BS and running a lathe backwards also I got a new bike all that and more you got a new bike |
| 0:28.2 | yeah I'm not talking about it right now we'll talk about it later all that more coming up but |
| 0:33.5 | I'm all business listen Nicole made a. There's a ham in that kitchen, |
| 0:38.5 | and the kids are out there eating it right now, like little monsters. They're made to just be a little bone when I get there. And I'm looking forward to this time. She's probably sitting on your new bike eating the ham too. Probably greasing it up with her greasy fingers. It's a brand new finish. Come on. Don't grease. |
| 0:52.8 | Don't grease up my new bike. |
| 0:54.2 | Anyway, we do have a good start. |
| 0:56.5 | This is great. |
| 0:57.3 | As always. First, we want to let you know that Wood Talk is proudly sponsored by Woodcraft. Woodcraft is the leading authority in woodworking, making, and creating. They have the tool supplies and expertise as well as hands-on classes to inspire creativity at every level learn more at woodcraft.com don't forget to use that code w t 2025 to get 10% off exclusions apply refer to the last show if you'd like to know what those exclusions are all the fine print because i would have been a good segue do you know who else has has a greasy finish? Yeah, there you go. They got plenty of greasy. They got lots of greasy finishes. That actually look nice. The kind you like. Yeah, the kind you want. Actually, I want both kinds. Ham on classes. I want ham grease. I want finishing grease. I want it all. Give it to me. Tallow. That's the Shores' next book, not make a soft wax polish. How to make a greasy ham finish. A greasy ham finish sounds great. Give me some of that. That would sell. That's a clickbait title who've ever heard it. Got it. Come on, Chris. |
| 2:01.2 | We know you listen to this show. |
| 2:02.5 | You just won't admit it. He's making fish glue. Why can't he make ham finish? Yeah, exactly. Fish glue, greasy ham finish. It sounds logical to me. All right. Sure, I guess. Let me reel a thing back in here for a second. Go for it. You know, our show is also sponsored by the generals of contributions of people like you. |
| 2:19.9 | I don't know why you support this thing, what we're doing after that. If you want to support the show, you can absolutely totally do so. You go to patreon.com slash woodtalk and decide it to become a patron of the show. We like to think. Let me scroll to the next page. Lord Master. Lord Master. You got to keep going up. I want to hear it. Just keep getting higher and I'm going up. I'm up. There we go. Ian Lafair. Samuel Fulkes. Kenneth McCabe and Britt Simmons. Hey, I think we're kind of, uh, we're all yapping when you said the second one. Let's make sure that guy's name gets read by you. Yeah. Franz? Yeah. Franz Weckiser. Yeah. I feel like we just stepped on you the whole time. So, let's make sure Franz got his, uh, different than any other time I'm trying to talk? I know. But this isn't about you. |
| 3:07.7 | It's about Franz. |
| 3:08.4 | And I wanted to make sure he was recognized. Yeah. Yeah. What he said? Because he's here to pump you up. All right. Sure, he's never heard that before. I knew. Sean was definitely thinking it. I was thinking it. I was trying to be professional. I was just the one |
| 3:23.7 | that was dumb |
| 3:24.1 | enough to say it. |
| 3:25.4 | So you guys remember |
| 3:26.2 | we announced the giveaway |
| 3:27.6 | last couple of, thinking it. I was thinking it. I was trying to be professional. I was just the one. It was dumb enough to say it. |
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