Oops All Questions | WoodTalk 599
Wood Talk | Woodworking
Marc Spagnuolo
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
It’s show #599 - On today’s show, we’re talking about finding yourself rudderless in woodworking, when to fire a customer, woodworking on an open-sided deck, woodworking topics that have been discussed too much and too little, winter shop strategies, and safety lessons for a maker space
Listener Questions
- John needs to shift his product base as the market has dried up.
- Alex has a custom job that is going south and he is trying to figure out whether to bail or continue on.
- Hamilton is working in a covered porch space but with open sides and asks what he should consider with regard to tool maintenance as well as safeguarding his projects.
- Tomasso asks what woodworking topic has been talked to death and perhaps which ones haven't been talked about enough.
- Ed asks about winter strategies in the shop for keeping his tools in working order.
- William manages a maker space and asks about some safety training protocols.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wood Talk. Now here are three guys who put the fine in fine woodworking, Mark, Shannon, and Matt. |
| 0:13.1 | All right, it's show number 599, and on today's show we're talking about finding yourself rudderless in woodworking, when to fire the customer, woodworking on an open-sided deck, |
| 0:22.9 | woodworking topics that have been discussed |
| 0:24.7 | too much or maybe too little, |
| 0:26.8 | winter shop strategies and safety |
| 0:28.8 | lessons for makerspace. |
| 0:30.5 | This is all Q&A today, you guys. |
| 0:33.1 | So, oops, all questions episode. |
| 0:35.9 | Some of my favorites. |
| 0:36.9 | Oops, all questions? |
| 0:38.2 | Yep, I love it. |
| 0:39.6 | All that and more coming up. |
| 0:41.9 | First one would to let you know. |
| 0:42.9 | Whose mistake is this? |
| 0:44.1 | It's always a mistake when we do this. |
| 0:46.8 | Woodtalk is proudly sponsored by Woodcraft. |
| 0:49.2 | Woodcraft is the leading authority in woodworking making and creating. |
| 0:52.6 | They've got the tools, supplies, and expertise as well as hands-on classes. |
| 0:56.1 | To inspire creativity at every level, learn more at woodcraft.com. |
| 0:59.7 | And our show is also sponsored by the generous contributions of people like you, |
| 1:03.7 | and you, and you, and you, and you, Shannon. |
| 1:07.6 | Wow. |
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