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Wood Talk | Woodworking

Shame on You Powermatic | Wood Talk 600

Wood Talk | Woodworking

Marc Spagnuolo

Planer, Finishing, Woodworking, Diy, Education, Lumber, Tablesaw, How To, Milling, Wood, Furniture, Leisure, Design, Hobbies

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2026

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

It’s show #600 - On today’s show, we’re talking about color matching, tigerwood workbench, and wood on a metal lathe.


Sponsored by :

Use code WT2025 for 10% off - Exclusions apply, valid until Jan 31st 2026

What's This Sh&%t


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We saw this process shared on Powermatic's IG account and question the safety and missed opportunity to educate as a major power tool manufacturer. We would love to hear from the maker about the process he used and how it is working for him.


What's On the Bench

  • Marc is making a book press.
  • Matt is starting on his breakfast bench project.
  • Shannon blew up his other knee while doing a sawing demo. He is OLD!

Kickback and Stuff

  • Paul recommends FreeCAD as a SketchUp alternative that he finds similar to many of the higher powered solutions on the market.
  • Hamilton gravitated to wax finishes due the safety and health aspects as he found so many other finish products had harmful VOC levels.
  • Dick says, "yep that's actually my name", and "yes, its normal sized"

Listener Questions

  • Bob asks about using color and toning finishes as all his experience lies in clear coat finishes.



  • Greg asks about the differences between metal and wood lathes and what will suit his needs.
  • Amy has a bunch of Tigerwood 1x6 laying around and asks about using it for a workbench.

Selected Woodcraft Events

Store Events:

Don’t miss Alex Snodgrass’ Next Cut Tour:

  • 2/20-2/21 - Orlando
  • 2/22-2/23 - Clearwater
  • 2/24-2/25 - Birmingham
  • 2/26-2/27 - Atlanta

Woodcraft often has local club meetings in their stores too!

  • Virginia Beach, VA: Tidewater Woodworkers Guild Meeting Monday, February 23
  • Dayton, OH: Miami Valley Wood Carvers Carve-in, Tuesday, February 17

Ask Us a Question

Our questions primarily come from our generous Patrons. You can also send in questions via the contact form. Or you can hit us up on Instagram at woodtalkshow. And you can even send us an email or voicemail at woodtalkshow@gmail.com

Finally you can find us individually on Instagram at mattcremona, woodwhisperer, and renaissancewoodworker


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Transcript

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0:00.0

welcome to woodtog now here are three guys who could do that too if they had those tools

0:10.4

mark chanin and mad all right it's show number 600 big 600 you guys we have now what

0:18.4

we have nothing planned nothing planned other than a show we did yeah we Yeah, we got the 600. We could stop now. I think that's a good number to stop on. Well, on today's... The milestone is not quitting before 600. Well, that's what it was. Well, not quitting four times before 600. That's right. Yeah, three times is enough. All right. So then on this very special, not so special show today, we're going to talk about color matching, tiger woodwork bench, and wood on a metal lathe, all that. More coming up, but first we want to let you know that Wood Talk is proudly sponsored by Woodcraft. Woodcraft is a leading authority in woodworking, making, and creating. they have the tools, supplies, expertise, and hands-on classes to inspire creativity at every level.

0:58.7

Learn more at woodcraft.com.

1:00.8

And our show is also sponsored by the generous contributions of people like you.

1:04.8

You and you and you and you.

1:06.4

If you want to help support the show, you can do so.

1:08.2

You can go to patreon.com slash woodtalk and sapticom

1:11.0

patron of the show we like to thank dave c and wutvon hot carl nice i love that he's a

1:23.2

world champion cyclocrats i was just going to say are we going back into cycling talk here

1:27.4

because i think we might we just have to every every to be a champion cyclocrats. I was just going to say, are we going back into cycling talk here? Because I think we might. We just have to. To be a champion cyclist, you have to be named Wout if you're from Belgium anyway. It is what it is. It is a cool name. I wonder if this is a real name. We have a kickback later talking about real names that we assumed we're not real names, but sometimes they are. So you just know.

2:00.9

Yeah. Well, one hot call. I like it. Very cool. I hope that's a real name because that's awesome. It is pretty cool, though. So before we get into what's on the bench, we've got a quick, I don't know that this is like going to be an ongoing segment, but I kind of feel like it could be if we really work hard enough. We'd have to try very hard.

2:03.1

There wouldn't be that much work at the beginning here. This segment is called, What's this shit? All right, and those of you listening at home probably heard a beep there because, you know, we're a family show. So I was perusing Instagram like I do sometimes and came across a post on Power Maddo's account, their social

2:19.7

media account on Instagram. Powermatic in the past has done, they've posted things in the past that

2:25.6

are like, should you have posted that? Like I get, there's a tool and it's got Powermatic on it,

2:30.8

but it's just questionable some of the things I've seen them post.

2:35.2

This is no exception. And I sent this to the guys, too, when I saw it, I'm like, we should

2:41.5

talk about this a little bit. So here's a story. This is a, it's the screenshot you have to even

2:47.2

scares me. Yeah, we'll put the link, Shannon, we'll have to track down the link to this on Instagram.

2:51.9

But this was a repost, Powermatic reposted it.

2:55.0

That's how I saw it, by a gentleman at Regal Street Woodshop.

2:59.2

And I checked out his stuff and he makes some really cool stuff.

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