Welcome to Wood Talk, for Woodworkers by Woodworkers.

Now here are three guys who have great personalities.

Mark, Matt, and Shannon.

All right, it's episode 172 for March 3rd, 2014. On today's show, Mike is looking for alternatives

to epoxy thickners. Ted is interested in hand planing small parts.

Tom wants to know the ideal plane for a shooting board.

Baron has some questions about the blacker house chair that I just made.

Chad wants to know how cold temps and high humidity will affect his wood.

Do they know about shrinkage? And Ryan wants us to talk about reclaimed wood.

And all that and more coming up, but first let's hear a quick word from our sponsors.

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And you know what?

We should probably do a happy birthday right I think we should because

somebody of the three of us has a birthday it's not me and not me no because ours

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