Welcome to Wood Talk, for Woodworkers by Woodworkers.

Now here are three guys who, if combined, would make one hell of a woodworker.

Mark, Matt, and Shadden.

All right, it's episode 194 for August 11, 2014.

On today's show, we're talking about tortured outdoor finishes, string inlay resources, and leapfrogging

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bench I'll jump in first I made a grasshopper oh right on I feel like the little kids like I drew a grasshopper. Oh, sweet.

I feel like the little kids like, I drew a butterfly.

No, is that the green drink and I can't remember what is it?

Is it cream to mints?

Oh yeah, you hit you pretty hard if you're not careful.

Right, well they also, aren't they also the cookies that have that same flavor?

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