Welcome to Wood Talk, for Woodworkers by Woodworkers.

Now here are three guys who put the fine and fine woodworking, Mark, Matt, and Shannon.

All right, it's Wood Talk Number 270 for August 31st, 2015.

On today's show, Shannon is waxing philosophical about his love for hand tools.

But before we get to that, we'd like to thank a few special donors, Miguel Estrada,

Eric Wirt, and David Watson.

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fine with us and a quick

reminder we are still on vacation until September 14th in fact so this show will not

be in the typical format you're used to but as always our goal is to provide you

with woodworking information and inspiration, even

while we're enjoying our summer break.

So sit back, relax, and let Shannon talk to you about Hantles for 15 minutes.

I got a question from Ryan. about hand tools for 15 minutes.

I got a question from Ryan and he says can you talk a little about what it is that excites you about working purely with hand tools

particularly for the more arduous tasks such as re-sawing or ripping. You seem to have a real passion for the art of hand tools and I'd be interested in hearing you talk

a little about this passion and where it came from.

Well, Ryan, that's a great question, and the real answer is that it comes from a lot of different places.

It's not just one thing.

Frankly, I love to learn new things.

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