Start your woodworking hobby today! https://www.weekendwoodworkercourse.com This week, Jimmy Diresta is back to talk about his latest project, a new series on Netflix called Making Fun . The setup is a group of kids brainstorm crazy ideas of things they’d like to see made, and then watch Jimmy and 4 other really bearded guys build them. The hook is that Jimmy doesn’t like children, which leads to a lot of sassy interactions. It’s corny and fun, and I think kids will really enjoy it. Follow Jimmy...
Mar 11, 2022•52 min•Ep. 32
Keith Johnson has been creating high-end furniture on his YouTube channel, Keith Johnson Custom Woodworking, for the past few years. In this episode I talked to Keith about fine woodworking and what it takes to produce high quality furniture. And we talked about his cats. Follow Keith on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KeithJohnsonCustomWoodworking Get started in woodworking for less than $1000. Download my free guide: https://mytoollist.com...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 31
Laura Kampf is a maker who's been sharing an eclectic mix of projects and crazy ideas on her YouTube channel since 2015. Her projects range from fabricating barbecue grills to making unique bicycles and furniture to building her own tiny house. She recently purchased a 120 year old house that she will be restoring as her channel begins a new era. Visit Laura on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/laurakampf Start woodworking this weekend! Check out my step-by-step online course: https://www.weeke...
Feb 25, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 30
Sign up for my free monthly newsletter at http://notesfromsteve.com Rural Renovators is a custom contracting company specializing in post frame construction, building everything from basic storage buildings, to insulated workshops, and even residential homes. Seven years ago Kyle started posting videos of the building process on his YouTube channel, RR Buildings. But in mid 2021, the channel exploded, accumulating 80,000 subscribers in October alone. So what happened? Kyle started posting YouTub...
Feb 18, 2022•53 min•Ep. 29
Blake McFarland is an artist who specializes in mixed media sculptures using wood, steel, epoxy, foam, fiberglass, crayons, even ramen noodles. Since 2019 he’s been filming these creations and showing the process on his YouTube channel, BM Sculptures. His highly detailed sculptures can take up to eight weeks to create for clients such as Hyundai, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Golden State Warriors and many more. His multiple collaborations with Goodyear has led him to create multiple sports team ...
Feb 04, 2022•46 min•Ep. 28
I’m pleased to have Cam Anderson join me again on the podcast so we can dive a little deeper into the world of epoxy, big slabs and the insane growth of his YouTube channel, Blacktail Studio. And we'll try to figure out why epoxy seems to drive some people bonkers! Visit Blacktail Studio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacktailStudio
Jan 28, 2022•53 min•Ep. 27
In August 2015 Simone Giertz posted an 8-second long, toothbrush machine video, showing a machine she designed to remove the drudgery of manual tooth brushing. It was funny, ridiculous, and got shared just about everywhere. That video would come to define much of what Simone’s videos would be about: making machines that sort of make sense. Like an alarm clock that slaps you awake or a breakfast machine that ensures you will be cleaning up a bunch of Cheerios. It wouldn’t be long before fans had ...
Jan 21, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 26
Robert Dunn has two of the most entertaining channels on youtube. His main channel is Aging Wheels, a channel he started in 2014 mainly about weird and obscure cars, and how he fixes them up and drives them around. If you love cars, you need to check it out, and if you’re like me, and don’t know anything about cars, you will definitely love Aging Wheels. It's a car channel for the rest of us. But he started his second channel, a woodworking channel called Under Dunn in 2019 and as it approaches ...
Dec 31, 2021•58 min•Ep. 25
Matt Cremona is unusual in the world of woodworking because he not only builds high end furniture, but he cuts down the trees and mills the lumber from those trees to make that furniture. In 2016 Matt built his own bandsaw mill which allows him to make lumber out of really big logs. Amazingly, Matt's most popular video is 42 minutes long and shows how he used his bandsaw mill to make slabs. It's a fascinating look at all the labor that goes into milling lumber and gives viewers insight into the ...
Dec 24, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 24
John Malecki is a woodworker and epoxier who started his YouTube channel in January, 2016 and had a big breakthrough just two years later when he posted a pair of live edge epoxy table videos within 5 days of each other. The second of these, Live Edge River Table Woodworking How To is still his most viewed video with 5.1 million views. Ever since then, the channel is about going big! Big epoxy, big slabs, and most recently a huge workshop. Before getting into YouTube, John was a football player ...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 23
On March 24 2017, Katelyn and Evan posted their first video to a YouTube channel that they decided to call Evan and Katelyn. In the first 20 seconds of their first video, they established their high energy lifestyle format and instantly became the cutest, giggliest DIY couple on the platform. Evan and Katelyn's channel features a wide variety of fun, silly and useful DIY projects... everything from woodworking to metalworking, candle making, props, costumes, electronics, even cooking, and my per...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 22
Rex Krueger a YouTuber, an author, a historian, and a woodworker. Although, we’re going to discover that there is no such thing as a woodworker. He builds mostly traditional furniture in a mostly traditional manner using mostly traditional tools. He's a leading advocate for ditching power tools and returning to a simpler time of human powered construction. Rex has made videos showing how to make workbenches, how to use and make traditional hand tools as well as restore them. He has a few furnitu...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 21
Jon Peters started posting woodworking videos in March of 2010 with three videos showing how he made a dining table, immediately establishing the type and quality of furniture we could look forward to on his channel, Longview Woodworking. Fast forward eleven years, and Jon is still regularly cranking out an eclectic mix of woodworking, art, tool reviews, shop projects, building construction, home renovation, farming, even beekeeping. All out of his stunningly beautiful barn workshop. No matter w...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 20
Vikkie Lee is a builder, a DIYer, a home remodeler, a woodworker, a carpenter, a food blogger, and author. She started her YouTube channel, The Carpenter’s Daughter on February 19, 2015 and since then has posted 250 videos showing how to build all kinds of stuff, including various structures from doghouses to full sized sheds and storage units. We talked about her YouTube career, her willingness to tackle any project, and I learned about her 57 foot narrowboat. Visit The Carpenter's Daughter - V...
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 19
This week I chatted with Bob Clagget, a former software engineer who started his YouTube channel back in May of 2013 and was able to ditch his day job just two years later. I Like to Make Stuff is a variety DIY channel featuring woodworking, metalworking, leatherwork, home improvement, programming, electronics, prop making, 3D printing, a little bit of auto mechanics lately, and a large dose of Star Wars and Legos. Check out I Like to Make Stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Iliketomakes...
Nov 05, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 18
I can't think of anyone who seems to have more fun with DIY projects than Danie Berger, AKA DIY Danie. Her YouTube channel is a blend of art, woodworking, renovating and home remodeling, all delivered with high-energy and enthusiasm. All of Danie’s projects offer practical DIY tips and advice, as well as ideas and inspiration that everyone can bring to their own homes. And it’s more than that, every video tells a story. Danie posted her first video to YouTube...DIY Farmhouse Dining Space Makeove...
Oct 29, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 17
Fix This, Build That, is a YouTube channel created by Brad Rodriguez in 2016. His channel features woodworking and shop projects as well as DIY, home improvement and remodeling projects. His furniture projects are both practical and beautiful featuring hardwoods, epoxy...and secret hidden things! Visit Fix This, Build That on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Fixthisbuildthat
Oct 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 16
Just having a little fun this week with Ethan James of The Honest Carpenter channel. When he was on episode 4, I discovered that he's as big a fan of horror movies as I am, so I HAD to invite him back to talk spooky and scary movies, just in time for Halloween. Don't worry, if horror movies aren't your thing, don't worry...I'll be back with regular woodworker and maker interviews next week! Be sure to check out The Honest Carpenter channel on YouTube. It's one of my favorites. https://www.youtub...
Oct 15, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 15
Jaime Nakae and Jay Grenier are the couple behind Wicked Makers, a DIY YouTube channel largely devoted to making spooky props and decorations for Halloween. And although all these projects are super professional looking, they are all very approachable for almost any DIYer. This, along with their on-camera chemistry explain why their videos get so many views. Check out Wicked Makers on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WickedMakers
Oct 08, 2021•54 min•Ep. 14
Jimmy DiResta has been a staple in the YouTube maker community for the past decade, working with all kinds of materials, tools, and techniques including woodworking, metalworking, leatherwork, and lately digital fabrication. His most popular videos involve weapons... knives, axes, but he also makes signs, furniture, tools and just about anything else. Jimmy's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/jimmydiresta Website: https://jimmydiresta.com/...
Oct 01, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 13
Long before YouTube, back before most people even had an email address, Roy Underhill set the stage for what a woodworking show might look like. Roy has been the host of The Woodwright's Shop for 39 seasons, beginning in 1979, making it the longest running how-to series on PBS. In this episode we discussed his show, hand tool woodworking, and woodworking ethics. Check out The Woodwright's School here: https://www.woodwrightschool.com/
Sep 24, 2021•57 min•Ep. 12
On this episode, I talked to Matt Outlaw of 731 Woodworks, who recently quit his job as a state trooper to become a YouTuber. We also discussed the business of woodworking and how to sell the projects you make. Visit 731 Woodworks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/731Woodworks
Sep 17, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 11
On October 18 2006, Marc Spagnuolo made YouTube history when he posted his first video on a channel he called The Wood Whisperer. His woodworking is some of the best in the business, showcasing beautifully crafted furniture, using a combination of traditional power tools along with planes, chisels and other hand tools when needed. In this episode I talked to Marc about being on YouTube for 15 years and how he's recently pivoted his content. And we'll learn what he considered the most essential w...
Sep 10, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 10
Modern Builds has become a leading channel showcasing practical, highly approachable DIY projects made mostly with a modest set of power tools and construction grade lumber. He uses a variety of techniques and materials including woodworking metalworking and concrete working. Some of Mike’s most popular videos are his remodeling videos, including a series where he transformed an old school bus into a tiny house. Mike is also a co-host of the long-running Modern Makers Podcast, along with Ben Uye...
Sep 03, 2021•59 min•Ep. 9
With over half a billion views, Matthias Wandel maintains the largest woodworking channel on YouTube, Woodgears.ca. He is the foremost expert on making his own woodworking machines, including a homemade jointer, a tablesaw, 3 different belt sanders, a homemade lathe, a saw mill, a bunch of bandsaws including, most recently a huge 26” bandsaw, a computer controlled box joint jig, a slot mortising machine, a horizontal boring machine, a homemade air cleaner, and a couple of pantorouters...all with...
Aug 27, 2021•58 min
Chris Salomone of Four Eyes Furniture designs furniture with clean lines and interesting, sometimes complex shapes. He's a very skilled woodworker, but his passion lies in design. Chris's Four Eyes Woodworking channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisSalomone1 Welcome to the Woodshop: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmAc4goFlpEG_YXgZv2MiGw
Aug 20, 2021•59 min•Ep. 7
In June, 2015 Jonathan Katz-Moses began posting videos showcasing his handmade jewelry boxes and a couple years later was the king of the dovetail joint. He designed the magnetic dovetail jig that makes it easy for anyone to hand cut perfect dovetails every time. Today Jonathan has a massive 5000 square foot shop where he creates mostly products for woodworkers. His videos are geared toward high-end, production woodworking with tips, techniques, tool discussions, and advice for getting the most ...
Aug 13, 2021•58 min•Ep. 5
Cam Anderson is a former helicopter pilot who has been posting woodworking videos on his channel Blacktail Studio since 2018. Cam’s YouTube channel is all about going big! Big wood slabs, big epoxy tables and big money. He is the undisputed King of Epoxy Tables! Blacktail Studio on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlacktailStudio
Aug 06, 2021•59 min•Ep. 5
Ethan James is a former contractor who's brought more than 20 years of professional experience and knowledge to his YouTube channel, The Honest Carpenter. In fact, he's one of the few YouTubers with actual real world work experience. His channel is jam packed with practical home repair tips, advice for buying wood, what to look for in tools, shop projects, and even tips on dealing with contractors. The Honest Carpenter on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHonestCarpenter...
Jul 30, 2021•52 min•Ep. 4
Since 2013 Ben Uyeda has been making all kinds of things using all kinds of materials from the Maker Ranch in the desert and posting videos on his channel, Homemade Modern. The range of things he makes is amazing….from DIY hot tubs to live edge tables and floating beds. He's made a house out of a shipping container and is renovating other spaces. His work has a playful, artistic bent and he seems to love experimenting with materials and designs. Check out Homemade Modern at https://www.youtube.c...
Jul 23, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 3
