Maker Skills

Yep Podcasting about Podcasting. It's a thing and then it isn't. Thank you so much for listening. With a secret segment that isn't secret.

The topic this week is  Leather Working and our guest is Ethan Carter! Tune in.. or what ever you do with a podcast. 

Tom and Tanda were ready to duck out on this class cutting episode, and then they  read the title again and tried to come up with something on Glass Cutting.               

Episode 100 celebration!! No introduction necessary. This young man is doing all the things and doing them well and he's just a great guy. Listen.. Listen now and enjoy!

If you're the sort that is curating a fine collection of Maker Skills episodes you will want this one to add to your collection. You know that really weird Garbage Pail Kids card that that's just wrong and sort of disgusting. This is that episode. You'll want to listen though, just so you have the full set of 100 next week!

This week's skill is Maker Camping and it was recorded live at The Catskill Mountain Maker's Camp. We have an impromptu guest and Tom just up and leaves. It's okay because he left the FrogPod we were using to hold the mic on a furniture dolly. 

For our pottery episode we have none other than Heidi Jacobs. We put her through the gauntlet of marathon MakerSkills podcasting just like all of our other guests and she emerged in tact!... mostly. 

Working on this very skill as I write this. This week's episode is typing. 

Yep, Ridiculousizing just like the name implies. To say it's ridiculous or to say it's typical are one in the same here at the Maker Skills Podcast. 

Brazing is the hot topic this week. I mean it's at least hotter than soldering sorta by definition. Listen in and enjoy!

This week on maker skills our guest is Eric from Hand Tool Rescue. Enjoy!!

Time management, pfft! We can't even figure out who's hosting the show. 

TIG welding and the usual fare

Decluttering. Another skill proposed by a guest and the makerskills crew dives right in and.. well I'm not sure anything was really solved but there is lots of talk and maybe a tip or too and some fun facts. Tune in and enjoy. 

Bernie Solo is our guest this week and the topic is metal turning. It's a long one so grab some snacks and listen in. Enjoy!

As is our custom we let last week's guest pick this week's episode. Yeah, we're not too bright but we sure have fun. Hope you'll give it a listen. 

This week on maker skills our guest is Luke from Luke in the Garage. There is much ribbing of one another and possibly some bleeped words. Oh, and a bit of talk about Digital Design.

This week we, well Tom and Tanda anyway, talk about those odd skills you learn as a pastime, to challenge yourself, impress your friends, show up your siblings. PJ, well he's off in a different direction. So, yeah, pretty much the usual fare. 

We may be silly but we're persistently silly here at Maker Skills

Yes, frogpodding is definitely a thing. Just ask our special guest Tom! 

We all have our vises, this week's guest has one called the twin turbo vise. Please welcome... wait this is sounding like a weird late night show episode. We certainly enjoyed visiting with Andy this week on the show and, as is tradition with our inventive guests, we invent something in the secret segment. Give it a listen. 

Tom's on the move!! This week the Maker Skills three visit about moving. 

It may be difficult to see since this is just audio, but this week we are doing a jig. 

This week we put it all together, two pieces at a time. The topic is Joinery and our guest is Chris from Cowdogcraftworks. Good conversation and info, hope you enjoy.

PPEing, it's a thing. Enjoy your weekend and give us a listen. Oh, and please be safe. 

This week the Maker Skills crew talks with AJ Huff from Design The Everything about metal finishing. PJ gets some great deals, which he refuses to sell to Tom and a good time is had by all. Enjoy. 

What the ^%@$??? A Bleeping episode. Yep, weird things happen when plans change and the Maker Skills team still makes an episode. 

That's right! You guys are too dirty! We brought the April Spring Cleaning episode back! Now new and improved! Easy wipe off formula! One handed use! Or you can buy some Complex Orange.

Back by popular demand, okay someone asked if we'd do it and we did. Copper Smithing is the topic of this week's episode and with the maker skills crew having a combined copper smithing background in the 10s if not 100s of minutes there will definitely be some great tidbits. These tidbits may have nothing to do with copper smithing but that's beside the point. Enjoy!

Great chat this week with Matt from @thetoolengraver. Tom's loves moving things around so much he's buying giant tools in preparation for moving them across the state and then there's the usual silliness. Give it a listen you wont be sorr... um just give it a listen. 

If you thought episode 73 would be the one where things got weird, you might be right, or maybe it's just another typical episode. I guess you will just have to give it a listen to find out. 

This we are talking with Keith Decent about rug tufting and of course anything else that comes to mind. 

In this week's episode, Tom thinks the topic is wrenching in general, PJ thinks it's bicycle repair and Tanda thinks the topic is 3D modeling. Eventually they all get on the same page and talk about their first bicycle, which of course isn't technically any of these topics. 

This week the maker skills bunch is talking about pyrography, 3D printing, the invention of the river tree and 2.3 other things we're pretty sure. Hope you will give it a listen!

A great conversation with Paul of Copper Pig Woodworking this week on the podcast. This may be the single most topic focused podcast to date. We're not sure if this sort of actual talk of the topic at hand is on brand but it's certainly worth a listen. Oh, and if you are a patron you're in for something completely different in the secret segment where we talk with Paul about his day job. A little hint, it has absolutely nothing to do with fine woodworking. Enjoy!

What! Wilderness Survival Skills? Yes, we let guests choose our next episode topic and this is where we go. It's good fun for all involved. For those looking to just pull the trigger today, bug out, and just live off the land in a hut made of straw, this is absolutely NOT the podcast for you. You should probably be getting your stuff packed up. However, if you need something to listen to while you decided between a hunting knife and multitool walking stick we would appreciate the download. 

This week our guest is Keith Johnson aka KJSawdust. The topic is furniture making and Keith does a great job of going along with the Maker Skills usual, sorta out there, antics.

Last week it was suggested 'clamping' would be the topic of this week's podcast. Wait! we already did a clamping episode. hmmm... Non-Clamping? Yep that's the topic of this weeks episode along with some of the usual stuff and filament fandango.

This week our guest is the one and only Izzy Swan and the topic is Productionizing. Lot's of good conversation, advice and tips. Just a generally good chat. The conversation continues with a but of freeform brainstorming in the patron only secret segment. 

We didn't lay a brick on this one.. but we did talk about brick laying, and block laying and deals (and 3D printing if you're in for the secret segment). 

What's Geeksmithing? Well, I suppose you will just have to listen in to our conversation with Wes from Geeksmithing.com to find out!

The episode is resolutionary! Turns out the MakerSkills crew is not great at making resolutions but they can sure talk about them. If you're looking for an excellent list of tips and tricks to stick to your New Year's resolutions we have good news! Yep, this is a reasonably short episode so as soon as you're done listening you can set about finding just such a list. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!!!

This week our guest is the one and only Rebecca DeGroot and the topic is wood turning. This episode definitely has legs, lots of legs.

Wrapping! Who comes up with these prompts? PJ has decided to leave this episode rough around the edges, so who knows what your ears will find inside. 

This week our skill topic is powder coating and we are joined by Chad from Mancrafting.

Has anyone seen winter? PJ is still out getting deals. Some think climate change is caused by cow farts. We're pretty sure its all the hot items Tom and PJ are cranking out on their 3D printers! Crafting is the skill this week and while it comes in at a level of just 1 popsicle stick, we still managed to drum up some love for crafting. Okay, we really aren't even sure what skills count as crafting but that's not the point. 

This week on Maker Skills the usual suspects, PJ, Tanda and Tom have a wonderful chat with Anthony Galati about oil painting and of course the usual derailing takes all of them off on other topics as well. 

We really missed the opportunity with a title like "Reclaiming" to just replay a remixed old episode. However, it's all new and different! Give it a listen. 

This week on Maker Skills our guest is the one and only Tim Sway. Okay, okay, there may be other Tim Sways but Tom and Tanda did the research and if anything else popped up when they googled Tim Sway they were probably distracted and off down a rabbit hole. Enjoy the show!

Reproductionizing: The act of making reproductions. Yeah, we kind of make our own definitions a lot on this podcast. This week we're talking about making reproductions and the skills and tools that go along with reproductionification and reproductionizing. So if you're looking to reproduce... umm well, by the way, we are now in season 2 of Maker Skills! That means the "after the credits" segment will be available on Patreon and we would love your input on what we have to say over there. 

This week JD (you may know him as apexish on Instagram) joins the Makerskills bunch to talk fabrication and many of the related skills that go into building big things out of metal. PJ gets great deals on another boat load of tools... where is he putting all of this! Oh, yeah he has a interdimensional storage system. Tom stops wrangling kids and joins in this week and Tanda.. well yeah she's there too.