Podcast appearances and mentions of laura mays

Laura Mays has a degree in Architecture from University College Dublin and a Higher Certificate in Furniture Design and Manufacture from GMIT Letterfrack. She followed that with two years on the Fine Woodworking program in College of the Redwoods in California. Laura completed an MA in Industrial Design at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin in 2010. Since 2011 Laura has been the Program Director of the Fine Woodworking program at The Krenov School in northern California. She is the founding President of The Krenov Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the craft of fine woodworking in northern California, by conducting educational programs and providing material and financial support to individuals and institutions in that field. You can follow along with Laura on Instagram and her Website.

Jon Binzen interviews Laura Mays, woodworker and director of The Krenov School, about her journey to woodworking and the inspiration behind her inquisitive work. This episode is sponsored by Maverick Abrasives - https://www.maverickabrasives.com/ For more information on The Krenov Foundation - https://www.thekrenovfoundation.org/ To see more of Laura's work - http://yaffemays.com/ Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

Jon Binzen interviews Laura Mays, woodworker and director of The Krenov School, about her journey to woodworking and the inspiration behind her inquisitive work. This episode is sponsored by Maverick Abrasives - https://www.maverickabrasives.com/ For more information on The Krenov Foundation - https://www.thekrenovfoundation.org/ To see more of Laura's work - http://yaffemays.com/ Links from this episode can be found here - http://www.shoptalklive.com Sign up for the Fine Woodworking weekly eLetter - https://www.finewoodworking.com/newsletter Sign up for a Fine Woodworking Unlimited membership - https://www.finewoodworking.com/unlimited Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

Join me today as we talk to the incredible Sarah Watlington who manages the furniture projects at the Offerman Wood Shop. And If you didn't know, the hilarious and talented Nick Offerman from Parks and Rec (and hundreds of other amazing movies...) is an AVID woodworker for many, many years. And legit as sh** His passion for woodcraft and support of women in the trades is wonderful. And we have one of those amazing women with us today. Her skill and kindness is wonderful to see. Join in as she shares her journey to the Offerman Wood Shop and her love of woodcraft. And stay til the end to find out why the "Owl" is her spirit animal! Resources mentioned in the show: Sarah Watlington @sarah_watlington Krenov School of Woodworking Fort Bragg @thekrenovschool Laura Mays woodworker @laurabmays Offerman WoodShop @offermanwoodshop Impractical Cabinetmaker Festool Domino Christopher Schwartz: Anarchists Toolchest And for fun, my favorite episode where Nick makes his own canoe (for real, he did in his shop) :)

Join me today as we talk to the incredible Sarah Watlington who manages the furniture projects at the Offerman Wood Shop.  And If you didn't know, the hilarious and talented Nick Offerman from Parks and Rec (and hundreds of other amazing movies...) is an AVID woodworker for many, many years.  And legit as sh**  His passion for woodcraft and support of women in the trades is wonderful.  And we have one of those amazing women with us today.   Her skill and kindness is wonderful to see.  Join in as she shares her journey to the Offerman Wood Shop and her love of woodcraft.  And stay til the end to find out why the "Owl" is her spirit animal! Resources mentioned in the show: Sarah Watlington @sarah_watlington Krenov School of Woodworking Fort Bragg @thekrenovschool Laura Mays woodworker @laurabmays Offerman WoodShop @offermanwoodshop Impractical Cabinetmaker Festool Domino Christopher Schwartz: Anarchists Toolchest And for fun, my favorite episode where Nick makes his own canoe (for real, he did in his shop) :)  

The incredibly talented, Laura Mays pulls up a seat on this latest episode. Listen in as we hear how her trainings as an architect and designer along with a chance cycling crossroad led to a path in woodworking. A creatively winding & interesting path that has led her from her home in Ireland to the northern coast of California, first as a student at the College of the Redwoods and then back again to her present day position as the director and instructor at The Krenov School.

Today's episode is a bit different. I have a chat with Laura Mays of episode 55 and Deirdre Visser about the book they are writing together and the show they curated together called Making a Seat at the Table that is currently running at the Center for Art in Wood in Philadelphia. The show contains the work of 43 woman-identified woodworkers.

Laura is a mother, woodworker, teacher, curator, and author. She has a degree in architecture, but really has a drive to be much more hands on. Through a series of events she found herself in woodworking school, getting a certificate in furniture design and manufacturing. She went into woodworking as a career from there, landing as a teacher at the Krenov School of Fine Furniture in Fort Bragg, CA.

Question 1: From Harry: How can I prevent Camellia from becoming all gummy. After letting a plane set for a few weeks that had been wiped down with Camellia Oil it was next to impossible to get the plane apart. I actually caused some minor damage it was stuck so hard. Rollie’s answer: On tools if you have areas that the oil is applied to that don’t see use it can build a bit, but not much and over a long period of time. A quick wipe with a bit of naphtha or acetone will clean it off. Those solvents are essential because they are fully volatile and won’t leave any oily residue, which mineral spirits will do. Question 2: From Mike: In in a couple months I will be building a house and I will be putting my shop in the basement. Currently I have a small shop, but in my new shop it will be large (about 25x35). Since I have this rare opportunity, I want to put power in the floor and dust collection the floor. Therefore, I have to decide where to put my tools and I will not be able to move them. Are there general guidelines on placement of tools? How far should a table saw be away from a wall? What about a bandsaw, how far from a wall or in the sides? Same question for a router table, jointer and thickness planer. Grizzly’s online shop-layout planner A Layout Kit for Small Shops by John Yurko #174–Tools & Shops 2004 Issue Segment: All-Time Favorite Technique Mike: Using a bendy stick to hold in moldings as you glue them Anissa: A Box Worth Repeating by Laura Mays #240–May/June 2014 Issue Ben: Using blue tape and CA glue as a stand-in for double-sided tape StewMac’s YouTube Channel Marc Spagnuolo’s video Mike’s double-down technique: Using a bendy ruler clamped in a pipe clamp as a curve bow Shopmade Drawing Bow by Tim Coleman #260–Mar/Apr 2017 Issue Question 3:   From Chris: Do those of you with kids suffer like I do from a never ending queue of fix it items that are piled on the workbench and take precedence over projects? It’s fun to hack together solutions for beloved toys, and see the delight on their faces when it works, but it sucks up most of my limited shop time. Any tips on quick fixes, or do I just need to wait this period out until they are teenagers? Question 4: From Jim: I recently upgraded table saws with a killer deal on a used Delta Unisaw with a Unifence. I'm used to a Biesemeyer fence, and have a number of jigs utilizing the parallel faces of the fence, such as an L fence. I do not think I can use these jigs on the Unifence because it lacks the parallel faces necessary to track or clamp the jigs. Any ideas for Unifence modification or other tricks to increase the utility of the Unifence? Recommendations: Ben - StewMac’s YouTube Channel Anissa - Jonathan Livingston Seagull Mike -  Lee Valley - Lee Valley Toggle Clamp Plate Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

Question 1: From Harry: How can I prevent Camellia from becoming all gummy. After letting a plane set for a few weeks that had been wiped down with Camellia Oil it was next to impossible to get the plane apart. I actually caused some minor damage it was stuck so hard. Rollie’s answer: On tools if you have areas that the oil is applied to that don’t see use it can build a bit, but not much and over a long period of time. A quick wipe with a bit of naphtha or acetone will clean it off. Those solvents are essential because they are fully volatile and won’t leave any oily residue, which mineral spirits will do. Question 2: From Mike: In in a couple months I will be building a house and I will be putting my shop in the basement. Currently I have a small shop, but in my new shop it will be large (about 25x35). Since I have this rare opportunity, I want to put power in the floor and dust collection the floor. Therefore, I have to decide where to put my tools and I will not be able to move them. Are there general guidelines on placement of tools? How far should a table saw be away from a wall? What about a bandsaw, how far from a wall or in the sides? Same question for a router table, jointer and thickness planer. Grizzly’s online shop-layout planner A Layout Kit for Small Shops by John Yurko #174–Tools & Shops 2004 Issue Segment: All-Time Favorite Technique Mike: Using a bendy stick to hold in moldings as you glue them Anissa: A Box Worth Repeating by Laura Mays #240–May/June 2014 Issue Ben: Using blue tape and CA glue as a stand-in for double-sided tape StewMac’s YouTube Channel Marc Spagnuolo’s video Mike’s double-down technique: Using a bendy ruler clamped in a pipe clamp as a curve bow Shopmade Drawing Bow by Tim Coleman #260–Mar/Apr 2017 Issue Question 3:   From Chris: Do those of you with kids suffer like I do from a never ending queue of fix it items that are piled on the workbench and take precedence over projects? It’s fun to hack together solutions for beloved toys, and see the delight on their faces when it works, but it sucks up most of my limited shop time. Any tips on quick fixes, or do I just need to wait this period out until they are teenagers? Question 4: From Jim: I recently upgraded table saws with a killer deal on a used Delta Unisaw with a Unifence. I'm used to a Biesemeyer fence, and have a number of jigs utilizing the parallel faces of the fence, such as an L fence. I do not think I can use these jigs on the Unifence because it lacks the parallel faces necessary to track or clamp the jigs. Any ideas for Unifence modification or other tricks to increase the utility of the Unifence? Recommendations: Ben - StewMac’s YouTube Channel Anissa - Jonathan Livingston Seagull Mike -  Lee Valley - Lee Valley Toggle Clamp Plate Every two weeks, a team of Fine Woodworking staffers answers questions from readers on Shop Talk Live, Fine Woodworking‘s biweekly podcast. Send your woodworking questions to shoptalk@taunton.com for consideration in the regular broadcast! Our continued existence relies upon listener support. So if you enjoy the show, be sure to leave us a five-star rating and maybe even a nice comment on our iTunes page.

In part 1 of the series on the Krenov School of Fine Woodworking in Ft. Bragg California i'm speaking to Laura Mays the school's program director. She will tell us about the school's history and where they are headed in the future. She also explains how they are keeping the legacy of James Krenov alive and passing on his methods to new generations of fine woodworkers.

This week, Shop Talk Live travels to California for an interview with College of the Redwoods lead instructor Laura Mays. Plus, your woodworking questions and even a few words from that late James Krenov.

This week, Shop Talk Live travels to California for an interview with College of the Redwoods lead instructor Laura Mays. Plus, your woodworking questions and even a few words from that late James Krenov.