The Shop Stool Podcast

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Nathan has been building beautiful furniture for the last 10 years and in this episode he goes through his story from using pallet wood, to creating some incredible pieces. If you...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Clients often spend a lot of time going back and forth with you either refining a design, or just trying to feel confident that you’re the person they want to spend their hard earn...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Joey gets a little heated about a recent visit from his insurer, they’re cracking down on work from home furniture makers. If you would like to donate to the show you can find out...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We get into the networking topic we mentioned last week, enjoy. If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewi...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). In this episode we catch up after a few weeks of guests. Joey’s power went out and Bryan’s headphones wouldn’t connect, all before we even hit the record button. We got there in th...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Jon Goulder is a leading figure in both design and craft in the Adelaide region. We were lucky enough to talk to him about his history and his philosophy on work ethic. If you woul...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Our first guest of the season is Dan Barker from Bricolage Studio. He shares his story and the boys get into detail on one of his latest pieces. They also bring up the idea of crit...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Robin goes into detail on an issue with a product he sold, that broke while the client was using it. No one was hurt but it raised some good points on how clients interact with you...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). In Australia it’s the big green and red, but all around the world you find massive big box stores that suck up competition while offering the public a lot of conveniences. So where...

Welcome to season 6 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We’re back for season 6 and we’ve got to get through some major updates! If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We’re done for season 5. Here’s a look back, and what we’re looking forward to in 2024. If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Lewis: https://www...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We’re talking to another prize winner this week. This time it’s the coveted Clarence Prize and this year it was taken by Patrick Adeney. He joins us to talk about his approach to b...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Joey’s through the worst of it with new work coming in. Robin also talks about an end grain cutting board with dowels covering up cracks. If you would like to donate to the show yo...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Everyone has their ups and downs in business but what happens when the down go on longer than expected. If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Le...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Jess Humpston has had a meteoric rise to fame in her career after winning the Wood Review Maker of the Year award for “Ch-air”. In this episode she tells her story and goes into de...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Look, a woodworkers gotta do what a woodworkers gotta do. And Robin’s had zero sales on Celery Top Shop so the guys chip in for some ideas on how to change that. Oh, and you can fi...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Phil Morley is known around the world for his incredible furniture. His story takes him from London to Texas and it was a wild ride. This is an episode you don’t want to miss, If y...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Joey’s decided to open up his work shop to students so we discuss how, and what to teach. If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Lewis: https://w...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). April Wilkerson is a household name at this point. Part of that success should be credited to her amazing work ethic, and in this episode we chat to her about her many business ven...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). This episode Robin runs through his new jointer and thicknesser, and we talk about the logging ban that’s recently back in the news. If you would like to donate to the show you can...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We all got to hang out with Patrick at Wood Dust 23 and really enjoyed his approach to woodworking. In this episode we talk about how his taste in design has changed and evolved ov...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We’re back from Wood Dust 23 and it was an epic experience. We hosted a woodworking event, alongside Jimmy Diresta, April Wilkerson and Matt Estlea. Over the 2 day event in Melbour...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Matt’s all the way over in the UK but he got up early to join us on the show and talk about what makes him tick. He’s been through some stressful times recently with a workshop mov...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). Jimmy Diresta. We got him on the show. Enough said right? We got an hour with the legend himself to talk about his upcoming trip to Melbourne for the Wood Dust 23 event, and we dis...

Welcome to season 5 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau). We’re back for season 5 and have some exciting news! If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here. Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/ Joe...