Il podcast di Antonino Privitera

Why no lacquer?, our most challenging projects, a painted finish, and out feed tables.

Shop layout, differences in bench planes, how much of the tree can be used.

Scientific American assistant news editor, Tanya Lewis, and collections editor, Andrea Gawrylewski, host a new podcast that takes a deeper look at short articles from the Advances news section of the magazine.

Planter box finishing, why lumber dealers are closed on the weekends, and is rough lumber necessary?

On today's show we're talking about: sliding dovetails, the Greg Klassen debacle, drilling 1.5" holes, and strop maintenance

Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for using evolutionary principles to create highly efficient enzymes and antibodies, with numerous practical applications.

Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland shared the Nobel Prize for finding ways to control and enhance laser light, leading to numerous common applications. 

James P. Allison and and Tasuku Honjo shared the Nobel Prize for their discovery of inhibition of negative immune regulation, the basis of new drugs against cancer.

Astrophysicist and sports data scientist Meredith Wills talks about why a subtle change in Major League baseballs may be behind the jump in home runs after 2014.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann talks about the just-issued Goalkeepers Report, tracking progress against poverty and disease even as the population keeps rising.

On today's show we're talking about: hard vs soft maple, jack or smoother, router bit storage, and smoky mortise bits

Troubles with a low angle Jack plane, does a square need to be square, and poly or varnish?

Miter saw fences, stinky shellac, rough sawn lumber, slab prices, sharpening set ups, and woodworking education.

Senior Editor Gary Stix talks about the September special issue of Scientific American , devoted to the science of being human. And Brown University evolutionary biologist Ken Miller discusses human chromosome 2 and what it tells us about us.

On today's show we're talking about what we did on our summer break and a Voicemail extravaganza.

Stephen Asma, professor of philosophy at Columbia College Chicago, talks about his two latest books, The Evolution of Imagination and Why We Need Religion .

NPR science journalist Richard Harris talks about his book, Rigor Mortis: How Sloppy Science Creates Worthless Cures, Crushes Hope and Wastes Billions .

Outdoor finish options, what's the deal with the DelVe Square?, Plywood safety, applying Enduro-Var, making gifts for other woodworkers, expired finishes, soundproofing the shop.

what's the deal with the #6 fore plane?, support for large tops, building boats, and furniture styles

Getting that vintage Cherry look, building movie furniture, how to prepare the shop for the summer, low angle planes, outsourcing finishing, air dried vs kiln dried lumber for a bench, and our critique of bad critiques.

At the second Science on the Hill event, AI, Robotics and Your Health, experts from academia and the private sector talked with Scientific American Editor in Chief Mariette DiChristina about the future of AI and robotics in medicine.  

On today's show we're talking about: selling tools before you move, your first trip to a lumber yard, and table saw power.

Edge-banding router bits, boxed beam construction, our contributions to woodworking, to pre-finish or not to pre-finish, drill press speeds, epoxy pouring tips, and should you buy a Domino.

On today's show we're talking about: keeping cool in the summer shop, wood choice for a baton, Getting into chainsaw milling

On today's show we're talking about: a case of the dropsies, what's the deal with slabs, and flooring for the shop.