Il podcast di Antonino Privitera

Re-coating an old poly finish, bandsaw blades for curves, and correcting a rip hand saw cut.

Crook cane handle designs, defusing shop vac hose static electricity, and resawing with table saw and band saw.

Finish for a teak shower bench, curved vs hard angles in ductwork, and steamed vs unsteamed Walnut.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for discoveries of the mechanisms by which cells maintain the integrity of their DNA sequences  

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Takaaki Kajita and Arthur B. McDonald for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass

Laminated leg vise chops, managing scrap wood, loose tenon joinery, the Bosch Glide Miter Saw vs the Festool Kapex, and Veritas' PM-V11 steel.

The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria. Some 3.4 billion people are at risk for the diseases these drugs treat  

Recalling our favorite classes and most-loved luxury tools.

Finishing a project with nooks and crannies, using cut nails, and flattening a table base to accept the top

Construction and design advice to a listener on his bridal chest project.

Making curved sides on a small box, attaching paper-backed veneer to a van interior, and finishing half blind dovetails.

Medical researcher Richard Johnson, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, talks about his October Scientific American article "The Fat Gene," co-authored by anthropologist Peter Andrews of University College London and the Natural History Museum in London. Their piece is about how a genetic mutation in prehistoric apes may underlie today’s pandemic of obesity and diabetes  

On today's show, we're talking about Storing Shellac, fixing a dado that's too deep, and a "different way" to mill boards by hand.

Your finishing goof-up questions.

Physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss, director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University, talks about his article "What Einstein Got Wrong," in Scientific American ’s September issue, devoted to the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s publication of general relativity  

Shannon tells us why he loves his hand tools so much!

Jimmy Carter talks about his public health efforts to eradicate guinea worm and improve global mental health and women's health. Plus, magazine collector Steven Lomazow brings part of his collection to the Scientific American 170th birthday party  

Marc answers your burning questions about finishing!

Discussing our experiences with veneer.

Smith College sports economist Andrew Zimbalist talks about why the Olympics is almost always a big financial hardship for the host city, a subject he treats at length in his book Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup . Recorded at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse in New York City  

"Cheating" in woodworking. Specifically, using CNC machines in your shop.