The Shop Stool Podcast

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An Australian/New Zealand podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (KingPost TimberWorks) and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

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77. Is Bunnings That Bad? 25.05.2021 47:59

Welcome to season 3 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 take a look at the leading hardware supplier in Australia and why they’ve been so successful. Bryan shares some of his thoughts on their practices while Robin airs his thoughts...

76. Exploring Form And Shape ft Alexsandra Pontonio 09.05.2021 48:50

Welcome to season 3 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 hails from Melbourne and she’s an amazing woodworker and all round great person to meet. Alexsandra Pontonio is a renowned furniture maker who has wor...

75. Still Catching Up 25.04.2021 58:08

Welcome to season 3 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). It’s only the second episode so we decided to use it for more catch up (it was a long break alright). So we talk car ports, protecting IPs, and how to paint like the pros. Robin Le...

74. We're Back 10.04.2021 1:03:38

Welcome to season 3 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 with a new season, after a long break and a false start. Here’s what’s been happening over the past few months. It’s great to be back! Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram...

73. The Year That Was 2020, Season Finale 20.12.2020 54:51

Welcome to season 2 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). It's almost over, there's only a few weeks left in 2020. In this show we go through some of our favourite episodes and talk about what's coming up in 2021. We’re also ending the se...

72. The Staircase 06.12.2020 58:41

Welcome to season 2 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). A couple weeks back Joey completed a massive project; building and installing 2 spiral staircases. In this episodes we go into the project, from design to fit out and talk about th...

71. Straw Marquetry ft Arthur Seigneur 28.11.2020 36:31

Welcome to season 2 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 meet our first Parisian, although he currently lives in Sydney. Arthur Seigneur is a world renowned furniture maker, specialising in the art of straw marquetry....

70. Finding Australia's Best Recycled Timber - ft Andy Mineur 07.11.2020 59:21

Welcome to season 2 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 meet Andy Mineur, the owner of Urban Salvage in Melbourne. He’s an incredibly passionate timber merchant, specialising in recycled products. We go through the pr...

69. A Lot Can Change In A Month 25.10.2020 56:56

Welcome to season 2 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). It’s been just over a month since our last episode and we’re here to tell you why. We also get into Joey’s curved staircase, a behemoth of a project. It’s had some client challenge...

68. Working With Ancient Redgum 19.09.2020 57:23

Welcome to season 2 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). Tonight we’re talking to an award winning craftsman from Melbourne. He specialises in eucalypts, creating some amazing pieces from ancient red gum that was around during the last i...

67. Light Is Something You Subconsciously Get Affected By ft Duncan Meerding 29.08.2020 48:45

Welcome to season 2 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). Tonight’s guest is another woodworker from Tasmanian, and his focus is on furniture and lighting. And while that’s a particular specialty that we haven’t had on the show before, he...

66. Can't Believe We're Talking About This Again! 15.08.2020 46:30

Welcome to season 2 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). Well here we are again, talking about COVID-19. Unfortunately the coronavirus pandemic has hit New Zealand and Australia for a second time and it’s affecting us all very differentl...

65. Sometimes It's More About Theatre Than Furniture Making ft Laura McCusker 01.08.2020 47:35

Welcome to season 2 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 week we had a chat with Laura McCusker from Tasmania. She’s been making furniture, officially, since 1996, and has piled on the awards in that time. She’s worked on some amazi...

64. Should Ethics Influence Profit Margins? 18.07.2020 48:25

Welcome to season 2 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). It’s just the 3 of us this week, talking about whatever came to mind. That included another horror client for Joey and a recent controversy surrounding a well-known maker. We ask t...

63. The Life Of A Propmaker - ft Nick Pledge 04.07.2020 59:31

Welcome to season 2 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 week we spoke to a propmaker from Melbourne, the one and only Nick Pledge. He’s THE guy in Australia when it comes to props, and he’s worked on some high profile films because...

62. How To Set Fire To A CNC Machine ft Jem Freeman (Like Butter) 20.06.2020 58:40

Welcome to season 2 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). Jem is a pretty rad guy. He’s one half of Like Butter, a design and fabrication operation in Melbourne, Victoria. They make a range of products, mostly focussing on CNC work. We ha...

61. What We're Working On 13.06.2020 43:04

Welcome to season 2 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). It’s been a long time since we talked about our current projects. Joey’s back in the swing of things with some interesting new jobs, Bryan’s just finished a chest of drawers, and R...

60. We Need To Be Making Heirlooms ft Aidan Mackinnon (Cut Throat Knives) 06.06.2020 53:02

Welcome to season 2 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 have out first knife maker on the show, Aidan from Cut Throat Knives, based in Melbourne. The knives coming out of his workshop are nothing short of spectacular and he has some...

59. Everyone Needs A Friend In The Shop - ft Audi & Ivy (Siosi) 23.05.2020 42:29

Welcome to season 2 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). Today we talk to Audi and Ivy, 2 incredibly talented makers from Indiana in the US. They share their story of how they grew from a needs must environment, where everything was lear...

58. A Roundy Stripey Zebra Table 09.05.2020 43:40

Welcome to season 2 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). With the COVID-19 pandemic losing steam in many parts of the world, Australia and New Zealand included, Joey and Bryan are heading back to their workshops. This week we discuss wha...

57. The Windsor Chair Maker Himself ft Bern Chandley 02.05.2020 49:20

Welcome to season 2 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). Today we have another guest on the show, this time a local chair maker from Melbourne, best known for his windsor chairs. He uses both modern and traditional techniques, something...

56. When You Put An Airbus On Your Amex - ft Neil Ferrier (Discommon) 12.04.2020 1:00:03

Welcome to season 2 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). It’s not everyday we get to talk to someone with such an adventurous past so we jumped at the opportunity to have Neil Ferrier tell his story. His business, Discommon, is a leader...

55. I Guess It's Time We Talk About This 27.03.2020 57:52

Welcome to season 2 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). By now we’re all aware of the coronavirus outbreak and the devastating affect it’s having on people’s lives. Up until now we’ve steered clear of the topic because it hasn’t impacte...

54. Are You Outgrowing Your Workshop? 22.03.2020 54:54

Welcome to season 2 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 week we go over the best track saws on the market and why you’d buy one, and we also go through our workshop development. As we grow into our spaces, and potentially go into b...

53. Judging the 2020 Wood Review Student Awards 07.03.2020 48:37

Welcome to season 2 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 discuss the new kitchen island bench that Robin made, as well as Bryan’s role in judging the 2020 Wood Review Student Awards. Robin Lewis: https://www.youtube.co...