Maker Skills

Haggling

Is it the art of haggling or the skill. All we know is that PJ and Tom have it and Tanda may not. PJ has more deals that you can shake a stick at together the maker skills crew designs a great fire pit for Tom... or not. 

Researching

This week the Maker Skills three are chatting about researching. Tom and PJ both snagged some great deals and Tanda comes clean on her research addiction. 

Completing

Today we talk about completing projects, but mostly ended up talking about not completing projects. Also, lots of talk about the slip'n slide party that took place this past weekend in up, up ,up state NY. 

Ben Wilson

This week on the Maker Skills Podcast we welcome our first guest, Ben Wilson. The topic is troubleshooting and we visit with Ben to get his take on troubleshooting as well as having him join in on some of the usual segments. Enjoy! 

Beautification

With a topic like Beautification the maker skills gang naturally gravitates to talking about blueberries, astronauts, hooded blankets and chasing turds. PJ scores another locomotive sander, Tom's beautifying has shop furniture and Tanda makes absolutely no mention of leprechauns. 

Screen Printing

This week's topic is squeezing goo through stencils with screens on top of them.  It's more fun than you would think. There are bargain stories, some odd segments and Tom mostly survives so all is well. Give it a listen and let us know what you think over on our Instagram feed @maker.skills 

Modifying

In this episode, the topic is modifying. With an extra week of research Tom and Tanda more than double their usual complete lack of research. You can do the math. PJ does battle with the flakes of FaceBook and old Oswald drops in to answer some listener questions, although he also drops out a few times.

Inventing

Inventing? Yes, this crew invents stuff on just about every episode. In this episode they talk about it. Sort of meta. PJ sells off a truckload of hand tools, no really, literally a truck load of hand tools and buys some new goodies as well. Big news, Tom DID NOT by another giant machine this week. I'm pretty sure Tanda retells an old story and gets away with it, while Tom and PJ both get flagged for re-using old material. 

Sticking

This week Maker Skills is sticking with the basics. Yep sticking things together is a pretty basic skill and rates a whopping "1" on the maker skill level scale when adjusted for inflation. Should a bandsaw be called a bandsaw, comes up in a new segment about naming things and welding can always be sneaked in under the sticking category. Enjoy!

Flipping

Flipping tools, flipping people, flipping the bird, you name it this flippin' episode is about "flipping". The intent of course was to talk about buying and and then selling tools in a short period of time. However, the maker skills threesome is easily sidetracked. PJ has finished up a beautiful pinstriped vise, sure to please those with art deco vise vices. Tom has acquired an amazing table saw, yet seems more jazzed about a battery operated die grinder and Tanda questions whether flipping in your fifties is a good idea.