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Matt's Basement Workshop HD Video Feed

Summary: The small screen just wasn't big enough. Matt's Basement Workshop HD is the same show it's always been, just formatted in 720P for your HD devices.

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 Tried and true dovetail technique | File Type: video/mp4 | Duration: Unknown

Did I mention anything about how unhappy I was with the alternate half-blind dovetail technique I demonstrated in the latest video? Yeah, I probably have talked about it a little more than I should have, but I didn't want anyone to get the idea that I endorse that technique. So here's a bonus video this week - My old tried and true half-blind dovetail technique. To get the job done, it simply involves a dovetail saw, a couple of chisels and that's it nothing more! [haiku url="http://blip.tv/file/get/Mattvan-TriedAndTrueDovetailTechnique784.mp3" title="tried and true"] Download Video Download HD 720 Video Download Audio Help support the show - please visit our advertisers

 487 Shop Redo | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: Unknown

I'm not a fan of New Year resolutions. I vow to stop making them every January 5th, which usually coincides with the same day I give up on the diet/exercise program I started on January 1st. However, this year I decided to give it one more try and announced on Wood Talk Online Radio that by the end of the year I'd give my shop a much needed facelift. This is nothing new in the basement workshop, in fact it's something I had been vowing to do for a long time. For a long time now I've been getting frustrated with how cluttered my shop was feeling and even more frustrated at my inability to get work done without having to constantly move things around just to accomplish a single task. To be quite honest, the extra time it was taking me to clear a spot to plane a board or to set up a tool for a cut that should take only 30 seconds to accomplish was becoming too long. Not to mention that I was constantly losing small items and tools in the ever growing piles. In other words...SOMETHING HAD TO CHANGE! Today's episode is a tour of my new shop layout. I have yet to put it through its paces on a project, but there's room to tweak it for optimal flow and efficiency when I do. A huge thanks to the folks over at Port-A-Mate for their help with a few new items to make the shop a better and safer place to work.

 486 Excuses excuses | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: Unknown

I'd love to tell you we're starting a new build project today or I had a new tool or two to share (which I do, but that's for another day) but instead this is just a quick "heads up" of what's happening and NOT happening with the show. Unfortunately the warm days of early summer draw me out of the basement and in to the fresh air and sunlight. But luckily for the show, coming in the next several weeks, that same fresh air and sunlight will be SO HOT I'll be retreating to the basement to enjoy the rest of my summer months. So new content is just around the corner, I swear! Off on a tangent...in honor of Father's Day I have a couple of great titles written by Jack McKee of www.woodshop4kids.com. "Woodshop for Kids" & "Builder Boards" are two books filled with great ideas and projects to help you introduce your kids, grandkids, nieces or nephews...whoever they are...to woodworking. Because Father's Day is next weekend (as I'm posting this) I'm offering copies of these books to one winner next Sunday. How do you get entered? Either email me a picture of the project you built with your young woodworker, or a description of it, or even leave a comment about it in today's shownotes at the website.

 WIA 2012 Sneak Peek with Megan Fitzpatrick | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: Unknown

Woodworking In America 2012 isn't until mid-October, but it doesn't hurt to start planning now if you'll be attending. I have it on good authority there's still plenty of openings for woodworkers to sign up, and attend what has become a perennial destination for anyone passionate about woodworking. This year's conference has a little twist to it. Rather than one big weekend, the folks at Popular Woodworking Magazine have taken a gamble and are offering two full weekends of some of the best woodworking lectures, vendors and get-togethers modern woodworkers have ever known. For the past few years, attendees and those who wanted to be attendees, have been asking for Woodworking in America to travel west of the Mississippi river. This year they're doing just that by holding the first of the two weekends in Pasadena, California. And as everyone knows, out west they do things they're own unique way. The West Coast WIA conference will be no different! With speakers and events specifically planned for the first of the 2012 conferences you'll find seminars and a few vendors you won't find any where else. But not to be outdone though, the 2012 Midwest WIA conference promises to be equally amazing and filled with all the best speakers, vendors, events and of course all the things we've come to expect from Woodworking In Americas in the past. For more information, visit the Woodworking In America website where you'll find everything you need for both venues. And if that still doesn't answer all your questions you can also email Megan Fitzpatrick Megan.Fitzpatrick@fwmedia.com (or any of the Popular Woodworking Editors) to get information on both the event and anything woodworking related. ...Of course listening to today's episode isn't a bad idea either!

 485 Talking with Eli Cleveland | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: Unknown

The other day I had a chance to sit down with Eli Cleveland to discuss what seemed to be our differing views of the online woodworking community. It's no secret that recently there were some raw nerves exposed over what has been perceived by many to be a slap to the face of woodworking bloggers and podcasters. It appeared to many of us that our legitimacy was being questioned and we were being branded in a negative way. The resulting volley of comments back and forth regarding this most current statement, and even ones previously, have served as a rallying cry for many to say online woodworking is stronger and more united than ever. But is it? As one of the first woodworking podcasters on the scene back in 2006, I heard a lot of less than nice things about how stupid or crazy I was for trying something like a woodworking podcast. At the time, I would reach out to "established" media resources to ask for permission to use content or ask for advice and quite often there was never an answer or even more frequently, a lot of skepticism of what I was attempting to do. But I didn't let that stop me. I knew deep down, if I wanted to see an online show(s) like what we have today, I probably wasn't alone. I could either sit back, wait and hope someone would come along to start it or just get the ball rolling myself. So after 6-1/2 years of growing my audience, making SO MANY new friends and at the same time learning and then turning around and sharing as many of my experiences as an amateur woodworker with anyone who was willing to watch an episode. To hear something that sounded like it was calling into question everything I had done...it cut straight to the bone. My first reaction was to see red and as I mention to Eli in the show, I like to think I can let cooler heads prevail, but it's hard to contain that animal instinct when you feel like your being attacked. And that's some of what you'll hear in today's episode. Let me set the record straight before anyone jumps to a conclusion about today's show. It's not meant to re-hash old grudges and continue to beat a metaphorical "dead horse". Our discussion was an opportunity for two woodworkers who feel passionate about the craft and want to see the online community building up around it grow stronger. Strength comes from trust and understanding, but to have trust and understanding, you have to be willing to realize not everything is perfect. Being able to recognize your perceptions and understandings on any given topic, aren't necessarily the right one, is a bitter pill to swallow. When I first invited Eli to come on the show, it was meant as an opportunity for me to tell him how I thought he was wrong about both his comments and also his views of the online woodworking community. After emailing with him to get things set up and then during our conversation before, during and even after the recording, I discovered we came together thinking we were ways apart in our views but ended up realizing we had more in common with what we want for this community than we may have realized.

 FWWLive the interview | File Type: video/x-m4v | Duration: Unknown

Not to long ago Fine Woodworking Magazine announced the arrival of their first live woodworking event, Fine Woodworking Live. I had the pleasure of talking with FWW Editor Asa Christiana about the magazine and to fill us in on what Fine Woodworking Live is all about. We get all the details about the upcoming event, and even a few scoops on things that may still be in the works to round out the whole weekend. Fine Woodworking Live starts on Friday and Saturday morning with a large general session discussions and then branches off into small-group sessions in the afternoon to discuss topics by a variety of experts you'll recognize from the pages of Fine Woodworking Magazine. Saturday night, Nick Offerman, star of NBC's "Parks and Recreation" and a die-hard woodworker, will be the guest speaker at an optional banquet dinner. Then to wrap it all up on Sunday, there's a number of additional sessions being offered on specific topics in a small class setting. Some of these are limited in space and number of attendees, so get registered early before space fills up. Fine Woodworking Live is being billed as a "can't-miss weekend for anyone looking to dive deep into the craft, guided by the best and the brightest in the field of woodworking. Plus it's a great chance to meet fellow woodworkers in an engaging, enlightening, and fun event". If you have any questions about the event, head on over to www.finewoodworkinglive.com and you'll find all the information we talked about in today's show. Please take a moment to answer our listener survey for Matt's Basement Workshop Podcast. A few simple, anonymous questions with a chance to win a MBW T-shirt if you choose to leave your email. Your answers are private and will never be sold to spammers or advertisers. Matt's Basement Workshop Listener surveyHelp support the show - please visit our advertisers

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