The cool things to make in woodshop limited pieces must fit together precisely to achieve the best look on an intarsia project. The 1inch of closed cell foam is equal to inch of typical batt insulation. Sign up today- This is a week that you will not want to miss! Will Neptune will be here to do a day of hands on carving and hopefully Mike Pekovich will be able to stop by to introduce you to some of his design ideas and techniques. The patterns are easy to cut and assemble. Here at Grovemade, he's our manufacturing engineer, meaning he commands our machinery to do as he wills!

I needed to find something that brought peace to my mind because I was literally going crazy. I had to find a way to clear my head and focus my mind. But I rediscovered my love for making. It was a meditative pursuit in a way. EG: Absolutely. Working with your hands allows you the opportunity to lose yourself in time and focus solely on creating one thing. I want this piece to be as beautiful as I can make it.

I like learning new things, I love challenges — pushing myself. I excel in those environments. When I say excel, I mean mentally and physically.

So, going back to my roots and working with my hands and becoming a better craftsman allowed me that freedom in my head to get back on track. EG: When I say friend, I mean shrink. I was an avid biker up to that point. I liked riding a lot and rode for many years, and I worked on bikes as a hobby. I decided to learn how to build motorcycles.

And build them from scratch — just raw materials. Then over a couple weeks, I fleshed it out and started my bike shop, Voodoo Choppers. But mine was about craftsmanship.

I wanted to shine a light on the craftspeople who bring life to their craft. We never truly developed a system of apprenticeship in the manner that it was originally designed for. Apprenticeships are only in a couple of fields of the trades — HVAC, plumbing, and electrical. But in Europe and Asia and other parts of the world, there are true apprenticeship systems. And the recognition of working with your hands is still sought-after.

People look at you if you work with your hands for a living, and they think you must not be book smart. So, I was hoping that our show would help people understand the importance of trades and learn to appreciate craftsmanship. EG: The creators of the show and I highlight individuals who work with their hands to create an object.

They could work with wood, they could work metal, or ceramics, or glass, or textiles, or whatever. We talk to them about what they do, and then go into their workspace and learn how they do it. And I always like to ask people how they see themselves. Are they an artist or a craftsman? The way we define that is whether what they are creating holds a utilitarian value. You could consider yourself a craftsman or an artist, or both.

It gets people engaged. Man, I get some emails. I love questions that get you thinking like that. EG: The online community involvement is amazing. Our audience is engaged, and people seem to enjoy the show. I enjoy the interview portion of our show. How did they find their way from point A to point B? Stone carver Walter Arnold knew when he was years-old what he wanted to do for a living.

He knew it in his blood. He restructured his life to do just that. And other people, like Mark Whitley, grew up working with his hands. His dad had a hardware store. He always enjoyed woodworking but went away from it for a while to become a priest, and then over time found his way back into fine woodworking and studio furniture.

I just love hearing those stories. I try to learn from the lessons they learned and understand how it changed their life — to walk a mile in their shoes. Anybody can do this stuff. You have to want to learn. The problem is that people put up barriers. Keep at it. Everyone makes mistakes. You can learn from it, or you can let it kill your passion.

Another mistake is another lesson learned. Those numbers start decreasing. And your skills start increasing. EG: I rekindled my passion for woodworking. EG: My grandfather was a cabinetmaker, and my father is a serious woodworking hobbyist.

I grew up in that environm ent and have a lway s enjoyed it, but somehow, I ended up in the world of information technology. I love well-made joinery with no fasteners. There are what I would consider general practices of craftsmanship. Like measure twice, cut once — basic methodologies. And always trying to excel for the best. I mean, good design is good design. What I do is metal shaping, which is creating compound shapes in metal.

WM: Describe your dream shop. Would you be able to divide your shop - half woodworking, half metal shaping? What happened was, I had my metal shop, and then I started incorporating woodworking equipment, which is riddled with problems. Even with metalworking, one of my favorite things to do is hand file work. I love working with hand files. EG: Fishing. I try to get out as much as I can.

I do a fair amount of fly-fishing. I like to spend summer months on a lake, just casting. Nick is our resident word-smith and idea generator and customer question answerer. He loves email subject lines and looking at numbers for a long time and then drawing graphs. Event planning? Building everything? Resident wakeboarder? Producing a vodka brand? He came to us from Lake Tahoe and the University of Oregon Product Design program, where he says he built a particle accelerator that fits in your pocket, but we think he was exaggerating.

In his spare time he advises on ideal burger toppings and talks about his Subaru. Kacy has a plan and his plan is to watch basketball later, after work. He likes to build things, at Grovemade and at home, things like custom PCs. On the basketball court, he uses magical mind-power and strong ankles to best his opponent. She works in the shop at Grovemade, assisting in all levels of production and operations. Her heart melts at the thought of fondue, which is a joke she imagines telling her friends at culinary school someday.

Christopher keeps to a strict diet of one movie per day, to keep the doctor away. Some of his other favorite things are designing furniture, playing video games, and eating tacos.

In the shop, he leverages those skills primarily eating tacos to coax beautiful shapes from raw materials. Kevin, Grovemade industrial designer extraordinaire, is a man at the height of his particular imaginative talents.

That is to say that he's in his prime. Kevin's an inquisitive guy who's dedicated to learning and expanding his skillset. With an earthling-first attitude, he's here to design as well as to improve his sleight of hand. With a voice reminiscent of radio men of yon, Justin's soothing baritone brings an exuberant calm to the woodshop. Sign up to our newsletter below to access your code.

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