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Woodworking talk from inside the shop.

The gist

ShopNotes Podcast follows Phil Huber, Logan Whitmer, and John Doyle through the practical and funny edges of woodworking. Episodes move from listener mail and shop projects to turning tools, lumber choices, furniture adaptations, travel, and behind-the-scenes work at Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking.

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About ShopNotes Podcast

ShopNotes Podcast is a woodworking conversation shaped by listener mail, real shop projects, and the everyday work of making magazines and videos about the craft. Phil Huber is the named host in the recent episodes, often joined by Logan Whitmer and John Doyle. The pace is casual. The substance is specific. A single question about buying a lathe opens into a practical rundown of starter tools, chucks, small machines, skill-building projects, turning classes, and the difference between a tempting gadget path and a steadier way into the craft. Another thread about adapting furniture designs turns into a broader discussion of how woodworkers borrow, revise, resize, and recombine ideas from past builds. The show keeps returning to the bench. There are vent hoods, outfeed tables, chairs, vanity cabinets, shop-made tools, brass mallets, panel gauges, scraper shaves, Scandinavian hand planes, and the kind of small handmade object that can be finished over a weekend. Materials get equal attention. Cherry and walnut combinations, red oak versus white oak, pearwood, Bradford and Cleveland pears, Eastern red cedar, pasture land, deer cover, and aggressive species all become part of the same working vocabulary. The hosts also bring listeners behind the scenes at Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking, with references to photo shoots, magazine issues, YouTube uploads, memberships, showcases, travel, and the practical machinery of keeping woodworking media moving. Listener comments are central to the format. They supply jokes, corrections, project stories, tool questions, design prompts, and the occasional nickname that the room has to absorb in real time. The humor is dry and familiar rather than polished. The value is in hearing experienced woodworkers reason out loud, disagree lightly, remember what they have built before, and connect small shop choices to larger habits of design and making.

Made for: ShopNotes Podcast suits woodworkers who enjoy practical shop talk, tool judgment, project design, and listener-driven conversation. It is especially strong for hobbyists who like hearing experienced makers reason through choices rather than present a single correct answer.

What sets it apart: The show stands out through its magazine-shop perspective: projects, photo shoots, reader feedback, tool advice, and woodworking media production all sit at the same table. Its best moments feel like listening to a shop crew think through real problems in real time.

In their own words

Join us every week for woodworking inspiration and fun. Hosts John Doyle, Logan Wittmer, and Phil Huber from Woodsmith, Popular Woodworking, and ShopNotes Magazines share what they're working on, lessons learned, shop stories, and behind-the-scenes news from the woodworking world. Be on the lookout for special interviews and answers to listener questions. For more check out www.Woodsmith.com/podcasts.

As heard by us

Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026

ShopNotes Podcast makes woodworking design legible through shop-tested choices about materials, tools, adaptation, and the practical life of making.

ShopNotes Podcast treats woodworking as a chain of choices: how a joint works, which materials belong together, and how an existing furniture design can be adapted without losing coherence.

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Why you'd press play

Pearwood, design rules, and an 11-foot lathe become fuel for your next bench-side debate.

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  • practical design talk that lets you borrow an idea without pretending originality starts from zero
  • mailbag banter about giant lathes, tool choices, and whatever oddity wandered into the shop
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Episodes

  1. 1

    ShopNotes Podcast E241: Not Necessarily An Accurate Statement

    ·49m
  2. 2

    ShopNotes Podcast E226: In-Depth Discussion with Myself

    ·46m
  3. 3

    ShopNotes Podcast E225: See All the People

    ·32m
  4. 4

    ShopNotes Podcast E224: Beyond the Amount of Putzing

    ·29m
  5. 5

    ShopNotes Podcast E223: Not Everybody's Gonna Get That One

    ·42m
  6. 6

    ShopNotes Podcast E222: A Certain Set of Sliding Dovetails

    ·51m
  7. 7

    ShopNotes Podcast E221: The Finest That Only I Will Ever See

    ·44m
  8. 8

    ShopNotes Podcast E220: Oh Yeah, Woodworking Is Kinda Nice

    ·45m
  9. 9

    ShopNotes Podcast E219: How Do I Get a Thick Leg (That Looks Good On All Four Sides)?

    ·45m
  10. 10

    ShopNotes Podcast E218: Dis-Jointed

    ·45m
  11. 11

    ShopNotes Podcast E267: A Giant Pain in the Logan

    ·45m
  12. 12

    ShopNotes Podcast E266: Overfeatured!

    ·53m
  13. 13

    ShopNotes Podcast E265: Plane Wellness with Special Guest Jamie Harpster

    ·1h 11m
  14. 14

    ShopNotes Podcast E264: Pretty, Hanging on the Wall

    ·35m
  15. 15

    ShopNotes Podcast E263: Always Be Tweakin'

    ·44m
  16. 16

    ShopNotes Podcast E262: I Don't Hear Wood Getting Cut

    ·46m
  17. 17

    ShopNotes Podcast E261: Is It Wrong?

    ·47m
  18. 18

    ShopNotes Podcast E260: I'm a Dzjuup-Dzjuup Guy

    ·46m
  19. 19

    ShopNotes Podcast E259: Kids These Days

    ·53m
  20. 20

    ShopNotes Podcast E258: NOW That's What I Call Juice Grooves Vol. I

    ·53m
  21. 21

    ShopNotes Podcast E257: All of the Olives

    ·44m
  22. 22

    ShopNotes Podcast E256: I Have No Problem Having a Tail

    ·53m
  23. 23

    ShopNotes Podcast E255: You Made Me Buy It All

    ·43m
  24. 24

    ShopNotes Podcast E254: How Brown Was My Lumber

    ·51m
  25. 25

    ShopNotes Podcast E253: Get Excited About Screws Like This

    ·47m
  26. 26

    ShopNotes Podcast E252: The Unbearable Cartness of Being

    ·46m
  27. 27

    ShopNotes Podcast E229: Pound In Some Yellow Pine

    ·45m
  28. 28

    ShopNotes Podcast E228: A Crystallized Piece of Moisture (In the Air)

    ·39m
  29. 29

    ShopNotes Podcast E249: Adopter of Ca(r)ts

    ·47m
  30. 30

    ShopNotes Podcast E248: Interview with Nick Offerman

    ·58m
  31. 31

    ShopNotes Podcast E247: Woodworking Journalism

    ·44m
  32. 32

    ShopNotes Podcast E246: All Woodworking Adjacent

    ·52m
  33. 33

    ShopNotes Podcast E245: Thank You, Brain

    ·1h 1m
  34. 34

    ShopNotes Podcast E244: Remember You Did Those Wrong?

    ·49m
  35. 35

    ShopNotes Podcast E243: Precision Shimming

    ·49m
  36. 36

    ShopNotes Podcast E242: Remarkably Complete

    ·42m
  37. 37

    ShopNotes Podcast E227: Zoom Call Cats with Special Guest Mike Pekovich

    ·56m
  38. 38

    ShopNotes Podcast E240: The Corn Sweats of Summer

    ·50m
  39. 39

    ShopNotes Podcast E239: Some Bit of Nonsense That We Say

    ·51m
  40. 40

    ShopNotes Podcast E238: Before You Cut the Red Wire...

    ·55m
  41. 41

    ShopNotes Podcast E237: Go BIG On Casters

    ·51m
  42. 42

    ShopNotes Podcast E236: Special Interview with Dorian Bracht

    ·35m
  43. 43

    ShopNotes Podcast E235: Nonsense Related To It

    ·49m
  44. 44

    ShopNotes Podcast E234: How Do We Feel About Brush Sanders?

    ·52m
  45. 45

    ShopNotes Podcast E233: Beetles and Pine Working Together

    ·49m
  46. 46

    ShopNotes Podcast E232: These Guys Really Don't Sand

    ·42m
  47. 47

    ShopNotes Podcast E231: Stay Back! Daddy's Working!

    ·41m
  48. 48

    ShopNotes Podcast E230: Peak Ridiculousness

    ·44m
  49. 49

    ShopNotes Podcast E217: Tool Mules!

    ·44m
  50. 50

    ShopNotes Podcast E216: I Look At It More Than I Do It

    ·46m
  51. 51

    ShopNotes Podcast E215: Lip Sweat That You Didn't Know Was Possible

    ·49m
  52. 52

    ShopNotes Podcast E214: Double Router All the Way Across the Sky

    ·42m
  53. 53

    Meat Rolodex

    ·42m
  54. 54

    ShopNotes Podcast E211: Why Are You Listening To Our Conversation?

    ·43m
  55. 55

    ShopNotes Podcast E210: Back Before People Got Wider

    ·48m
  56. 56

    ShopNotes Podcast E209: So Many Nipples of Finish

    ·43m
  57. 57

    Des Moines Is For Lovers

    ·36m
  58. 58

    We Don't Talk About Those Dark Days

    ·58m
  59. 59

    ShopNotes Podcast E205: Wine-Infused Ideas

    ·49m
  60. 60

    Melbourne Tool Company with Vic Tesolin and Hague Haswell

    ·59m
  61. 61

    The Family That Sands Together, Stands Together

    ·1h
  62. 62

    That's a Star Trek Reference

    ·43m
  63. 63

    Logan's ShopNotes Podcast

    ·44m
  64. 64

    Snarky Comment for Everybody

    ·41m
  65. 65

    ShopNotes Podcast E199: You Need to Buy One of Each

    ·40m
  66. 66

    It's a Fun Thing to Watch Sometimes

    ·47m
  67. 67

    ShopNotes Podcast E197: Better Than a Colonoscopy

    ·38m
  68. 68

    Especially Spiteful

    ·40m
  69. 69

    All the Birds With This Stone

    ·48m
  70. 70

    A Reflection of Myself and Work Habits

    ·53m
  71. 71

    When I Need a Good, Clean Hole

    ·48m
  72. 72

    ShopNotes Podcast E192: High-Level Flush-Trim Person

    ·45m
  73. 73

    ShopNotes Podcast E191: Walker-Turner, Jr., Texas Ranger

    ·40m
  74. 74

    One of Many Hurdles

    ·43m
  75. 75

    Is This All Leading to the Point of User Error?

    ·38m
  76. 76

    ShopNotes Podcast E188: Every Candle Lit At Once

    ·33m
  77. 77

    ShopNotes Podcast E187: I Can't Afford Me

    ·49m
  78. 78

    A Gaggle of Plumb Bobs

    ·50m
  79. 79

    Some Might Say

    ·48m
  80. 80

    Zzzing! Zzzing! Zzzing!

    ·46m
  81. 81

    I'm Just Cheap Enough to Try That

    ·48m
  82. 82

    A Bridge Too Far

    ·43m
  83. 83

    You Can Chase "Ideal" Until You're Dead

    ·32m
  84. 84

    Targeted Sentimentality

    ·40m
  85. 85

    This Is My Brain, Out Loud

    ·49m
  86. 86

    Secret Cleaning Agents

    ·35m
  87. 87

    Special Guest Shiraz Balolia

    ·1h 2m
  88. 88

    SET IT AND STOP MESSING WITH IT

    ·49m
  89. 89

    Special Guest Ben Strano

    ·1h 3m
  90. 90

    Machinist Tool Flex

    ·52m
  91. 91

    ShopNotes Podcast E172: Calling All Metalworkers

    ·36m
  92. 92

    What the Heck Is a Saw Till?

    ·51m
  93. 93

    E170: Don't Do What I Did

    ·53m
  94. 94

    The Perfect Time To Get Pigs

    ·55m
  95. 95

    Will It Get Done, Ever?

    ·47m
  96. 96

    ShopNotes Podcast E186: Deadheads and Vampires On Performance

    ·45m
  97. 97

    Wild Yooper Door Parties

    The hosts discuss woodworking projects, TV show preparation, and listener feedback on the Shop Notes podcast.

    ·46m
  98. 98

    ShopNotes Podcast E250: Big Pile of Prepared Whatever

    The hosts celebrate episode 250 of the ShopNotes Podcast by answering listener questions, discussing recent activities at Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking, and reminiscing about past episodes.

    ·45m
  99. 99

    CHÖNKÅTRÖNKK SÅGVERK

    The hosts of the Shop Notes podcast preview a new issue of Woodsmith Magazine and discuss Woodworking in America, with a sponsor segment for Titebond glue.

    ·47m
  100. 100

    ShopNotes Podcast E251: A 250 Degree Fire

    The hosts introduce the podcast episode, discuss math, and promote Gorilla Wood Glue before diving into listener comments.

    ·50m
  101. 101

    ShopNotes Podcast E268: A Fistful of Pearwood

    Hidden gem

    The hosts of ShopNotes Podcast introduce an episode about invasive species and listener interactions, with a sponsor segment for Gorilla Wood Glue.

    Apr 17, 2026·45m·2 clips
  102. 102

    ShopNotes Podcast E267: A Giant Pain in the Logan

    Phil Huber, Logan Whitmer, and John Doyle return for ShopNotes Podcast E267 with reports from Saratoga Springs, router-table and shaper comparisons, shop-power advice, and woodworking projects.

    Apr 3, 2026·45m·3 clips
  103. 103

    ShopNotes Podcast E266: Overfeatured!

    Logan and Phil dive into listener comments and mailbag questions, catching up from a previous episode with a special guest.

    Mar 20, 2026·53m
  104. 104

    ShopNotes Podcast E265: Plane Wellness with Special Guest Jamie Harpster

    Phil Huber and Logan Whitmer welcome special guest Jamie Harpster from Plane Wellness to discuss upcoming events and new projects, with Logan sharing about a recent photo shoot with Ralph Bagnall at Microjig.

    Mar 13, 2026·1h 11m
  105. 105

    ShopNotes Podcast E264: Pretty, Hanging on the Wall

    The ShopNotes podcast episode 264 discusses listener comments, including a question about getting started with woodturning and the necessary tools.

    Feb 27, 2026·35m
  106. 106

    ShopNotes Podcast E263: Always Be Tweakin'

    Hidden gem

    ShopNotes Podcast E263, “Always Be Tweakin’,” centers on a listener-built straight-backed chair that started from a church chair, a Morris chair, and plans from episode 612 of The Woodsmith Shop.

    Feb 20, 2026·44m·2 clips
  107. 107

    ShopNotes Podcast E262: I Don't Hear Wood Getting Cut

    Hidden gem

    ShopNotes Podcast E262 is a mailbag episode with Phil, Logan, and John answering listener questions about pattern makers, shrink rules, design writing, and current shop projects.

    Feb 13, 2026·46m·2 clips
  108. 108

    ShopNotes Podcast E261: Is It Wrong?

    Hidden gem

    Phil Huber, Logan Whitmer, and John Doyle use the season 20 porch rocker as a case study in adaptation, including a shift from a double wide to a "single wide and a half." Logan also describes how a workbench design became an outfeed table, a grill stand, and an outfit table by changing rail lengths and materials.

    Feb 6, 2026·47m·2 clips
  109. 109

    ShopNotes Podcast E260: I'm a Dzjuup-Dzjuup Guy

    Hidden gem

    ShopNotes Podcast E260 answers listener notes about frozen pipes, auger-bit extensions, and the right double-sided tape for templates, with Woodsmith and Popular Woodworking staff giving specific product advice.

    Jan 30, 2026·46m·2 clips
  110. 110

    ShopNotes Podcast E259: Kids These Days

    Jan 23, 2026·53m
  111. 111

    ShopNotes Podcast E258: NOW That's What I Call Juice Grooves Vol. I

    Jan 16, 2026·53m
  112. 112

    ShopNotes Podcast E257: All of the Olives

    Jan 9, 2026·44m
  113. 113

    ShopNotes Podcast E256: I Have No Problem Having a Tail

    Dec 12, 2025·53m
  114. 114

    ShopNotes Podcast E255: You Made Me Buy It All

    Dec 5, 2025·43m
  115. 115

    ShopNotes Podcast E254: How Brown Was My Lumber

    Nov 28, 2025·51m
  116. 116

    ShopNotes Podcast E253: Get Excited About Screws Like This

    Nov 21, 2025·47m
  117. 117

    ShopNotes Podcast E252: The Unbearable Cartness of Being

    Nov 14, 2025·46m
  118. 118

    ShopNotes Podcast E251: A 250 Degree Fire

    Nov 7, 2025·50m
  119. 119

    ShopNotes Podcast E250: Big Pile of Prepared Whatever

    Oct 31, 2025·45m
  120. 120

    ShopNotes Podcast E249: Adopter of Ca(r)ts

    Oct 24, 2025·47m
  121. 121

    ShopNotes Podcast E248: Interview with Nick Offerman

    Hidden gem

    A special interview with Nick Offerman recorded at a book signing event in Des Moines, hosted by the ShopNotes podcast.

    Oct 17, 2025·58m·2 clips
  122. 122

    ShopNotes Podcast E247: Woodworking Journalism

    Oct 10, 2025·44m
  123. 123

    ShopNotes Podcast E246: All Woodworking Adjacent

    Oct 3, 2025·52m
  124. 124

    ShopNotes Podcast E245: Thank You, Brain

    Sep 26, 2025·1h 1m
  125. 125

    ShopNotes Podcast E244: Remember You Did Those Wrong?

    Sep 12, 2025·49m
  126. 126

    ShopNotes Podcast E243: Precision Shimming

    Sep 5, 2025·49m
  127. 127

    ShopNotes Podcast E242: Remarkably Complete

    Aug 22, 2025·42m
  128. 128

    ShopNotes Podcast E241: Not Necessarily An Accurate Statement

    Aug 8, 2025·49m
  129. 129

    ShopNotes Podcast E240: The Corn Sweats of Summer

    Jul 25, 2025·50m
  130. 130

    ShopNotes Podcast E239: Some Bit of Nonsense That We Say

    Jul 18, 2025·51m
  131. 131

    ShopNotes Podcast E238: Before You Cut the Red Wire...

    Jul 4, 2025·55m
  132. 132

    ShopNotes Podcast E237: Go BIG On Casters

    Jun 27, 2025·51m
  133. 133

    ShopNotes Podcast E236: Special Interview with Dorian Bracht

    Jun 13, 2025·35m
  134. 134

    ShopNotes Podcast E235: Nonsense Related To It

    Jun 6, 2025·49m
  135. 135

    ShopNotes Podcast E234: How Do We Feel About Brush Sanders?

    May 30, 2025·52m
  136. 136

    ShopNotes Podcast E233: Beetles and Pine Working Together

    May 23, 2025·49m
  137. 137

    ShopNotes Podcast E232: These Guys Really Don't Sand

    May 16, 2025·42m
  138. 138

    ShopNotes Podcast E231: Stay Back! Daddy's Working!

    May 9, 2025·41m
  139. 139

    ShopNotes Podcast E230: Peak Ridiculousness

    May 8, 2025·44m
  140. 140

    ShopNotes Podcast E229: Pound In Some Yellow Pine

    Apr 25, 2025·45m
  141. 141

    ShopNotes Podcast E228: A Crystallized Piece of Moisture (In the Air)

    Apr 18, 2025·39m
  142. 142

    ShopNotes Podcast E227: Zoom Call Cats with Special Guest Mike Pekovich

    Apr 4, 2025·56m
  143. 143

    ShopNotes Podcast E226: In-Depth Discussion with Myself

    Mar 28, 2025·46m
  144. 144

    ShopNotes Podcast E225: See All the People

    Mar 14, 2025·32m
  145. 145

    ShopNotes Podcast E224: Beyond the Amount of Putzing

    Mar 7, 2025·29m
  146. 146

    ShopNotes Podcast E223: Not Everybody's Gonna Get That One

    Feb 28, 2025·42m
  147. 147

    ShopNotes Podcast E222: A Certain Set of Sliding Dovetails

    Feb 21, 2025·51m
  148. 148

    ShopNotes Podcast E221: The Finest That Only I Will Ever See

    Feb 15, 2025·44m
  149. 149

    ShopNotes Podcast E220: Oh Yeah, Woodworking Is Kinda Nice

    Jan 24, 2025·45m
  150. 150

    ShopNotes Podcast E219: How Do I Get a Thick Leg (That Looks Good On All Four Sides)?

    Jan 17, 2025·45m