• 0:00 - Intro
  • 2:47 - Rex comes from a family of makers
  • 5:00 - Science and business are creative
  • 5:53 - Acting helps as a teacher, presenter, and YouTuber
  • 9:10 - Rex is creating community through Patreon
  • 10:56 - Rex’s second book, Everyday Woodworking, is coming out in May!
  • 13:17 - Pat asks Rex about the low Roman bench
  • 18:35 - Hand-tool woodworking isn’t what most people think it is
  • 19:48 - Coffee Break
  • 21:00 - Hand tool woodworking doesn’t require as much space as power tools
  • 24:00 - Rex tells us about vises. Vise Squad
  • 26:21 - Japan never invented the vise?!
  • 31:20 - Parallel development of the dovetail joint
  • 34:10 - Axes and hatchets for woodworking?!
  • 36:44 - Until fairly recently furniture was made with undried wood
  • 37:55 - Using differential moisture content for joints!
  • 39:06 - Woodworking vs. Creative Fabrication
  • 44:53 - It is easier to be a hand-tool woodworker when making preindustrial furniture
  • 48:28 - Jeremy has machined complex curves on a manual mill!
  • 49:54 - What project is Rex working on now?
  • 51:45 - Pat’s playing with a $180 NEJE Maser 2 laser engraver from Banggood
  • 54:03 - What’s Jeremy working on right now?!
  • 55:17 - Rex advocates for content creators!
  • 57:15 - Where can we find everyone?
  • 58:45 - Jeremy talks about The Head on HBO Max

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