I have a great conversation with Bryan Ortquist from Old Mountain Woodworking about starting a custom furniture business with his wife from the ground up, and the amount of detail and care that go into a fine woodworking project. Bryan lives "close enough" where he will be teaching a few course in the makerspace once the doors are open. @oldmountainwoodworking @whoashopwoodworking @montcomakers @makeitwhileyoufakeit https://www.oldmountainwoodworking.com https://www.montco-makers.com https://www.patreon.com/MontCoMakers

We're talking about how I still have my hand, which is good, after a stupid shop mistake and what we'll need to have in place in the makerspace to keep people safe. We also talk about past incidents in the shop and how Jake did a triathlon! https://www.patreon.com/MontcoMakers https://www.montco-makers.com @MakeItWhileYouFakeIt @MontcoMakers @WhoaShopWoodworking @JRosserDesign @michaelpietras

I finally have a discussion with the future MontCo Makers Media Director and extremely decorated video producer/director, Rebecca Elias Abboud! No I'm not kidding, she has 2 Emmy Awards for her work and we are so excited to have her build up the makerspace digital vibe. We get into the aspects of content creation and how it will play an important role in drawing people into the makerspace! @makeitwhileyoufakeit @montcomakers @notorious_bec @whoashopwoodworking www.patreon.com/MontcoMakers www.montco-makers.com

We are answering questions we have gotten since starting the podcast, around the makerspace itself, classes, and how Melanie stays lookin' so fine with all the stress I put her through. We're having fun and having some espresso martinis. www.montco-makers.com www.patreon.com/MontcoMakers @MakeItWhileYouFakeIt @MontcoMakers @WhoaShopWoodworking

We discuss what private lessons are like with experienced craftsmen, how we definitely have enough room to have boat building classes... not really.. and the lubrication of different glues.

Mike and Dan talk about the harbor freight tools that are worth it, setting up a mobile shop to go out into the community to do free classes as a way to drive up chatter around the makerspace, and Mike uses KY in the shop.. yea, I was a little surprised as well. www.patreon.com/MontCoMakers www.montco-makers.com

We talk about the Makerspace MVP and what's the minimum we'd need to have setup in order to open the doors. We tell our client callback stories and Mike thinks boxers have pockets, and apparently some do... very odd. www.patreon.com/MontCoMakers

We talk about having an immersive class to build your own workbench, outsourcing the repetitive parts of commissions, and just how much Jake wants to come to Diggerland. Also a huge thanks to the amazing Keith from @blackthornconcepts who is our first Patron! @makeitwhileyoufakeit @montcomakers @whoashopwoodworking @jrosserdesign www.montco-makers.com www.patreon.com/montcomakers

We talk about working solo or with others in a shop and the pros/cons of what that's like. We also go on many tangents of what makes us productive in the shop. Also, naked bike rides? No, not this time.

We recap the Group Forge event at the Blackthorne Resort where Dan did awesome things with metal. We also discuss the push for gathering data on what is getting people excited about the makerspace and using that in the business plan, as well as the important role that kid's classes are going to play.