93. Rethinking Your Story ft Lani Cush

Welcome to season 4 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

This episode we have a very special guest, one very close to Brian’s heart. Lani, Brian’s wife, is a creative marketer and she’s on the show to talk about how we can improve our branding and image. It’s a little removed from woodworking but if you own your own business this episode is gold!

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

92. In Depth Quoting Exercise

Welcome to season 4 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

This week Robin has the opportunity to quote on a built in book shelf. With the help of the boys they go through some of the challenges that might pop up.

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

91. Restoring The Practice ft Julian McCartney

Welcome to season 4 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

It’s time for our first guest of the season, Julian McCartney from Glencross Furniture. He’s got a strong background in furniture restoration, as a designer and maker, and a wealth of knowledge in the industry, take a listen.

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Julian’s Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/glencrossfurniture/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

90. No, The Price Is Not Right

Welcome to season 4 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We made it through episode 1 and we made it back for another. We’re talking supply chain, knock affects, and how it all costs too bloody much right now! Also, Joey and Robin used to play in bands that you can lookup on YouTube.

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

89. We're Back For Season Four

Welcome to season 4 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We’re going unfiltered this season with our first show of season 4 being very unscripted. We used this episode to catch up on where we’ve been, it’s great to be back!

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

88. Season 3 Finale

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We’ve made it to the end of 2021, and the end of season 3. We’ll be taking a few months off from the show, returning next year, but we have one last get together to talk about the years that’s been.

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

87. The Next Best Time Is Now ft Leeroy Reading

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

This week we talk to a long time listener of the show, Leeroy Reading, from Big Rock Timberworks. He’s out on the Northern Beaches of Sydney and in the process of moving into his first commercial space. We talk through how he came up, and how he’s making the transition.

If you would like to donate to the show you can here.

Leeroy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigrocktimberworks/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

86. Catching Up After A Break

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

It’s been a few weeks since our last episode, Robin’s been unwell and the clocks changed for Bryan and Joey. But we’re back again and catching up on what we’ve been doing. And Joey made a table out of purple heart!

If you would like to donate to the show you can find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

85. Every Woodworkers Dream ft Jem Culpitt

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

In a Shop Stool Podcast first, we talked to a kiwi woodworker this week! Jem Culpitt started his woodworking career as a hobbyist and after a couple of bunkbeds it all took off. In this episode he runs through his seemingly ideal rise from weekend warrior to full time woodworker.

If you would like to donate to the show you can here.

Jem’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emergewoodwork/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

84. Robin Finally Published A Video On YouTube

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

It’s been months but Robin finally published a new video. We also have a new way of supporting the show, inspired by a very generous listener. Find out more here.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

If You Would Like To Donate

Hi everyone

As the Shop Stool Podcast has progressed over the years we have done our best to improve as we go. This ranges from audio quality to the content and everything in between. We want this show to grow.

We recently received a donation from a listener and thought it’d be a great idea to create a platform for anyone else who wants to do the same.

All donations will go back into the show and we’ll be as transparent about it as possible. Any and all contributions are welcome, we’re continually humbled by the support and love from this community.

You can donate through PayPal, here

Regards

Robin, Joey and Bryan

83. But That Was Just The Very Start Of It ft Ross Williamson

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

Tonight we’re joined by Ross Williamson, from the north west of Brisbane. He’s a woodworker that, after some indecision in direction, came around to being an accomplished furniture maker supplying clients across the south east. He’s won awards for his pieces and even ran the gauntlet in a critiquing session hosted by some of Australia’s top woodworkers.

Ross’ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leesinclairdesignco/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

82. Just Make Sure No One's Head Gets Stuck ft Tom Morton

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

Tom Morton, from Bootleg Studios, joins us on the show to walk us through how he makes his unique cold bent steel furniture. It has an incredibly unique style and he’s got an amazing website concept to show it off!

Tom’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bootleg_studio/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

81. The One Where We Talked About Something Else

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We had a whole show planned out in this episode, but we got side tracked and never made our way back. Enjoy!

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

80. Catching Up On What We're Up To

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We get into a whole bunch of different topics and Joey drops some exciting news at the end.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

79. How To Design Big ft Simeon Dux

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

Simeon Dux is a renowned woodworker in the Melbourne circles. This episode he joins us for a chat and goes through some of the design elements of his work. Be sure to check out his website for some amazing bookcases!

Simeon’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simeondux/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

78. Recovering From Mistakes

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

Making a mistake on a client commission can be devastating, and sometimes it wasn’t even your fault. But if it came out of YOUR workshop, with YOUR logo on the invoice, then it’s always YOUR mistake. We have a chat about how to deal with this, and we also talk about Joey’s exciting future plans.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

77. Is Bunnings That Bad?

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

We take a look at the leading hardware supplier in Australia and why they’ve been so successful. Bryan shares some of his thoughts on their practices while Robin airs his thoughts on Bunnings bashsers.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

76. Exploring Form And Shape ft Alexsandra Pontonio

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

Our first guest of the season hails from Melbourne and she’s an amazing woodworker and all round great person to meet. Alexsandra Pontonio is a renowned furniture maker who has worked on projects that appeared on The Block TV series and helped setup a workshop in Arnhem Land. She has some great stories and it was great to hear her process.

Alexsandra’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexsandrapontonio/

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/

75. Still Catching Up

Welcome to season 3 of The Shop Stool Podcast, a podcast for woodworkers and the maker community in general. Hosted by Robin Lewis (RobinLewisMakes), Joey Chalk (King Post Timber Works), and Bryan Cush (Sawdust Bureau).

It’s only the second episode so we decided to use it for more catch up (it was a long break alright). So we talk car ports, protecting IPs, and how to paint like the pros.

Robin Lewis: https://www.instagram.com/robinlewismakes/

Joey Chalk: https://www.instagram.com/kingposttimberworks/

Bryan Cush: https://www.instagram.com/sawdustbureau/