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Lumber, Japanese Carpentry, and Building Hot Tubs: Jason Fox
Nate and Scott interview Jason Fox from the YouTube channel Never Stop Building about his experiences in Japan learning about Japanese carpentry.
0:00 Intro
1:29 Hot tubs & filming
9:39 Japanese wood...
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Lumber, Logs, and Timber on Fire: John Blodgett
Nate and Scott talk to John Blodgett about all things wood, including the management of our forests and the fires that ravaged the west coast of the United States in 2020.
0:00 intro
2:06 Johns mill
4:37 Who can...
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Radigan Carter: Hard Work and Wise Investing
Nate interviews Radigan Carter, an individual investor who spent 10 years working on 5 continents in the military, private sector and government. He is interested in using his knowledge (he has a civil engineering...
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Book Review
Nate discusses some of his recent favorites reads.
0:00 intro
:53 Killers of the Flower Moon
2:41 The Rational Optimist
5:45 Kodi
8:08 How to Fail at Almost Everything
10:42 Hobbit
12:25 The Subtle Art of Not Giving...
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Converting Trees into Lumber
Nate and Scott discuss the process of process of making lumber.
0:00 intro
:48 EC nervous
6:48 Sharpening
11:00 Bucking
17:40 Scaler
22:22 Wood quality
27:55 EC dad was scaler
30:48 Grading
32:48...
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The Basics of Sailing and Adventure: Sam Holmes
Nate has a discussion with Sam Holmes about his adventures in long distance sailing.
0:00 intro
2:25 How Sam got started
5:42 Maiden voyage
8:22 Prep work
10:40 Weather and waves
11:17 Night sailing
14:40 Port...
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Pickup Framing, Piecework, and Carpentry
Scott and Nate discuss Scott's time in the 80's and 90's doing pick up and piecework.
0:00 EC pick up experience
9:14 Pick up vs stacking
13:2 Negotiating price w foreman
15:01 Temporary work
17:31 Desert vs...
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Basements, Boots and Spec FAQ
Scott and Nate answer FAQs about the spec house and answer the voicemail messages left from viewers.
0:00 EC Health
4:02 Spec FAQ
7:30 Voicemail
7:43 Andrew - allowable tolerances
11:13 Carlo - spec basement
12:24...
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A Machinists Path: Tom Lipton
Tom is metal worker and machinist currently working at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab with scientists and physicists developing and building machines to use in scientific research. Tom also has a YouTube channel Oxtoolco...
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Awesome Framers: Tim Uhler
Nate interviews Tim Uhler of Awesome Framers, located in Seattle WA. Tim was raised in the family construction business and runs a YouTube channel and the entertaining Instagram account @AwesomeFramers . He also a...
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Update with Nate
Nate gives a quick EC update before the holidays.
0:00 YouTube Premier/ads
4:48 EC in 2021
7:35 Spec house #2?
9:13 Upcoming podcasts/suggestions
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Dirt Work and Excavation: Brian Reynolds
Nate and Scott interview Brian Reynolds, who has done concrete work and excavating on the spec house.
:00 Intro
1:15 Dirty dream job
2:33 Dirt machines
3:56 Dirt operators
5:58 Track machines
10:00 Buying a new...
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