STL353: A Big Bit of Community

In episode 353 of Shop Talk Live, host Ben Strano and cohost Mike Pekovich cover new happenings at Fine Woodworking before sitting down with Michigan woodworker Megan Shannon, founder of Tiny Bit of Wood, a community-based woodworking school in downtown Lansing. The episode opens with lighthearted shop talk about the latest Tools & Shops issue—celebrating the return of peel-off mailing labels—and Mike’s retrofit of his fluorescent shop lights with LED strips. They also preview new content, including Vic Tesolin’s “No Table Saw, No Problem” feature on alternative shop workflows, Andrew Finnegan’s lathe upgrades, and Adam Govier’s deep dive into sandpaper and finishing. Ben teases his upcoming 3D Printing for Woodworkers course, showing how digital fabrication tools like Fusion 360 and 3D-printed templates can…