Making It With Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto

Making It is a weekly audio podcast that comes out every Friday hosted by Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett and David Picciuto. Three different makers with different backgrounds talking about creativity, design and making things with your bare hands.

466: This is My Workshop Trumpet

465: YOU SLICED UP ROB?!

464: YOU ARE A VIRUS

463: You Do It To Yourself

462: I'M KING OF THE TURKEYS!

461: Check Out My Immune System!

460: Everything Is Going To Be OK

459: Words for Your Tombstone

458: YouTuber-Y

457: Horse Poopie Smell

456: *cough* SELLOUT *cough*

455: Put The Knots In

454: Getting Dressed With A Door Open

453: Half Made Zippy-Something

452: I Wish I'd Thought of That

451: I Never Put a Quarter In Ms. Pacman

450: Sabbati-cool

449: Like Walking Through A Room In The Dark

448: There's No Slow Piano

447: Summer Camp

446: Nixon Riding A Unicorn

445: Look For The Lightning Bolt

444: Folding Time Back On Itself

443: Challenge My Skeleton

442: Pigs and AI

441: Wooden Shoes For A King

440: Big Wheels for Humans

439: The Right Side Of The Grass

438: It Feels Like a Big Boy Saw

437: This is a terrible thing to say...

436: In Case I Saw A Witch Fly By

435: I Still Eat Like A Jerk

434: Caboose Factory

433: Enough Is Too Much

432: The Windowlicker Room

431: Like An Angry Chicken

430: I Want This Finish To Be Drinkable

429: The Fabric of Your Lungs

428: Free Chocolate & HACKZ

427: Today Bob

426: Entitled Ducks

425: David Picciuto 7th Period

424: Cooler Than Skateboards

423: Accountabili-buddies

422: Fumble My Way Through It

421: Dad

420: People Who Cut Wood

419: Trying To Make A Sandwich On A Rollercoaster

418: What Do You Do With An Empty Room

417: Special Old People Shoes

416: Ichabod's Big Boy Pants

415: Everything In Its Right Place

414: Every Video Is Someone's Career

413: Coo-Cooooon

412: A Daily Meeting, Once A Month

411: De-Ionized Bubble Reducer

410: Now You're Just A Weirdo!

409: Teach Me in 10 Words or Less

408: If You Build It... Some people might come.

407: Mutant Cough

406: Willy Wonka Is THE ONLY THING

405: What If We Put Sunglasses On It?

404: If You Don't Get Gas Now, You Might Become A Skeleton

403: Life Gets Complicated, Enjoy The Ride

402: I Let The Dog Pee On The TV

401: It's Never Too Late To Put Wheels On Something

400: Are We Done Yet?

399: There's Gotta Be Someone in Toledo That Likes You

398: The Australia

397: The Gift Curtain

396: A Little Chicken Puncture

395: Rowing Spoons and Ice Sticks

394: You Grow Into Being a Human

393: Digging Into The Cemetery

392: We Can Design Our Way Out of This

391: He's the depressed, mean one

390: It's Like a Headline Waiting to Happen

389: The Potential Of An Empty Table

388: Zoom Out

387: Put it in Your Own Way

386: Crossfade Your Problems

385: How Do You "YouTube-ify" it?

384: Finally! A use for Spencers!

383: Don't hold back

382: Shmorts and shmeels

381: Hey Bob, it's Chuck. You're fired.

380: Big Jug Handle in the Woods

379: Pop-balls and curve balls

378: De-truckulation

377: GOATS, small and giant

Episode 376: This one only has four utters

Episode 375: $52,000,000

374: Tiny Forks

373: I'm afraid people will know how dumb I am

Episode 372: I became addicted to making things

371: Should I be doing more? I'm fine.

370: The Gizmocity Factor

369: It's like having your grandparents at a rock concert

368: But that's it... and..

367: It looks like the picture on the box

366: Who do you think you are?

365: The Gut Punch

364: All of that from a faulty hose...

363: Leave a responsible mess

362: If there's nobody else on that throne....

361: It's complicated

360: That's not very maker-y of you, is it?

359: Grandpa's Old CNC Machine

358: Ackerman, Ackerman, Ackerman

357: If you had a huge piece of gum and you put it in a sock...

356: Another "dead bird in the refrigerator" story...

Episode 355: I am the prop

354: The trade off

Episode 353: The emotional weight of bank accounts

352: I was in the ER last night...

Episode 351: That's it, we're not going to finish.

350: I might have actually ruined the car

Episode 349: We've had a series of ducks...

348: Swimming with icepicks

Episode 347: My finger looks like a hammerhead shark

Episode 346: Having Fun

Episode 345: Back from WorkbenchCon

Episode 344: The ROI in Q4

Episode 343: Maker Fatigue

Episode 342: Alligator Food & Olive Juice

Episode 341: I'm a urinal expert

Episode 340: Twist-to-Lock T-Handle Weld-Mount Retractable Spring Plungers

Episode 339: EGO

Episode 338: "New" Hot Tub Money

Episode 337: Embrace your inner crotchety old man

Episode 336: Take the hug…

Episode 335: Straining my elbow, patting myself on the back

Episode 334: Diagnosed as an artist

Episode 333: Thanksgiving “Break”

Episode 332: Plywood is good

Episode 331: Wigglesaw

Episode 330: Mr. Try-it-all

Episode 329: Well, actually Bob….

Episode 328: Happy Anniversary!

Episode 327: …you would hit them in the head with a whiskey bottle.

Episode 326: You can always sell a drumset…

Episode 325: How do things work?

Episode 324: FRANK IPPOLITO IS HERE!

Episode 323: Car Couch Potato

Episode 322: The only horse toilets around

Episode 321: SO THAT’S WHY THEY CALL IT A WINDSHIELD!

Episode 320: I’m an idiot, help me…

Episode 319: I never do that all the time

Episode 318: Remembering Aaron

Episode 317: One of the loudest sounds you can hear…

Episode 316: The Bubble

Episode 315: The hearse cemetery

Episode 314: You have to trick yourself

Episode 313: I could go for a Maker Faire about now…

Episode 312: Triple forward back flip

Episode 311: There… I fixed it.

Episode 310: Thank you, Brain!

Episode 309: A thousand decisions

Episode 308: How are you doing?

Episode 307: Use this thing-ama-jiggy to cut this doo-hickey

Episode 306: Dude…. perfect

Episode 305: Trust the trash

Episode 304: Harm Reduction

Episode 303: How am I gonna pay for that?

Episode 302: Dungeons and Dragons in the snow

Episode 301: Diresta Doubtfire

Episode 300: The Final Episode, this month.

299: I’m coming to see you, Elizabeth!

298: Problem solving and drop ceilings after 40

Episode 297: I’m not sick, just 53

Episode 296: Harpsichord nerds

Episode 295: It’s like feeding a rhinoceros

Episode 294: Bwhu, bwhu, bwhu, bwhu

Episode 293: My pants are here!

Episode 292: Diminishing Returns

Episode 291: I’m just the pretty face

Episode 290: What’s important is that you made something.

Episode 289: Country backhoe doctor

Episode 288: It’s in the air

Episode 287: That’s the problem I’m looking for, but with wiener dogs..

Episode 286: Did he look like this? Are the eyebrows right?

Episode 285: The Opti-grab

Episode 284: Speaking of wiener dogs…

Episode 283: I look like a coal miner who’s ready for war…

Episode 282: On the edge of the mosh pit

Episode 281: I got a turkey on my paper yesterday

Episode 280: It’s great to have a few extra brains around

Episode 279: Making things for making things

Episode 278: Black, White, Shiny Metal, Rusty Metal

277: Phase 2, set it on fire.

Episode 276: You just put that fire out because it’s your job

Episode 275: It’s nice, but can we do it like this?

Episode 274: Fold time back on itself

Episode 273: An Incredible Island of Goodness

Episode 272: Play stairway to Heaven on the trumpet

Episode 271: Dowels Per Inch

270: Chicken Dissertation

Episode 269: Everything is an opportunity, to make a keychain.

Episode 268: Welcome to New York, Dave.

Episode 267: My fingers are like the pads on a dogs feet.Episode 267: My fingers are like the pads on a dogs feet.

Episode 266: Slap the stop button with 4 minutes to go

Episode 265: Typography-ologists

Episode 264: The whole focus here is to not slide off the roof

Episode 263: Making as Therapy

Episode 262: Mixed Making Metaphors

Episode 261: Our Favorite Tools

Episode 260: Polyurethane Chunk

Episode 259: Pretty alright woodworking

Episode 258: Jimmy is a crazy cat lady

Episode 257: Lathing around

Episode 256: Dirtbags

Episode 255: AND WE’RE LIVE!!!

Episode 255: AND WE’RE LIVE!!!

Episode 254: Inch everything along

253: YouTube turns you into a potato

252: Bad habits and baby voices

Episode 251: Wood and heavy metal-y

Episode 250: It makes you look like a wet diaper

Episode 249: Italian trumpet aquarium

Episode 248: The old man and the leaky pipes

247: Wake up big fella

Episode 246: Under Pressure

Episode 245: You’re 32, it’s time to move out of the house.

Episode 244: Recharging

Episode 243: PIVOT!

242: Sometimes you make art…

Episode 241: Sketching with a Bandsaw

Episode 240: Thumbs and forks

Episode 239: We have the best horses ever…

238: Fun fun create time record time

237: Winter and Anvils

236: Video Moments

Episode 235: Dreams of Modified Tools

Episode 234: The party outside the window

Episode 233: English Accent Classes

Episode 232: The future is X-ray guns

Episode 231: Gok-Art

Episode 230: It’s a Beard of Bees

Episode 229: Jimmy made a laser bandsaw.

Episode 228: A Mushroom with an Apron

Episode 227: YOU’RE DOING IT RIGHT!!!

Episode 226: Living up to the hype?

Episode 225: My great, great Grandad’s R2-D2!

Episode 224: Jumping-in-furing-out-i-tiv-ness

Episode 223: Efficiency and batarangs

Episode 222: Kafaffafaafaaa

Episode 221: I bought a racetrack

Episode 220: Giant Plasma Table Hands

Episode 219: Really? Plastic? Really??

Episode 218: Rotten Onion Soup

Episode 217: I don’t own a 10lb mouse

Episode 216: A love letter to MAKER FAIRE

Episode 215: iCharcoal pad pro computer

Episode 214: Blacksmithing and space helmets

Episode 213: LIVE from Maker Faire Bay Area!

Episode 212: I get to work on vacation!

Episode 211: Uncle Joe

Episode 210: You can’t bring your mother with you everywhere you go.

Episode 209: London English European Show

Episode 208: Eat that Frog

Episode 207: Hop-a-long

Episode 206: Spring cleaning for my face

Episode 205: Thinky Pad and Wippy Pen

Episode 204: The Maker Knife with Giaco Whatever

Episode 203: So and So Johnson

Episode 202: Jury Duty

Episode 201: Tipping Point

Episode 200: Making It 200 Live (not really)

Episode 199: Jimmy for mayor!

Episode 198: We make mistakes

Episode 197: The hammerhead alligator

Episode 196: PMA

Episode 195: Sometimes I go out and talk to the chickens…

Episode 194: You just gotta do it.

Episode 193: It’s like when you see a dog wearing clothes.

Episode 192: Different or better with Evan & Katelyn

Episode 191: Heavy metal keeps you young

Episode 190: Keeping it Fresh

Episode 189: The seed of an idea

Episode 188: Robots that will kill you

Episode 187: It’s like opening a whole bunch of pistachios

Episode 186: Soupy mud vs Firm mud

Episode 185: Rube Goldberg of Mistakes

Episode 184: Jimmy wants to make a robot.

Episode 183: I Don’t Care

Episode 182: Been trying to sell out for years

Episode 181: Jimmy’s Shopping Voice

Episode 180: 50ish-esque

Episode 179: It’s a napkin holder… WITH A LASER.

Episode 178: The Audience Journey

Episode 177: A lot of hats that you shouldn’t wear

Episode 176: Pretend you’re talking to a martian or a 3 year old.

Episode 175: Identity

Episode 174: The Flying DiRestas

Episode 173: Concrete Bandsaw

Episode 172: The Jimmy Way

Episode 171: Ant Insurance

Episode 170: Elephants

Episode 169: Jimmy is a huge Hello Kitty fan.

Episode 168: 222

Episode 167: Hoopty-scoop

Episode 166: Opie Matlock

Episode 165: Don’t let it beat you.

Episode 164: The Crow’s Nest

Episode 163: Live Edge Bowling Ball

Episode 162: An eyeball, tongue, ear and 2 big thumbs

Episode 161: Snakes & Glue Bottles (with Evan & Katelyn)

Episode 160: The Cadillac of trailers

Episode 159: Drowning in cardboard

Episode 158: Jimmy.. destroyer of mailboxes.

Episode 157: Wizard Robes

Episode 156: C in Sea

Episode 155: Brain tornado-ing and pretzels

Episode 154: You like screen grabs?

Episode 153: Thinking hard about thinking hard

Episode 152: I’m in my jam jams, at the laser.

Episode 151: Balance vs Balancing

Episode 150: Call me Pocket Hole

Episode 149: Stop, Start, Continue

Episode 148: It’s not enough to kill you…

Episode 147: You never know, you never know…

Episode 146: Don’t clear your throat

Episode 145: GOBBLE GOBBLE

Episode 144: Who knows where we’re going today

Episode 143: ROBOTS!!

Episode 142: Crabs

Episode 141: Jimmy Two-Shows

Episode 140: Social Schmedia

Episode 138: Rethinking Priorities

Episode 137: Where’s my broom?

Episode 136: I can’t. I’m busy.

Episode 135: Get Jimmy a 78 ft 2×4

Episode 134: THE SHOP OF THE FUTURE!!!!!

Episode 133: LASER BANDSAW (with William Osman)

Episode 132: The bottleneck

Episode 131: Monopoly and safety

Episode 130: Let’s talk about pants

Episode 129: Benjamin Buttoning

Episode 128: Little Teepee Party

Episode 127: Jimmy is a giant goldfish

Episode 126: Expect the unexpected

Episode 125: My backup phone(s)

Episode 124: The Cloud.

Episode 123: No.

Episode 122: So, you had a bad day…

Episode 121: Moving It

Episode 120: We don’t have a toaster

Episode 119: Buffing and grinding

Episode 118: The point of no return

Episode 117: What’s your favorite … ?

Episode 116: Winging It

Episode 115: Questioning each other

Episode 114: What keeps you from productivity?

Episode 113: You’ve changed…. Change is good

Episode 112: Not even wearing pants…

Episode 111: Choose one thing..

Episode 110: Amateur Hour

Episode 109: Taking a vacation from the vacation you live

Episode 108: Being fearless

Episode 107: That sounds wiener dog shaped too…

Episode 106: You’ve always got more options…

Episode 105: What if everything goes right?

Episode 104: 8 Band Saws, 5 Radial Arm Saws, 2 Milling Machines…

Episode 103: Looking Back, looking ahead.. yet, again.

Episode 102: CN-Cheese

Episode 101: Hot news in the library world

Episode 100: Live From Boston!

Episode 099: Out of your control.

Episode 098: I don’t want to break the baby.

Episode 097: At your own risk…

Episode 096: A fish does not look like a bar of soap.

Episode 095: Tandem Horse

Episode 094: Being a hoarder is a big job…

Episode 093: Change is hard

Episode 092: Good Clean Fun with Nick Offerman

Episode 091: Getting the help you need.

Episode 090: Purpose

Episode 089: Avoiding the task at hand

Episode 088: Making your mark

Episode 087: Maybe it’s time to change directions

Episode 086: Questioning each other

Episode 085: Sometimes I’m really into the laser.

Episode 084: Cutting down a tree with nothing on…

Episode 083: Learn how to learn.

Episode 082: I buy a lot of hammers…

Episode 081: Let’s just get through the next 10 minutes

Episode 080: Go where you don’t fit

Episode 079: A ramekin is a little dragon…

Episode 078: Sometime the cookie floats

Episode 077: Learning up close

Episode 076: The Process (Maker Faire 2016)

Episode 075: Interviewing each other

Episode 074: They’re not gonna take away your birthday

Episode 073: Eyeball trauma

Episode 072: Back FROM Maker Faire

Episode 071: Back to Maker Faire

Episode 070: Kryptonite, Taxes and the Powerball

Episode 069: Legacy

Episode 068: Love Handles and Bald Spots

Episode 067: Awww, look at that poor little piece of rope

Episode 066: Trampolines, testing and structure

Episode 065: A mallard is a tool you use when you do chisel work

Episode 064: Pat the bushes of my brain

Episode 063: $2000 to start over

Episode 062: Totally bananas

Episode 061: Time and tools and lathes and apps

Episode 60: Don’t match your socks

Episode 059: Bobcats & Bologna sandwiches

Episode 058: Important Forks

Episode 057: brainstorming

Episode 056: #freetools

Episode 055: Job Insecurity

Episode 054: The end goal.

Episode 053: Follow through

Episode 052: Looking back, Looking ahead (again)

Episode 051: There’s much trouble in the fuselage

Episode 050: Good Days

Episode 049: TV

Episode 048: Bad days

Episode 047: Jack of all trades

Episode 046: Going all Howard Hughes

Episode 045: Just what we need… another YouTuber with a backhoe.

Episode 044: If I was going to shoot the side of a barn…

Episode 043: Tell us how you really feel, Jimmy..

Episode 042: All over the place, again.

Episode 041: I wanted to be Batman

Episode 040: How does content creation change you?

Episode 039: Emergency Penguin

Episode 038: Before the first cut

Episode 036: Precision & Accuracy

Episode 035: 47,793 unread messages

Episode 034: WAELDER

Episode 033: More listener questions

Episode 032: Listener Questions

Episode 031: Brainstorming

Episode 030: Productivity.geocities.com

Episode 029: How to be a sellout

Episode 028: Signs

Episode 027: Simplify

Episode 026: The next five years…

Episode 025: Staying playful

Episode 024: What makes you happy?

Episode 023: Style & Uniqueness

Episode 022: Keeping the hustle

Episode 021: Maker Faire and the gas mask guy

Episode 020: Open source ideas

Making It #019: Learning to teach

Making It #018: All over the place

Making It #017: Organization

Making It #016: Perfect vs profit

Making It #015: Gilligan’s Workshop

Making It #014: Why

Making It #013: Be Curious

Making It #012: Handmade?

Making It #011: Making movies

Making It #010: If it looks straight….

Making It #009: Fears and Doubts

Making It #008 : Who inspires us

Making It #007 : Failure

Making It #006 : How do I quit my job, and do what you do?

Making It #005: Looking Back, Looking Ahead

Making It #004 : Getting Started

Making It #003 : Goals (and LASERS)

Making It #002 : How Materials and Tools Inspire Creativity?

Making It #001 : Where Does Creativity Come From?