Essential Craftsman Podcast

Improving Communication with Armanitalks

Nate talks with Arman from Armanitalks.com about communication, charisma, introverts and more.

 

0:00 Intro

1:33 Public Speaking

3:54 One On One

7:45 Cultures & Communication

11:13 Nerves

14:25 Introverts

18:04 Charisma

22:01 Humor

23:53 1% mindset

25:53 Writing

29:10 Twitter

30:25 Private

32:35 Body of Work

34:54 Creating in all forms

38:10 Emotional Connection

42:22 Great Speakers

45:32 Where To Find

 

https://armanitalks.com/

https://twitter.com/armanitalks

Saving Wounded Vets with Craftsmanship: Rob Cosman

Wow! If you want to feel inspired, take the time to listen to this podcast. Rob Cosman, a 4th generation carpenter, finds his calling in life helping vets recuperate using woodworking with his Purple Heart Project. For audio listeners, there are a few long pauses for emotion, nothing is wrong with you audio feed.

 

0:00 Intro

1:38 Childhood & education

9:06 Starting business

23:58 Purple heart project

39:54 Processing pain

42:32 Finding the vets who need this

44:52 What they build

49:58 Where to find

50:40 Manifesting the difference

 

https://robcosman.com/

YouTube: RobCosman.com

Losing and Finding Fathers...Also Trusts and Estate Planning: CJ Eagar

Nate chats with this friend CJ about the unexpected passing of CJ's father, the role father figures played in his life and CJ's current work as an estate planner.

 

0:00 Intro

1:31 CJ's dad

5:08 Framing career

9:11 Unexpected passing

26:40 Adopted fathers

29:50 Estate planning for contractors

36:05 Do this one thing

42:00 Facing Mortality

52:15 Cost of estate planning

59:46 Timing matter

 

Coppercanyonlaw.com

Tile Setting Myths, Tips, Tricks: Phil Hu

Nate and Scott chat with Phil Hu, the tiler for the spec house. They talk about how he got started in the business, working with his dad, tile and grout methods and more.

 

0:00 Intro

1:07 Customers & cameras

4:11 Porcelain & natural stone

7:40 Grout & tile size

10:36 Family business & curses

20:30 Systems & Schluter

39:01 Uncoupling membrane

41:58 Wall tile first?

47:03 Detailing with razor?

53:42 Epoxy grout

1:01:21 Phil's dad Dave

1:04:42 Wrap up

Spec House Sale Update and Feedback Request

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Photography as a Trade: David Livingston

Nate and Scott talk with David Livingston who is in town to take formal pictures of the finished spec house! They discuss his experience working in photography for several decades.

 

0:00 Intro

1:06 Background

6:17 Chosen career

8:38 Industry now

10:12 Ski bum

11:37 Trade & Craft

17:35 Challenges & dilemmas

21:00 Going digital

24:22 Artists

32:53 Training

36:45 Pride in ownership

41:09 Fashion Curve

44:02 Problems with IG

46:00 Where to find

 

View spec house pictures here: https://essentialcraftsman.com/spechousefunfacts

Learn about Real Estate Photography pricing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZCrzYpN58g

IG: @daviddlivingston

Website: www.davidduncanlivingston.com

The Origin of Essential Craftsman and Beyond

Scott and Nate are interviewed by Walker Lott and Davis Hambrick from the Laying Foundations podcast. They discuss the creation of the Essential Craftsman YouTube channel, Nate and Scott's careers and much more.

 

0:00 Intro

:50 Overview

5:08 EC & Nate background

9:47 Mentors & President Carter

11:23 Osmosis learning

14:52 Real Estate

18:07 Starting EC YT

26:23 The turning point

32:21 Qualities & knowledge

35:24 The struggle

40:40 Just start

44:45 Do the hard thing

48:45 Enjoying work

52:49 Defining success

57:10 Welcoming feedback

59:15 Advice for younger self

 

 

The Ultimate Shop Tool - 2x72 Grinders with Brian House

Nate and Scott chat with Brian House from the YouTube channel House Work. Brian has created the Revolution DIY 2X72 kit, a grinder that can be used for knife making and many other projects. They discuss it's versatility, uses, and also talk about YouTube, craftsmanship, shop skills and much more.

 

0:00 Intro

1:42 Anvils

6:21 Background & YT

14:25 Invention process

17:19 Giving away details

20:35 Art & passion

23:25 Versatility

27:50 Knives

32:48 A partners help

37:51 Shop skills

43:01 Speed control

45:21 Costs

48:20 Innovation

50:12 Website construction

53:52 Customers

57:00 Bare bones tool kit

59:45 Craftsman journey

1:04:10 Where to find

 

Website: https://housemade.us/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/CaptainHouseFlorida

Facebook: DIY grinders and machines

The Lumber Market Goes Nuts: with Uneducated Economist

Nate has a conversation with Simon, the Uneducated Economist. They discuss lumber, how Simon got interested in economics and the process of starting his YouTube channel.

 

0:00 Intro

1:31 Simon's background

4:02 Research process

7:44 Starting YT channel

13:25 Lumber pre-covid

16:55 Lumber post-covid

19:05 Mills, manipulation & $

29:43 Other building materials

32:45 Contractor success

37:13 Advice for trades

42:57 Predictions

46:01 Where to find

 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/UneducatedEconomist/videos

https://uneducatedeconomist.com/

The Energy Under Our Feet: Geothermal Heating and Cooling with Kathy Hannun

Nate talks with Kathy Hannun, a civil engineer who co-founded and is the president of Dandelion Energy, a geothermal energy company that retrofits and installs geothermal systems to heat and cool homes.

 

0:00 Intro

:59 Kathy's background

4:55 Geothermal

9:48 Discovery & distribution

15:27 Starting Dandelion Energy

21:04 Drilling, pumps & loops

34:34 Sonic rigs

36:45 Cost

41:53 District Systems

44:57 Where to find

 

hello@dandelionenergy.com

www.dandelionenergy.com

 

This Old House episode

https://youtu.be/IMO9jvwlHFg