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Measuring Up Podcast

Peter Millard & Andy MacLellan chat about life behind the wheel of a small commercial joinery / carpentry business.

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#020: SketchUp, Fusion 360 and Amazon Reviews

#020: SketchUp, Fusion 360 and Amazon Reviews

Welcome to the last show of Season 2! We're chatting about all sorts today. Andy finally has a new phone so we're chatti... Read more

31 Dec 2018

1hr 18mins

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#041: Fitted Furniture in Deep Alcoves

#041: Fitted Furniture in Deep Alcoves

Welcome back to the Measuring Up Podcast and a very Merry Christmas from Andy & Peter! On today's show: Cables on p... Read more

23 Dec 2019

1hr 4mins

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#003: Joinery Day Rates and Managing a Small Workshop

#003: Joinery Day Rates and Managing a Small Workshop

In this episode we continue on the theme of business management from last time and discuss hourly and daily rates for ca... Read more

25 Mar 2018

1hr 7mins

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#006: Cabinet Doors and the Metric vs Imperial Debate

#006: Cabinet Doors and the Metric vs Imperial Debate

Today we're talking about trigger words and things that put you on edge as a joiner. We also have a good rant about metr... Read more

7 May 2018

1hr 11mins

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#005: Overly Complicated Pricing of Floating Shelves

#005: Overly Complicated Pricing of Floating Shelves

Peter chats about his first experiences with paint spraying and we go in to the real detail of one of the most standard ... Read more

23 Apr 2018

1hr 9mins

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#004: Mobile Tech, Parking Rants and Apple vs Android

#004: Mobile Tech, Parking Rants and Apple vs Android

Today we’re talking a bit more about the tech used on jobs, from parking apps through to literally ‘measuring up’ tips. ... Read more

9 Apr 2018

1hr 11mins

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#021: What’s Your Poison??

#021: What’s Your Poison??

Welcome back to Season 3 of the Measuring Up Podcast! Did you miss us? We missed you all and we especially missed chatti... Read more

25 Feb 2019

1hr 39mins

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#024: Are We Joiners, Carpenters or Cabinet Makers?

#024: Are We Joiners, Carpenters or Cabinet Makers?

We're chatting about the difference between a cabinet maker, joiner, carpenter and a carpet fitter. On a more serious no... Read more

8 Apr 2019

1hr 19mins

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#030: Humility as a Woodworker

#030: Humility as a Woodworker

It's our last episode of Season 3! Join us as we try to get through some of the topics we planned to talk about in the f... Read more

1 Jul 2019

1hr 37mins

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#009: Spray Painting, YouTube AI & Recommended Woodworking Books

#009: Spray Painting, YouTube AI & Recommended Woodworking Books

Peter's finished his biggest carpentry build & install to date and is now having to hang pictures. Andy's finished h... Read more

18 Jun 2018

1hr 23mins

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#014: Cheap Tools vs Pro Tools – Tool Vanity?

#014: Cheap Tools vs Pro Tools – Tool Vanity?

We're talking about a whole load of little topics today. From buying larger tools and the pros and cons of going second ... Read more

15 Oct 2018

1hr 15mins

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#033: Strangest Handyman Jobs?

#033: Strangest Handyman Jobs?

Welcome back! Later on in the show we're talking about some of our strangest encounters back in the days of doing handym... Read more

28 Oct 2019

1hr 2mins

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#022: Special Delivery!

#022: Special Delivery!

All sorts in today's show. Andy's MDF story, how accurate do you need to be in woodworking? Vans vs trucks, roof racks, ... Read more

11 Mar 2019

1hr 33mins

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#008: GDPR for Sole Traders, MDF and Target Customers

#008: GDPR for Sole Traders, MDF and Target Customers

GDPR was implemented in the EU on 25th May 2018. We're having a bit of a chat about what that could mean for small joine... Read more

4 Jun 2018

1hr 23mins

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#028: Soundproofing Workshops & UK New Builds

#028: Soundproofing Workshops & UK New Builds

We're back to normality after Makers Central... well, not quite. We're chatting more about new build housing issues in t... Read more

3 Jun 2019

1hr 27mins

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#029: Do Instagram care about Copyright?

#029: Do Instagram care about Copyright?

Loads to talk about today! Peter's bedside tables are finally out of his workshop and Andy has had some interesting adve... Read more

17 Jun 2019

1hr 25mins

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#012: Analysis Paralysis and What To Do With Trade Waste?

#012: Analysis Paralysis and What To Do With Trade Waste?

In today's show we're chatting about where to start on bigger carpentry jobs and overcoming analysis paralysis. We discu... Read more

17 Sep 2018

1hr 8mins

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#007: Makers Central 2018, Festool MFT & Keeping Healthy

#007: Makers Central 2018, Festool MFT & Keeping Healthy

Andy's back from Makers Central 2018 and Peter's back from New York! We're having a bit of a chat about Makers Central a... Read more

21 May 2018

1hr 7mins

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#026: The UK Housing Problem

#026: The UK Housing Problem

All the usual chit-chat about the day-to-day happenings in a small joinery workshop. We've got a bit more follow-up on t... Read more

6 May 2019

1hr 19mins

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#017: Brexit Clickbait… and Joinery Apprenticeships

#017: Brexit Clickbait… and Joinery Apprenticeships

We've had quite a bit of follow-up about the state of joinery education and apprenticeships... and we're not much furthe... Read more

26 Nov 2018

1hr 29mins

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