Jimmy builds his first canoe, a 15-ft. Ranger he constructs a strongback that supports the canoe during the build, cuts the stems, or station molds that form the hull's shape, and adds the strips.
Working from his workshop in Sea Cliff, NY, Chris Zeppieri of Make Everything designs and builds for just about everything.
Lindsay Zuelich, otherwise known as Wood Brain, is a maker from Torrance, California, who makes MAGIC with her hands.
April makes a free-standing planter, updates her wooden balusters and railing with a modern metal post and cable system, and makes a butcher block countertop for her laundry room.
After discovering rot in her porch supports, April installs temporary jacks and shares how to pour concrete and prevent decay then, she designs a folding wooden chair and a mobile herb planter.
Paul builds a teardrop camper with the Chesapeake Light Craft Teardrop Camper kit.
Paul upgrades his workshop with a modular French-cleat storage system after crafting a collection of pallet-wood hockey sticks, it's a maker face off on the ice with Jimmy DiResta as referee.
Laura explores hot vs. cold bluing steel methods, copper plates a gas tank using basic tools, and welds a vintage "this way" lighted arrow sign from steel.
Laura decides to trade her beloved camper for a forklift then, she celebrates 1,000 design ideas from a tri-bike to a champagne sprinkler, any idea is better than no idea.
Jamison designs a built-in dresser from prefinished plywood and then a nightstand, upgrading the design with door caning then, it's off to Florida to renovate his parents' boat dock.
Jamison upgrades the family game room with a custom poker table, accent wall, and sign and shares his top woodworking tips.
Tyler creates and films an action scene with a hydraulic launch pad for performing stunts he builds a pneumatic-powered animatronic hand from laser-cut steel.
The teams have built their prototypes with the help of the tool techs, filmed a 1 minute video and are ready to pitch their idea to a panel of judges.
Meeting Jordan Goetz of Growler Domestics, Chris Giffrow of Cow Dog Craft Works and Erin Longfellow of Maker Gray.
Laura transforms an old heating expansion vessel into a grill with a leveling jack as a spindle for heat control and carves a cutting board for the topper then Laura configures a tattoo machine by rewiring some old electrical units.
Laura transforms some old vessels lying around her shop into cooking appliances she converts a beer keg into a gas rotisserie grill and a stainless-steel barrel into a pizza oven with fire bricks and a sliding steel drawer.
Laura shares some of her favorite branding techniques for marking work because Laura loves functionality, she builds a BBQ that's also a firepit.
Laura trades an old track saw for a 40-year-old camper and converts it into the world's smallest bar Laura's goal is to repurpose or trade whatever she needs to rebuild the camper.
The maker community says thanks and shares stories of how Jimmy changed their lives and inspired them to forge a maker life.
Jimmy DiResta takes viewers on a multi-shop and property tour and goes in-depth about his life and legacy, both personally and in the community.