Hi everyone! If you don’t know by now, my name is Matt Vanderlist and I’m the host and creator of Matt’s Basement Workshop Podcast.

The very first episode of MBW was posted on January 26th, 2006 from my basement on a toy microphone (explains a few things doesn’t it??) and that’s where I’m still recording today.

Of course a few things have changed, but at the heart of it all the show is still the same; me trying to share with you the listener my own experiences so far as a woodworker.

When it comes down to it, I’m just an amateur woodworker with a simple basement workshop filled with both hand and power tools that I’ve either inherited or bought myself.

And like so many of you. I was bitten by the woodworking bug very early on in my life. Watching my grandfather working in his basement workshop are among my earliest memories. And also like so many of you, it was years later when I bought my first house that the bug resurfaced and I was bitten even harder than before.

A big part of the reason for starting MBW was that while I’ll never claim to know everything about woodworking. I do know that by sharing my own experiences with others has helped me to understand more about what I do know and inspires me to learn more about what I want to know.

Not to mention the fact that it’s a great opportunity to open a dialogue with all of you so we can learn more about woodworking from each other.

A few facts to share with you about myself: I’m a devoted husband and a father of two great kids. And while I would love to make MBW Podcast my full-time job for now it’s just another part of my woodworking experience and a great hobby on top of it.

At my “day job” I’m a cytotechnologist for a small pathology laboratory (basically I sit at a desk all day and stare into a microscope). But during my free time, I’m an avid woodworker trying to learn and do as much as I can. And of course I try to share that all with you.

If there’s ever anything I talk about on the show that you’d like to learn more about or something you feel needs correcting…please don’t ever hesitate to email me with your question or concern.