Neil Patrick Harris on art and woodworking | March 2022

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[@gregmize01]

The colab of Bourbon Moth and Keith Johnson on Neil's outdoor bench is a must watch!

[@peterdenkel5014]

I was wondering if having that built influenced NPH to take up woodworking. I did woodworking in high school but was inspired to take it up again in recent years after having some pieces made professionally - having design input on those awoke creativity I didn’t know was latent.

[@ericmorgan8044]

Would love an update interview to see what has changed for Neil in a year of woodworking. I was in his mindset of “I need this tool and that tool and need to watch this video and that video before I made my first project.” Then I realized I wasn’t actually a woodworker until I had made something (and messed it up) I was just a tool/knowledge collector of woodworking.

[@BobtDotCom]

Great interview Steve. Inspiring to say the least. I'm a long-term subscriber to WWMM, but had to watch NPH on Hot Ones to know this was here. I actually stopped the Hot Ones video to come and find this. Awesome!

[@i.m.peterrific]

It's great to see someone that has been so successful in their career as an actor has a true down-to-earth attitude to life, not like a lot of the sensationalist media exposure that is piled on many a celebrity. I could see myself tinkering in a workshop with Neil on pointless little restorations of antique's.

[@joeleustice]

I'm thanking Sean Evans from Hot Ones for getting to see this.

[@brandonwoodworkersclub4097]

Everyones exposure to the craft is unique and interesting. This was good. Thanks

[@ChrisMurphyHub]

I absolutely resonate with NPH’s problem of the new woodworker…”the problem with a bow to make a box video is the video right after that’s says how to make a better box.” So true. I have shiny object syndrome where I just want to do the best thing, not necessarily the right, next thing.

[@linalinux]

I haven't watched the whole video yet, but I needed to jot this down.. :D It's easy to think that a famous person can just solve the basic woodworking shop issues with money.. but then NPH comes on and asks the most valid questions for a woodworking beginner, and shows all the mental struggles of trying to start. Learning to make stuff is the easy part, the hardest part is to be able to begin. :D Not only is it easy to focus more on wanting to have the perfect space before you even start, but for some people, unknowingly their passion might not even be the woodworking, but their passion is setting up the space just right, and if they don't know that that is their passion, it's gonna be frustrating. :D So many hobby people has buying hobby stuff as their main hobby, and making stuff as their second hobby. :)

[@tedmerrick935]

I really get a kick out of how involved NPH has gotten in the maker community working with all sorts of different makers.

[@starsonapollo2]

This is awesome! I have been following Steve for a while and I can't believe that this Collab happened!

[@johnford7847]

Very interesting interview. I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you, Steve. And thanks to Neil, as well.

[@wolfman75]

Wow this was so Awesome!!! Thanks Steve & NPH!!!!! 😲🔥👍😎😁🤘

[@RonRegular2]

The Godfather teaching is amazing. I love seeing woodworking spread! Excited to see your stuff Neil.

[@RonWaller]

NPH would be a good D&D dungeon master IMO.

[@pnerim]

Amazing good show! Thanks a lot

[@crpizarro8241]

I always say that I don't have more hobbies because I don't have more time and money. Everything he talks about I will get into eventually.

[@dogwoodtales]

kewl - maybe get Will Masey on sometime too. He's also into woodworking.

[@rustybarker6694]

Shout out on Hot Ones! Congrats Steve!

[@ckbama17]

I think its cool he mentioned as a kid he’d see his dad building/working on something and wasn’t impressed but understands now. My dad always fixed/built things, and as a kid I found it boring. All I wanted to do was watch TV and play sports - now all I want to do is work on things.

[@ThymeKeeper]

Neil is the obvious choice to play Steve in WWMM: the Movie :). Or the big budget stage musical :).

[@jackspeer2127]

A jig is a tool that will make your woodworking more Safe, accurate, or faster. Grrrrriper is the only tool I own that contributes to all 3. you will feel the increased safety from the first time you use it. Now go out there and GET one.

[@thomashverring9484]

This is so weird, I just watched some SNL sketches and was wondering what Neil was up to :^) Fran and Freba is a masterpiece!

[@debrafryda114]

Love you Neil a.k.a. dr Doogie howser m.d.

[@billparrish4385]

Best approach to acquiring a new tool: Wait to buy it until you need it for a project. Don't set up 'the perfect shop' first, then have the thing sitting there, un-used. It's de-motivating, and you'll always be playing catch-up, justifying the purchases, "I really gotta find a project to use that thing on," and the fun factor will be less than it could have been. And not just wait until a project demands the purchase, but try to do it with existing tools first, really justify the purchase. Even better, open an Etsy store and sell something, then use the proceeds to buy the new tool.

[@christopherrobin101]

Please Steve, mail Neil a Gripper!

[@vlravn2358]

Take care of those pulleys of yours, f'd up one of mine, stage 3 or 4 uncured at the beginning, still feeling it 3 years later

[@CarlYota]

Neil is high conscientious, like many of us. His problem is that he needs to start building things. Trying to set up a perfect shop with all the tools you might need is a trap. Buy what you need to make the thing you’re working on right now. Resist the urge to be a prepper and go build a basic box. Remember, perfectionism is procrastination masquerading as quality control.

[@TheDjt1992]

If you dont look at the screen while listening to this podcast, Steve sounds like Dr. Drew.

[@stinkyham9050]

Sounds like NPH is getting caught up in the same trap so many of us do, myself included. He wants to skip ahead to a really cool beautiful project without making a bunch of smaller projects of lesser quality first. I would say to him to slow down and make a crappy box, then make a better box and then an even better box, etc. Eventually he will get to make a 10 foot dinning room table with hardware wood swirl patterned grain beautifully stained (or whatever project he has in his head) but it will be years until he reaches that level and that's ok.

[@CornerCreekWoodworking]

I don't know if I'm as happy talking about anything as he is talking about magic. I'm not sure if I should be inspired or sad.

[@scottreichinger9951]

NPH: I don't want to waste my time making a basic b*tch box. hahahhaha!