I am always being asked about tools and woodworking products. Around this time of year, a lot of those questions turn into: 'what would make a good gift?'

Some of the biggest fears when it come to miter saws is maintaining accuracy after it has bounced around during travel and on job sites. The Milwaukee's cordless dual bevel sliding compound miter saw feels sturdy, with metal in all the right places.

Three woodworkers will don cameras, and stream their experience as attendees at the International Woodworking Fair. The IWF GoPro Guys are all wood business owners will shop the show real-time, and share through Facebook's Facetime streaming video application.

This tool storage system: it's boxes, it's a cart, it's tough, it's storage, it's stylish, and I like it.

Being a furniture builder puts you in a certain category; the category where people think you are handy. So you get called on for help, and can only hope it's wood related. That's why I don't mind having a trust pipe wrench around.

There is a concept felt by people who own a shop, be it wood, metal, auto, in your garage, a small commercial space, or a giant factory: shop envy. No matter how much you love your space, you always come across someone with more tools and space.

I wear two hats: woodshop worker and public face. If I could find a way to schedule different days for all my meetings and all the days I am banging, cutting, and sanding it would be easy. More often than not I have to split my days and showing up to a luxury high-rise caked in sawdust is not an option. Enter Milwaukee's stylish gear.

Growing up, even before I wanted to build furniture, I was always a fan of tools. Even if I had no idea what they did, if the design caught my eye I wanted it.

For the woodworker, it's going to be tools, lumber and veneer. And more tools. Developing the 2015 shopping list for someone who works with wood all day, the editors at Woodworking Network tried to think out of the dovetail box. Besides exotic hardwood that can inspire a project, or a specialized tool or jig that's so cool it doesn't matter if its useful, we added some good works suggestions this time around: it's better to give than to receive.

In a behind the scenes look at an urban lumber and furniture company, I interview Ellis Isenberg, founding member of Tri-Lox. Take a listen as we talk about everything from lumber sourcing, to wood smells, to shop music.