Wednesday, September 25, 2013

MWA Podcast Episode 39 - The French Oak Roubo Project




Show Notes:


What’s in the shop?

Mobile Recording
  • After having the chance to record a full episode at Fine Woodworking Live using equipment borrowed from Fine Woodworking and Marc Spagnuolo, we’ve come to realize that we really need to improve the quality of our mobile recording equipment so that we can bring back full episodes and high quality interviews from future events such as Woodworking in America, the Woodworking Shows and the Furniture Project.
  • While the needed equipment isn’t too expensive, it’s not too cheap either. Since we’ve paid almost every cost associated with the MWA and the production of the podcast out of pocket so far, we’re hoping that our listeners will help out with donations for the recording equipment.
  • If you go to modernwoodworkersassociation.com there is a donate button on the upper right side. Please give what you can. We’ll thank you on the air and we’ll make sure that everything we receive goes towards making the show better.
    • Thanks to those who have donated
      • Neal Becker
      • Ian Mackay
      • Vic Hubbard
      • Krishen Kota
      • James Finley
      • Jeffery Morton
      • Jeff Branch
      • Jonathan Szczepanski
      • Rusty Burwell
      • David Picciuto
      • Julien Lecomte
      • Steve Ramsey
      • Bartee Lamar
      • Jay Gargiulo
      • Wilbur Pan
      • Kyle Barton
      • Michael Lingenfelter
      • Jeremy Morgan
      • Tom Buhl
      • Brian Chandley
      • Archie Kinnear
      • Russ Generes
      • Douglas Ward
      • Christopher Bowen
      • Jim Ashley
      • Matt Vanderlist
      • Ian Mackay
      • Brian Chandley
      • Ron Hock
      • Pete Harbin
Blog post that piqued our interest



Where you they find us
If you’re missing us already, you can subscribe to the show on itunes. Just search for the Modern Woodworkers Association. Once you’re subscribed, you’ll be sure never to miss an exciting episode. While you’re in iTunes, please leave us a 5 star rating. It helps our rank so others can more easily find us.
If you want to find out more about the Modern Woodworkers Association, be sure to visit modernwoodworkersassociation.com, follow the MWA on twitter @MWA_National, like the MWA on Facebook or circle Modern Woodworkers Association on Google+. While you’re there, join the MWA Google+ community for project sharing, discussion and loads of woodworking banter.



The French Oak Roubo Project from Benchcrafted on Vimeo.

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

MWA Podcast Episode 38 - Redux




Show Notes:


What’s in the shop?

Mobile Recording
After having the chance to record a full episode at Fine Woodworking Live using equipment borrowed from Fine Woodworking and Marc Spagnuolo, we’ve come to realize that we really need to improve the quality of our mobile recording equipment so that we can bring back full episodes and high quality interviews from future events such as Woodworking in America, the Woodworking Shows and the Furniture Project.
While the needed equipment isn’t too expensive, it’s not too cheap either. Since we’ve paid almost every cost associated with the MWA and the production of the podcast out of pocket so far, we’re hoping that our listeners will help out with donations for the recording equipment.
If you go to modernwoodworkersassociation.com there is a donate button on the upper right side. Please give what you can. We’ll thank you on the air and we’ll make sure that everything we receive goes towards making the show better.


You can learn more about our efforts here:

Blog post that piqued our interest

Goings on in the MWA

Where can you find us?
If you’re missing us already, you can subscribe to the show on itunes. Just search for the Modern Woodworkers Association. Once you’re subscribed, you’ll be sure never to miss an exciting episode. While you’re in iTunes, please leave us a 5 star rating. It helps our rank so others can more easily find us.
If you want to find out more about the Modern Woodworkers Association, be sure to visit modernwoodworkersassociation.com, follow the MWA on twitter @MWA_National, like the MWA on Facebook or circle Modern Woodworkers Association on Google+. While you’re there, join the MWA Google+ community for project sharing, discussion and loads of woodworking banter.

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Asking Our Friends To Help Us Be Heard

If you’ve had a chance to listen to the 37th episode of the of the ModernWoodworkers Association podcast, recorded live at Fine Woodworking Live 2013, you know the sound quality was a so much better than the recording we did at Woodworking in America 2012. That poor quality recording can be listened to in our Woodworking in America 2012 episode if you’d like to compare.

We're looking to sound like the pros.
The difference was due to the quality recording rig Ed and the Fine Woodworking editors use. After they recorded an episode of ShopTalk Live, they were kind enough to allow us to borrow their equipment for our recording.