Thursday, February 27, 2014

MWA Podcast Episode 48 - We Found the Shop!





Show Notes:


MWA Podcast Episode #48
February 26, 2014
We Got Here . . . Somehow
What’s in the shop?

  • Chris
    • Plays with old timey steel
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  • Dyami
    • Lill’s Quilt Rack
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  • Tom
    • Just need to build the tops of the front entertainment units
    • Had to build some pocket screw samples for last night’s guild meeting
    • Excellent discussion  about getting new woodworkers into the shop at the SPWG meeting


Blog post that piqued our interest



Goings on in the MWA

Main topic

Next broadcast’s topic

Where can you find us:

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Friday, February 21, 2014

MWA Podcast Episode 47 - Matt Vanderlist AKA the Podfather





Show Notes:


What’s in the shop?
  • Chris
    • Box
  • Dyami
    • A jointer and . . . space
  • Tom
    • Sliding doors (more) Working inside the home is a pain in the rear...
Upcoming events
Main topic
  • Matt Vanderlist
    • When Matt began podcasting, about 7 years ago he had been woodworking about 5 years.
    • Does being the first voice mean anything?
      • Breaking the stereotype of old men woodworking.
    • Even in Atlanta, Zebra wood is surprisingly easy to work for an exotic.
    • Most surprising development (of online woodworking community)?
      • Number of people
      • The way there are turf wars over topics and techniques
        • some online personalities have followers who are very territorial
    • How have you kept motivated?
      • Viewer/Listener emails, it’s audience driven
    • What’s it really like to work with Shannon Rogers?
    • How comes the bed?
      • Slowly.
    • Marc had Matt at “Hello?”. He completes Matt.
    • Biggest surprise of Wood Talk
      • How large and demanding the audience is
    • The “God Horrendous chortle”
      • An uncontrollable natural phenomenon which Matt has no control over.
    • Have you talked to Mary May since Woodworking in America?
      • He’s trying
    • 5 Questions
      • how did you get into woodworking?
        • Once he bought his first house, it blossomed.
      • what's your favorite tool?
        • his brain, no. A tool he uses? the Breese smoother plane he built from a kit.
      • who has influenced you the most?
        • Mmm. Originally, Chris Schwarz.
        • Chris still gets lots of credit, but the online woodworking community has supplanted him in Matt’s heart.
      • What was your biggest stumbling block & could it have been avoided?
        • When Matt overthinks. Too much information online and in print. Information overload.
        • The internet has ruined my woodworking
      • How has the internet influenced your work?
        • Seeing what other people are doing and hearing what they want to learn has improved his woodworlking


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Sunday, February 9, 2014

MWA Podcast Episode 46 - Tom McKenna of Fine Woodworking






Show Notes:


What’s in the shop?
  • Chris
    • Snow
  • Dyami
    • A pile of calendars
  • Tom
    • Sliding Doors on his cabinet
Goings on in (and out of) the MWA
Main topic
    • How did you get started with Fine Woodworking?
    • How did you get into woodworking? Did you?
    • Now that you’ve been editor for a few months, is it all you’d expected?
    • Are there changes you’re looking to make to FWW?
    • Rich history at the magazine. What does that mean to you?
    • Changes to the online presence
    • No Fine Woodworking Live 2014

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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.
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