Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Sam Maloof Interview

Sorry to inflict two Bloggings in one day, but I stumbled across this interview with "the Inland Empire’s own national treasure, woodworker Sam Maloof". Dunno that it'll stay up for long, so get it while it's hot - s'only about 8mins though, so don't expect much.

And while I'm in audio mode, there is actually a woodworking Podcast it seems - Matt's Basement Workshop. I initially had hopes when there was talk of hand tools, but that's rather petered out into tablesaurs and so forth. But for the more Normite-inclined listener, fwiw.

Finally I'd love to be able to watch the Woodworking in the 18th Century video, number six about half way down this page, but all I get is a letterbox glimpse. Anyone else have any better luck? Edit: Ah, Mike has had better luck, using this address. He had to download it to get it working; I was luckier and it set off in Quicktime first time. Mack Headley turning on a Great Wheel powered lathe, in case you were wondering whether to bother. Thanks, Mike.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks for the Maloof tip. The folks at NPR need to learn something about file compression. 7.8MB for 8 minutes of talking! That is rough on us dial-up Luddites.

    If you like Maloof, there is a nice DVD available which was filmed about 15 years ago titled Sam Maloof: Woodworking Profile in which they follow him around in shop over a week span.

    Jeff

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  2. Thanks for the links, Alf. Enjoyed the Maloof interview.
    And Jeff, you're right-the Maloof Profile is a great DVD. All you need to know about how he makes his chairs!
    Cheers
    Philly

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