KDRT New Studio Takes Shape Summer 2006
Summer 2006: Hole in the Wall to Room with a View!
Summer of 2006 saw KDRT move from it's original digs to a swanky window room perfect for live broadcasting. Follow along in the photo series below.
I'd like to thank all volunteers involved so far: The KIDS PLANET crew: Gregory Shilling-Goins, Tal Medovoy, Tom Bergamaschi, Emmett and Elsa Iverson- as well as ringleaders Mandy Iverson and Fraser Shilling for painting the office. Karl Mogel for prep work and helping construct the tabletops. Lastly, a big thanks goes to Jim Buchanan, who continues unabated in his volunteer leadership! More photos to follow as the project progresses. After new carpet is installed, we'll mount the new table tops and our old mic booms, probably by the end of July.
In the beginning, there was a board...2 Birch 4 x 8's to be exact
Jim goes to work on the Birch, after Jeff had prepped the wood with stain
In the absence of labor, Jim improvises to keep the board steady while cutting
Karl shows up the lend his steady hand to the process
Jim routes the edges of the wood, effectively creating a nice, smooth, beveled edge
We check the new console tabletop against it's locale
Imagine the same process for another cut, this time a tabletop for turntables
Karl begins the brainstorming process for the "interviewing table" by shooting a measuring tape out of his finger!
The resulting idea from Karl is to use cardboard edges to layout a design; cut the right way, cardboard works perfect for this use!
Jim measures the average distance a guest extends from the table. Notice the brainfood on the table. Peanuts!
Karl plots his next move to take over the world, one seemingly mundane yet incredibly useful idea at a time!
Jim scores (sp?) the outside of the Birch board, hopefully to keep the jigsaw from busting up too much of the top level of the plywood
This shot shows the finished Whale project.
The whale looks right at home in the new studio; in fact, we decided to call it Studio Shamu until further notice.
