Season 1 |
| 1 :01x01 - Medicine Cabinet (Jan/07/1989) | After a tour of The New Yankee Workshop to preview the collection of furniture he will build in the first season, Norm visits a "retiring room" at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts to find a model for a handcrafted medicine cabinet. Drawing inspiration from a looking glass and cabinet, Norm uses durable red oak and oak plywood to construct a medicine chest of his own design featuring box-joint joinery
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| 2 :01x02 - Workbench (Jan/14/1989) | A good workshop begins with a well-equipped workbench, and master woodworker Norm uses one from his own shop as a model for the conveniently-sized and affordable workbench he builds in this episode. After a look at a workbench used 100 years ago by the craftsmen at Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts, Norm builds a workbench featuring an oak-edged hardwood top, a bench vice, a recessed tool storage area on top and a shelf beneath.
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| 3 :01x03 - Drop Leaf Table (Jan/21/1989) | Norm uses ash, a durable hardwood, to fashion a drop-leaf table featuring turned legs, a top and leaves made from glued up stock. Norm shows how to turn the table legs on a duplicating lathe and reveals a few tricks for making mortise and tenons joints. Using a router and two special bits, he shows how the drop-leaf joint is made.
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| 4 :01x04 - Blanket Chest (Jan/28/1989) | Norm travels to the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast to look at a handmade blanket chest in a sea captain's house dating from 1790. Incorporating elements of this antique in his own design, Norm builds a blanket chest of pine, lined with aromatic cedar panels.
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| 5 :01x05 - Bedside Table (Feb/04/1989) | Norm constructs a bedside table inspired by one found at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts. Norm's design, made from pine, features a shallow drawer, table legs tapered on the inner sides and a table top with a breadboard design (glued boards edged with wood on two ends).
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| 6 :01x06 - Oak Bathroom Vanity (Feb/11/1989) | Norm builds a bathroom vanity whose design is inspired by a dry sink he found at Fruitlands, a 1790 Shaker house and museum located in Harvard, Massachusetts. The vanity, constructed of oak, features dovetailed joints, a high-pressure laminate top and Shaker-style double doors with a flat panel on the outside and a raised panel on the inside.
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| 7 :01x07 - Trestle Table (Feb/18/1989) | After a look at a pine trestle table in a Shaker house on the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast, Norm constructs his own easily-disassembled trestle table of cherry, a hardwood which, if kiln-dried, resists twisting or shrinking over time. Norm shows how to glue up the boards that comprise the expansive table top and demonstrates how to make the two trestles and the stretcher which connects them.
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| 8 :01x08 - Bookcase (Feb/25/1989) | A visit to the "Stone Bank" at Old Sturbridge Village inspires Norm to build a freestanding bookcase with a cornice detail at the top, adjustable shelves and a removable base made of pine. Norm makes his bookcase from birch plywood, which is more stable than solid wood and offers a smooth surface for painting.
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| 9 :01x09 - Chest of Drawers (Mar/04/1989) | Norm draws inspiration for a chest of drawers from a piece he inspects at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts. Norm constructs his own chest of drawers from Ponderosa pine, demonstrating how to cut and plane the wood, glue the boards for the top and sides and build the drawers, drawer case and frames, and base.
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| 10 :01x10 - Candle Stand (Mar/11/1989) | Norm travels to the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts to gather ideas for his own design for a candle stand. Returning to his workshop, Norm shows home woodworkers how to build an exact replica using power tools, including a lathe, router and band saw.
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| 11 :01x11 - Hutch (Mar/18/1989) | In the kitchen of the Fitch House at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Norm shows viewers an early American hutch, known in its day as a cupboard (a hutch was for rabbits). Norm returns to his workshop to build his own model, a modified chest of drawers made of knotty pine, featuring a base cabinet with raised panel doors and an open shelf section topped with a decorative crown-molding detail.
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| 12 :01x12 - Writing Desk (Mar/25/1989) | Norm demonstrates how to build a slant-top writing desk with tapered legs, a shallow desk drawer and a nest of small drawers and open bins fitted into the top. Constructed mostly of maple.
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| 13 :01x13 - Corner Cupboard (Apr/01/1989) | In the parsonage at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Norm admires a built-in comer cupboard in the house's parlor. Norm's own design for a corner cupboard, constructed back in his workshop from pine and plywood, incorporates a top section closed in with glass-paned doors and a base cabinet with raised panel doors.
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Season 2 |
| 14 :02x01 - Rocking Horse (Jan/06/1990) | After a look at a collection of wooden toys at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in central Massachusetts, Norm builds a child's rocking horse from ash, a durable hardwood. Norm cuts the horse's head, heart-shaped saddle and curved side pieces on the band saw, uses a router to make the dado joint that fastens the cross-braces to the sides, and demonstrates a trick with a bevel gauge, drill and electric jigsaw to create an angled mortise for the footrests.
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| 15 :02x02 - Adirondack Chair (Jan/13/1990) | Norm travels to the Museum of the Adirondacks near Blue Mountain Lake, New York, to inspect a collection of rustic furniture, including a variety of Adirondack chairs. Extracting the best features from each of these chairs, Norm designs his own version built of cypress, an excellent outdoor wood that needs no preservatives or treatment. A project that relies heavily on the band saw to shade its many curved pieces, the Adirondack chair requires no fancy joinery, it's fastened together exclusively with screws, nails and nuts and bolts.
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| 16 :02x03 - Butler's Table (Jan/20/1990) | Norm visits Kingscote, an elegant Gothic Revival house in Newport, Rhode Island, for a look at a mahogany butler's table with four leaves that fold down on solid brass hinges. For his version of this stylish antique, Norm demonstrates the technique of biscuit joinery to glue together the boards for the tray, crafts mortise-and-tenon joints to connect the rails of the base, uses a molding head cutter on his table saw to add a decorative bead to the rails, and shows how to mount the tray's special hinges.
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| 17 :02x04 - Kitchen Dresser (Jan/27/1990) | After a look at an early 18th-century kitchen cupboard at Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, Norm constructs his own version from pine featuring open shelves above a base cabinet whose door sports an antique-style hinge. He shows a pattern to draw the curved outline of the side pieces, then uses a hand-held saber saw to make the cut, saving the cut-out portions to make shelves. Using a molding head cutter on his table saw, Norm demonstrates how to add a decorative bead to the shelves.
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| 18 :02x05 - Hearthside Settle (Feb/03/1990) | Norm travels to the Massachusetts harbor of Gloucester to look at a high-backed, curved hearthside settle at Beauport, the home of tarry 20th-century interior decorator and antiquarian Henry Sleeper. The house is now a museum run by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. Norm's version of this pine piece closes in the area beneath the seat to create a storage space and adds an access hatch in the seat. Norm shows how to cut the settle's curved cross-members and shaped side pieces, how to join the back boards with tongue-and-groove joints, and how to bend the back base board along the bottom of the frame.
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| 19 :02x06 - Pencil-Post Bed (Feb/10/1990) | Norm visits the Shelbourne Museum in Burlington, Vermont to examine an antique pencil-post bed with a rope support system and a hay-filled mattress. Norm then adapts this design to accommodate a standard full-size mattress and box spring, and builds his pencil-post bed of poplar featuring mortise and tenon joints in the construction. The bedposts are tapered on the two inner sides, then beveled on all four corners to produce eight-sided, asymmetrically tapered posts.
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| 20 :02x07 - Chair Table (Feb/17/1990) | Norm drops in on the Fitch House in Old Sturbridge Village, central Massachusetts' "living history" museum, to look at a chair table, with a tabletop that pivots back to form a back rest and a seat with a drawer underneath. Norm's version of this unusual but comfortable and serviceable piece features hardwood (maple) where needed - on the tabletop, arms and feet - and poplar for the sides, seat and drawer front. Norm cuts the shaped side pieces and curved arms and feet on the band saw, shows how to create a sliding dovetail joint to attach the seat and drawer support to the sides, and demonstrates a trick for cutting the large circular tabletop by mounting a specially made jig on the band saw.
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| 21 :02x08 - Kitchen Worktable (Feb/24/1990) | Norm constructs a kitchen table that functions equally well as a dining table or a worktable. Built of pine, the table features tapered legs and storage drawers, with a center rail joining the pairs of legs. Norm employs a specially made tapering jig to fashion the legs and uses mortise-and-tenon joints to put the table together.
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| 22 :02x09 - Mission Style Sofa (Mar/03/1990) | In a departure from the traditional New England-style furniture usually featured on The New Yankee Workshop, Norm draws inspiration from the furniture craftsmen of the southwestern United States to constructs mission-style sofa whose signature simple lines and oak frame allow for cushions. Despite its distinctive regional flavor, Norm's design for this project features the same woodworking techniques - including mortise-and-tenon joinery - he employs in creating his other pieces.
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| 23 :02x10 - Chippendale Mirror (Mar/10/1990) | In a change of pace, Norm shows how to build picture and mirror frames, emphasizing tools and clamps designed specifically for this purpose. Norm uses a mitre box and a table saw outfitted with a jig to cut frames and demonstrates a variety of techniques to fasten corners.
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| 24 :02x11 - Chest on Chest (Mar/17/1990) | With this eight-drawer, cherry chest-on-chest Norm simplifies a complicated project that may, at first glance, seem daunting to the home woodworker. Norm demonstrates techniques of biscuit joinery on the side panels and dovetail joinery on the drawers and cross-rails, then shows how to craft sculpted, contoured feet for the base using a band saw, table saw, template and router.
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| 25 :02x12 - English Garden Bench (Mar/24/1990) | Norm leaves his trademark plaid shirt and jeans at home and dons a stylish suit and derby when he visits London for a look at an authentic English garden bench. Norm constructs his version from teak. The bench is assembled entirely with mortise and tenon joinery and pegs to ensure its strength and durability. Norm shows how to shape the bench's many curved pieces on the band saw, demonstrates how to create tenons with a tenoning jig mounted on the table saw, and reveals a trick for cutting angled mortises on the drill press.
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| 26 :02x13 - Armoire (Entertainment Center) (Mar/31/1990) | Norm winds up The New Yankee Workshop's second season with an armoire based on classic designs but adapted to contemporary use: it can double as a home entertainment center. Norm's version is constructed largely of veneer plywood and features raised panel doors. In building the project, Norm demonstrates many of the joinery techniques he's employed throughout the season, including dado, dovetail and mortise-and-tenon joints - and shows how to use a shaper to create moldings for the piece.
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Season 3 |
| 27 :03x01 - Shaker Step Stools (Jan/05/1991) | After visiting the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts for inspiration, Norm returns to the workshop to build two versions of the classic Shaker step stool - a simple three-step model and a fancier one with two steps. The first stool is made from pine, mostly with hand-held power tools and hand tools, while the more complex version is cherry, featuring through-dovetail joinery fashioned with a sophisticated dovetail jig.
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| 28 :03x02 - Picnic Table and Saw Horses (Jan/12/1991) | A beginner's project, the basic sawhorse features simple construction techniques and materials, including 2x6's, spruce boards and plywood. As he did with last season's Adirondack chair, Norm draws the best elements from several examples to present his version of the classic one-piece picnic table. Built with basic home-center materials, Norm's table won't tip, is easy to get into and out of and is simple to build.
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| 29 :03x03 - Shaker Two Drawer Blanket Chest (Jan/19/1991) | Norm visits the Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, Shaker village to take a look at its fine collection of furniture. His version of the blanket chest is pine, finished with acrylic latex paint on the outside and clear urethane on the inside. Its joinery is simple throughout, including the two storage drawers in the chest's base.
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| 30 :03x04 - Shaker Washstand (Jan/26/1991) | Before modern plumbing, people got the water for their wake-up splash from pitchers and bowls, often kept in basins atop handsome wooden stands. Norm draws inspiration for his washstand from an example he sees during a visit to the Hancock Massachusetts Shaker Village. Built from pine, it features through-dovetail joinery in its flared top section and a drawer and raised-panel doors below.
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| 31 :03x05 - Shaker Wall Clock (Feb/02/1991) | Norm visits the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts to see one of the surviving wall clocks built by Shaker craftsman Isaac Young. Norm's version of the clock improves on the past with the use of a quartz timepiece that costs only five dollars. Made from handsome walnut, it is a small, elegant piece that fits into any decor.
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| 32 :03x06 - Sandbox (Feb/09/1991) | After a visit to a community playground to see what equipment kids are playing on today, Norm builds a project near and dear to his heart: a sandbox modeled after the one his father built for him and his sister when they were toddlers. Using hardy cedar, and pressure-treated lumber where it counts, Norm adds an awning of weather-resistant cloth that is guaranteed to outlast the simple cotton one on his old sandbox.
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| 33 :03x07 - Harvest Table (Feb/16/1991) | Norm looks through the Shaker museum in Old Chatham, New York, and finds a simple, beautiful design on which to base his version of a long harvest table made of cherry. With turned legs and a hand-rubbed Danish oil finish, the table features drop leaves that, even when down, allow chairs to be pushed in for a neat appearance.
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| 34 :03x08 - Shaker Woodbox (Feb/23/1991) | Inspired by a design he examines at the Shaker settlement in Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, Norm's wood box stores kindling in an upper box, firewood in a lower box and fireplace tools off Shaker pegs mounted on all sides. Norm seals the pine box with milk paint, a time-honored finish available today.
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| 35 :03x09 - Library Table (Mar/02/1991) | A perfect piece for behind a sofa or in a hallway, Norm's version of the Shaker library table is made of cherry, 48 inches long and a mere 16 inches wide. Norm reveals his secret method of matching the grain of the fronts of the two overlaid drawers with the rail behind them.
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| 36 :03x10 - Garden Swing (Mar/09/1991) | Turning to the more playful side of county life, Norm resurrects the old fashioned, two-seat swing that used to sit on grandma's lawn or porch. Self-supporting and made of durable redwood, Norm's version features a swinging mechanism made with common off-the-shelf hardware items.
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| 37 :03x11 - Cricket Table (Mar/16/1991) | An unusual piece, the hardwood cricket table features three angled legs. Norm demonstrates the complex angled mortise-and-tenon joinery necessitated by this configuration, using a set of jigs to make sure that all the pieces fit together properly.
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| 38 :03x12 - Pie Safe with Punched Tin Front (Mar/23/1991) | Norm assembles a pie safe with two doors, multiple shelves and mortise and tenon joints. The cabinet features a punched-tin front, which Norm fabricates in the workshop. Years ago, pie safes were used to cool and store pies. In today's busy kitchen, this chest can serve multiple uses.
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| 39 :03x13 - Standing Mirror (Mar/30/1991) | Norm turns to the band saw to help form the mahogany frame for his full-length standing mirror. Some delicate work with a router gives a soft edge and an elegant look to the piece.
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Season 4 |
| 40 :04x01 - Rolling Shop Cabinet (Jan/04/1992) | Like the hugely popular workbench of the first season, Norm's rolling shop cabinet has become an indispensable accessory in the New Yankee Workshop. The cabinet incorporates several construction techniques and materials not seen before on the series. Built from veneer plywood, it features a high-pressure laminate top which provides a durable work surface that allows wood to slide over it. The cabinet rolls on lockable swivel casters.
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| 41 :04x02 - Outdoor Lidded Bench (Jan/11/1992) | Cypress, the perfect wood for this simple project is also one of the hardest to find. The search for cypress takes Norm to a river in rural Georgia, where a lumber company specializes in retrieving - by wet-suited divers - 200-year-old "sinkers," logs that were lost as they were floated downstream from forest to mill.
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| 42 :04x03 - Child's Wagon (Jan/18/1992) | Norm has a lot of fun researching his version of this classic child's toy at the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York. The New Yankee version can be built from readily available materials: threaded rod axles, aluminum angles for axle braces, and non-toxic fire-engine red enamel paint. One of the biggest challenges was designing a handle that doesn't pinch little fingers, another was the wheels. Norm opted for sturdy steel wheels with their smoother riding rubber tires.
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| 43 :04x04 - Coffee Table (Jan/25/1992) | For this project, Norm uses his Yankee ingenuity to convert wood recycled from a pallet to usable pieces and demonstrates planing, edging, and other preparation techniques. Though decidedly "distressed" even after it is put through a planer, these slats yield handsome pieces with lots of "character" that form the top and sides of Norm's rustic coffee table. Because each pallet is different, every coffee table is unique.
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| 44 :04x05 - Gardener's Work Bench (Feb/01/1992) | This project is the first real Victory Garden/New Yankee collaborative piece. Constructed of redwood, it features open shelves for storing pots, a moisture-resistant medium-density overlay top for the potting surface, and storage for stakes, markers, and gardening tools.
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| 45 :04x06 - Shaker Tall Chest (Feb/08/1992) | The New Yankee Workshop travels to the Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Massachusetts, to look at a rare Shaker tall chest similar to one recently auctioned for $160,000. Norm designs a tall chest more daunting in size than in difficulty of construction. Its repetitive design makes it simpler to build than its size suggests.
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| 46 :04x07 - Colonial Fences (Feb/15/1992) | A visit to Colonial Williamsburg reveals an often overlooked feature of every neighborhood fences. Norm is struck by the variety of functions and styles, from rustic and split pickets to sophisticated and highly fashioned "in town" fencing. Back at the workshop, he fashions four of his own versions in Eastern white cedar.
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| 47 :04x08 - Console Table (Feb/22/1992) | Although strictly defined as a single piece meant to fit up against a wall, console tables were often designed in three separate sections: two half-rounds and a central rectangle. Norm's search for a prototype led him to a simple, unpainted Danish half-round built in the late 1800's. With graceful curved legs cut on the band saw and a simple country finish over knotty pine, the console table is a dramatic piece that is far simpler to build than its elegance suggests.
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| 48 :04x09 - Wheel Barrow (Feb/29/1992) | Norm travels to the Eric Sloane Museum in Rent, Connecticut, to examine the $2.69 list price Montgomery-Ward wheelbarrow that was the subject of one of Sloane's most famous drawings. This, along with other historic examples, provides Norm with design clues as to what makes a good old-fashioned wheelbarrow. Bowing to modernity in its use of a pneumatic tire, Norm's oak wheelbarrow features removable sides for greater versatility and medium-density overlay plywood for a smooth and durable bed.
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| 49 :04x10 - Umbrella Stand (Mar/07/1992) | The inspiration for the finish on the New Yankee version of this Victorian entry-way piece is the Arts and Crafts Movement. To achieve this "burnt" effect, Norm builds himself an airtight chamber in which the oak piece is fumed. The piece is built from light oak and features a mirror and clay pot holders to catch the raindrops from the resting umbrellas.
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| 50 :04x11 - Turned Post Bed (Mar/14/1992) | The New Yankee Workshop single bed is a four-poster with robust turnings on the posts and scrolled and serpentined cut-outs on the headboard. The bed is built from maple and pine. A bed similar to the New Yankee version, built between 1825 and 1840, can be found in Massachusetts at the Concord Museum, only steps away from the historic Old North Bridge.
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| 51 :04x12 - Dove Cote (Mar/21/1992) | The villagers of Colonial Williamsburg might not be called bird lovers today, at least not in the conventional sense. Norm learns this first hand as he inspects the inner recesses of an elaborate dovecote in the backyard of one of Williamsburg's historic homes. With space for up to 48 nesting birds, the dovecote housed tethered squabs until they were ready to be plucked from the nest for the family meal. Norm's version of the dovecote is smaller and is actually a perfect accessory to a garden or country landscape.
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| 52 :04x13 - Ladder Back Chair (Mar/28/1992) | The ladderback chair with simple, elegant turnings and a woven seat is one of the Shaker's most ingenious and well-known designs. The chairs came in several sizes to fit different physiques. Light and sturdy, these chairs are a hallmark of the Shaker furniture industry. The New Yankee version is made from cherry. Norm demonstrates how to weave the seat.
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Season 5 |
| 53 :05x01 - Victorian Kitchen Table (Jan/02/1993) | Norm builds his version of a perennial favorite, the Victorian kitchen table, using a design that combines the best features of three tables he studied in Britain. Made of century-old "sinker" pine salvaged from river bottoms in the southeastern United States, the table has a deep storage drawer that extends halfway under the table. Norm demonstrates how to incorporate this drawer into the table's design and how to turn the table's sturdy legs on a lathe.
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| 54 :05x02 - Plant Stand (Jan/09/1993) | This tall English country plant stand is perfect for a temperamental fern. The trick to this relatively-simple project is tapering its long thin legs. Norm demonstrates how to make a jig to do just that. This straight-grained sugar pine stand protects ferns, ivies or other delicate plants that resent touching.
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| 55 :05x03 - Delft Rack (Jan/16/1993) | Norm visits a private collection in an English castle and discovers a Delft rack from 1780. The Delft rack - an oak rack that is the ideal way to display china and figurines-has a cornice molding built up from up five different-shaped pieces of wood that fool the eye and "read" as one. Norm demonstrates how to mill the fluted casings, and how to use patterns to create decorative cutouts and fretwork that embellish this piece.
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| 56 :05x04 - Oak Coffee Table (Jan/23/1993) | Americans are mad for coffee tables! Norm's version of this feature of modern life is inspired by the English country look (there's no such thing as an English country coffee table) and by the rugged appeal of an antique workbench. Norm instructs viewers how to use a v-groove to give the table's top a thick plank-like look.
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| 57 :05x05 - Outdoor Planters (Jan/30/1993) | Norm creates two outdoor planters: one that's square with raised panels and a second that's simpler, larger and rectangular, with vertical slats. The master woodworker demonstrates how to craft the small planter's raised panels on a table saw and turn its finials on a lathe. (Both planters are "sinker" cypress, an excellent outdoor wood that weathers to an attentive silver-gray.)
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| 58 :05x06 - Pantry Table (Feb/06/1993) | This simple, versatile English country pantry table needn't be confined to the pantry: it can serve as a bedside table, writing desk and more. Norm uses a table saw to craft this piece and explains how to taper its legs and form the delicate bead detail around the drawer front. Norm adds a breadboard edge to this classic's top - for extra stability.
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| 59 :05x07 - Sideboard (Feb/13/1993) | We call these buffets, huntboards or servers in America, but they're sideboards in England, and some are up to nine feet long. Norm's smaller white oak version has three drawers, fiddle-shaped legs and a pot board (a large open shelf between the legs for storage). Norm guides viewers in cutting the curves of the piece on a scroll saw.
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| 60 :05x08 - Hanging Corner Cupboard (Feb/20/1993) | After searching London's renowned King's Road, Norm uncovers this unusual piece. He then teaches viewers how to make a curved door from flat boards using a table saw and biscuit joinery for this bow-front hanging corner cupboard. The four-shelf piece, inspired by an 18th-century original, is built from hard sinker pine but has a plywood carcass to bolster stability.
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| 61 :05x09 - Pine Cupboard (Feb/27/1993) | Norm teaches viewers how to make flat panel doors as well as glass panel doors for the display area of this English country cupboard. Made of soft #2 pine with knots to impart added character, the practical piece has tongue-and-groove backing.
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| 62 :05x10 - Butcher Block (Mar/06/1993) | Norm's version of the indispensable kitchen staple, the butcher block, features a hard endgrain maple top instead of the usual parallel grain. The base of this English country piece is sturdy poplar. Norm demonstrates how to cut the endgrain carefully, thus avoiding excess sanding of this tough wood.
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| 63 :05x11 - Redwood Arbor (Mar/13/1993) | Although Norm researched arbors in old England, the one that he builds is inspired by versions from the New England island of Nantucket. Norm's arbor, meant for sitting and enjoying the beauty of the garden, is built from redwood and presents the challenge of fashioning an arch out of segments of wood fixed together with a new water-resistant glue. Norm also tackles making diamond-shaped lattice panels for this project
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| 64 :05x12 - Secretary Desk (Mar/20/1993) | Norm builds a secretary writing desk out of pine. Viewers can learn how to craft breadboard corners for this English country favorite, the most elegant and elaborate project of the season, with its four drawers, pigeonholes and stepped interior.
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| 65 :05x13 - Tall Pine Clock (Mar/27/1993) | Norm suspects that the original of this English country clock found on London's King's Road, with its tapered profile, may have been built by the village coffin maker. Norm builds up its moldings from a combination of off-the-shelf moldings and others made at the workshop, and selects an inexpensive quartz movement.
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Season 6 |
| 66 :06x01 - Easel (Jan/01/1994) | Norm has thought of everything for this classic easel, combining his favorite elements from several commercial versions with a sturdy, timeless design that's all his own. The piece features a chalkboard on one side and paper-holding frame on the other, plus a drawer to keep the supplies together with the easel. Norm uses biscuit joinery - no screws, no nails - to join the parts of the leg assembly. The unique paper roll design allows children a continuous supply of new drawing surface.
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| 67 :06x02 - Doll House (Jan/08/1994) | Adult viewers may be as excited about this doll house as the children it is intended for when Norm creates a true-to-scale replica of his now-famous workshop. Norm gets some ideas from a late-Victorian example located in the Barrett House in New Hampshire, but his final design is less gender-specific, with the familiar great room that is the home of The New Yankee Workshop as well as two stories of smaller rooms and a garage - all features never before seen on camera. With some custom accessorizing, this doll house can easily be rendered appropriate for boys or girls or both. The project involves extensive work with the table saw and router.
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| 68 :06x03 - Toy Chest (Jan/15/1994) | Combining functionality with simple fun, Norm's toy chest features a top with an inlaid checkerboard made of maple and mahogany, and even a compartment in which to store the checkers. Incorporating through dovetails cut on the dovetailing jig, the chest is as handsome as it is sturdy. Norm also demonstrates valuable marquetry techniques for the checkerboard. As always, safety is a primary concern, and Norm's toy chest includes an ingenious closing device that insures that the lid will never slam on a child's fingers.
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| 69 :06x04 - Cradle (Jan/22/1994) | Norm visits Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts for the inspiration behind this Early American hooded cradle, one of the most commonly requested projects on The New Yankee Workshop. The construction includes finger joints and a sliding dovetail for the rocker. Norm's choice of durable cherry is rendered particularly rich with a Danish oil finish. With its distinctive hood and graceful lines, this piece is destined to become an heirloom.
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| 70 :06x05 - Trundle Bed (Jan/29/1994) | A useful space-saving piece of furniture, the trundle bed is perfect for sleep-overs. The top bed is low enough for kids to climb onto easily, while the trundle rolls out smoothly on casters. Constructing the bed presents an opportunity for Norm to demonstrate a variety of mortise and tenon joinery techniques. Once built, he paints the curved-headboard frame, made of poplar and plywood, with a non-toxic latex enamel, sealing the maple features with a satin polyurethane for a natural wood accent.
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| 71 :06x06 - Marble Roll (Feb/05/1994) | Norm considers a historic example of the classic marble roll, as well as a huge mechanical version located at Boston's Museum of Science. His own design emphasizes safety, proportioned for marbles too large for a child to swallow, while the entire unit is small enough to be portable. It is a relatively simple project, made primary on the table saw, that can often be constructed from workshop scraps.
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| 72 :06x07 - Storage Units: Bureau and Bookcase (Feb/12/1994) | The storage units are essentially three projects in one: a chest of drawers, base cabinet and matching bookcase. All three pieces are constructed from 3/4" oak plywood, making them particularly sturdy yet portable. The plywood is edged with solid oak, which lends the handsome finish that all of Norm's projects share. These pieces that will last for years, potentially traveling with their owners to dorm room or apartment.
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| 73 :06x08 - Student's Desk (Feb/19/1994) | Norm builds this project for the "A" student in the house - a desk inspired by the memory of his own version from high school. The durable laminate panels provide a smooth desktop surface for writing that will still look great after years of use. Norm demonstrates how to apply high-pressure laminates and uses mortise and tenon joinery for the stylish oak frames. The oak is sealed with polyurethane for durability.
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| 74 :06x09 - Rocking Chair (Feb/26/1994) | Children always want a chair that is their own size. Norm's is one they might someday pass on to their own children. The beauty is in the details with this challenging project, as the master woodworker turns the legs on a lathe and forms the curved backrest by laminating three pieces of cherry together. The holes for the arms, legs and stretchers are bored on the drill press using a series of homemade jigs with tapered angles and wedges. This rocking chair is perfectly proportioned and likely to become the favorite in any child's room.
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| 75 :06x10 - Alphabet Block Wagon (Mar/05/1994) | The witches of Salem, Massachusetts may have once sat upon the high chair that Norm spies at the House of the Seven Gables. But that doesn't stop the master woodworker from building his own version. Intended for toddlers aged two to four and made of cherry, it features legs and spindle rests turned on the lathe.
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| 76 :06x11 - High Chair (Mar/12/1994) | The witches of Salem, Massachusetts may have once sat upon the high chair that Norm spies at the House of the Seven Gables. But that doesn't stop the master woodworker from building his own version. Intended for toddlers aged two to four and made of cherry, it features legs and spindle rests turned on the lathe.
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| 77 :06x12 - Playhouse (Part I) (Mar/19/1994) | Norm's blockbuster project for the sixth season is a playhouse that boys and girls alike will love. In this show, the first of two, he begins work by building the floor platform and prefabricating the walls, then assembling the frame in the backyard. Perfect for tea parties and secret meetings, this playhouse is also a handsome addition to any yard.
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| 78 :06x13 - Playhouse (Part II) (Mar/26/1994) | Norm continues work on his playhouse, concentrating on the wood shingle roof and the many details that he refers to as "goodies," from the window box to the Dutch door. This is the project that Norm's younger viewers are likely to be clamoring for loudest of all.
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Season 7 |
| 79 :07x01 - X-Brace Trestle Table (Jan/07/1995) | Norm visits Old Sturbridge Village, a "living history" museum in Sturbridge, Massachusetts, to investigate colonial life and furnishings and returns to the workshop with a period design for an X-brace trestle table. The handsome sturdiness of this versatile cherry piece makes it a welcome addition to any room, whatever the decor.
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| 80 :07x02 - Pergola (Jan/14/1995) | What better way to enjoy a hot summer day than from the shade of a graceful arbor? A perfect complement to any garden or deck, Norm's elegant pergola will look great draped in wisteria and is constructed of durable pressure-treated southern yellow pine.
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| 81 :07x03 - TV Tray Table (Jan/21/1995) | True to its name, this handsome mahogany piece is actually a tray and table in one: the tray features simple, sturdy handles that allow it to he used independently of its stand. Inspired by the TV tray tables of the 1950s and '60's, Norm's design seamlessly joins form with function.
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| 82 :07x04 - Outdoor Garden Table (Jan/28/1995) | It's been next to impossible to find an outdoor side or coffee table - until now. Norm builds a low round, slat-topped model out of durable teak that fits the bill perfectly.
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| 83 :07x05 - Cherry Bathroom Vanity (Feb/04/1995) | Norm builds a cherry bathroom vanity based on one he designed for his own home, guiding the woodworker through the details of constructing the vanity's raised panel doors using only a router. Norm also explains the techniques involved in forming the piece's solid-surface top.
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| 84 :07x06 - Lutyen's Bench (Feb/11/1995) | Norm finds his inspiration for this piece in the garden furniture designed by renowned English architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. Constructed entirely of teak, this faithful reproduction is built to last and age gracefully.
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| 85 :07x07 - Picture Frames (Feb/18/1995) | Norm visits Old Schwamb Mill, the oldest operating custom frame factory in the country. Back at the workshop, he uses both stock molding and several original designs to demonstrate the techniques used in making picture and mirror frames. Norm also offers step-by-step instructions on how to create mattes for the artwork.
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| 86 :07x08 - Sailboat (Part I) (Feb/25/1995) | A visit to the Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle, Washington launches this challenging and exciting project which is modeled after a "class boat" known as the "Clancy."
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| 87 :07x09 - Sailboat (Part II) (Mar/04/1995) | Back at the workshop, Norm builds the lightweight boat from scratch using 3' x 10' lengths of marine veneer mahogany plywood and an epoxy and fiberglass system to make the craft watertight. With the final coat of epoxy sanded and the last strokes of paint and waterproof finish applied, host Norm puts the SS New Yankee 1 and 2 to the test! Norm and This Old House host, Steve Thomas, take the workshop-built Clancy boats for a sail.
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| 88 :07x10 - Gazebo (Part I) (Mar/11/1995) | Norm begins work on one of the most ambitious projects ever attempted at The New Yankee Workshop. Brilliantly conceived and executed, Norm's intimate octagonal, screened gazebo reflects several popular Victorian styles and features a cedar deck, clever, collar-tied rafters, and a unusual tapered, cedar-shingled roof, the project's most challenging element.
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| 89 :07x11 - Gazebo (Part II) (Mar/18/1995) | Norm offers useful tips on how to build screens as he creates the screen door and panels for his gazebo. The final decorative touches are applied as the Victorian latticework is assembled and mounted and the copper finial takes its place atop this storybook garden pavilion.
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| 90 :07x12 - Quilt Racks (Mar/25/1995) | Norm returns to Old Sturbridge Village in Sturbridge, Massachusetts to research the colonial custom of using blanket frames or racks. What results are stylish displays for prized quilts as Norm reinterprets these pieces in both Victorian and Shaker styles. While the mahogany Victorian rack features a curved top and turned legs, its simple pine counterpart boasts flat braces and a trestle foot.
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| 91 :07x13 - Chimney Cupboard (Apr/01/1995) | Salvaged wide pine boards, some more than 200 years old, are the material of choice for Norm's version of this free-standing Shaker-inspired cabinet. More than seven feet tall and featuring a flat-paneled door and five interior shelves, this versatile piece proves an ideal kitchen pantry, linen or sweater chest.
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| 93 :08x02 - Chestnut Coffee Table (Jan/13/1996) | Built of recycled chestnut barn timber, this generously sized coffee table is a reproduction pine table displayed at the Grace Family Vineyards in St. Helena. Featuring large turned legs and a natural oil finish, this table is as individual as the limited edition Cabernet Grace the vineyard is famous for.
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| 94 :08x03 - Paymaster's Desk (Jan/20/1996) | The owners of this unusual table, Jack and Jamie of Schramsberg Vineyards in Calistoga, California, told Norm that it was originally a Mexican paymaster's table, carried on horseback, and used to pay groups of laborers on site. Built of recycled pine, the desk functions quite well today as an end table - and conversation piece. The desk has splayed legs with a stretcher and a two-sided pull-through drawer once used for holding money.
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| 95 :08x04 - Long Table (Jan/27/1996) | Norm finds the quintessential gathering table - it's 10 feet long - in the wine tasting room at the Myacamas Vineyards in Napa Valley. He fully demonstrates his master craftsmanship by reproducing this impressive piece of furniture, destined to become a family heirloom. To add to the integrity and value of this piece, he uses two different types of recycled pine that are peppered with interesting wood knots, buckshot and other natural irregularities.
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| 96 :08x05 - Double Dresser (Feb/03/1996) | Norm spies this beautifully proportioned double dresser in a private collection of antique pine furniture in Napa Valley. This six-drawer desk is long but narrow, making it versatile enough for a hallway and other small spaces, as well as for a bedroom. Norm crafts his version of the design out of recycled pine, complete with recessed side panels, banded drawer fronts and wooden knobs.
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| 97 :08x06 - Chestnut Desk (Feb/10/1996) | Another piece found in a private collection in wine country, this elegantly simple desk has an expansive surface, a single center pencil drawer and nicely turned legs. The original was made of pine, but for his version, Norm uses a harder chestnut that is better for writing surfaces. As straight forward and unpretentious as the best American antiques - or wines this desk can easily double as a table.
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| 98 :08x07 - Irish Hutch (Feb/17/1996) | One of the most impressive pieces Norm discovers during the course of his travels in wine country is a 200-year-old Irish Hutch owned by the Trevorses of Myacamas Vineyards. This pine hutch features two flat paneled doors and two large dovetailed drawers at its base. Atop the base is a plate rack with simple ornamentation and cornice molding. Lovingly detailed, with plenty of room for displaying china or collectibles, this is one of the most ambitious projects Norm makes this season.
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| 99 :08x08 - Wine Storage Unit (Feb/24/1996) | In keeping with the wine-country theme, this project is much more than just a wine rack. It is the perfect system for people who take wine collecting seriously. Made of redwood and designed as a four-sided display, this storage unit holds 10 cases of wine while providing additional storage for glasses, corkscrews and oversized bottles, plus a platform for serving. No wine aficionado will want to return from a tasting tour of Napa Valley to anything less.
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| 100 :08x09 - Three Turned Table Lamps (Mar/02/1996) | Norm designs three natural wood lamps made from recycled materials to complement his collection of wine country furniture. The largest, 20 inches high, is a massive turning of heart pine that has been laminated. The second, 17 inches high, is turned from two pieces of mahogany. The third, another piece of heart pine, is sixteen inches high.
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| 101 :08x10 - Garden Shed and Recycling Center (Part I) (Mar/09/1996) | This season's only two-part project moves the series away from the vineyards of Northern California and back into viewers' backyards when Norm builds a handsome and practical storage shed outside The New Yankee Workshop.
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| 102 :08x11 - Garden Shed and Recycling Center (Part II) (Mar/16/1996) | | The 12-by-8-foot shed with an attached recycling and rubbish center has plenty of room for the lawn mower, snow blower and other lawn and garden tools. Four windows let in the light, and a large door welcomes oversized equipment. The recycling center has enough covered space for sorting and for holding rubbish barrels. The building is finished with Western red cedar clapboards, shingles and galvanized hardware to | |
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