The New Yankee Workshop
The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House. The series aired for 21 seasons before broadcasting its final episode on June 27, 2009.
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Cast
Seasons
First Season of the Series. Series host, Norm Abram, builds an oak medicine cabinet, an ash drop-leaf table, a pine blanket chest, a pine bedside table, an oak bathroom vanity, a cherry trestle table, a painted bookcase, a pine chest of drawers, a candle stand, a pine hutch, a maple slant-top writing desk, and a pine corner cupboard. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a workbench.
- Ep 1
1.Medicine Cabinet
07-01-198930mAfter 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 wes...
- Ep 2
2.Workbench
14-01-198930mA 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 build...
- Ep 3
3.Drop Leaf Table
21-01-198930mNorm 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 duplica...
- Ep 4
4.Blanket Chest
28-01-198930mNorm 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 an...
- Ep 5
5.Bedside Table
04-02-198930mNorm 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 t...
- Ep 6
6.Oak Bathroom Vanity
11-02-198930mNorm demonstrates how to build a bathroom vanity with dovetailed joints. He uses oak and a laminate top with double doors and a flat panel outside and raised panel inside mimicking...
- Ep 7
7.Trestle Table
18-02-198930mAfter 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,...
- Ep 8
8.Bookcase
25-02-198930mNorm builds a free standing bookcase with a cornice detail, adjustable shelves, and a removable base. He uses pine for the base and birch plywood for the rest. The bookcase dimensi...
- Ep 9
9.Chest of Drawers
04-03-198930mNorm demonstrates how to build a chest of drawers using Ponderosa pine. He cuts and planes the wood, glues the boards fro the top and sides. He also illustrates how to build the dr...
- Ep 10
10.Candle Stand
11-03-198930mNorm 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 ho...
- Ep 11
11.Hutch
11-03-198930mNorm demonstrates how to build a hutch using knotty pine. The hutch consists of a base cabinet that has raised panel doors and an open shelf section. It measures 81 1/2" high x 56"...
- Ep 12
12.Writing Desk
25-03-198930mNorm builds a writing desk with a slanted top that is constructed mostly of maple. The desk features a shallow drawer, a nest of small drawers, and a open bins in the top. The dime...
- Ep 13
13.Corner Cupboard
01-04-198930mNorm constructs a corner cupboard of pine and plywood. His design employees a top section that is enclosed by glass paned doors and a base cabinet with raised panel doors. The cupb...
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