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The New Yankee Workshop
THE NEW YANKEE WORKSHOP features host Norm Abram creating a collection of timeless American furniture. As America's favorite master carpenter, Norm inspires, educates and entertains woodworkers of all levels. Each season includes projects for the workshop, home and garden, displaying a combination of classic craftsmanship and time-tested aging techniques.
The Wet Wall Episode #2004 The "wet wall" comprises the cabinets around the sink and dishwasher, together with requisite storage for dishes, pots and pans, silverware and other utensils. In this program, Norm shows carcass construction, adding a face frame, attaching it to the cabinet with glue and biscuits and applying a decorative bead. Then he makes doors with both solid and glass panels and explains the many ingenious tips he uses to install the drawer runners. He finishes the wet wall by making and fitting shelves with the use of a special jig.
Saturday , November, 07, 2009 MPT
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10:00 AM
The Island Episode #2007 "There's a lot happening on this island," jokes Norm, and he means it. Clad in panels of beautiful reclaimed heart pine, this one features a butcher block top, a drawer mounted microwave, a storage area for large objects, tray storage and a carefully engineered pull out drawer for trash or recyclables. This beautiful and highly functional centerpiece, with two massive turned legs also done in old pine, is no mere cabinet - it's a place where old values and new realities fit very well indeed.
Sunday , November, 15, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
The Kitchen Office Episode #2006 In the communications center of the house, Norm creates a desk with file storage, a shelved wall-hung cabinet for display and books, a place to conceal lighting, a computer/TV/phone area, a series of pigeon holes for organizing the small stuff and even a cork board for pinning up messages. He isolates the office from other activity in the kitchen by using a pair of clever wing walls that visually separate the space and provide easy access to the electronic wiring vital in keeping a busy family connected.
Saturday , November, 14, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
The Pantry Episode #2005 This is perhaps the hardest working element in any kitchen. A good plan, a review of how it may be used by the family and some hard work on the design are essential to creating a good pantry. Thus Norm begins this project by visiting a recently completed pantry to gather ideas. He notes that storage can be very specific to a family's preferences; "adjustability" is a key element. Then it's back to his shop to build one for the dream kitchen. Since this will be a big, tall cabinet, Norm devises a clever solution to make sure it will fit. He continues building the carcass and face frame using some of the techniques shown on earlier episodes, but when it comes to the door, the comparison ends. This door is intended to look good on the outside, but will be working hard on the inside. There, Norm builds a clever series of storage boxes with handsome box joints that hang on the inside of the door, providing useful storage that takes advantage of otherwise wasted space.
Sunday , November, 08, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
The Wet Wall Episode #2004 The "wet wall" comprises the cabinets around the sink and dishwasher, together with requisite storage for dishes, pots and pans, silverware and other utensils. In this program, Norm shows carcass construction, adding a face frame, attaching it to the cabinet with glue and biscuits and applying a decorative bead. Then he makes doors with both solid and glass panels and explains the many ingenious tips he uses to install the drawer runners. He finishes the wet wall by making and fitting shelves with the use of a special jig.
Saturday , November, 07, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
The Hot Wall Episode #2003 The cabinetry surrounding the built-in double oven, range and range hood is the first section Norms builds, using some of the techniques explained in the first two episodes. Norm shows the location of the dream kitchen, on the footprint of an existing version built by its owner 30 years earlier. Improvements in materials and techniques not available in the 1970s will mean stronger cabinets that are easier to use and maintain, look attractive over a prolonged lifetime and add considerable value to the home. Best of all, the new kitchen can be built for a fraction of the cost of a kitchen built by "professionals. " After showing how to build the carcass for the oven cabinet, Norm adds a storage organizer for trays and cookie sheets and a large drawer below for pot lids; he plans two small base cabinets on either side of the range and two wall hung units to complete the group. Next, he shows off the details of the prototype inset door and drawer design, which will be used extensively in this kitchen. At the end of the episode, he builds a dovetailed drawer box with a plain front. This drawer design will also be used throughout the dream kitchen.
Sunday , November, 01, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Kitchen Cabinet Basics, Part Two Episode #2002 To understand how professionals build high-end custom cabinets, Norm pays a visit to a commercial shop where craftsmanship is clearly on display. He learns that many of the same tools and techniques he uses are used here to turn out some glorious examples of kitchen cabinetry. Back at the shop, Norm reviews some of the popular door/drawer options that can be built easily in a home workshop and demonstrates how raised panel overlay doors are made. He goes on to build a dovetailed drawer box and a drawer front for the base cabinet he constructed earlier. He finishes the basics with little more than a table saw, showing how easy it is to build a wall hung cabinet.
Saturday , October, 31, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Kitchen Cabinet Basics, Part One Episode #2001 In this introductory program, Norm visits a state-of-the-art "kitchen lab," where a premier hardware manufacturer studies ways to improve function in today's kitchen. Then he returns to the shop to take stock of the tools, equipment and space required to build high-tech custom kitchen cabinets. He then begins to demonstrate how a typical base cabinet is constructed, using materials and techniques he will employ during the build out of his dream kitchen.
Sunday , October, 25, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Roll Top Desk, Part 2 of 2 Episode #2126 Part 2 of 2: Norm visits the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built in 1860, the mill was purchased in 1864 by German immigrant woodworkers, Charles and Frederick Schwamb. The brothers did a brisk business crafting the oval picture frames which, at the time, were in demand to display photographs of Civil War soldiers. In the Schwamb Brother's old office, Norm spies a handsome, quarter sawn oak roll top desk, which inspires him to build his version of this American classic.
Saturday , October, 24, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Roll Top Desk, Part 1 of 2 Episode #2125 Norm visits the Old Schwamb Mill in Arlington, Massachusetts. Built in 1860, the mill was purchased in 1864 by German immigrant woodworkers, Charles and Frederick Schwamb. The brothers did a brisk business crafting the oval picture frames which, at the time, were in demand to display photographs of Civil War soldiers. In the Schwamb Brother's old office, Norm spies a handsome, quarter sawn oak roll top desk, which inspires him to build his version of this American classic.
Sunday , October, 11, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Chaise Lounge Episode #2124 Norm takes viewers on an adventure to Utah to witness the dismantling of a twelve-mile long railway trestle which was built at the turn of the century. Eventually progress and better engineering in the 1950s replaced this causeway, and the massive trestlewood pilings which once provided the means by which Southern Pacific was able to cross the Great Salt Lake were all but abandoned. Over years of disuse, the trestlewood, which is comprised of Douglas fir and redwood, eventually became so pickled by lake brine that its grain began to develop an unusual array of colors. Norm acquires some of this trestlewood to build his own outdoor chaise lounge design and in the process, learns quite a bit about current initiatives to harvest this unusual building material.
Saturday , October, 10, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Workshop Whirligig Episode #2123 On a sojourn to Nantucket, Norm is invited to view a local antique dealer's private collection of children's toys and whimsical whirligigs. Inspired by their endearing humor, Norm decides to build his own mechanized version of The New Yankee Workshop's logo, featuring Norm, himself, working at the table saw.
Sunday , October, 04, 2009 MPT
10:00 AM
Chop Saw Station Episode #2122 For any woodworker who aspires to have a home version of the New Yankee Workshop, Norm builds a portable chop saw station, an accessory that he promises will "make your power mitre box much more versatile." This station can be used in the workshop or can be carted out to a job site to trim a house or to the backyard to build a deck.
