I am a "victim". Norm is probably the main reason I'm a semi professional wood worker/finish carpenter today, and I like to think I'm a pretty good one. Thinking about it; My techniques, methods and styles are very similar to what I watched on TV all those years. Thank you for the inspiration, Norm.
I have watched The New Yankee Workshop as a kid growing up. I have and still do enjoy watching old episodes when aired or his appearance on This Old House. One thing he instilled in me is always safety eye and ear ware. He has that voice of a dad. He cares about his audience and is a master craftsman. Thank you
I have been watching Norm from the beginning. I’m now 70 and Norm would be around 74. He should be allowed to retire in peace if that what he wants. Leave him alone.
All I know about wood and working with wood I learned from Norm. I feel comfortable making my own projects and use the techniques I learned from the show. He added a great deal to TV and accolades are well deserved. Best of luck.
Growing up watching Norm on The New Yankee Workshop and This Old House inspired me to pursue a career as a cabinetmaker and strengthened my love for woodworking.
"I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember, there is no more important safety rule than to wear *these* safety glasses. " That's how I remember it!
I'm 70 and have watched Norm for years and waited for each new show that came out. He did promote safety as in eye and earing protection but there wasn't a lot of data on fine dust issues back than and I Hope this isn't some of he's possible health issues for him now!! Norm has always been a wonderful teacher in many ways for so many. God Bless Norm!
My Grandfather introduced me to woodworking but Norm brought it home. It was never a career but a stong hobby. I still remember eagerly waiting on the new episode of New Yankee Workshop. I still have some of the vhs tapes you could buy of the projects from the show. His talent was far more than what I could do. I remember meeting him at one of the Atlanta woodworking shows. He was just as you would expect. Vey personable and willing to answer your questions. I miss the NYW. I wish Norm all the best and a long happy healthy life. Your legacy will be around for ever.
I can't tell you how much I have learned from Norm! I have watched his programs and followed his advise right from the start, and am still making sawdust at 83. I wish him well and hope that whatever life holds for him will be joyful! Thanks Norm!😀
Most of what I know about woodworking I learned from watching Norm Abram on "This Old House" and "The new Yankee Workshop". I only wish I had the talent he has. I'm 70 now, fingers getting somewhat bent and stiff, but I still enjoy working with wood. I hope he has many years ahead of him, but I've always thought that a woodworker's last project should be his eternal home, his casket. I hope I can build my own eternal home.
I TOTALLY agree...this whole triteness is heralded by the obnoxious troll: Heartbreaking Tragedy Of Norm Abram... Really? Norm deserves better than this...
When you watched Norm on tv, he is exactly the same in person. Extremely personable, friendly, I felt like an old Friend. He taught me so much in the shop. I was so glad I could shake his hand and thank him personally! God Bless You Norm. Thanks for everything Sir!
The first time I watched Norm on TNYW, I knew that he was special. It wasn’t long until I looked up to him as a Master woodworker and one of my heroes. There aren’t many craftsmen who could build a house from the ground up, do all of the finishing carpentry and then build the furniture in it . I hope and pray that Norm and his family continue to enjoy the fruits of his labor and I’m so thankful for his teaching and exemplifying a supreme work ethic that should inspire anyone who watched him turn out beautiful projects time after time. Here’s to you, Norm and thanks for setting the bar so high, and then showing us how to achieve results that often surprised us.😊
Thank you Norm...I met you at the Home Depot at their open house in Sterling Virginia...I have followed you on TV...Thank you, and best wishes to you and your family in your future pursuits and endeavors. Always, Ed...
I came from a different construction background, always enjoyed seeing a finished product. Norm is the best. One of the smartest people I’ve been around. Thank you sir!
Norm is the reason I finally broke down and bought a VCR. I recorded EVERY show and had a complete cabinet full of VCR tapes of his shows. He is the best!
Norm is like the Roger Penske in wood working, turn his work into Gold , and VERY successful at it . Making something even better , and pride in his work. A man of many Talents. God Bless you Norm Abram ! I will keep watching you make things come to Magic !
I miss this era with Norm Abram, I watched the show up until the air signal switch to digital and this switch made me missed the last few seasons after the over the air became digital.
I used to record his videos in the 80’s when I was learning wood working. The NYW was the best show. I would watch and learn. Some project I could never do. But some I could. Norm was a great teacher.
Made a colonial blanket chest per his directions, plan. Taped an episode to give guidance. Always amazed me that he had to make two of each projects he featured on the New Yankee Workshop. Lots of work to do for every weeks show .
Word at the time of The New Yankee Workshop's cancellation was the loss of sponsorship by Ford. But who knows. His legacy does indeed endure and all us woodworkers out there owe him a big debt of gratitude for his decades of instructions.
I can tell you that, post toh and nyw, he took delivery of a very nice sailing vessel from a shipyard in Maine. He is enjoying life on the water away from all the sawdust. Narragansett Bay
my father learned so much from him that he built from cabinets to chairs. and he was not a capenter just immigrant from korea working at a factory . norm was the best teacher he says lol
I have followed Norm's career since the very first episode of This Old House and the very first episode of the New Yankee Workshop. I met him at a home improvement convention in California in the 1980s. I was disappointed that this video did not include Norm's life up to today. What is he doing in 2024
I highly respect and admire what Norm was able to do for woodworking. I just couldn’t help but laugh sometimes. He had every saw, tool, jig, blade, chisel or whatever was needed. It made me laugh cause I thought yeah Norm everybody can just run down to the hardware store and get the tool you’re using there. I’d bet if project required a photon blaster he probably has one.
I lived in Mass during the early days of This Old House. It went from fixing up a room or two in an old house in the Boston area to the ridiculous redesigns of today. They will not tell you the number of home owners that went belly up because the show ran them into huge amounts of debt. The Wickwire (sp) project had them tear down their whole house and rebuild it via post and beam. At the time it cost the homeowners over 300k back then, but it was the show. Norm when found was building flower pots. Somehow over a couple of years, he became a "Master Carpenter". I got a laugh out of that. I liked Norm though. The Yankee Workshop though was out there. Who could not have created these projects with the amount of tools he was given to try out on the show. You know, free advertising. What normal guy has a hundred clamps or all the fancy saws etc. It would have been impossible for the average Joe with a circular saw and drill to build many of those projects. So, it was always fun to watch, but was way over the top for the average DYI'er. As I said, I liked Norm and I am glad that he impacted the woodworker in all of us. It sure beat the old info commercials for the Shop Smith.
a truly awesome interview with Norm was on the "Modern Craftsman" podcast a couple years ago .. called "Revisiting Norm Abram" it's a great, informal conversation with Norm about his life in construction and on the TV shows. It's a quality listen and easy to google if you want to hear how he's really doing :)
In the early years, Abram was a carpenter - not a craftsman. His furniture/cabinetry skill were poor. His shows received huge numbers of negative comments on usenet - mainly having to do with differential expansion of pieces with moisture changes. He did get much better over time.
I've watched Norm since the beginning. Loved watching This Old House. But honestly, I liked Norm soo much better than the main host. He was kinda goofy. Don't think he really knew anything about restoration. I'm hoping for the best for Norm's health💖. ThankU for all the yrs of learning.
Never learned a thing from my father about tools or repairs, and never had an opportunity to take a shop class. What I learned about woodworking started with Norm. While measuring twice and cutting once still, regularly, does not work out for me, it's a hobby I enjoy, and I owe that to Norm.
I remember looking forward to weekends so I could sit with a cup of coffee and watch Norm on PBS. Fond memories of both NYW and TOH. The shows, books and magazines were our RUclips and Google. It was nice to have something to look forward too. Now we just gorge on information at our fingertips 24/7, so much so that we actually learn nothing. Or at least it seems that way sometimes.
Went from Norms 1st appearance on TOH to his 1st episode of NYW. NEVER missed an episode and actually video taped just about everyone of them. I always kidded friends if Norm had a tool in his shop then I should as well. I got most of them, but never got into turning. Maybe I cheated myself, but that's life. I loved my Saturday mornings with Norm and they weren't quite the same after he stopped filming NYW and became less frequent on TOH. Even the show that started it all has drastically changed. If a couple can't invest $500,000 into their project they have no viability to the show these days. I wish Norm good health and continued success in whatever he chooses. You were a big part of my woodworking life. 😊😊
Years ago I would tape a project Norm was doing. In my shop I would watch that segment that I was going to work on that day. Like having Norm in the shop with me !
Don't get me wrong, loved the guy and his programs. He did however, have access to just about every piece of machinery and tooling, that were out of reach to the genuine DIY'er.
@@t.p.9232 I don't disagree. I'm a fan of the Woodwright Show as well. I have a fairly well equipped shop. Although, not NYW equipped. I'm miles from the Master Craftsman my grandfather and my high school shop teacher were. But both had the same rule when teaching the craft. You cannot use the power tools until you prove you can do it with hand tools. That ability has worked and protected me over the years.
Was watching my father in law one sunday morning making a cut on the exterior door,we were making the carport into a roomfor a home daycare,he was cutting about 8 " off it, and was about halfway through,i didn't say anything[had to work with him for the rest of the day-and drive him home],so i just sat on a bucket,watched him finish the cut, look at it, and realize his mistake-oh yeah, measure twice,cut once,especially after a saturday night at the Veterans club!!!
Norm is an Icon in the woodworing industry, from restorations, renovoations and relicas of pieces no one would attempt to challange. Always love to watch him at work...."and no better protection than to wear safety glasses.".. His most important statement.. Kudos to you Norm..!!
I loved watching his show and listening to him. I tried so hard to listen closely enough and watch intently enough to be able to do what he did. The only thing was that I often didn't know what the words meant that he used. I tried so hard to figure out which was the rabbit and which was the dato. I was a child then when I tried to figure it out by listening to Norm, but, even now, as an adult, I still don't know. I love carpentry and would have loved learning it. I LOVE the smell of saw dust!
My family just knew that when his show or TOH was on not to bother mom. Saturday mornings I would turn on my little tv that was on the kitchen counter and spend the next hour at the jobsite with Norm and the guys.
I enjoyed watching him, but his assumption that we all have table saws, router tables, planer/thicknessers, jointers, bandsaws and drill presses put me off. His program was aimed at amateurs, especially beginners, but he used tools only professionals can justify. I'd have much rather see him focus on affordable woodworking, that didn't require a fully equipped workshop full of expensive machinery. You can do anything he did using hand saws, planes, chisels and hand drills. Many aspiring woodworkers don't even have the shop space for these tools, let alone the money. Anyone can afford and has room for a modest collection of hand tools. Sure biscuits are quick, but so are dowels, and don't require special tools. Cutting a tenon using a table saw and dado stack was just ridiculous. Of course, if you're woodworking professionally or you've been woodworking for years, you'd do that, but what about beginners? He should have used a tenon saw, which doesn't take much longer than a table saw when you factor in the set-up time. Use a chisel for the mortice, not a special mortice tool.
I have truly enjoyed this video about a man who is well liked. I would watch him just because he seemed like such an honest solid guy, kind of like Bob Ross vibe. If I ever titled a book on wood working it would be " I've cut it twice and it's still too short".
Dad and I would watch the new Yankee workshop every week. He said Norm was the really smart man. When mentioning his first wife, why did you call him Tom inquiring minds would like to know.
loved watching norm from the start he brought real quality to his craft. BUT if you concealed secrets had just written norm abrams then and now i would still have watched. just to catch up on how he is doing. but instead you used click bait to draw viewers. if you are using his father passing away as a heartbreaking moment. i hope you have more thumbs down than thumbs up. i will be one of those thumbs down !
did they say that? I skipped around a lot so I didn't see anything about his health. These narrators side-step the titles so much. I do hope he is well.
That clamp trolley is toooo much!, mine still in 5 gal bucket, and my 4 big wood clamps are where? gonna reread the book about building his house, a good read!
My son would say mommy Norns on my sons just love watching him and my husband built a workbench still going strong and my husband is the king of jigs from norm
I was a big fan of the show and wish I had a house and workshop if I had on id put the old saying that he had on the show made out a wood. The great part was he didn't waist much wood and used lots of old wood when possible
You give all the "credit " to what is called this old house now but the real beginnings of this old house was Bob Vila and Norm flipping houses the first show I saw was Bob and Norm turning an attached garage into the homes living room the hollywood clowns that pushed Bob out are sad to watch especially the mouth .. gridle wearing and all
I didn’t like the episode where they went and found old barns and would convince the owners that the structure was dangerous and they would demolish the barns. They would then pass the wood through a planer once and have like new timber. I thought it was disingenuous how they obtained the wood for free.
I loss? I have been making 17 and q8th cdnturykeyboard instruments for over 30 Yeats. I know more about high quality craftsman ship than any one, especially you. You ate a performing monkey compared to me, bro. I already have I strument in museums and public collections. I've been written about in books and once had a harpsichord in a fox TV mystery show. I ahev instrume to in North and South America. Europe and Asia. Oh yah eat me bro
Roy Underhill is undoubtedly better at working with hand tools - I don't even recall him ever using a power tool. But Norm is most likely far better at working with power tools and his parts fitting is probably more precise.
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Norm has done more for the wood working community than anyone has ever! Wishing norm all the best.
Debatable, Norm would agree. I wish him all the best too!
I am a "victim". Norm is probably the main reason I'm a semi professional wood worker/finish carpenter today, and I like to think I'm a pretty good one. Thinking about it; My techniques, methods and styles are very similar to what I watched on TV all those years. Thank you for the inspiration, Norm.
This man has taught me a lot and I believe I have seen every episode of his show and I respect him greatly. Thanks Norm
I have watched The New Yankee Workshop as a kid growing up. I have and still do enjoy watching old episodes when aired or his appearance on This Old House. One thing he instilled in me is always safety eye and ear ware. He has that voice of a dad. He cares about his audience and is a master craftsman. Thank you
I have been watching Norm from the beginning. I’m now 70 and Norm would be around 74. He should be allowed to retire in peace if that what he wants. Leave him alone.
I agree I am the same age
I also agree, though I am a different age.
I'm sure Norm only does what he wants to do. He's his own man.
yes you are correct
Competent people who share their skills with others are fantastic individuals!!! Norm is one of the best!
All I know about wood and working with wood I learned from Norm. I feel comfortable making my own projects and use the techniques I learned from the show. He added a great deal to TV and accolades are well deserved. Best of luck.
Growing up watching Norm on The New Yankee Workshop and This Old House inspired me to pursue a career as a cabinetmaker and strengthened my love for woodworking.
"I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember, there is no more important safety rule than to wear *these* safety glasses. " That's how I remember it!
😄😄😄😄😄😄 been years since I heard those words. But boy I remembered it like it was something I heard yesterday!
Watching Norm every week was always a highlight. My wife even bought his books for me. Thanks Norm for your inspiration for my love of woodworking.
Roll the VCR!
I'm 70 and have watched Norm for years and waited for each new show that came out. He did promote safety as in eye and earing protection but there wasn't a lot of data on fine dust issues back than and I Hope this isn't some of he's possible health issues for him now!! Norm has always been a wonderful teacher in many ways for so many. God Bless Norm!
My Grandfather introduced me to woodworking but Norm brought it home. It was never a career but a stong hobby. I still remember eagerly waiting on the new episode of New Yankee Workshop. I still have some of the vhs tapes you could buy of the projects from the show. His talent was far more than what I could do. I remember meeting him at one of the Atlanta woodworking shows. He was just as you would expect. Vey personable and willing to answer your questions. I miss the NYW. I wish Norm all the best and a long happy healthy life. Your legacy will be around for ever.
I am a woman and I loved watching him make things out of wood. He is the best that I have ever seen. I wish him well.
I can't tell you how much I have learned from Norm! I have watched his programs and followed his advise right from the start, and am still making sawdust at 83. I wish him well and hope that whatever life holds for him will be joyful! Thanks Norm!😀
I want to second what Richard said. I agree with him completely!!!
Most of what I know about woodworking I learned from watching Norm Abram on "This Old House" and "The new Yankee Workshop". I only wish I had the talent he has. I'm 70 now, fingers getting somewhat bent and stiff, but I still enjoy working with wood. I hope he has many years ahead of him, but I've always thought that a woodworker's last project should be his eternal home, his casket. I hope I can build my own eternal home.
Everybody loves Norm, and I think he deserves better than this tedious, badly written clickbait
I TOTALLY agree...this whole triteness is heralded by the obnoxious troll: Heartbreaking Tragedy Of Norm Abram... Really? Norm deserves better than this...
Back when DIY shows were just that and not fake competition shows that really teach nothing.
Can't stand to watch any of those so called DIY shows anymore. Always think I will be seeing a show like this old house! They never measure up!
If not for men like Norm I wouldn't know about woodworking. Such a calm, quiet, wonderful guy, master craftsman, educator.
When you watched Norm on tv, he is exactly the same in person. Extremely personable, friendly, I felt like an old Friend. He taught me so much in the shop. I was so glad I could shake his hand and thank him personally!
God Bless You Norm.
Thanks for everything Sir!
There's not one person who's watched This Old House, or New Yabkee Workshop not have a profound respect for Norm Abram.
I don't. He's a hack and always has been -- wouldn't make a pimple on a craftman's ass!
The first time I watched Norm on TNYW, I knew that he was special. It wasn’t long until I looked up to him as a Master woodworker and one of my heroes. There aren’t many craftsmen who could build a house from the ground up, do all of the finishing carpentry and then build the furniture in it . I hope and pray that Norm and his family continue to enjoy the fruits of his labor and I’m so thankful for his teaching and exemplifying a supreme work ethic that should inspire anyone who watched him turn out beautiful projects time after time. Here’s to you, Norm and thanks for setting the bar so high, and then showing us how to achieve results that often surprised us.😊
Thank you Norm...I met you at the Home Depot at their open house in Sterling Virginia...I have followed you on TV...Thank you, and best wishes to you and your family in your future pursuits and endeavors. Always, Ed...
I came from a different construction background, always enjoyed seeing a finished product. Norm is the best. One of the smartest people I’ve been around. Thank you sir!
Norm is the reason I finally broke down and bought a VCR. I recorded EVERY show and had a complete cabinet full of VCR tapes of his shows. He is the best!
I loved both shows and watched them every chance I got
I ALSO USED TO LOVE WATCHING ROY UNDERHILL, ON THE WOODWRIGHTS SHOP.
Norm is like the Roger Penske in wood working, turn his work into Gold , and VERY successful at it .
Making something even better , and pride in his work. A man of many Talents.
God Bless you Norm Abram !
I will keep watching you make things come to Magic !
I miss this era with Norm Abram, I watched the show up until the air signal switch to digital and this switch made me missed the last few seasons after the over the air became digital.
I used to record his videos in the 80’s when I was learning wood working. The NYW was the best show. I would watch and learn. Some project I could never do. But some I could. Norm was a great teacher.
Made a colonial blanket chest per his directions, plan. Taped an episode to give guidance. Always amazed me that he had to make two of each projects he featured on the New Yankee Workshop. Lots of work to do for every weeks show .
It was Norm's TV show that encouraged me to attempt and succeed with many DIY projects.
Word at the time of The New Yankee Workshop's cancellation was the loss of sponsorship by Ford. But who knows. His legacy does indeed endure and all us woodworkers out there owe him a big debt of gratitude for his decades of instructions.
He used to inspire me as a lad now I build guitars and drums
I can tell you that, post toh and nyw, he took delivery of a very nice sailing vessel from a shipyard in Maine. He is enjoying life on the water away from all the sawdust. Narragansett Bay
His shows inspired me to build things swings cabinets and others nothing like the smell of cut wood i could lose time making things
Wishing norm the very best, he a wonderful person plus his carpentry is excellent. Love watching his new Yankee workshop.
Norm inspired me, I had no better teacher then him. Best Regards
Norm was like the Bob Ross of woodworking but without the bushy round hair.
I love norm he taught me so much . He made it look easy.
my father learned so much from him that he built from cabinets to chairs. and he was not a capenter just immigrant from korea working at a factory . norm was the best teacher he says lol
New Yankee was and is best show ever. Thank you Norm
I have followed Norm's career since the very first episode of This Old House and the very first episode of the New Yankee Workshop. I met him at a home improvement convention in California in the 1980s.
I was disappointed that this video did not include Norm's life up to today. What is he doing in 2024
I highly respect and admire what Norm was able to do for woodworking. I just couldn’t help but laugh sometimes. He had every saw, tool, jig, blade, chisel or whatever was needed. It made me laugh cause I thought yeah Norm everybody can just run down to the hardware store and get the tool you’re using there. I’d bet if project required a photon blaster he probably has one.
I lived in Mass during the early days of This Old House. It went from fixing up a room or two in an old house in the Boston area to the ridiculous redesigns of today. They will not tell you the number of home owners that went belly up because the show ran them into huge amounts of debt. The Wickwire (sp) project had them tear down their whole house and rebuild it via post and beam. At the time it cost the homeowners over 300k back then, but it was the show. Norm when found was building flower pots. Somehow over a couple of years, he became a "Master Carpenter". I got a laugh out of that.
I liked Norm though. The Yankee Workshop though was out there. Who could not have created these projects with the amount of tools he was given to try out on the show. You know, free advertising. What normal guy has a hundred clamps or all the fancy saws etc. It would have been impossible for the average Joe with a circular saw and drill to build many of those projects. So, it was always fun to watch, but was way over the top for the average DYI'er. As I said, I liked Norm and I am glad that he impacted the woodworker in all of us. It sure beat the old info commercials for the Shop Smith.
Norm's a living legend.👌👌👏👏
a truly awesome interview with Norm was on the "Modern Craftsman" podcast a couple years ago .. called "Revisiting Norm Abram" it's a great, informal conversation with Norm about his life in construction and on the TV shows. It's a quality listen and easy to google if you want to hear how he's really doing :)
Watched this for all seasons! What passion he has for woodworking and DIY!
Pray all is well🕊️🙏💜🙋🏻👵🏻
Thanks for video!
I watched when I was a kid, he's the reason why I worked as a carpenter and now a wood worker.
Norm was a big help in my own custom furniture shop where i made everything from trees that i logged, milled, woodworking is very rewarding
In the early years, Abram was a carpenter - not a craftsman. His furniture/cabinetry skill were poor. His shows received huge numbers of negative comments on usenet - mainly having to do with differential expansion of pieces with moisture changes.
He did get much better over time.
He should start RUclips Channel and that's the way it is done now produce his own shows it would be a hit.
Brings back a lot of memories.
Quintessentially American, he pitched his show at weekend garage workers like me. I even changed my saw to get a dado blade setup. Thanks Norm. !
I've watched Norm since the beginning. Loved watching This Old House. But honestly, I liked Norm soo much better than the main host. He was kinda goofy. Don't think he really knew anything about restoration. I'm hoping for the best for Norm's health💖.
ThankU for all the yrs of learning.
Thanks👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Never learned a thing from my father about tools or repairs, and never had an opportunity to take a shop class. What I learned about woodworking started with Norm. While measuring twice and cutting once still, regularly, does not work out for me, it's a hobby I enjoy, and I owe that to Norm.
I remember looking forward to weekends so I could sit with a cup of coffee and watch Norm on PBS. Fond memories of both NYW and TOH. The shows, books and magazines were our RUclips and Google. It was nice to have something to look forward too. Now we just gorge on information at our fingertips 24/7, so much so that we actually learn nothing. Or at least it seems that way sometimes.
I miss this show so much.
Went from Norms 1st appearance on TOH to his 1st episode of NYW. NEVER missed an episode and actually video taped just about everyone of them. I always kidded friends if Norm had a tool in his shop then I should as well. I got most of them, but never got into turning. Maybe I cheated myself, but that's life. I loved my Saturday mornings with Norm and they weren't quite the same after he stopped filming NYW and became less frequent on TOH. Even the show that started it all has drastically changed. If a couple can't invest $500,000 into their project they have no viability to the show these days. I wish Norm good health and continued success in whatever he chooses. You were a big part of my woodworking life. 😊😊
He is a great craftsman for sure…
Years ago I would tape a project Norm was doing. In my shop I would watch that segment that I was going to work on that day. Like having Norm in the shop with me !
Don't get me wrong, loved the guy and his programs. He did however, have access to just about every piece of machinery and tooling, that were out of reach to the genuine DIY'er.
It's the craftsman, not the tools. (Of course good equipment helps) I'm pretty sure that all the projects he made can be done with hand tools.
@@theoldcrankyworkshop1138 Then that would be the Woodwright Show. That was about making furniture without power tools.
@@t.p.9232 I don't disagree. I'm a fan of the Woodwright Show as well. I have a fairly well equipped shop. Although, not NYW equipped. I'm miles from the Master Craftsman my grandfather and my high school shop teacher were. But both had the same rule when teaching the craft. You cannot use the power tools until you prove you can do it with hand tools. That ability has worked and protected me over the years.
best wishes, thanks for your shows
I used to watch all of them shows on PBS
Was watching my father in law one sunday morning making a cut on the exterior door,we were making the carport into a roomfor a home daycare,he was cutting about 8 " off it, and was about halfway through,i didn't say anything[had to work with him for the rest of the day-and drive him home],so i just sat on a bucket,watched him finish the cut, look at it, and realize his mistake-oh yeah, measure twice,cut once,especially after a saturday night at the Veterans club!!!
Norm is an Icon in the woodworing industry, from restorations, renovoations and relicas of pieces no one would attempt to challange. Always love to watch him at work...."and no better protection than to wear safety glasses.".. His most important statement.. Kudos to you Norm..!!
I would love to see any boat Norm built knowing his carpentry skills. It would have to be a work of art.
There are some pictures of Norm earlier in the video that looked like he lost a whole lot of weight. Hope he has his health.
I loved watching his show and listening to him. I tried so hard to listen closely enough and watch intently enough to be able to do what he did. The only thing was that I often didn't know what the words meant that he used. I tried so hard to figure out which was the rabbit and which was the dato. I was a child then when I tried to figure it out by listening to Norm, but, even now, as an adult, I still don't know. I love carpentry and would have loved learning it. I LOVE the smell of saw dust!
My family just knew that when his show or TOH was on not to bother mom. Saturday mornings I would turn on my little tv that was on the kitchen counter and spend the next hour at the jobsite with Norm and the guys.
"...always wear these [pause to point at them] safety glasses."
I enjoyed watching him, but his assumption that we all have table saws, router tables, planer/thicknessers, jointers, bandsaws and drill presses put me off. His program was aimed at amateurs, especially beginners, but he used tools only professionals can justify.
I'd have much rather see him focus on affordable woodworking, that didn't require a fully equipped workshop full of expensive machinery. You can do anything he did using hand saws, planes, chisels and hand drills. Many aspiring woodworkers don't even have the shop space for these tools, let alone the money. Anyone can afford and has room for a modest collection of hand tools.
Sure biscuits are quick, but so are dowels, and don't require special tools. Cutting a tenon using a table saw and dado stack was just ridiculous. Of course, if you're woodworking professionally or you've been woodworking for years, you'd do that, but what about beginners? He should have used a tenon saw, which doesn't take much longer than a table saw when you factor in the set-up time. Use a chisel for the mortice, not a special mortice tool.
Love watching Norm hope he’s going well
He made me the man I am today.
I have truly enjoyed this video about a man who is well liked. I would watch him just because he seemed like such an honest solid guy, kind of like Bob Ross vibe. If I ever titled a book on wood working it would be " I've cut it twice and it's still too short".
...NOOOOOOOOOORM!!!!!....who wood have thought wood wood make Norm a legend...remember, nothing is forever on this Earth...thanks, Norm...
Dad and I would watch the new Yankee workshop every week. He said Norm was the really smart man.
When mentioning his first wife, why did you call him Tom inquiring minds would like to know.
A.I. doing all the talking...went off script, I guess.
Excellent craftsman ❤
Well wishes from Tennessee.
loved watching norm from the start he brought real quality to his craft. BUT if you concealed secrets had just written norm abrams then and now i would still have watched. just to catch up on how he is doing. but instead you used click bait to draw viewers. if you are using his father passing away as a heartbreaking moment. i hope you have more thumbs down than thumbs up. i will be one of those thumbs down !
The Bob Ross of Carpentry. Love um both. Sorry to hear about possible cancer. (Btw, B.R. died from lymphoma. :-(
He was the best i like how he use all the Porter Cable Tools
Porter Cable helped underwrite the show.
I blame Norm for my interest in woodworking andf learned a lot from him
So the heartbreaking tragedy of Norm Abram is that he might have cancer? Deep.
did they say that? I skipped around a lot so I didn't see anything about his health. These narrators side-step the titles so much. I do hope he is well.
Yeah, it’s called “Clickbait.”
That clamp trolley is toooo much!, mine still in 5 gal bucket, and my 4 big wood clamps are where? gonna reread the book about building his house, a good read!
Im surprised that he didn't get a few Emmies
Loved Norm Abram.
My son would say mommy Norns on my sons just love watching him and my husband built a workbench still going strong and my husband is the king of jigs from norm
I was a big fan of the show and wish I had a house and workshop if I had on id put the old saying that he had on the show made out a wood. The great part was he didn't waist much wood and used lots of old wood when possible
PBS had some bangers The new yankee work shop This old house Woodwright shop
You give all the "credit " to what is called this old house now but the real beginnings of this old house was Bob Vila and Norm flipping houses the first show I saw was Bob and Norm turning an attached garage into the homes living room the hollywood clowns that pushed Bob out are sad to watch especially the mouth .. gridle wearing and all
He Was Definitely The Best
Norm was great
He is 5' 5'', I thought he was about 6'+
Yeah I remember that.
Cheers Norm.
Mr. Norm how could you do that to us didn't notice you bowed out till this video, come back all is forgiven !!
He might be batteling burn out.
Norm Abram's is a true master of woodworking, a down to earth motivator and teacher.
I didn’t like the episode where they went and found old barns and would convince the owners that the structure was dangerous and they would demolish the barns. They would then pass the wood through a planer once and have like new timber. I thought it was disingenuous how they obtained the wood for free.
I could never stand him. Roy Underhilll was 10 tomes the host and talent. I make hsrpsichords and 18th century pianos. Where my show?
A lot of corn in the The Woodwright's Shop. Always reminded me of Hee Haw TV show. I love both of them.
Your loss bro.
I loss? I have been making 17 and q8th cdnturykeyboard instruments for over 30 Yeats. I know more about high quality craftsman ship than any one, especially you. You ate a performing monkey compared to me, bro. I already have I strument in museums and public collections. I've been written about in books and once had a harpsichord in a fox TV mystery show. I ahev instrume to in North and South America. Europe and Asia. Oh yah eat me bro
Roy Underhill is undoubtedly better at working with hand tools - I don't even recall him ever using a power tool.
But Norm is most likely far better at working with power tools and his parts fitting is probably more precise.
Remember them both. Enjoyed them both. Half hours went by so fast on Saturdays watching PBS.