The New Yankee Workshop

  • : 1989
  • : 286
  • : 11
  • PBS
  • 13
  • Action Home and garden

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5x1
Victorian Kitchen Table
Episode overview
02, 1993
Norm builds a Victorian Kitchen Table.
5x2
Plant Stand
Episode overview
09, 1993
Norm builds a tall English country plant stand. He also demonstrates how to build a jig to taper the long thin legs. The plant stand is constructed with straight-grained Sugar Pine and measures 50" high x 11" wide x 11" deep.
5x3
Delft Rack
Episode overview
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 .. show full overview
5x4
Oak Coffee Table
Episode overview
23, 1993
Norm bases this coffee table on English country furniture. He demonstrates how to use a v-groove, which will add a plank look to the thick table top. The piece measurements are 20" high x 26" wide x 50" long.
5x5
Outdoor Planters
Episode overview
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 .. show full overview
5x6
Pantry Table
Episode overview
06, 1993
Norm crafts an English country table using a table saw. He tapers the legs and adds delicate bead detail on the front drawer. He also adss a breadboard edge to the top. The table is 30" high x 22" wide x 36" long.
5x7
Sideboard
Episode overview
13, 1993
Norm builds a White Oak sideboard with three drawers. He adds a pot board and fiddle-shaped legs. He uses a scroll saw to cut the curves. The sideboard measurements are 32" high x 69" wide x 22 1/2" deep.
5x8
Hanging Corner Cupboard
Episode overview
20, 1993
Norm uses a table saw and biscuit joinery to build a hanging corner cabinet with a bow-front. He builds the four-shelf cabinet with hard sinker Pine with a Plywood carcass. It measures 37" high x 17" wide x 17" deep.
5x9
Pine Cupboard
Episode overview
27, 1993
Norm creates and English country cupboard with flat panel and glass panel doors. He uses #2 Pine with knots and a tongue-and-groove backing. The cupboard is 72 1/2" high x 44" wide x 23" deep.
5x10
Butcher Block
Episode overview
06, 1993
Norm demonstrates how to build a butcher block with a hard endgrain Maple top and a Poplar base. He illustrates how to cut the endgrain to avoid excess sanding. The butcher block is 37 1/2" tall x 24 1/2" wide x 24 1/2" deep.
5x11
Redwood Arbor
Episode overview
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 .. show full overview
5x12
Secretary Desk
Episode overview
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.
5x13
Tall Pine Clock
Episode overview
27, 1993
Norm uses off-the-shelf molding and makes some in his workshop to enhance the English country clock he found on King's Road in London. He also adds an inexpensive quartz movement. The clock measures 82" tall x 16" wide x 11" deep.

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