Infallible no, Skilled YES!
Hey Guys have you ever heard the saying, "If it was easy everybody would be doing it!" I am going to make an unusual reference. When JK Rowling wrote the Harry Potter books the best thing she ever did, which makes all the money earned, is to get kids reading again. Norm is the woodworking equivalent. His easy approach has either introduced, or reintroduced so many people to woodworking he has earned the right to as many mistakes as he has ever made. (And personally I don't think there are a lot of them.) The greatest thing about TOH or NYW is they get people thinking, hey I can do this! Not as well as Norm perhaps but the longest journey begins with a single step. I enjoy Roy Underhill's shows but he rarely does projects I would want to make. I would also like to see him use more tools created after the use of electricity! Time is my most important commodity. After I retire my desire to use hand tools may increase, but until then I must say that Norm is the only guy who's building things I might want to duplicate right now.
ANYBODY that saves the skills of manufacture for the public, and maintains our legacy as a nation of BUILDERS is worth their weight in gold.
My .02
Bill J