New Yankee Workshop 20th season

[Frank Orzehoski]

The 1st 9 shows of the upcoming season are dedicated to building a kitchen out of your shop, or what Norm calls a moderately equipped shop. The series is called the Dream Kitchen Project. There is a video by Norm giving a preview on the link below. Some of the projects looked interesting.



http://www.newyankee.com

[Lee Koepke]

Looking forward to seeing those shows. Although his "moderately equipped" shop is probably better than mine, I still like to see his work.

[Jim Becker]

You can see the end result in the new February 2008 issue of Fine Woodworking...Norm is on the cover and the subject is the kitchen...and some tips about building one.

I think that this new season is noteworthy in that it will show a much larger project in an extended time frame. That will be useful to many who might contemplate a similar, large-scale project, like their own kitchen.

[Don Bullock]

Hey Jim, Norm should have gotten some pointers on his kitchen from you.

[Gary Keedwell]

I hope Norm continues his show until he is 80 years young. Maybe he can rename his show " Old Yankee Workshop for Seniors" Or maybe "Grumpy old Woodworker"

Gary

[Don Bullock]

I'm with you on that one Gary. His shows are great for people like me, but I know there are some that think his work is too simple or that he uses too many machines.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

I'm a big Norm fan. I'd done some part-time construction work for a neighbor who was a building contractor but no real woodworking. TOH and the New Yankee Workshop got me interested in woodworking, furniture making and yes...turning.

David Marks is another good ww'er but I can't see his shows on a regular basis.

Each has their own niche and both are craftsman in their own right. Both have contributed to increasing the popularity of ww and educated this old guy.

[Jim Becker]

Hey Jim, Norm should have gotten some pointers on his kitchen from you.

Norm would cringe at my kitchen. Design is good, but execution is marginal, IMHO. I've learned a lot since then, but continue to experience "hard lessons"...as it were...

I need to get back to watching NYW. May have to spring for a DVR to accomplish that, however, as the local time slot is inconvenient due to the girlie-girls' Saturday YMCA activities.

[Michael Gibbons]

Jim, Sounds like you need an early Fathers day gift!

[Pat Germain]

May have to spring for a DVR to accomplish that, however, as the local time slot is inconvenient due to the girlie-girls' Saturday YMCA activities.

I'm in a similar position,Jim. My local PBS station shows NYW at 4:00 PM on Saturdays. I'm never near the TV at that time.

One of my coworkers had very good results using his home PC as a DVR. My PC is so old I'd have to buy a new one to even consider making it DVR capable. And that's more expensive than buying a DVR.

[Ellen Benkin]

Jim,

I'm shocked to learn that you don't have a DVR! I would have expected one in the house and one in the shop.

Seriously, I just invested in the "new" technology a couple of months ago and can attest to the fact that it really changes your TV viewing. No more commercials! Unless you want to watch the news "live", of course. I rarely watch anything when it first shows except news and sports.

But remember you also have to pay for the monthly service.

[Ted Christiansen]

We have two Tivos and love it. Another option is BeyondTV, which doesnt have a monthly fee.

Ted

[Don Bullock]

...I need to get back to watching NYW. May have to spring for a DVR to accomplish that, however, as the local time slot is inconvenient due to the girlie-girls' Saturday YMCA activities.

I talked SWMBO into a DVR so that she could record all the times Barry Manilow was on TV. That way it didn't come out of my "shop" budget.

[Greg Just]

I have 3 DVR's and rarely ever watch live tv. I have even recorded football games and watched them in just over an hour! It would be nice if they would automatically skip the commericals when recording.

[Chris Barnett]

I record the wood shows then go through them, culling the commercials while ignoring [] the contents on the show. To my regret, recorder burped and missed the two weekends before Christmas. Today I did record David Marks using a pneumatic pin nailer ; later Norm was tucking neat fabric folds on a nice window bench. Really laughed when it seemed he wanted to rip the filthy, nasty old upholstery fabric from the museum grade, orginal window bench. Another classy piece on NYW.