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Saturday, June 27th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0926 |
Roll Top Desk - Part 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
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Saturday, July 4th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0701 |
Giltwood Mirror
One of the most challenging projects ever attempted on The New Yankee
Workshop comes when Norm tries his hand at reproducing a Federal-style
Giltwood Mirror. It isn’t the woodworking that is particularly difficult. Norm
makes that part seem easy. It’s trying to gild the mirror with gold leaf and
make the frame appear as solid gold that takes time, patience, and lots of
skill. Norm picks up the history of Giltwood and sees some remarkable examples
when antiques expert Gary Sullivan discusses his collection. Then, Norm visits
Linda Abrams a gilder and reverse painter for an understanding of what it takes
to turn wood into gold.
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Saturday, July 11th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0702 |
Entrance Door
It would be hard to think of a more important element of a home’s appeal than
its entranceway. But all too often, modern doors are an unremarkable (yet
necessary) feature quickly forgotten by those who pass through them. Not so with
this custom-made, mahogany beauty that Norm creates in The New Yankee
Workshop. He designs and builds it from scratch for an old house that cries
out for a new door. Along the way, he is able to find a pair of antique looking
“Bulls Eye” glass inserts and a handsome brass knob and lock to set off this
masterpiece.
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Saturday, July 18th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0703
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Old Pine Dry Sink
Arlington House sits high above the National Cemetery in Virginia as an imposing
witness to historic events. Once the home of Robert E. Lee, it survives today
under the watchful care of the National Park Service and is brimming with
antiques of the Civil War era. Historic records prove that, at one time, the
estate owned 63 slaves, some of whom worked in the kitchen. Lots of the tools
and everyday objects they would have used still take up residence in the house,
including a painted Old Pine Dry Sink. Norm notices it immediately and decides
to build one himself out of recycled pine. However, the only water Norm’s dry
sink will ever see is from tending the houseplants he intends to display on its
copper top.
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Saturday, July 25th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0704 |
Martha's Candlestand
To see Martha Washington’s bedroom, you’ll have to talk to the Ladies of Mount
Vernon, who look after the first President’s mansion near the Potomac River.
Although not officially on the tour of Mount Vernon, the Ladies agree to take
Norm to parts of the old house that the public rarely sees. In one such room,
the third floor bedroom that Martha took after George died, Norm comes across a
handsome candlestand that sits near the bed. Upon further inspection, he
discovers that it is a diminutive, wellcrafted stand complete with a wooden
“birdcage” element that allows the tabletop to rotate and flip up for storage.
Before he leaves Mount Vernon, Norm works with a sawyer of historic wood,
William Jewell, to obtain some cherry (what else?) harvested from one of the
estate’s fallen trees.
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Saturday, August 1st
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0705 |
Dominy Clock
Without dispute, one of the greatest collections of American antiques resides at
the Winterthur Museum in Delaware. One of the Museum’s most popular displays,
the original workshops of the Dominy family, quickly draws Norm’s attention. The
Dominys were clock and cabinetmakers who worked in eastern Long Island from the
1730s to the 1830s, creating high-quality clocks and furniture. Norm visits the
exhibit and selects a clock, circa 1821, from the Dominy collection to reproduce
back in the Workshop. Inspired by the Dominy clock, and up for the woodworking
challenge, Norm builds his own simple tall case clock out of poplar and paints
it to resemble the original.
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Saturday, August 8th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0706 |
Cowboy Sideboard
Wyoming antiques dealer Terry Winchell wants everybody to know about the
remarkable work of furniture designer Thomas Molesworth. In the 1930s, from his
base in Cody, Wyoming, Molesworth created “Cowboy”-style furnishings made from
peeled Douglas fir logs, stretched red leather, and routed out images of Indian
teepees, animal tracks, and shooting irons. Dwight Eisenhower was a fan of this
particularly distinctive dude ranch furniture, as was Thomas Yawkey (once the
owner of Norm’s beloved Red Sox). Today, Molesworth is very collectable, as Norm
finds out when he visits Winchell at his operation in Jackson Hole. The ultimate
New England craftsman brings a little bit of Western sensibility into his Yankee
workshop when he decides to takes on a Molesworth-style sideboard for his own
collection.
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Saturday, August 15th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0707 |
Painted Cupboard
Little is known about the handsome Painted Cupboard, which resides in one of the
period rooms in the elegant country estate at the Winterthur Museum in Delaware.
On a guided tour with Director of Conservation Gregory Landrey, Norm discovers
the cupboard and is drawn to its scale, the unusual arched top door, and the
“pinched” cornice that towers above the case. Norm will build his own version to
the same dimensions back at The New Yankee Workshop and even matches the
green blue paint on the exterior and the wine red color used for the interior.
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Saturday, August 22nd
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0708 |
Table Saw 101 - Part 1
As with his previous programs dedicated to a single tool, Norm takes viewers on
a special two-part program that explores the usefulness of the table saw. He
begins by showing various table saws and what they can do and goes on to
describe and demonstrate adjustments to make them more accurate. In the first
program, he concentrates on the most common task a table saw will be asked to
do—ripping. Norm discusses how to do it safely and accurately. He demonstrates
his technique for cutting large panels and shows a safe way to handle narrow
stock. He completes show number one by building an ingenious “out feed” table—so
clever every saw owner will want one.
In the second part of Table Saw 101, Norm goes on to demonstrate dadoing,
setting up stacked dado cutters, the making of rabbets, and the building of a
sacrificial fence. Then he turns to evaluating miter gauges and shows how they
may be used to make precision miters. He demonstrates the process of making
accurate tenons with a factory-built jig. In the same program, he builds a cross
cut sled and a stop block that extends any table saw’s potential.
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Saturday, August 29th
1:00 p.m. ET (check local listings)
#0709 |
Table Saw 101 - Part 2
As with his previous programs dedicated to a single tool, Norm takes viewers on
a special two-part program that explores the usefulness of the table saw. He
begins by showing various table saws and what they can do and goes on to
describe and demonstrate adjustments to make them more accurate. In the first
program, he concentrates on the most common task a table saw will be asked to
do—ripping. Norm discusses how to do it safely and accurately. He demonstrates
his technique for cutting large panels and shows a safe way to handle narrow
stock. He completes show number one by building an ingenious “out feed” table—so
clever every saw owner will want one.
In the second part of Table Saw 101, Norm goes on to demonstrate dadoing,
setting up stacked dado cutters, the making of rabbets, and the building of a
sacrificial fence. Then he turns to evaluating miter gauges and shows how they
may be used to make precision miters. He demonstrates the process of making
accurate tenons with a factory-built jig. In the same program, he builds a cross
cut sled and a stop block that extends any table saw’s potential.
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