wait, Norm used plastic hardware? How do I not remember that?

I built a version of this box. It was a lot of fun to build.

Are the legs chestnut as well?

I love you

My wife has a bookcase like this from her grandfather. When I first saw it, I already knew what kind of piece it was thanks to this episode.

Gotta love that QS white oak. It’s a beautiful wood and smells so nice when machining it.

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Hello Norm, So good to see back in your shop I watched your first series now here you are again I happen to be from Conn. A male age 83 years old brings back some great members THANK YOU...

Always wondered what happened to Hue

Before we use any power tools, however, let’s 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 power tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this: There is no more important safety rule, than to wear these, safety glasses.

My Grandma Cassie had a Barrister Bookcase made of mahogany.

Thank you for these episodes but when are you going to upload the router station from 1996, season 8?? That is the more preferred router table compared to the 2003 version.

Wow, this would be nice to have for DVD storage!

I didn’t know baristas even read books! Live and learn.

I'd alter the plans, and make it modular. I love the original.

Now to find books worthy of that cabinet.

Norm, when you say it’s nice and warm on a snowy day, what kind of hvac system do you use and how can a large workshop stay warm and not get super cold when it’s below zero outside?

Russ, thank you so much for helping Norm upload these episodes to this channel, to wrap up this season! You guys are incredible!

Spot the deliberate mistake at 2:38. Norm says that its an isosceles triangle. He actually means an EQUILATERAL triangle (which has 3 equal sides). An isosceles triangle has TWO equal sides.

Great series. I know Russ personally and he’s a treasure 💯🇺🇸

I really like your Style. 👉🏼 High Five 👋 boom diggity 👉🏼

floppy drives, how far we've come

Is that dual-blade adjustable dado head still available? Or has the stacked dado head superseded it?

I don’t see the purpose of the plywood skin on the inside. I’d rather see the pine than that stuff

Oh, for a timesaver!

Funny that norms builds of antique recreations are prob considered antiques now.

Did they ever have an episode where he did make a coffin? “It’s sized for today’s living, and it would look great behind your sofa.”

Could one use pressure treated pine? Other woods nowadays are so much more expensive than they used to be. 😢

I found a lot of this in N Louisiana a few years back. Old motel that was bulldozed.

I met Norm and chatted with him for a few minutes once in Cleveland. He was very pleasant t and unassuming.

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why wasn't glue used on the table's top?

I worked in Atlanta GA for over 20 years. At one time I did work in one of the original Norfolk/Western engine repair buildings on the Southside. It was one of dozens in a big complex of old abandoned N&W property. I worked on re-wiring the old building. Every time I walked in there, I was in awe of the timbers used to construct the building. I looked it up and found out that the building was built in the mid 1800s for repairing steam engines. Later it became part of a massive yard. The beams that held the building up were solid oak 10"×15". Made into truss style bents that were encased in brick and stood 35' from floor to the lowest part of the bent. The wood used on the roof was ship lapped 1" heart pine. I would drive 1000 miles to be there with a trailer and a hoist when that building finally comes down. The wood in that building is priceless. I even found tin type pics of that building when it was only a few years old and full of steam locomotives being worked on.

Grew up watching this old house and new yankee workshop. Miss those days

"We just don't wanna see it get burnt.". That would be my story too if I was in his position.

Hi Norm & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Norm & Friends Randy

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Before we use any power tools, let’s 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 power tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember this: There is no more important safety rule, than to wear these, safety glasses.

23:47 hopefully Osborne werent upset with that misspelling..

Norm for president!

Love this piece! Great for a laptop. Thanks Norm! Thanks Russ!

Just get a small Hollow Chisel Mortiser. Norm used a Delta. I’ve seen them used for $100.00 google it. Good luck!

I like the "I know how to convert metric" remark at the start - it reminded me of how some people are still so fiercely pro-imperial or pro-metric to the point they refuse to acknowledge the existence of the other.

@TheNewYankeeWorkshop I'm curious...what did Norm do with all the projects when he was done? I can't imagine he kept 2 of everything.

7/16 of an inch - LOL. It would have been better to keep the metric measurements.

Absolutely beautiful grain in that wood.

14:58 When Norm says a micro plane, he’s actually using a citrus grater on the wood!

10:02 Larry Fitzgerald must be a decendant of the Wright brothers. On both sides of the family. That makes him one of the Wright-Wright brothers...

Back when this episode first aired The New Yankee's website at the time said the Monastery Table was only built by a Lathe and a Table saw. The website at the time was kind of dishonest because the Mortiser, that cute 691 D-handle router, and the biscuit slot cutter also helped out in making the monastery table come to life!