Bob Vila | This Old House Classic | The Reading House Part 08

[@chadnevels246]

The "Workshop" is actually part of the original barn that Norm Abram built for Russell Morash before This Old House was started. A keen eye will notice the "Workshop" is actually the finishing room of The New Yankee Workshop, and the table saw, radial arm saw, miter saw, and router table are some of the original tools owned by Russell Morash that were used in the early seasons of The New Yankee Workshop. Furthermore, the workbench, another Russell Morash owned tool, was used throughout the series of The New Yankee Workshop.

[@BradThePitts]

I remember that at the time, contractors were mad because This Old House were showing trade skills and contractors feared losing their jobs. Little did they know that soon-after there would be an unprecedented home improvement & remodel craze, only increasing the need for skilled contractors.

[@pyhead9916]

Most people in this world are stupid!

[@debandmike3380]

today people think Bob Vila was a joke but he really was a pioneer. would there be Lowe's and Home Depot today without Bob? and how many Delta Unisaws were sold because of Norm. I have one.

[@GregCameron2008]

Holy god! i remember this episode when it was new. The guys reaction to Bob's question at 26:40 was hilarious to me then and now!

[@heathdetweilerRealtor]

Like that was the most absurd thing he could have possibly said. Love that older gentleman.

[@musicmanfelipe]

It’s like asking a Michelin-star Chef for more salt. A good plasterer shouldn’t need sandpaper.

[@u-shanks4915]

I think he meant a sand sponge

[@gertraba9806]

No biscuits to join an laser saws

[@clairwaucaush7225]

Wow, this episode is so old! Showing the tape to cover the joints! And the guy who drilled the pocket holes for the screws on the cabinet door, did he invent that idea?

[@heathdetweilerRealtor]

That apple pies statement in 2021. I love it! 😂

[@paulemmm2538]

Feminists be big mad

[@pyhead9916]

Bob was the best host of all time!

[@wolfywolf2sda]

Wow! The original Kreg jig.

[@celly559]

My thoughts exactly

[@richardcranium5518]

Anyone notice Bob wasn't stopped before he put it in park? Lol... watch the truck rock back and forth when he does

[@jordan2735]

I noticed that as well haha

[@Scrapla1]

My moms kitchen still looks straight outta the 70's

[@ethanedwards7557]

I’d love to see updates on these early projects, how long people lived in the houses after renovating them? Are they still there? Still married?

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

Featuring Bob Vila, who was the face of the home repair aspect of SEARS as well as Craftsman Tools.

[@MrSloika]

He got fired from TOH because he was making commercials for a now defunct Rickel Home Centers, which was the biggest DIY chain in New Jersey at the time. Home Depot was underwriting TOH, when Vila started making commercials for Rickel. Rickel and Home Depot were locked in bitter litigation in NJ because the owners or Rickel had engaged in some underhanded methods of keeping Home Depot off their turf. Anyway, the producers of TOH were kinda pissed at Vila for losing their underwriting money.

[@areaone3813]

The Lye in the plaster an the lime 🍈in the coconut 🥥 🤣

[@snakeshiet]

i love the homemade pocket screw jig and old school craftsman tools

[@greyman419]

god imagine the instagram furniture makers having to homebrew their pocket screw jigs

[@hifijohn]

Gotta love that great Boston accent.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

This is when TOH was charming and Bob Villa is a well beloved host The modern shows are geared more to the wealthy. When the host says Let’s meet the homeowners you just know they’re going to be insufferable and demand the world. This homeowner is frugal and pleasant and isn’t afraid to get her hands dirty. It’s called sweat equity and she exemplifies it

[@alec4672]

In a way I do like the new show because the rich clients they have afford them the ability to do some pretty amazing stuff like the newest Net Zero build is interesting. I do miss the old style craftsmanship though but every once and a while Tommy still reminds us he's a real carpenter. I think the first couple seasons with Kevin O'connor were the last of the golden years though.

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

Agreed! ...when TOH was charming. Bob and Norm were a great team. Repaired normal old houses. That older plasterer was smooth. Like the Albert King of plasterers TOH also gave you a thumbnail sketch of what the project cost, too !

[@rockyhart3578]

Very early pre New Yankee Workshop! Love watching Norm work!

[@201081hero]

It looks like they're doing all the woodworking in what later became the NYW finishing room.

[@debandmike3380]

what, no dominos? Straight glue on pipe clamps how primitive. At 15:00, some guy named Kreg taking notes.

[@drewberry8141]

Cool Man hay Thanks Bob

[@elgeneralxx]

0:53 correction: removing lead paint from the fireplace mantel hee hee haw

[@kaseymouser633]

Bob vila is the OG of building just his energy and motivation right at the beginning ready to get into it

[@ekop1778]

18.22 THAT WOULD BE AGAINST CODE THESE DAYS LOOKS LIKE A RR TRACK

[@codym8897]

From 1986.👍

[@arlenmargolin1650]

Wow how about that high-tech glue applicator that the Carpenter and Norm are using that could be considered pretty high-tech for the time I guess

[@glorygloryhallelujah]

@14:33 I hope Kreg is paying this guy a royalty #thisoldhouse

[@stevenshiller1600]

I had some ideas about a quantum computer house.

[@Slapjabber]

Aaaah, no airbag. Good old days.

[@zetamale7952]

Bob was at his best in the 80's This Old House. He got too arrogant and had a bad attitude later on so I stopped watching his shows. Norm, The New Yankee Workshop, was another good one. Sad to see the end. Good days back then. VHS videos (I still have em) no internet.

[@joesmoth2610]

And thats why we drywall now

[@zachsmith1731]

@@ColorfulExperiences definitely don't do this in pennsylvania anymore. Drywall all the way.

[@MRosati5000]

Yup, drywall in Pa.

[@joesmoth2610]

Gotta rep PA

[@codym8897]

Would you upload the full Austin City Limits episode from 1986, where George Strait and Dwight Yoakam perform, includes slate and countdown at the beginning, Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council logo, Austin City Limits Season 11 intro with "London Homesick Blues", voiceover introducing George Strait and Dwight Yoakam, funding credits, closing credits with "London Homesick Blues", along with various shots of the audience lip syncing, and clapping their hands, funding credits, and the 1984 PBS logo at the end?🙂

[@davidt8438]

Back when $250.00 was a lot of money. Today it would cost that for the plaster guys just to show up.

[@oskarbjornstad877]

Bob put them on blast for having really dirty tools 😂😂😂

[@mcarroll598]

That radial arm saw he’s using had a kit made for it, after people were getting hurt. A guard was made for it cause it was so dangerous to use.

[@donniediamond1411]

My stepfather had the exact same one, as well as his best friend, who was also a amateur woodworker. I still remember the day his buddy cleanly cut off his index finger with it!

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The radial arm saw is wicked. The blade spins in the direction of the operator pulling so naturally it would present a tremendous risk

@@ShakespeareCafe I used one for making crates for machinery way back when. I was always SO careful with that beast.

[@HipsterDoofus100]

Why didn’t they just use drywall?

[@fuckterrorists853]

Drywall is junk compared to plaster.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The plaster pro said it NO SANDING Drywall creates a colossal amount of dust Drywall to achieve that level of smoothness (level 5) is tremendously labor intensive which is why the drywall crew members are usually denizens of a foreign country here on a labor vacation

[@HipsterDoofus100]

ShakespeareCafe you mean illegals. But isn’t plaster a lot harder to work on afterwards? Ie cutting in a box, or an in wall speaker or something to that effect?

[@jayl8034]

@@HipsterDoofus100 You must be a young lad. When I was early 20's I rented the bottom of an old home built in the 1900's. This place had some of the nicest plaster walls and even had custom made bull-nose tile in the bathroom! I only stayed there about a year because the owners were selling the place. I painted the dining room and what would be the rec room. Plaster takes paint soooo much better than drywall. I still remember the lustre of the paint in those rooms

[@HipsterDoofus100]

@@jayl8034 you didn’t answer the question grandpa. I was talking about cutting into it. I’m sure it was a piece of cake cutting an electric box into plater and lathe

[@elgeneralxx]

Bob vila pooped pants

[@melanienorburg3011]

Lol that plaster man looks very judgmental of bob

[@ethanedwards7557]

Claire was a babe.

[@gertraba9806]

Such primitive tools