Interview with Norm Abram

[@ColeAviation]

When I was a younger I use to look forward to getting up on Saturday mornings with my Dad and watching Norm Abram. I still love his shows today. 😃👍🏼My dad was a carpenter all the way up until he past away in 2004 from lung cancer at the age of 50. 🙁 He taught me everything I know about working with wood and my hands. He was such a HUGE roll model in my life. What great memories!! Thanks Norm! God bless!

[@johnkoester4181]

Chad I'm sorry for your loss. I miss my dad too.

[@ColeAviation]

God bless you my friend!!

[@nicholastosoni707]

My obsession as a tot was _Yan Can Cook_.

[@baileysconstruction7898]

I know the feeling ... I was the same way and my dad was a carpenter till he passed at 50

[@garyderksen8930]

Chad I feel your pain. My Dad was everything to me and he passed in 2009. Sorry for your loss man. My Dad was a finish carpenter and we both loved Norm too

[@andresarroyo6596]

As I was recovering from back surgery in 1998 being a stonemason, PBS and Norm Abrams introduced me to woodworking and I don't feel To sad ,that my true love of stonework is gone, I've acquired Woodworking and I'm pretty damn good at it! Gracias Mr. Norm Abrams

[@WV591]

If it wasn't for this man, 98 % of people doing woodworking as hobby or pro would have never started and those tool companies wouldn't have sold as many tools as they have the past few decades since new Yankee came on the air. some of them might have even folded up or branched into other business. yes indeed. thank you Norm .God bless!

[@johnslaughter5475]

The New Yankee Workshop and The Woodwright's Shop are no longer in production. I would love to see Norm Abram and Roy Underhill do a short series where they each build exactly the same project with Norm using his power tools and Roy using his hand tools.

[@jesser5127]

Loved this guy and how humble he was and still is. He didn't make a fortune considering his popularity, but he sure did well in his career and life as a decent person.

[@dtom1145]

The thing that set NYW, TOH and ATOH is that they actually show you how to do it while all the other DIY shows focus on designs, selling products, whining about problems that pop up and staging for profit. Very few go in to the actual hands on process for doing something so they are not even in the same league as the aforementioned shows. As for the craftsman debate, true craftsmen teach others as well as do! Again, few of today's shows can match the talent and craftsmanship of the original shows. Thanks Norm, Bob, Dean, Tom... for your time, talent and craftsmanship.

[@broken1965]

wish Norm would do a mini series of some sort . been watching him since he first joined TOH

[@93sundance]

Norms the best, watched both shows for many years.

[@uriel-heavensguardian8949]

LOVE NORM!! He has inspired me to get into woodworking years ago!!!!

[@bobpenoyer933]

Watching NYW took me from knowing and caring little about woodworking to becoming an avid woodworker. I learned A LOT about woodworking and woodworking tools by watching Norm. He made the "work" look interesting and fun. I want to offer Norm my heartfelt Thank You! for teaching me and so many others about the challenges and rewards of creating things with wood.

[@NV..V]

Great to see Norm again! Thanks

[@vikramdesai6897]

Norm, you ,yourself are great inspiration apart from your wood working to many people around the world and as for me you inspired me to leave my traditional job of being a 'Desai ' /kind of a duke, in India / and become a woodworker and it was so much self realising and satisfactory. thanks man. lots of love and regards from India,

[@bobbg9041]

My dad was a finnish carpenter in the 1950s he built boats in the basment when I was young kid, school had shop classes for metal wood and other crafts I always took these classes. Schools have gotten away from industrial arts classes today its no wonder that there is a shortage of skilled workers. Kids today dont want to do this kind of work.

[@stevejensen3471]

I met both Norm and Steve Thomas decades ago when as a geologist, I was doing an environmental investigation on a gas station and TOH was doing a home restoration down the street. So over one lunch hour, I ambled down to their project and caught both Norm and Steve having their lunchbreak sitting on the open tailgate of one of the pickup trucks. I apologized for disturbing them, told them what I was doing down the street to where they became very interested, and Norm just hopped down, went and got me a chair, and in his soft-spoken voice with a smile and a handshake said "set a spell Joe, we're between segments and have some time." So we talked for about 40 minutes with Norm giving me his second ham and roast beef sandwich right out of his Stanley contractors lunchbox with the big green thermos! They asked me for my card and said they might propose incorporating a future segment on the environmental hazards that could exist on residential properties, most notably underground storage tanks. I never heard back from them but did reconnect and talk with Steve Thomas last year when I looked him up and he is now running his own construction company out of Port Clyde, Maine. He actually remembered me and we chatted for a half hour - great guy is Steve. And that ole venerable master carpenter Norm - is well, one of the finest men you could ever know!

[@garylandry2638]

THE GOOD LORD GAVE YOU A GREAT GIFT AND YOU CERTAINLY DID NOT LET HIM DOWN,,I LIKE YOUR PERSONALITY.. AS ONE TEACHER TO ANOTHER WELDING} YOU SIR ARE THE BEST BY FAR, THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR ABILITIES IN WOOD WORKING AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU WITH A LONG LIFE WITH GOOD HEALTH!!!!

[@grillo7196]

Norm, is such a humble person! ✌️

[@dave434]

I miss watching Norm on the Yankee workshop.....

[@yt66228]

Norm and Bob Villa were a great influence on me growing up. They gave me enough courage to rebuild my own 100 year old house. A 3 year project that i loved every minute.

[@garyderksen8930]

Norm Abrams yes, Bob Villa not really...

[@pychopathsyphonf1528]

I would like see Norm Abrams in NCIS episode helping Jethro Gibbs build a boat lol

[@davemanley8700]

I bought several of his plans and built them and enjoyed every one and still have them 20 years later!

[@ericbyers9554]

Norm is the man

[@bobbg9041]

With kitchen prices close to 40k now DIY your own kitchen is definitely worth buying the tools even with wood prices as they are in 2022. The key is find a wholesale wood supply company and stay away from the big box stores unless the price is comparable. Hardware is extremely expensive at the big box stores unless its a marked down item.

[@MintStiles]

Patron Saint of woodworking :)

[@201081hero]

Based on Norm's comments about the NYW season 20 kitchen build this interview must have taken place around mid to late July 2007.

[@johnfithian-franks8276]

I have watched and enjoyed Norm's woodworking shows for a long time now I have the one of the dovecote but not the plans. You can still find most of "The New Yankee Workshop" (NYW) on you tube, can you let me know when Norm's new shows are coming out and on what channel. I live in the UK so any info on how to get them over here would also be appreciated.

[@batarang87]

John Fithian-Franks In 2009 Norm Abram decided to end The New Yankee Workshop after 21 Seasons. He still appears on This Old House to this day. The official New Yankee Workshop website offers a free episode to watch each week, and of course the series is all over KZbin. DVDs can also be bought with project plans on the official website.

[@michelleburkholder2547]

Thanks Norm.

[@scottreasoner6126]

I wish they would still new Yankee workshop in my area but sadly they do not offer it in my area

[@patrickomahony9679]

Norm is the slash of woodwork ,

[@michaelcarson4840]

Love Norm Abrams

[@mosriteman1]

I grew up in the same neighborhood as Norm. Didn't see him outside mush, and now I know why, he was down in his basement learning carpentry. It sure paid off.

[@MegaJohnhammond]

he was down in his basement polishing his knob

[@JohnDoe-jc3cl]

@@MegaJohnhammond I think what you said was uncalled for.

[@tengu190]

Cool.

[@chasformer3091]

He's a normal, regular guy just like everyone-NORM ABRAM! I'M TOUCHING NORM ABRAM! I'M HUGGING NORM ABRAM! I'M HOLDING NORM ABRAM ABOVE MY HEAD!!!! I hope some of you guys got the reference.

[@scotttovey]

Norm: "stuff that wouldn't make great TV." No, but it would make for a great KZbin channel.

[@davekummer6587]

i"m reading his book he build"s his dream house 1992 fascinating story

[@jackjones298]

3:18 Confirmed that Norm still has all 10 fingers. And a probably a closet full of nothing but plaid oxfords.

[@grayfox1471]

Always use a push stick

[@TC-to9jh]

👍

[@bearfoot561]

Norm seems to be doing less and less each week. Is he on the way out?

[@popularwoodworking]

He's partially retired (I dream of that day!), but still appears on This Old House fairly regularly

[@dinkuserectus]

didn't they name a tank after this great man?

[@ops12able]

Jimmy Doe a tank called "Norm"?

[@MegaJohnhammond]

the three most important tools are the ones my sponsor's want me to plug.

[@jeffreycusick2631]

NEVER ONCE SAID A NAME BRAND!!

[@stphnalln]

I've been woodworking for 30 years, and Norm is absolutely right. Table saw, jointer, and thickness planer are needed to true up lumber, and you just can't build quality furniture without trued up wood. I've tried doing the process with hand tools alone, and it added 80% more time to the project.

[@shantellamend8986]

There is something for everyone on Stodoys website.

[@who8allthepies]

Norm is the man