End of The New Yankee Workshop

[dave1949]

I like to watch House Hunter once in a while. Similar to CatDriver's comment, people look at a house and all they can talk about is how much a perfectly functional house needs updating. It's sort of nuts. But these are real people and real houses in all price ranges.

If you have ever sold a house with nothing wrong with it and get feedback from a realtor that has shown it, you know.

Dave.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I'm holding out for the outtakes from NWS. There's no way that he did all that amazing stuff perfect the first time, and I'd love to see the mistakes. Just once I want to see Norm gouge a piece on the lathe or split a trim piece when nailing it.

I guess to me it would actually increase the value of the show to know that it was done incorrectly some of the time and they still were able to turn it around and make it right.

 

[Scooby074]

I'm holding out for the outtakes from NWS. There's no way that he did all that amazing stuff perfect the first time, and I'd love to see the mistakes. Just once I want to see Norm gouge a piece on the lathe or split a trim piece when nailing it.

I guess to me it would actually increase the value of the show to know that it was done incorrectly some of the time and they still were able to turn it around and make it right.

Im just waitin for him to lose his cool in all the episodes ive never seen him do it. Sure there were the odd eyebrow raises directed at Vila, but he stays pretty collected. If you guys ever watched me you'd know i could never be on TV, the show would be nothing but "Bleeps"

We all talk about norms tools. Remember when he got that PC chop saw with LASERS!! wholly crap.. LASERS... I thought that was so cool. Look around now, pretty much everything from cheap drillpressed to handsaws?? got em.(yeppers handsaws http://www.sears.com/shc/s/ProductDisplay?partNumber=00987902000P&storeId=10153&sName=Hand+Saws+&psid=FROOGLE01&vName=Tools&cName=HandTools&catalogId=12605&sid=IDx20070921x00003a

These shows do have to get back to the common man. These big buck builds are nuts. The newton home (brand new house) must have been $1000000 plus. Id sooner see a couple small, but well detailed shows, focusing on the problems of a few different houses (more detail then ATOH) over a series instead of one massive one.

It seems these shows have all gone to flash. Theres hardly any substance.

Another case is point is the Powerblock on spike. Used to be pretty good details and showed actually how to do stuff, now its just a 2 hour commercial. I understand thats the reason alot of the hosts like Stacey David and Lou left. It was becoming too dumbed down and commercialized.

For a while there it was nothing but high buck crate engines and catalog parts. I think some of the shows, at least xtreme and trucks, have come back to earth a little.

Perhaps a good question might be, "Who will replace Norm ?" Sure theres podcasts out there, but something about them just doesnt "Feel" right. Maybe its the size of the screen, or the personality (or lack there of) of the host, but something's missing.

Mike Roe did a lecture where he said there was a "War on Work". Nobody wants to get their hands dirty. I think hes right, and that mentality is partly to blame for the situation were currently in. Lack of woodshop drafting or metalshop in schools just illustrates it. Those were my favorite classes. Ninja stars and bookshelves for everybody

If your needing your Norm, or TOH fix, theres a few places you can Dl them off the internet. I just got through re-watching the 6part? kitchen series. It was good , lots of detail but still no tips on panel rasing

Heres one direct download link, to NYWS, TOH and David Marks shows. theres many more if your familiar with torrents a search on google will turn up lots. New Yankee Workshop Episodes

 

[ToadHill]

I've watched Norm for years and he makes some nice stuff. I learned my woodworking from nmy Great Grandfather who learned the trade as an apprentice in Germany. He made some beautiful stuff with inlays, dove tail joints, and he did it all with hand tools. He did have a lathe he made and as he got older he converted it to an electric motor, he said his legs got tired operating the spring pole.

I still have a plant stand he made with all the edges inlayed with a herringbone pattern made from 3 different colored woods.

 

[dave1949]

Years ago I watched a TV show where a guy made a wooden barrel with a hand axe/hatchet and maybe a draw knife. Free hand.

Would that have been Roy Underhill?

Dave.

 

[Scooby074]

Years ago I watched a TV show where a guy made a wooden barrel with a hand axe/hatchet and maybe a draw knife. Free hand.

Would that have been Roy Underhill?

Dave.

That was probably roy underhill. He did everything by hand.

 

[dave1949]

That was probably roy underhill. He did everything by hand.

The name rings a bell, anyways, I was dumbstruck watching. Arcs on the staves, chamfer on the top & bottom pieces. No wasted motion and no tape measure.

Dave.

 

[ToadHill]

Roy Underhill " The Woodright Shop"

 

[Chuck52]

I like to watch Roy on "the Woodwright Shop", too, but I'd be surprised if a barrel he made would hold water! Most of the time seems like he "makes it fit", but that would be pretty hard with a good barrel. I do like the old time tools he uses and sometimes makes. After watching him make a spring pole lathe I really thought about trying to make one myself. That delusion lasted at least ten minutes.

Chuck

 

[Iplayfarmer]

These shows do have to get back to the common man. These big buck builds are nuts. The newton home (brand new house) must have been $1000000 plus. Id sooner see a couple small, but well detailed shows, focusing on the problems of a few different houses (more detail then ATOH) over a series instead of one massive one.[/url]

Hometime is the closest thing I've seen that fits what you described. The projects are smaller scale and reasonable, and each project takes about 3 or 4 episodes. Plus, they show outtakes.

My favorite was when they were moving the camera in once to show something they had done on the bathroom, and there was one of the crew sitting on the john. I don't remember if I saw that blooper on the actual show or one of these "Best of Bloopers" type shows. At any rate it showed the true colors of the cast and crew. Everyone seemed to have a good attitude and able to roll with the puches.