End of The New Yankee Workshop

[Scooby074]

one more question...when you frame a bulkhead around a duct...do you use a henway?

Of course, doesnt everybody?

 

[BungeeII]

You say "bulkhead" in Michigan and I'd guess 90% of the hearer's would imagine this:

Bilco Home Page


A soffit is the underside of an eave or over a cabinet.

The ducts in a basement are boxed-in. (box in, boxing)

Of course, I'm just a DIY'er tuning into the New Yankee Workshop (yes, a minor course correction) every now and again. I could be wrong.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Henway? ...nah... I just use a hammer

 

[Chuck52]

I do get some good watching "Ask This Old House" episodes, though I guess you guys with building experience might not. They cover real things that come up when maintaining a house, like how to put a sump in a basement, or how to do various plumbing fixes. I get tired of the cute parts where they're pretending not to know what a particular weird tool is for, but I've gotten some good info on real issues. The contractor guy...what'shisname...has done windows on various episodes, and it has been neat to see how a pro would deal with some of those problems.

Chuck

 

[czechsonofagun]

I tend to agree with you. I still liked the show, but the tools were too expensive and he stopped showing you how to do it with average tools. But still, really nice work.

I would love to see a real life show. You know, when the guy uses pipe wrench to round up bolt heads and because he is too lazy to fetch a hammer he uses the same pipe wrench for hammering and sharpens tools on the rock behind his house and ends up cutting himself and builds a tree house using dry wall screws and nothing else, takes him forever to sweat a fitting and ends up setting the joist on fire, puts chain in the saw backwards and it does not cut ... oh well, you got the picture

Improvisation at its best as it's practised daily across America.

 

[hitekcountry]

I would love to see a real life show. You know, when the guy uses pipe wrench to round up bolt heads and because he is too lazy to fetch a hammer he uses the same pipe wrench for hammering and sharpens tools on the rock behind his house and ends up cutting himself and builds a tree house using dry wall screws and nothing else, takes him forever to sweat a fitting and ends up setting the joist on fire, puts chain in the saw backwards and it does not cut ... oh well, you got the picture

Improvisation at its best as it's practised daily across America.

Sounds like Tim Allen of Home Improvement.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I would love to see a real life show. You know, when the guy uses pipe wrench to round up bolt heads and because he is too lazy to fetch a hammer he uses the same pipe wrench for hammering and sharpens tools on the rock behind his house and ends up cutting himself and builds a tree house using dry wall screws and nothing else, takes him forever to sweat a fitting and ends up setting the joist on fire, puts chain in the saw backwards and it does not cut ... oh well, you got the picture

Improvisation at its best as it's practised daily across America.

It's called "The Red Green Show."

 

[brin]

I would love to see a real life show. You know, when the guy uses pipe wrench to round up bolt heads and because he is too lazy to fetch a hammer he uses the same pipe wrench for hammering and sharpens tools on the rock behind his house and ends up cutting himself and builds a tree house using dry wall screws and nothing else, takes him forever to sweat a fitting and ends up setting the joist on fire, puts chain in the saw backwards and it does not cut ... oh well, you got the picture

Improvisation at its best as it's practised daily across America.

A show just as you described would be a winner for sure....have you noticed almost all reruns on satellite or cable..?

 

[czechsonofagun]

It's called "The Red Green Show."

If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy

 

[BungeeII]

Or, my favorite, you'll see in the sig.

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

... You know, when the guy uses pipe wrench to round up bolt heads and because he is too lazy to fetch a hammer he uses the same pipe wrench for hammering and sharpens tools on the rock behind his house and ends up cutting himself and builds a tree house using dry wall screws and nothing else, takes him forever to sweat a fitting and ends up setting the joist on fire, puts chain in the saw backwards and it does not cut ...

You need to watch Discovery's "Canada's Worst Handyman" series.
Canada's Worst Handyman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Scooby074]

You need to watch Discovery's "Canada's Worst Handyman" series.
Canada's Worst Handyman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Oh dear god.. not worst handyman... I want to throttle half those people. And knowing that those people on worst driver are on the same roads as i am scares the heck out of me.

Handyman superstar isnt that bad considering, but i usually dont watch it that much.

 

[hitekcountry]

If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy

WoW!! Maybe there's hope for me yet!

 

[woodchuckcanuck]

Oh dear god.. not worst handyman... I want to throttle half those people. And knowing that those people on worst driver are on the same roads as i am scares the heck out of me.

Handyman superstar isnt that bad considering, but i usually dont watch it that much.

I know, its bad! I think that worst handyman show is amped up a lot because of tv. I mean really....remove a toilet with a sledgehammer? As do the worst drivers, well I can see where many lack skills, especially the ones that take panic attacks. The superstar handyman is not a bad show, I figure I could do it but I don't work well under a ticking clock

 

[Scooby074]

Norm and russel put up their farewell. New Yankee Workshop - Featuring the Craftsmanship of Master Carpenter Norm AbramSome interesting things were said. Now im a little more confused than when i first watched.

Sounds like there will be some sort of streaming video coming, but its not clear if these will be new podcasts, or streams of the old videos? Definitely no more New Yankee

I just got through watching the first season of TNYWS. It was pretty cool how Norm improved over the years and his workshop was much closer to what most have access to. Just a mitre saw, table saw, router and a shopsmith Its been so long since i saw an early episode i forgot about norms shopsmith.

If anybody else is interested in re-watching some old Norm, just post here and ill put up some links.