Adirondack Chair | S2 E2
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- After a trip to the Museum of the Adirondacks to view a collection of chairs, Norm combines the best features of each chair to make his unique version of an Adirondack chair. He chooses Cypress wood because it needs no preservatives or treatment to withstand outdoor conditions. Norm uses the band saw to shape the curved pieces and fastens the chair together with screws, nails, nuts, and bolts rather than using fancy joinery.
Season: 2 | Episode: 2
Original Air Date: January 13, 1990
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These videos bring back fond memories of working in my shop using my old milwaukee corded drill (it still works perfectly) and no dust collection what-so-ever. Saturday morning, coffee cup in hand, TV tuned in to kcptv public television, and the New Yankee Work Shop music starting. And only 28 years old, those were the days.
This was the episode that got me hooked on the show. Norm made me feel like I could make the chair. Which I did! I even made some out of cypress just like Norm! Unfortunately, "forever" in the heat and humidity of Florida was only a couple of years.. I salvaged parts from two of them and it's still in one piece 10 years later
I bought the VHS tape and plans and made 2 or 3 hundred of these chairs before the Navy sent me overseas for 8 years. I bought the book later, too. I still have my templates made from an old piece of paneling. Wow!
Norm can teach you more than any college course, because he passes his enthusiasm onto you which is essential. What a legend of a man😊
30 years later, I am still fascinated by the same thing I saw back then. You know, when I so much as sharpen a pencil in my shop I have to chase the wood chips around with a vacuum. But somehow, when Norm plows off 1/4 inch of wood with a planer, the chips just seem to vanish into thin air! The skill I wish I could master most is the one where I can run a bandsaw, a planer, a drum sander and God forbid, a router with a 1/4" round over bit and never create so much as a dust bunny on the floor of my shop! No cyclone system, no shop vac running, no 4" hoses dangling from the ceiling and somehow, you could eat dinner off the floor. All kidding aside, to this day, this man was and still is one of the greatest influences in my life. Thank You for showing these episodes again. It means a lot to a great many people.
I made this years ago I have to say it’s the most comfortable chair I’ve ever sat in thank you norm for the guide
I built 4 of these in '92 out of Ipe. Most comfortable Adirondacks I've ever sat in. They've received zero maintenance and they're still perfect. Thanks Norm.
I live in the area and go to the Adirondack Museum every year. Such a great place. Even though I’ve seen everything probably 30 times it never gets old.
my father always told my sister and I the boobtube would rot our brains, years later while remodeling his basement, he asked where I learned all that I had done.....the boobtube watching shows like this and others on PBS
I don't know a lot about woodworking, but I learned 80% of what I do know from Norm. I built my wife the blanket chest at the end of the video, and it's still in my bedroom almost 20 years later. Thanks for everything Norm.
God bless you norm. How I miss watching you make all the furniture in the shop. This old house isn't the same either without you.
Thank Goodness this back. The world need this.
I loved this show. I used to watch every Saturday.
God I just love watching these again. Even saw a cold puff of ole Norm's breath at
I first discovered Norm and The New Yankee Workshop when my wife was pregnant with my first son. She was nesting, and I was too learning from Norm how to do woodworking projects. These videos bring me back to that time. Norm is a hero of mine, and I hope to one day soon build one of his projects with my newly born grandson!
Thanks Norm, I’m proud to be one of many woodworkers inspired by your craftsmanship 😊. You are an American Icon 😊
Norm is a master and a legend.i use to watch all his shows I'm glad they are on CZcams.
So happy to see Norm's New Yankee Workshop again. Started watching way back when his shop was called Ye Olde Yankee Workshop in the 70s. Norm's handmade sign was installed at the end of his long driveway.
I loved watching this show on Saturday mornings back in the 1990’s, and I’m loving watching them again today. I specifically remember this episode on the Adirondack chairs. Thank you for posting them.
Great programs to learn.