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The New Yankee Workshop is an American half-hour woodworking television series produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program was hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's television series This Old House.
Norm Abram (born October 3, 1949) [1] is an American carpenter, writer, and television host best known for his work on the PBS television programs This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. [2] He is a Master carpenter and has published several books and articles about the craft.
This Old House is an American home improvement media brand with television shows, a magazine, and a website. The brand is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.The television series airs on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television network and follows remodeling projects of houses over a series of weekly episodes.
In 1989, Norm Abram launched a half-hour woodworking show, called The New Yankee Workshop, which ran for 21 seasons. With Vila at the helm, This Old House began to broaden its scope. In addition to Vila hosting, several pros began hosting segments. Roger Cook's first full season as landscape expert.
Master carpenter Norm Abram also shows Steve a trick carpenter Dick Silva discovered to handle the curved trimwork around the inglenook: he passed flexible expanded polyurethane planks, the same as we used on the exterior trim, though a molding machine to give it the right profile, and bent it into place.
I created this article so that there would be a wiki-link for the Norm Abram article as there was for the This Old House article also cited in the Norm article.. I am regarded in woodworking circles as somewhat of a Norm authority, having taped all of the (New Yankee Workshop) shows, chronicled all the tools used, and posted them on a website.
Speaking to Billboard, Abrams says that while at Swift's New York City apartment "well past 6 a.m." upon completing their recording of "Us," a fire broke out in the kitchen when a candle fell over.
Roy has written several books on woodworking, most of which have been published by the University of North Carolina Press. Some of the books include, The Woodwright's Shop: A Practical Guide to Traditional Woodcraft ( ISBN 0-8078-4082-3 ) and The Woodwright's Guide: Working Wood with Wedge and Edge ( ISBN 0-8078-5914-1 ).