The New Yankee Workshop

Season 17 (13 Episodes)

21 Seasons 2005 TV-G 27m 9

Norm visits Bermuda where he gets ideas to build a bench/table out of cypress and a chest out of mahogany. He also builds an oak hall mirror, an upholstered ottoman, a federal-style game table, a side chair, a cherry tilt top table, a Queen Anne highboy out of tiger maple, yet another kitchen island, carved wooden signs, and the library modular bookshelf system. For "shop tools and techniques", he demonstrates the basics of using the lathe.

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Season 17 Episodes:

Episode 1 Hall Mirror

Aired: Jan 1, 2005

Every family needs one of these. An assembly point for the family keys, hats,...

Episode 2 Bermuda Bench/Table

2. Bermuda Bench/Table

Aired: Jan 8, 2005

Every time Norm does an outside project it is an instant hit. This will be no...

Episode 3 Ottoman

Aired: Jan 15, 2005

Encouraged by his success in building the upholstered cigar chair in Season 1...

Episode 4 Bermuda Chest

4. Bermuda Chest

Aired: Jan 22, 2005

Bermudans call themselves "Onions" perhaps because of those succulent pungent...

Episode 5 Federal-Style Game Table

5. Federal-Style Game Table

Aired: Jan 29, 2005

With no television and few newspapers to read, our ancestors had plenty of ti...

Episode 6 Lathe 101

Aired: Feb 5, 2005

Lathe 101 is the first in a series of programs featuring the skills required ...

Episode 7 Side Chair

Aired: Feb 12, 2005

Norm has said many times that chairs are the most challenging projects a wood...

Episode 8 Tilt Top Table

8. Tilt Top Table

Aired: Feb 19, 2005

One classic furniture form that Norm has long admired is the tilt top table. ...

Episode 9 Highboy: Part 1

9. Highboy: Part 1

Aired: Feb 26, 2005

Never in the history of The New Yankee Workshop has there been a more challen...

Episode 10 Highboy: Part 2

10. Highboy: Part 2

Aired: Mar 5, 2005

Norm demonstrates how to build a highboy (part 2 of 2).

Episode 11 Kitchen Island

11. Kitchen Island

Aired: Mar 12, 2005

Largely unknown in grandmother's time, kitchen islands have become indispensa...

Episode 12 Carved Wooden Signs

12. Carved Wooden Signs

Aired: Mar 19, 2005

Way back in 1988, when we needed to make a sign for "The New Yankee Workshop,...

Episode 13 The Library System

13. The Library System

Aired: Mar 26, 2005

Is there a homeowner out there who doesn't yearn for more shelf space for his...

Main Cast

Norm Abram Host

Creators

Russell Morash Creator

Info about The New Yankee Workshop

Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres: Documentary