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Season 3 Episode 11: Cricket Table

21 SeasonsMar 16, 1991TV-G30m9

An unusual piece, the hardwood cricket table features three angled legs. Norm demonstrates the complex angled mortise-and-tenon joinery necessitated by this configuration, using a set of jigs to make sure that all the pieces fit together...

Season 3 Episodes:

Episode 1 Shaker Step Stools

1. Shaker Step Stools

Aired: Jan 5, 1991

After visiting the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts for inspir...

Episode 4 Shaker Washstand

4. Shaker Washstand

Aired: Jan 26, 1991

Before modern plumbing, people got the water for their wake-up splash from pi...

Episode 5 Shaker Wall Clock

5. Shaker Wall Clock

Aired: Feb 2, 1991

Norm visits the Hancock Shaker Village in Massachusetts to see one of the sur...

Episode 6 Sandbox

6. Sandbox

Aired: Feb 9, 1991

After a visit to a community playground to see what equipment kids are playin...

Episode 7 Harvest Table

7. Harvest Table

Aired: Feb 16, 1991

Norm looks through the Shaker museum in Old Chatham, New York, and finds a si...

Episode 8 Shaker Woodbox

8. Shaker Woodbox

Aired: Feb 23, 1991

Inspired by a design he examines at the Shaker settlement in Pleasant Hill, K...

Episode 9 Library Table

9. Library Table

Aired: Mar 2, 1991

A perfect piece for behind a sofa or in a hallway, Norm's version of the Shak...

Episode 10 Garden Swing

10. Garden Swing

Aired: Mar 9, 1991

Turning to the more playful side of county life, Norm resurrects the old fash...

Episode 11 Cricket Table

11. Cricket Table

Aired: Mar 16, 1991

An unusual piece, the hardwood cricket table features three angled legs. Norm...

Episode 13 Standing Mirror

13. Standing Mirror

Aired: Mar 30, 1991

Norm turns to the band saw to help form the mahogany frame for his full-lengt...


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Current Status: Ended

Network: PBS

Genres:Documentary