If you are like me (and hopefully you're not), I still miss Saturday mornings with Norm. Although I taped almost every show, now I need to burn them on DVD's. Anyway, came across this link to You Tube that has more links many of the older shows-

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4tzRpyV3g

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Lew Kauffman-
Wood Turners Forum Host

Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Me too Lew, me too! Thanks for the links!

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Homes For Our Troops and Wounded Warriors Project

Thanks for the link Lew.

I was a Norm junkie for years.

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I just keep hammering away.

Nah I don't miss Norm with all his tons of tools or bob villa with his ridiculously low priced home makeovers.

I do miss the woodwrights shop though.

Woodwrights on still, or am I seeing re-runs only?

dragon1 said:

Nah I don't miss Norm with all his tons of tools or bob villa with his ridiculously low priced home makeovers.

I do miss the woodwrights shop though.

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John Morris
The Patriot Woodworker
Proud Supporter of Homes For Our Troops and Wounded Warriors Project

Woodwright's shop last three seasons, PLUS current season are on pbs.org.    Just type in The Woodwright"s Shop, and follow along. 

Just watched a bench build, ala Norm.   Then started the one about a steamer trunk.    Yep, Bookmarked that site!

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

used enjoy watching them both. still catch the Woodwrights from time to time.

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http://www.prchestnut.webs.com/

He's doing his "New Yankee Workshop" thing.  He is selling his complete  set of 210  show videos too. It's a steal at just under Three Grand

http://www.newyankee.com/index.php?id=53#ecwid:mode=product&product=10708069

Had the check written then said......naw. 

Maybe I can talk the library into ordering a set. 

Not a bad price considering you get six autographed pictures of Norm. :-)

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Gene
'The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.' G. K. Chesterton

Yea, I miss it too and have a lot of the shows on tape and DVD. I love all of the tools he had and would love to have a shop outfitted that way. It is very interesting to look back at the old show such as the one you linked. You can certainly see that he does not have the shop setup like it was in the end.

I know I learned a lot of technique from the way he did things. I wish is was back on TV.

You can catch one video a week at the New Yankee Web Site.

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John Moody
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John Moody Woodworks
http://www.johnmoodywoodworks.com

Norm had a great show but I must say I enjoy the Woodsmith show more than the rest of the shows that are out there now. Most of their projects and techniques can be made with what I consider to be a basic power tool shop with some hand tools as well. My biggest beef is with the PBS channel. It seems like every month there's a weekend long fund raiser with lousy shows during the fundraiser. I wish they had actual woodworking shows on the DIY network. At one time they used to have several but those have gone away.

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I liked Tommy Mac, the boy from southie. I haven't seen David Marks. Norm bored me.  I didn't find his projects interesting nor did I learn anything watching him

"Just a couple of  brads while the glue dries"

Uh huh sure,  ever seen him remove one of those brads?

Scott Phillips tends not to do things that impress me.   His shaker  chair was interesting.  I do like the way he presents his lathe tools to the observer. He breaks down the stupid simple ( and necessary) things that you would not figure out very easily without some instruction.

I still think Norm would have beat Marks into the dirt in a street fight.

Notice:  Youtube has shut down the link to those videos.      Somebody squealed???

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Sign on pick up truck's back window..:' Save a Horse, ride a Cowboy'

youtube has shut down the link to those videos.      Somebody squealed???

Wouldn't take anyone reaching out to the copyright holder.

If the copyright holder/s  want to protect their property they would  be scrupulous about scanning the  internet for any mention of the names and phrases that are idiomatic to their property.   So the mere fact of this thread may have popped up on a search and led to the action.  Those searches are often run automatically by firms specializing in internet security, alerting someone the same way an alarm clock alerts to the time.

Can't make a living on your work if other people are giving your efforts away free.