Russ has aged a bit like us all. Good to see he's still active in his shop. The shop seemed bigger back in 1988; 'course my TV was smaller too.

 

Awesome to know YT continues to keep The New Yankee Workshop available for current and future generations.

 

 

Nice!  Thanks Dave.

Thanks for sure Dave!

Brings back a LOT of very good memories...

41 minutes ago, steven newman said:

Brings back a LOT of very good memories...

Yes it certainly did Bandit. Thanks!

could not find a date on the video s but he said 21 years. Looked it up January 7 1989. it ran for 21 seasons.

 Oh and more dates This Old House January 1, 1979

                                 The Woodwright's Shop October 6 , 1979

                                 Rough Cut October 2,  2010

2 minutes ago, Gerald said:

could not find a date on the video s but he said 21 years. Looked it up January 7 1989. it ran for 21 seasons.

 Oh and more dates This Old House January 1, 1979

                                 The Woodwright's Shop October 6 , 1979

                                 Rough Cut October 2,  2010

Time flies.

Good to see you posting again Gerald. Hope the knee surgery is healing well.

1 hour ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Time flies.

Good to see you posting again Gerald. Hope the knee surgery is healing well.

It is getting there. PT at home ends today. Monday have Dr appt and first outpatient PT, oh joy joy. I k ow that will be a workout. Feel like I will be the weak kitten on the block when I get done. Right now the Oxy has me kinda out of it some.

Edited January 19, 20233 yr by Gerald

good to know that Norm is on YT, so if you ever want to view, or revisit an episode, you can.

 

most of his stuff was very new england in design, which is not our taste, but you can learn a bit about joinery and tool usage by watching.

 

and don't forget your safety glasses!!!!

Don't know if he ever actually said it but, he certainly seemed to adhere to the idea that you need a router for each bit in your collection. I never saw him change a bit.

On another forum the question was how to make a sled to true up the lumber on a table saw and brought this thread to mind.  I learned a lot of tricks from Norm during those shows and knew it was good info.  Today one would have to sift their way through all the crap that is on YouTube and sort out the good and the bad info yourself.  Norm, Russ and The New Yankee Worksjop definitely made a difference in many woodworkers lives. 

That show gave millions, including me a lot of inspiration and good entertainment. He had some great tips and useful jigs. It’s amazing nowadays to watch his show after watching some of the YouTube woodworkers of today. Maybe it’s just my age but all the woodworking shows from that era were so much more captivating and seemed to touch in a more personal way. A lot less commercialization too. 
Paul

i remember catching that show on saturday mornings, and after a few shows, the recurring phrase that caught my ear was "i made a jig"

On 1/19/2023 at 4:04 PM, DAB said:

good to know that Norm is on YT, so if you ever want to view, or revisit an episode, you can.

 

most of his stuff was very new england in design, which is not our taste, but you can learn a bit about joinery and tool usage by watching.

 

and don't forget your safety glasses!!!!

C’mon some of us live in New England. Dunno any other style.

28 minutes ago, Artie said:

C’mon some of us live in New England. Dunno any other style.

you really need to get out more.....

 

Need to pay more attention, too..as he also did quite a few Projects from the Southwest Region.....like about everytime This Old House did a Project down there..

complete episode list:  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yankee_Workshop

 

 

The links are dead, but at least if you are looking for a certain project, this will help narrow things down. Then you can search YouTube for that project. 

Watched one of the Season 1 shows. It was my impression that it was all shot in Russ's shop using his tools (mostly?)  Anyway, an old Unisaw (Rockwell vintage) (at one point with a molding head), a Shopsmith used for drill press, a lunchbox planer of some brand I could not determine, pipe clamps, a Craftsman radial arm saw complete with wobble dado, and a Porter-Cable router table sans fence of any sort..

Yeah, the shop transformation from the early shows to the later ones is significant. I suspect that once Delta signed on as a sponsor he got those nice upgrades to most of the stuff. Then there was the tools Delta didn't supply, like that Hitachi resaw and the huge Timesaver belt sander. That's sort of what happened to "Home Town",one of those home remodeling shows . His shop was really cool with all kinds of older tools. Then suddenly everything was new and gold in color.