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Signature. 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.
PBS. Release. January 7, 1989. (1989-01-07) –. October 16, 2009. (2009-10-16) 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.
In at least a few season-opening episodes (in Cambridge, Carlisle, and Austin), Abram appeared alongside O'Connor to introduce the new project, and Abram also filled in for O'Connor when O'Connor's son was born during the Carlisle project. Norm Abram (left), with HUD Deputy Secretary Roy Bernardi (center), and This Old House host Kevin O'Connor ...
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.
This user has their videos on America's ... New Yankee Workshop: This user thinks that Norm Abram builds terrific furniture in the New Yankee Workshop:
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.
This Old House kicks off its 11th season with master carpenter Norm Abram, who introduced the new host Steve Thomas. Steve and Norm survey the new project: an 1835 barn in Concord, MA, and talk to the homeowners, Lynn and Barbara, who want to dismantle and rebuild the barn and live in it.
Today's elements include curved flanking benches perched on turned legs, while Steve got to try his hand at the New Yankee Workshop. 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 ...