New Yankee Workshop Episode 0101

In this episode, building jigs (part one of a two part project), Norm built the following jigs:

• crosscut sled for table saw
• panel raising jig for table saw
• tapering jig for table saw
• circle cutting jig for band saw
• feather boards

and used the following tools:

• Angle Wright A30 miter gauge
• Bessey GH clamp
• Bessey Tradesman clamp
• Bevel gauge
• Biesemeyer T-Square
• Biesemeyer fence
• Claw hammer
• Delta 17-925 drill press
• Delta 28-280 band saw
• Framing Square
• Jack Rabbit driver
• Original JetLock fence
• Panel cutting jig, old
• Panel cutting jig, new
• Panel raising jig, new
• Porter-Cable 42700 edge guide
• Porter-Cable 693 router
• Porter-Cable 7529 router
• Porter-Cable 9543 jig saw
• Porter-Cable 862 cordless drill
• Porter-Cable Laser-Loc miter saw
• Router table (shop built)
• Senco SLP20 brad nailer
• Spring clamp
• Tap
• Unisaw
• Unifence
• Insert, red

Items in bold represent the first appearance of that particular tool.

Interesting—Norm used the old panel jig to make the new, and used the new panel jig to make the new panel raising jig.

The Biesemeyer fence and the JetLock fence were in view and used to illustrate various box sizes for the panel raising jig, but weren't actually demonstrated in this episode.

Now this is really interesting—back in Episode 705 Norm demonstrated a digital readout accessory for the Biesemeyer. It was the only time it was ever seen. It was attached to the Bies as Norm showed it.

Something else—the JetLock was replaced by the Biesemeyer ten years earlier (beginning of Season Three), and the Unifence, in turn, replaced the Bies around 1994 (temporarily, as it turned out). Why is that JetLock still there?

The safety speech included video of an operation on the router table (finger slip).

No field trip this episode.

This episode was processed based on the full length original broadcast by PBS.