New Yankee Workshop Episode 1412

In this episode, building a deck chair, Norm used the following tools:

• Bessey K-Body clamps
• Bessey GH clamp
• Bessey GRZ Super-Grip clamp
• Bessey Tradesman clamps
• Biesemeyer fence
• Biesemeyer auxiliary fence (short)
• Bosch 1584 jig saw
• Chisels
• Claw hammer
• Combination square
• Dado blade (stacked)
• Dado insert
• Dead blow hammer
• Back saw, brass backed
• Corner Chisel
• Delta 14-650 mortiser
• Delta 17-925 drill press
• Delta 28-280 band saw
• Delta 34-895 miter gauge
• Osborne miter gauge
• Porter-Cable 314 trim saw
• Porter-Cable 691 router
• Porter-Cable 7529 router
• Porter-Cable 98xx cordless drill
• Senco SLP20 brad nailer
• Spring clamp
• Star oscillating spindle sander
• Unisaw
• Insert, oak insert

An infrequent no-new-tool episode.

It's probably just me, but I find amusing the frequent references to Russell Morash, the creator and director of the program. Most of the time it's just “the home of a friend,” or the like, but at the end of this episode Norm went out to two deck chairs—one, the prototype, the other, the one built on the show—in the yard outside of the shop and inserted a card with his name in a holder on the back of the chair. He looked at the name on the back of the other chair and said, “…I wonder who ‘Russ’ is?” Cracks me up.

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

Field trip was to the Queen Elizabeth II cruise ship, in port—couldn't tell where, but probably Boston, Massachusetts.

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