New Yankee Workshop Episode 1711

In this episode, building a kitchen island, Norm used the following tools:

• Assembly Square
• Bessey GRZ Super-Grip clamp
• Bessey K-Body clamps
• Bessey Tradesman clamps
• Biesemeyer auxiliary fence (long)
• Biesemeyer auxiliary fence (short)
• Biesemeyer fence
• C-clamps
• Claw hammer
• Combination square
• Dado blade (stacked)
• Dado insert
• Dead blow hammer
• Delta 28-280 band saw
• Delta 36-255 laser chop saw
• Dewalt 965 right angle cordless
• Framing square
• Jack Rabbit driver
• Kreg mini pocket hole jig
• Pocket hole clamp
• Osborne miter gauge
• Porter-Cable 314 trim saw
• Porter-Cable 691 router
• Porter-Cable 733x random orbit sander
• Porter-Cable 7529 router
• Porter-Cable 98xx cordless drill
• Porter-Cable NS100 stapler
• Porter-Cable OmniJig
• Senco SLP20 brad nailer
• Speed square
• Spring clamp
• Try square
• Tru-Grip clamp
• Unisaw
• Insert, melamine
• Insert, oak insert
• Insert, dado

The lights are on in the shop again in the intro.

In years past, when Norm needed a helping hand, he called on Hugh, his neighbor who worked nights, for assistance. In real life, Hugh was the gaffer for the production. In this episode, Norm's neighbor on his day off was named Wade. Sure enough, in the credits, the gaffer's name is Wade.

The safety speech included video of an operation on the router table with a slip of the fingers.

There was no field trip in this episode.

Project filmed 15, 18 October 2004.

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