New Yankee Workshop Episode 2116

In this episode (originally aired in 1998), building a walnut table, Norm used the following tools:

• Angle Wright A30 miter gauge
• Bessey GH clamp
• Bessey GRZ Super-Grip clamp
• Bessey K-Body clamps
• Bessey Tradesman clamps
• Biesemeyer T-Square
• Chisels
• Dado blade (stacked)
• Dado insert
• Dead blow hammer
• Delta 14-600 mortiser
• Delta 17-900 drill press
• Delta 28-280 band saw
• Delta 34-182 tenoning jig
• Delta 34-895 miter gauge
• Delta DL-40 lathe
• Delta lathe duplicator
• Dovetail saw
• Flush cutting saw
• Lamello Top 20 biscuit joiner
• Makita 3601 D-handle router
• Porter-Cable 73xx random orbit sander
• Porter-Cable 693 router
• Porter-Cable router edge guide
• Porter-Cable 862 cordless drill
• Porter-Cable 42234 cornering chisel
• Porter-Cable Laser-Loc miter saw
• Router table (shop built)
• Senco SLP20 brad nailer
• Unisaw
• Unifence
• Insert, melamine
• Insert, oak insert
• Insert, red

An infrequent no-new-tool episode.

Norm used a plain board clamped to the Unifence as a sacrificial fence.

The safety speech included video of a crosscut operation on the radial arm saw.

Field trip was to Jackie & Greg Guenther's shop in Savannah, Georgia.

A good portion of the episode was devoted to the finish, with a return visit to Guenther's shop for a finishing protocol—boiled linseed oil (BLO), followed by a coat of shellac, then a sanding regimen to 220 grit, after which numerous (10-12) thin coats of shellac were applied. The final steps were a coat of paste wax followed by a buff.

New material for this project filmed on 16 July 2008.

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