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1989
21 Seasons
286 Episodes
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The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House. The series aired for 21 seasons before broadcasting its final episode on June 27, 2009.

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

13 episodes1989

First Season of the Series. Series host, Norm Abram, builds an oak medicine cabinet, an ash drop-leaf table, a pine blanket chest, a pine bedside table, an oak bathroom vanity, a cherry trestle table, a painted bookcase, a pine chest of drawers, a candle stand, a pine hutch, a maple slant-top writing desk, and a pine corner cupboard. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a workbench.

Season 2

Season 2

13 episodes1990

Norm builds an ash rocking horse, a cypress Adirondack chair, a mahogany butler's table, a pine kitchen dresser, a pine hearthside settle, a poplar pencil-post bed, a maple and poplar chair table, a pine kitchen worktable, an oak mission-style sofa, a Chippendale mirror, a cherry chest-on-chest, a teak English garden bench, and an armoire entertainment center.

Season 3

Season 3

13 episodes1991

Norm builds a number of Shaker-inspired projects: step stools out of pine and cherry, a painted two-drawer blanket chest, a pine washstand, a walnut wall clock, a pine woodbox, and a cherry library table. He also builds a picnic table and sawhorses out of 2x6 stock, a sandbox, a cherry harvest table, a redwood garden swing, a cricket table, a pie safe, and a mahogany standing mirror.

Season 4

Season 4

13 episodes1992

Norm builds a cypress outdoor lidded bench, a child's wagon, a pallet-wood coffee table, a redwood gardener's work bench, a Shaker tall chest, white cedar colonial fences, a pine console table, an oak wheelbarrow, an oak umbrella stand, a maple and pine turned-post bed, a dove cote, and a cherry ladderback chair. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a rolling shop cabinet.

Season 5

Season 5

13 episodes1993

Norm builds a Victorian kitchen table out of pine, a plant stand out of pine, an oak Delft rack, an oak coffee table, cypress outdoor planters, a pantry table, a white oak sideboard, a pine hanging corner cupboard, a pine cupboard, a poplar and maple butcher block, a redwood arbor, a pine secretary desk, and a tall pine clock.

Season 6

Season 6

13 episodes1994

Norm builds a number of child-related projects, including an easel, a doll house, a maple and mahogany toy chest, a cradle out of cherry, a trundle bed, a marble roll, a rocking chair, an alphabet wagon, a high chair, and a playhouse. He also builds storage units and a student's desk out of oak.

Season 7

Season 7

13 episodes1995

Norm tackles a number of larger projects including a Clancy boat and a Gazebo. He also builds a cherry X-brace trestle table, a pine pergola, a mahogany TV tray table, an outdoor garden table and Lutyens bench out of teak, a cherry bathroom vanity, picture frames, a pine quilt rack, and a pine chimney cupboard.

Season 8

Season 8

13 episodes1996

Norm takes a trip to California wine country. Inspired from his trip, he builds a chestnut coffee table, a pine paymaster's desk, a pine long table, a pine double dresser, a chestnut desk, an Irish hutch out of pine, and a redwood wine storage unit. He also builds a bedside cupboard, turned table lamps, and a nest of drawers. Finally, he builds a garden shed and recycling center. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a router table.

Season 9

Season 9

13 episodes1997

Norm visits Savannah, Georgia. Inspired from the trip, he builds a pine planter's desk, a pine turkey table, a tiger maple washstand, a pine carousel table, and a mahogany 7-drawer chest. He also builds a Nantucket settle out of cherry, a pine dough box, a pine garden gate, cherry serving trays, a bent-wood hat rack, and a fireplace mantel. Finally, he tackles a major project - building a greenhouse.

Season 10

Season 10

13 episodes1998

More from Norm's trip to Savannah, Georgia; he builds a pine linen press and a walnut table. Norm also visits Arizona, where he gets ideas to build a white oak Morris chair and a mesquite bookcase. Norm also visits Utah where he gets wood from an old railroad trestle and builds a chaise lounge. He also builds a pine Irish table, a pine library ladder, a pine Irish bar, a barn cupola, a whirligig, and a roll-top desk. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a chop saw station.

Season 11

Season 11

13 episodes1999

Norm builds a number of kitchen-centric projects, including, a kitchen island, a kitchen pantry, a kitchen secretary, a bake center, classic kitchen cabinets, a sink base, a chef's table, and a grill cart. He also builds an old pine hutch, a teak bar, a laundry center, and a press cupboard. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a table saw station.

Season 12

Season 12

13 episodes2000

Norm builds planter boxes and a bench out of cypress, a croquet set and bench, a hanging porch swing and outdoor patio table out of teak, a computer desk, a mahogany patio trolley, a chestnut desktop writing case, an English server, a jewelry case, and a breakfront cabinet. For "shop tools and techniques", he spends two episodes assembling a garage workshop and builds a sharpening station.

Season 13

Season 13

13 episodes2001

Norm builds a white oak hall seat, a pine CD storage case, a cypress garden armchair, an outdoor cupboard, a mahogany dressing table, a mailbox, a bath cupboard, a pine monastery table, and an oak barrister's bookcase. For "shop tools and techniques", he spends two episodes demonstrating jigs and builds a hutch for the workshop.

Season 14

Season 14

13 episodes2002

Norm builds a chestnut steamer trunk, an Adirondack loveseat, a tiger maple canopy bed, a cherry shaving stand, a pedestal table and deck chair out of teak, a four-drawer chest, wooden bowls, a cherry and tiger maple nightstand, and a stepback cupboard. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a miter bench with storage, a work table, and a clamp cart.

Season 15

Season 15

13 episodes2003

Norm makes a pine sheep shearing coffee table, a Queen Anne pedestal table, a cigar chair, a glass cupboard, a maple media press, a Douglas fir flagpole, a mahogany regency headboard, a painted corner hutch out of poplar, and a walnut French side table. For "shop tools and techniques", he builds a deluxe router station and a wall-mounted tool chest.

Season 16

Season 16

13 episodes2004

Norm builds a butterfly table, a Shaker bookcase, and a lowboy out of cherry, a folding screen and dining table out of mahogany, a flower stand and gardener's dry sink out of cypress, a tall case oak clock, a decoratively-painted dower chest, a fan back Windsor chair, a painted pier table, and an oak mission-style desk.

Season 17

Season 17

13 episodes2005

Norm visits Bermuda where he gets ideas to build a bench/table out of cypress and a chest out of mahogany. He also builds an oak hall mirror, an upholstered ottoman, a federal-style game table, a side chair, a cherry tilt top table, a Queen Anne highboy out of tiger maple, yet another kitchen island, carved wooden signs, and the library modular bookshelf system. For "shop tools and techniques", he demonstrates the basics of using the lathe.

Season 18

Season 18

13 episodes2006

Norm builds a colonial-style mantel, plantation shutters, a poker table and wall-hung console out of mahogany, a walnut shop clock, a white oak corner table, a Greek revival bookcase, a storage shed, a cherry corner chair, and wall paneling. For "shop tools and techniques", he spends two episodes demonstrating use of the router and he builds a roller stand, a stock cart, and a mobile tool stand.

Season 19

Season 19

13 episodes2007

Norm builds a giltwood mirror, an entrance door and bowfront chest out of mahogany, an old pine dry sink, a cherry candlestand, a painted Dominy clock, a cowboy sideboard, a painted cupboard, a decoratively-painted taunton chest, a nest of tables, and an upholstered window bench. For "shop tools and techniques", he spends two episodes demonstrating the use of the table saw.

Season 20

Season 20

13 episodes2008

Norm spends the first nine episodes performing a kitchen remodel for series creator, Russell Morash. He also builds an Adirondack chair, table, and footrest, an all-weather loveseat, an upholstered lolling chair, and a Queen Anne-style tap table.

Season 21

Season 21

26 episodes2009

The Final Season. The episodes in this season are rebroadcasts from Seasons 9 and 10 with new introductions by Norm Abram.

Episodes

Season 1

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E1

Medicine Cabinet

Jan 7, 198930m

After a tour of The New Yankee Workshop to preview the collection of furniture he will build in the first season, Norm visits a "retiring room" at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts to find a model for a handcrafted medicine cabinet. Drawing inspiration from a looking glass and cabinet, Norm uses durable red oak and oak plywood to construct a medicine chest of his own design featuring box-joint joinery

E2

Workbench

Jan 14, 198930m

A good workshop begins with a well-equipped workbench, and master woodworker Norm uses one from his own shop as a model for the conveniently-sized and affordable workbench he builds in this episode. After a look at a workbench used 100 years ago by the craftsmen at Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts, Norm builds a workbench featuring an oak-edged hardwood top, a bench vice, a recessed tool storage area on top and a shelf beneath.

E3

Drop Leaf Table

Jan 21, 198930m

Norm uses ash, a durable hardwood, to fashion a drop-leaf table featuring turned legs, a top and leaves made from glued up stock. Norm shows how to turn the table legs on a duplicating lathe and reveals a few tricks for making mortise and tenons joints. Using a router and two special bits, he shows how the drop-leaf joint is made.

E4

Blanket Chest

Jan 28, 198930m

Norm travels to the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast to look at a handmade blanket chest in a sea captain's house dating from 1790. Incorporating elements of this antique in his own design, Norm builds a blanket chest of pine, lined with aromatic cedar panels.

E5

Bedside Table

Feb 4, 198930m

Norm constructs a bedside table inspired by one found at the Hancock Shaker Village in western Massachusetts. Norm's design, made from pine, features a shallow drawer, table legs tapered on the inner sides and a table top with a breadboard design (glued boards edged with wood on two ends).

E6

Oak Bathroom Vanity

Feb 11, 198930m

Norm demonstrates how to build a bathroom vanity with dovetailed joints. He uses oak and a laminate top with double doors and a flat panel outside and raised panel inside mimicking the Shaker style. The vanity dimensions are 34" high x 38" wide x 23" deep. Inspired by a dry sink he found at a 1790 Shaker house in Harvard, Norm's oak unit features dovetailed joints and a high-pressure laminate top.

E7

Trestle Table

Feb 18, 198930m

After a look at a pine trestle table in a Shaker house on the island of Nantucket off the Massachusetts coast, Norm constructs his own easily-disassembled trestle table of cherry, a hardwood which, if kiln-dried, resists twisting or shrinking over time. Norm shows how to glue up the boards that comprise the expansive table top and demonstrates how to make the two trestles and the stretcher which connects them.

E8

Bookcase

Feb 25, 198930m

Norm builds a free standing bookcase with a cornice detail, adjustable shelves, and a removable base. He uses pine for the base and birch plywood for the rest. The bookcase dimensions are 80" high x 36" wide x 12 1/2" deep.

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The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House. The series aired for 21 seasons before broadcasting its final episode on June 27, 2009. Across 21 seasons and 286 episodes, originally airing on PBS.

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What is The New Yankee Workshop about?

The New Yankee Workshop is a woodworking program produced by WGBH Boston, which aired on PBS. Created in 1989 by Russell Morash, the program is hosted by Norm Abram, a regular fixture on Morash's This Old House. The series aired for 21 seasons before broadcasting its final episode on June 27, 2009. It belongs to the Reality genre.

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