In this episode, building an Adirondack chair, Norm used the following tools:
Items in bold represent the first appearance of that particular tool.
For the first two episodes of Season Two, a warning chyron appeared on screen concerning the use of a blade guard when operating a table saw. What has become the ubiquitous "...let's talk about shop safety," and concluding with "...to wear these, safety glasses," began with the first episode in Season Two.
The safety speech included video of an operation on the contractors saw.
Norm didn't use the scraper to remove glue—he used it to remove a waxy coating on the recovered cypress before running it through the planer.
Field trip was to the Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
This episode was processed based on the full length original broadcast by PBS.