New Yankee Workshop Episode 1208

In this episode, building a writing desk, Norm used the following tools:

• Angle Wright A30 miter gauge
• Bessey K-Body clamps
• Bessey GH clamp
• Bessey GRZ Super-Grip clamp
• Bessey Tradesman clamps
• Chisels
• Claw hammer
• Dado blade (stacked)
• Dado insert
• Dead blow hammer
• Bosch 1584 jig saw
• Delta 28-280 band saw
• Delta 31-280 sanding center
• Delta 34-895 Miter Gauge
• Delta DC-380 planer
• Delta DJ-20 jointer
• File
• Flush cutting saw
• Jack Rabbit driver
• Katie dovetail jig
• Lamello Dosicol glue bottle
• Panel cutting jig
• Porter-Cable 733x random orbit sander
• Porter-Cable 557 biscuit joiner
• Porter-Cable 691 router
• Porter-Cable 862 cordless drill
• Router table (shop built)
• Roller glue bottle
• Senco SLP20 brad nailer
• Taper jig (home-made)
• Timesaver widebelt sander
• Unisaw
• Unifence
• Insert, oak insert
• Insert, red
• Utility knife

Items in bold represent the first appearance of that particular tool.

Norm spent some time building a finger joint jig.

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

Field trip was to European Country Antiques, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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