When Norm says "I'd like to reassure you..." it makes me laugh. Like people are screaming at the TV, "I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS NORM!! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BUILD THIS!?!?" 😂🤣
Classic memories for me, wakening to Norm on Saturday mornings, with my VCR recording, drinking my morning coffee, just before I would head into my workshop to finish a client's furniture project, just enjoying Norms furniture builds. I vividly remember this pie safe episode.
He is much older now and has really slowed down, concentrating on his personal life much more. Most people look back and wonder where did the time go? Thankfully he chose to use his youth to bring us this show every week. Entertaining and informing. Not a bad comment to be heard about him. In my opinion he has had a Bob Ross level of influence on the viewing public. All the hosts on TOH would come and go. It was comforting to count on Norm being there with his pleasant way of relating. Thank you Sir for your contributions.
I wonder how well this piece has held up after all these years. A lot of people hate on biscuits nowadays, and I know in a lot of cases they are better at alignment than giving strength even though they add glue surface. Personally, I have used biscuits to glue up thousands of plywood slabs for kitchen countertops at my last job and only ever had 1 seam fail because the glue had gone bad and a few (3 or 4) because people are dumb and didn't give the joint any support when moving the slab around and never any after the plastic laminate was stuck on...I was the only one in my department, so this tool was very important! I would never remove this from my arsenal, I may not use it all the time anymore, but I use it enough!
These classic shows cod be aired at anytime and they would be accurate as the day they were first made. Norm really made you feel that you could make all this lovely furniture just as well as he did. Super channel will continue looking forward to new projects. Thanks for sharing.
Even if u didn't want to use the punched tin or copper in the doors u could put glass in and make it look different. A Pie Safe? That's funny as heck to think of Pie's being kept in a safe to stop ppl hands from getting on them.. LOL.. Norm is a top maker. I've enjoyed his videos now for so long. He's an absolute legend in the woodworking game. I wish we could get another series from him if he's up to it. Maybe 2/3 series and have his dad Russ in it with him as well. The old shop has gotten way too dusty. Imagine learning ur trade from a guy like Norm ?? It would've been a great experience imho.. Great work Norm.
@@thegardenofeatin5965 Ah yeah I only meant if u didn't want to build a pie safe. I should've explained that better. I like the way he built the unit/cabinet but for me a Pie safe is not good. There'd never be any pies getting cooled down bcos they'd have the roof of me mouth burnt off from eating them as soon as they came out of the oven.. LOL I've got enough of a gut now at 51 without adding to it with more pies..
I have dozens of VHS tapes of recordings of The New Yankee Workshop over several years, as far back as 1989. They're sitting in a box at the bottom of my closet, I last watched them 10 years ago. I wonder if they still work, I have working VCRs. I was planning on digitizing them. If all the episodes of the series are found and uploaded, it may not be necessary anymore for me to hold onto the VHS tapes.
Always fun to watch Norm put something together. My carpentry abilities are limited in so many ways, but I want to make some of these projects. Best of luck to Norm in all his future endeavors.
Interesting how watching on TH-cam allows for catching some things that flew right by when you watched on TV. I wonder if the band aid that is present for part of the show on Norm's left thumb was a result of a sharp edge on those tin sheets?
I've read that these were also called 'meat safes'. Kitchens before refrigeration were hot, so this would be stored outdoors in a cool area or on a porch. It makes sense that one could store hams and dried sausages in there, along with other vegetables or prepared foods. I have a distant plan to build a version of a 'food safe' for drying sausages in the winter. Thanks Norm!
Pura vida I like when Norm uses a hand tools you see hê has a great hand tools technique and at the same time do a good excersice that power tools not offer .and it is môre easier to work with power tools than hand tools 😮
lol just realised after all these years the camera mans name is "Dick Holden" lol.. gotta be a tough dude with a name like that, boy named sue type stuff
I hate how they never mentioned the exposed biscuit @ 21:04 A mistake? or intentional & never mentioned? I want to believe he addressed it but it was edited out.
25:14 again with the polyeurethane! Oy. What does he plan to do to this piece? This is an excellent use for shellac. Much cheaper and easier to use, and just as good unless you’re keeping it in the kitchen AND you cook with a lot of grease.
Being that it's a pie chest, it's likely that the intent is to keep it in a kitchen - and I can assure you that ALL kitchens produce a ton of aerosolized grease.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co We used shellac on the oak kitchen cabinets we* built and the only ones that have lost finish are near the sink … but my real point, which I guess I didn’t say, is that Norm puts polyurethane on everything, and so do a lot of other woodworkers, and they don’t really need to. I also think the poly gives reproductions - like Norm’a awesome lowboy - an inauthentic shine. *With my late father in law. It’s really nice having a daily reminder of him.
In a time before electricity, natural gas, and ovens that cooked evenly, cooking food in pie form put an extra layer of insulation between the food and the heat, ensuring more even heating and preventing food from drying out. A thicker pie crust could also act as a container for food meant to be eaten away from home - think the Cornish pasty, once commonly sent with men working in the tin mines as lunch. An example from our continent: imagine you're the wife of a Midwestern US farmer (or a farmer on the Canadian Prairies, where I live) in the late 19th century. You're cooking for yourself, your husband, your large family, your in-laws, and a bunch of farm labourers; let's say 15 to 20 people in total every day. You're so busy that even with the labourer's daughter you've hired as a kitchenmaid, it takes 4 to 6 hours a day for you to produce the three large meals your family and employees need to do the hard physical labour they do. Now consider how you're going to keep that food moist and evenly cooked while cooking on a hearth or in a wood-fired oven. Baking it in a stiff flour paste is the most convenient and cheapest choice. The pie safe here is handy because it lets in enough air to cool pies meant to be eaten cold, while at the same time protecting them from insects and rodents.
The Norm Abram Woodworking Show. Norm is not a "Carpenter" he is a "woodworker" or "craftsman." (just more disrespect from "the old guy who owns the building." ) Anyway. For those interested. Check out the ~Engals Coach Shop in Joliet Mo.~. Dave Engals ~. I guess he would be called a "coach maker." is also not a "carpenter." Bending Ash "9 sheep wagon bows." David shows off the details of his Faye and Egon 16 inch table saw made in 1906. Wow. Well then. This site. So disrespectful of the legacy of Norm Abram. So sad. Norm should just set up his very own site. This one? Not really "Official." So sad.
Man are you angry. What did the guy that came up with the idea for this show ever do to you? Sleep with your wife or something? Norm did a video on this channel, which was just released a few days ago, so I think it's clear he and Russ are friends. I've got no skin in this game except being a fan of the show/Norm, but dude, calm thyself. Norm *IS* a carpenter seeing as that's what his job was when he first appeared on This Old House.
@@Dave6842 Fair enough. I think for me it’s the potential for branding the Norm Abram name (for Norm Abram). Then “Russ” pushing the NYW as “his” show. This was just the reach of WHBH in New England- that’s it. Not “World Wide” on the internet. For me (seems like) Russ is using Norm in a big way here. Some good marketing would move to big profits for who? I think Norm should distance from Russ to avoid being completely ripped off. Regardless of the contractural history, this is about Norm Abram. So much more. Russ has never lifted a finger in that building. Only about $$$.
I turned wrenches for 35+ years so the only thing I can make with good lumber is firewood but I have been watching Norm since the 80's PBS days and have always been amazed at the level of perfection he maintains. It doesn't matter if it's a piece of fine furniture or barn door it is always exactly right and beautiful. Hell if I made a birdhouse, code enforcement would condemn it and make me tear it down.
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“Made a phone call to the first listing under Tin” lol
When Norm says "I'd like to reassure you..." it makes me laugh. Like people are screaming at the TV, "I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THIS NORM!! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO BUILD THIS!?!?" 😂🤣
Classic memories for me, wakening to Norm on Saturday mornings, with my VCR recording, drinking my morning coffee, just before I would head into my workshop to finish a client's furniture project, just enjoying Norms furniture builds. I vividly remember this pie safe episode.
He is much older now and has really slowed down, concentrating on his personal life much more. Most people look back and wonder where did the time go? Thankfully he chose to use his youth to bring us this show every week. Entertaining and informing. Not a bad comment to be heard about him. In my opinion he has had a Bob Ross level of influence on the viewing public. All the hosts on TOH would come and go. It was comforting to count on Norm being there with his pleasant way of relating. Thank you Sir for your contributions.
17:20 “Well I think that’s enough for today” 😂 All of that would have taken me a week of swearing and tool throwing.
I built a pair of shaker end tables not unlike the "bedside table" S1E5, it feels like Norm threw it together in 20 minutes flat, took me a month.
I remember watching this episode like it was yesterday, hard to believe it was so long ago.
7:10 An historic moment. Norm uses a handsaw.
I wonder how well this piece has held up after all these years. A lot of people hate on biscuits nowadays, and I know in a lot of cases they are better at alignment than giving strength even though they add glue surface. Personally, I have used biscuits to glue up thousands of plywood slabs for kitchen countertops at my last job and only ever had 1 seam fail because the glue had gone bad and a few (3 or 4) because people are dumb and didn't give the joint any support when moving the slab around and never any after the plastic laminate was stuck on...I was the only one in my department, so this tool was very important! I would never remove this from my arsenal, I may not use it all the time anymore, but I use it enough!
This is one of the ultimate biscuit joiner projects. I love it.
These classic shows cod be aired at anytime and they would be accurate as the day they were first made. Norm really made you feel that you could make all this lovely furniture just as well as he did. Super channel will continue looking forward to new projects. Thanks for sharing.
Even if u didn't want to use the punched tin or copper in the doors u could put glass in and make it look different. A Pie Safe? That's funny as heck to think of Pie's being kept in a safe to stop ppl hands from getting on them.. LOL..
Norm is a top maker. I've enjoyed his videos now for so long. He's an absolute legend in the woodworking game. I wish we could get another series from him if he's up to it. Maybe 2/3 series and have his dad Russ in it with him as well. The old shop has gotten way too dusty. Imagine learning ur trade from a guy like Norm ?? It would've been a great experience imho.. Great work Norm.
I think a pie safe needs to be ventilated, so that steam can get out as the pies cool. IF it's being used to cool/store fresh baked pies.
@@thegardenofeatin5965
Ah yeah I only meant if u didn't want to build a pie safe. I should've explained that better.
I like the way he built the unit/cabinet but for me a Pie safe is not good. There'd never be any pies getting cooled down bcos they'd have the roof of me mouth burnt off from eating them as soon as they came out of the oven.. LOL
I've got enough of a gut now at 51 without adding to it with more pies..
No longer having a tv or vhs player, I have never been able to give up the New Yankee Workshop vhs tapes I got so many years ago.
I have dozens of VHS tapes of recordings of The New Yankee Workshop over several years, as far back as 1989. They're sitting in a box at the bottom of my closet, I last watched them 10 years ago. I wonder if they still work, I have working VCRs. I was planning on digitizing them. If all the episodes of the series are found and uploaded, it may not be necessary anymore for me to hold onto the VHS tapes.
I had purchased the sailboat vhs tape years ago. My vcr ate it. Thank god for dvds and digital downloads
Always fun to watch Norm put something together. My carpentry abilities are limited in so many ways, but I want to make some of these projects. Best of luck to Norm in all his future endeavors.
Thanks for the memories Norm!
Finally, a solution to our nation's epidemic of pie theft.
"We must keep those pies safe," said the president.
Hey, back when hobos would steal them from your windowsill . . . .
Lol! Oh if that were all we had to worry about these days!😊
Thank you for your wisdom Norm!
Interesting how watching on TH-cam allows for catching some things that flew right by when you watched on TV. I wonder if the band aid that is present for part of the show on Norm's left thumb was a result of a sharp edge on those tin sheets?
Probably on the prototype, the bandaid was there at the beginning of the shop scenes in the episode
I've read that these were also called 'meat safes'. Kitchens before
refrigeration were hot, so this would be stored outdoors in a cool area
or on a porch. It makes sense that one could store hams and dried
sausages in there, along with other vegetables or prepared foods. I have a distant plan to
build a version of a 'food safe' for drying sausages in the winter.
Thanks Norm!
Another great project that I would like to make.
Classic piece done well.
Thanks for sharing
I really like this project.
Ah, yes! Maybe I can store a chicken pot pie in there to cool down from a hot oven! 🤣
Make sure to lock it afterwards.
@@peybak Yeah! Otherwise, if the heat escapes the pie safe, you might lose that great flavor, and yet, come out dry.
@@aramis295 😄
Pura vida I like when Norm uses a hand tools you see hê has a great hand tools technique and at the same time do a good excersice that power tools not offer .and it is môre easier to work with power tools than hand tools 😮
The punched tin is an option because if I would do just all wood with no tin! Punching tin is extremely time consuming to do!
It sure would have been nice to see him install the tin panels.
nice
👍
Norm typically made two of every project. Wonder where they all went? Were the projects actually owned by Russell?
Now to bake some pies :)
For that tune to Chef Marion's segment on the Victory Garden.
lol just realised after all these years the camera mans name is "Dick Holden" lol.. gotta be a tough dude with a name like that, boy named sue type stuff
I hate how they never mentioned the exposed biscuit @ 21:04 A mistake? or intentional & never mentioned? I want to believe he addressed it but it was edited out.
wer did norm get that router motor
"Punching tin" sounds like a combination of drudgery and obscenity. 😁
I wonder where all these pieces are now.
At the shop grounds or at Norm's or Russ' (show creator) homes.
Odd editing on this one. There were no end shots of the final piece with finish and hardware applied
Does he ever look at comments?
Who hear thinks norms pineapples are mounted upside down?
What? Norm never makes mistakes! 😅
25:14 again with the polyeurethane! Oy. What does he plan to do to this piece? This is an excellent use for shellac. Much cheaper and easier to use, and just as good unless you’re keeping it in the kitchen AND you cook with a lot of grease.
Being that it's a pie chest, it's likely that the intent is to keep it in a kitchen - and I can assure you that ALL kitchens produce a ton of aerosolized grease.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co We used shellac on the oak kitchen cabinets we* built and the only ones that have lost finish are near the sink … but my real point, which I guess I didn’t say, is that Norm puts polyurethane on everything, and so do a lot of other woodworkers, and they don’t really need to.
I also think the poly gives reproductions - like Norm’a awesome lowboy - an inauthentic shine.
*With my late father in law. It’s really nice having a daily reminder of him.
How many pies are you make that you need a piece of furniture?
In a time before electricity, natural gas, and ovens that cooked evenly, cooking food in pie form put an extra layer of insulation between the food and the heat, ensuring more even heating and preventing food from drying out. A thicker pie crust could also act as a container for food meant to be eaten away from home - think the Cornish pasty, once commonly sent with men working in the tin mines as lunch.
An example from our continent: imagine you're the wife of a Midwestern US farmer (or a farmer on the Canadian Prairies, where I live) in the late 19th century. You're cooking for yourself, your husband, your large family, your in-laws, and a bunch of farm labourers; let's say 15 to 20 people in total every day. You're so busy that even with the labourer's daughter you've hired as a kitchenmaid, it takes 4 to 6 hours a day for you to produce the three large meals your family and employees need to do the hard physical labour they do. Now consider how you're going to keep that food moist and evenly cooked while cooking on a hearth or in a wood-fired oven. Baking it in a stiff flour paste is the most convenient and cheapest choice.
The pie safe here is handy because it lets in enough air to cool pies meant to be eaten cold, while at the same time protecting them from insects and rodents.
@@Ea-Nasir_Copper_Co Cornish pasty... now I'm hungry.
The Norm Abram Woodworking Show. Norm is not a "Carpenter" he is a "woodworker" or "craftsman." (just more disrespect from "the old guy who owns the building." ) Anyway. For those interested. Check out the ~Engals Coach Shop in Joliet Mo.~. Dave Engals ~. I guess he would be called a "coach maker." is also not a "carpenter." Bending Ash "9 sheep wagon bows." David shows off the details of his Faye and Egon 16 inch table saw made in 1906. Wow. Well then. This site. So disrespectful of the legacy of Norm Abram. So sad. Norm should just set up his very own site. This one? Not really "Official." So sad.
Man are you angry. What did the guy that came up with the idea for this show ever do to you? Sleep with your wife or something? Norm did a video on this channel, which was just released a few days ago, so I think it's clear he and Russ are friends. I've got no skin in this game except being a fan of the show/Norm, but dude, calm thyself. Norm *IS* a carpenter seeing as that's what his job was when he first appeared on This Old House.
@@Dave6842 Fair enough. I think for me it’s the potential for branding the Norm Abram name (for Norm Abram). Then “Russ” pushing the NYW as “his” show. This was just the reach of WHBH in New England- that’s it. Not “World Wide” on the internet. For me (seems like) Russ is using Norm in a big way here. Some good marketing would move to big profits for who? I think Norm should distance from Russ to avoid being completely ripped off. Regardless of the contractural history, this is about Norm Abram. So much more. Russ has never lifted a finger in that building. Only about $$$.
Norm is being used. This is not legal. @SheilaLS
I turned wrenches for 35+ years so the only thing I can make with good lumber is firewood but I have been watching Norm since the 80's PBS days and have always been amazed at the level of perfection he maintains. It doesn't matter if it's a piece of fine furniture or barn door it is always exactly right and beautiful. Hell if I made a birdhouse, code enforcement would condemn it and make me tear it down.