What I enjoy is no sales pitches for overpriced or useless one time tools, etc. I was a Norm fan as a kid always watched.. learned a lot over the years
@@drewzuhosky6826 No, it's the same guy who originally produced the show. They're releasing it to sell the plans which have been up for sale since the internet began.
I did this project years ago sometime in the mid1990s when I was in PA as an outdoor coffee table for the deck. Instead of pallet wood and the required cleaning up and damaged planner and saw blades, I used cedar fence posts and fence stock from the orange big box store to build it following Norm’s video and plans. Still have the outdoor coffee table now in CA on the patio, the “measured drawings and materials list” and the VHS tape! Thank you Norm for the memories and the woodworking!
@@c.a.g.1977 He wears appropriate ear protection as well and makes mention of such protection in certain episodes. Sometimes he wore simple earplugs and other times more complex wearable protection.
@@greencello599 I sure hope he did! I haven't seen many episodes, but the few I watched he didn't mention it, but the professional he is would wear some hhearing protection, I'm sure!
Been a fan of "The New Yankee Workshop", "This Old House" & "Ask This Old House" Since their inception! always the best information from all the master builders and tradesmen. If you punch some holes into the groove of the can, the liquid will drain back into the can. leaving the groove clean for the top to be resealed to the can.
Back in the 70's, my early days of wood working, I had access to a bunch of oak pallets, I broke them down and cleaned them up in my Grandfathers shop, after I was done the whole shop smelled like someone threw up ! My Grandfather called the wood Piss Oak ! He said it was a very low grade material that's why they were pallets! Everything I made with that wood twisted and warped, what a lesson !
Didn’t get to see the finished project..? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in a New Yankee Workshop episode. Something tells me the final result may not have been Norm’s favorite piece anyway. Way ahead of his time though, showcasing recycling wood like this. Interesting watching the shop evolve over the seasons.
Nice project. I've got a lot of old cedar fencing that I can use. I have that same planer. I put a wheel barrow under the outfeed side and then just take all the chips to places in my yard where I want them. The planer easily generates more waste than any other tool.
I heard that Roger that did the landscaping on this old house passed away two weeks ago this month in September.😢 He started his family business in 1983 and ever since he been on the show from that time on and now he passed on. He had a long time illness I heard. May Roger rest in peace 🕊️
Actually, I see a lot of oak around where I live. Also have some really hard mystery wood in crates that a couple of Sawstops came in at the local pro shop.
I made a pallet, to transport some bricks, out of oak pieces that had been sitting in my families garage for my entire life. I thought my Dad was going to clobber me with the few remaining pieces… Turns out 11 years is not a long time when it comes to a woodworker’s “future-project-pile”… Decades later most of that pile is still there… bwhahaha
Iv been painting for 35 years. You take a flat head screwdriver and put 4 holes around the channel that seals the lid. The excess will drip back into to can.. 👍
I knew a guy that had access to bomb pallets. They were made from 4 and 5 quarter solid mahogany. Metal detector is useful and maybe even a geiger counter could come in handy...
Same, my grandfather and I watched these shows every weekend, well into many repeats of the same episodes. But I don’t recall ever seeing this one. I wonder if it didn’t get as much airplay because it wasn’t as fancy a project?
I repurposed a lot of lumber over my days and I bought a metal detector to pass over each piece. It is cheap insurance. Those cutter blades can be very expensive and easy to scrap. One small staple and you're done.
@@schoolcraftT No I agree with Acer Juglans and the reason is that pallets are not made for making furniture or anything else whether you’re a yankee or not! Because whatever is in the pallets even if you remove metal is going to damage your power tools especially a surface planer where it costs a fortune to replace the blades or have them replaced by a professional repair shop!
@@4HBirtcher I disagree. If your careful to remove the bits of metal that’s in the pallets and remove the grit from the surface of the wood, preferably with a belt sander,you can protect the cutters of a planer, and you can get planer blades cheaply.
I was surprised to see he planed both sides of those boards without first jointing the face - and used the table saw without jointing first either. Does anyone have any idea why? Or rather how? I am an amateur woodworker and I feel like I spend so much time trying to get straight dimensional boards out of pallet wood, 2x4s, fence posts, whatever, so that during building the 90 degree rip cuts from my miter saw actually come together. It’s been my biggest challenge.
I was surprised to see that too, his order of operations was a little dubious in this one. Typically you would joint one face and one edge, surface plane to thickness, then rip to width with the jointed edge against the fence. I can only guess in this case he was limiting the damage from the poor quality wood to only the planer. In some of the shots where he stacked the blanks you could see the unevenness of the surfaces due to this procedure. But hey, nice to see Norm tackling a somewhat unusual project. Wonder where those tables ended up…
I remember watching this episode back in the day and seem to recall something in the way Norm revealed the finished coffee table that made it seem he wasn't all that thrilled about it. Best guess is that they edited the final scene out of this video for that reason
I've always liked this episode. I love making useful stuff from junk. At the same time though, I think the table is ugly. Maybe it looked cool in the 80s. 🤣
The wood from the pallets is free, but you pay a high price in terms of locating and removing staples and nails, cleaning up an unbelievable amount of sawdust, replacing saw blades, and fiddling with forcing all those narrow strips to form a decent surface. It’s really not that attractive, which is why I guess they didn’t show the finished product.
Norm was decades ahead of the trend of making furniture from pallet wood. @newyankeeworkshop - You should change the video title to 'Pallet Wood Coffee Table' or 'Norm Abram Makes a Pallet Wood Coffee Table'... it would probably get more views if you did.
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Thank you Norm or family of Norm. These episodes are a life saver in a world of nonsense programming
I don't think Norm himself is running this channel.
What I enjoy is no sales pitches for overpriced or useless one time tools, etc.
I was a Norm fan as a kid always watched.. learned a lot over the years
@@drewzuhosky6826 No, it's the same guy who originally produced the show. They're releasing it to sell the plans which have been up for sale since the internet began.
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I did this project years ago sometime in the mid1990s when I was in PA as an outdoor coffee table for the deck. Instead of pallet wood and the required cleaning up and damaged planner and saw blades, I used cedar fence posts and fence stock from the orange big box store to build it following Norm’s video and plans. Still have the outdoor coffee table now in CA on the patio, the “measured drawings and materials list” and the VHS tape! Thank you Norm for the memories and the woodworking!
Making stuff from cheap lumber is the next best thing to free lumber. I made the side table out of framing lumber scraps.
Norm was awarded by an American Ophthalmology group for his safety instruction, especially about wearing proper eyewear while woodworking.
I wonder how his hearing held up.
This man is an absolute legend.
@@c.a.g.1977 He wears appropriate ear protection as well and makes mention of such protection in certain episodes. Sometimes he wore simple earplugs and other times more complex wearable protection.
@@greencello599 I sure hope he did! I haven't seen many episodes, but the few I watched he didn't mention it, but the professional he is would wear some hhearing protection, I'm sure!
If Norm titled this video today it would be called $1500 Table From FREE PALLET WOOD!
He was truly ahead of the time
and have slow mo clips of different angles feeding the wood into the planer.
And it would be an overview video with the full how to costing 20 dollars
@@OntarioBearHunter yeah, with obnoxious canned rock music.
And a useless ice pick.
I can’t believe it!! I’ve missed Norm for so long. I’ve been watching you since I was a kid. So much respect for you!! SUBBED!!!
Been a fan of "The New Yankee Workshop", "This Old House" & "Ask This Old House" Since their inception! always the best information from all the master builders and tradesmen. If you punch some holes into the groove of the can, the liquid will drain back into the can. leaving the groove clean for the top to be resealed to the can.
Back in the 70's, my early days of wood working, I had access to a bunch of oak pallets,
I broke them down and cleaned them up in my Grandfathers shop, after I was done the whole shop smelled like someone threw up ! My Grandfather called the wood Piss Oak ! He said it was a very low grade material that's why they were pallets! Everything I made with that wood twisted and warped, what a lesson !
Didn’t get to see the finished project..? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that in a New Yankee Workshop episode. Something tells me the final result may not have been Norm’s favorite piece anyway. Way ahead of his time though, showcasing recycling wood like this. Interesting watching the shop evolve over the seasons.
Thanks for these videos, watching them is very relaxing and teach very valuable woodworking skills.
this was one of my favorite episodes.
Nice project. I've got a lot of old cedar fencing that I can use.
I have that same planer. I put a wheel barrow under the outfeed side and then just take all the chips to places in my yard where I want them. The planer easily generates more waste than any other tool.
Man, ahead of his time
Russ, my mom loves coffee herself, and she can definitely use a table like this!
A man ahead of his time!
I heard that Roger that did the landscaping on this old house passed away two weeks ago this month in September.😢 He started his family business in 1983 and ever since he been on the show from that time on and now he passed on. He had a long time illness I heard. May Roger rest in peace 🕊️
God I feel old and depressed 😂 he's why I like guarding. Why my yard looks so good.
i love this video. keeps it cheap, but is still stellar.
Oak in a pallet is crazy won't see that today
Actually, I see a lot of oak around where I live. Also have some really hard mystery wood in crates that a couple of Sawstops came in at the local pro shop.
I made a pallet, to transport some bricks, out of oak pieces that had been sitting in my families garage for my entire life. I thought my Dad was going to clobber me with the few remaining pieces… Turns out 11 years is not a long time when it comes to a woodworker’s “future-project-pile”… Decades later most of that pile is still there… bwhahaha
I broke down 4 pallets a few months ago and got oak, cherry, maple, and several other hardwoods.
@@schechnera Look for the Blue or Red ones. They have the good stuff
Pretty cool coffee table Norm.
Iv been painting for 35 years. You take a flat head screwdriver and put 4 holes around the channel that seals the lid. The excess will drip back into to can.. 👍
It got cut short. We didn't see the table?
I knew a guy that had access to bomb pallets. They were made from 4 and 5 quarter solid mahogany. Metal detector is useful and maybe even a geiger counter could come in handy...
The floors of the service can tries in the VAB at ksc are teak. Would love those..lol
I don’t remember this one from the original season 4…huh…I actually missed an episode…or my mind is going…
Same, my grandfather and I watched these shows every weekend, well into many repeats of the same episodes. But I don’t recall ever seeing this one. I wonder if it didn’t get as much airplay because it wasn’t as fancy a project?
Awesome coffee table!
Back in the day when none of us thought of what we were doing to our hearing.
I repurposed a lot of lumber over my days and I bought a metal detector to pass over each piece. It is cheap insurance. Those cutter blades can be very expensive and easy to scrap. One small staple and you're done.
Interesting but no way will I mess around with nail and grit ridden pallets leading to blade changes and damning cuss words…..better Norm than me! 😂
I use the flat boards , the stringers I burn in the camp fire. Easy to see nails in the 1 xs
I agree
so Norm is the one who started all this with palets. Looks like he just got out of the shower so I won't give him any crap.
I wish these videos ended less abruptly and they would take a minute to show the final product
I'm a Norm fan from way back, but not even he can make something beautiful from old pallets.
Best use for that wood is in the firepit.
I agree. Not my style at all. I had to laugh when he mentioned not having to see nail heads on the top when you could see the old nail holes
Yankees don’t throw thing away or put them in fire pits. Norm had made some beautiful pieces from old wood, this one included.
@@schoolcraftT No I agree with Acer Juglans and the reason is that pallets are not made for making furniture or anything else whether you’re a yankee or not! Because whatever is in the pallets even if you remove metal is going to damage your power tools especially a surface planer where it costs a fortune to replace the blades or have them replaced by a professional repair shop!
@@4HBirtcher I disagree. If your careful to remove the bits of metal that’s in the pallets and remove the grit from the surface of the wood, preferably with a belt sander,you can protect the cutters of a planer, and you can get planer blades cheaply.
I was surprised to see he planed both sides of those boards without first jointing the face - and used the table saw without jointing first either. Does anyone have any idea why? Or rather how? I am an amateur woodworker and I feel like I spend so much time trying to get straight dimensional boards out of pallet wood, 2x4s, fence posts, whatever, so that during building the 90 degree rip cuts from my miter saw actually come together. It’s been my biggest challenge.
I guess it doesn't really matter which side you get flat first as long as you have a good reference side/face
@@BDistoshortforahandle or rather he pulled out the already cupoef and bowed boards which I didn’t really consider because I’m dumb. Lol.
I was surprised to see that too, his order of operations was a little dubious in this one. Typically you would joint one face and one edge, surface plane to thickness, then rip to width with the jointed edge against the fence. I can only guess in this case he was limiting the damage from the poor quality wood to only the planer. In some of the shots where he stacked the blanks you could see the unevenness of the surfaces due to this procedure. But hey, nice to see Norm tackling a somewhat unusual project. Wonder where those tables ended up…
What happened to the finished product at the end of the video???
I remember watching this episode back in the day and seem to recall something in the way Norm revealed the finished coffee table that made it seem he wasn't all that thrilled about it. Best guess is that they edited the final scene out of this video for that reason
First to comment yay !!
And remember this there is no more important safety rule than to wear there safety glasses !
This guy was SO far ahead of his time.
Yes, I would believe you, now if I was to do it, it would be a disaster.
I've always liked this episode. I love making useful stuff from junk. At the same time though, I think the table is ugly. Maybe it looked cool in the 80s. 🤣
Wabbit….gotta be Boston
Labor intensive milling of stock that will seriously shorten the lives of my planer knives....I don't see the thrift in that.
The wood from the pallets is free, but you pay a high price in terms of locating and removing staples and nails, cleaning up an unbelievable amount of sawdust, replacing saw blades, and fiddling with forcing all those narrow strips to form a decent surface. It’s really not that attractive, which is why I guess they didn’t show the finished product.
Another thing people don't think about with pallet wood is all the mystery chemicals that have soaked in it.
Oil, grease, diesel fuel, fertilizer literally who knows what.
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Sure you can do it ! With all that Hollywood free tools !
Hollywood... Really? A little over dramatic. This show is like 35 years old. Those tools are a basic garage setup nowadays.
Honestly it wasn't that bad 35 years ago. My grandpa collected most of that stuff from Sears at the mall.
Shop safety well it didn't not work for you on those cutter blades off camera not wearing gloves !😵
I wanna see how you get those nails out LOL the nail holes gives character
I do this but it’s tough to get those nails out
Norm was decades ahead of the trend of making furniture from pallet wood.
@newyankeeworkshop - You should change the video title to 'Pallet Wood Coffee Table' or 'Norm Abram Makes a Pallet Wood Coffee Table'... it would probably get more views if you did.
use a metal detector to check nails and staples
For some reason i have a memory of Norm saying "Yankee thrift" about 10 times in this episode, and this time I didn't hear him say it once.