Originally Posted by
Jim Becker
There are very few of us who are or have been in the "hobbyist" woodworking world that were not in some way influenced by Norm Abram and his New Yankee Workshop series. I made a few of his projects and always learned something from them. Like many, I was disappointed when the program came to an and, but I can also appreciate that he was feeling the need to wind it down, move on and enjoy life. Even for the simpler projects, creating the shows was a whole lot of work and I'm sure it was just plain "getting old" after so many years.