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This Old Home Show
Posted on 12/24/19 at 3:55 pm
Posted on 12/24/19 at 3:55 pm
This show is awesome if you are in construction or contractor building.
I know this show has been on for ages but it is just a very simple and informative show with low level production
I know this show has been on for ages but it is just a very simple and informative show with low level production
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Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:16 pm to FLTech
Wish I had the tools Norm had. 
Posted on 12/24/19 at 4:23 pm to FLTech
I have always loved This Old House. We binge watched a couple of seasons on Netflix a while back. Look up some of these houses they work on. They’re absolutely gorgeous homes.
One we watched was a complete gut and remodel. Unbelievable amount of work went into the house. The level of detail they go to is really impressive as well.
One we watched was a complete gut and remodel. Unbelievable amount of work went into the house. The level of detail they go to is really impressive as well.
This post was edited on 12/24/19 at 4:24 pm
Posted on 12/25/19 at 9:40 am to FLTech
I've been a fan of the show since it first began when it was Norm Abrams who hosted it before he moved on to other projects.
The latest version tries to pack too much in on a single episode, often having the master plumber, master electrician, landscaper, master carpenter, etc. all having some time in each episode. It is still very informative, but gets kind of busy with all the quick spots for each trade.
The latest version tries to pack too much in on a single episode, often having the master plumber, master electrician, landscaper, master carpenter, etc. all having some time in each episode. It is still very informative, but gets kind of busy with all the quick spots for each trade.
Posted on 12/26/19 at 7:53 am to gumbo2176
Same here, as well as New Yankee Workshop.
Norm and Tom Silva were freakin awesome when they teemed up on a project.
Norm and Tom Silva were freakin awesome when they teemed up on a project.
Posted on 12/26/19 at 8:09 am to BRgetthenet
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Same here, as well as New Yankee Workshop.
I really liked that show since he showed a lot of finer woodworking skills instead of rough framing and basic construction techniques like on "This Old House".
Of course the sponsors made sure he had the finest of their tools and he had a workshop to die for. If the average woodworker with a home shop tried to duplicate it, he would be out tens of thousands of dollars in tools alone, much less all the accessories, bits, blades-----updating the electrical to carry the load, etc.
Posted on 12/26/19 at 8:18 am to gumbo2176
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I really liked that show since he showed a lot of finer woodworking skills instead of rough framing and basic construction techniques like on "This Old House".
Agreed. This Old House is pretty dumbed down these days but I still watch the hell out of it.
Posted on 12/26/19 at 9:35 am to fishfighter
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Wish I had the tools Norm had.
You and me both. Nice of the sponsors to throw top of the line tools and accessories for him to show them off about how well they work and how easy they can make your work go in the shop.
Plus the studio setting up a top of the line shop with dust collection and filtration, plenty of room so tools are adequately spaced to make the work easy.
How about not having to buy all that beautiful hardwood he used in his projects???? I mean, I'd love to make a porch swing out of teak, but I'm not paying $400+ for the wood alone.
Posted on 12/26/19 at 2:39 pm to gumbo2176
That workshop was actually Norm's personal shop at his house. One of the reasons they quit filming is because people just kept showing up at his house from what I've read
Posted on 12/26/19 at 3:31 pm to Bucktail1
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That workshop was actually Norm's personal shop at his house.
Not true. Norm built the building years earlier for the show’s producer (that’s actually how they first met). Later when they created the show they turned it into the shop and set for the New Yankee Workshop.
On the show they make it seem as though they are in Norm’s backyard, but that’s just TV make believe.
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This post was edited on 12/26/19 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 12/29/19 at 8:25 am to gumbo2176
What ever happened to the Rough Cut show with Tommy? They had a season of him building a shop at his home then the next season they switched hosts and he vanished. PBS had a few good woodworking shows that are all gone now (at least I haven’t seen them anymore).
Posted on 12/29/19 at 6:31 pm to Phil
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PBS had a few good woodworking shows
I like Roy Underhill's show. Not a power tool in sight. It's very interesting to me. Did an entire show the other day on the history of hand planes. And I actually watched it. Got a huge eye roll from my wife.
There's one show now.. some guy and his wife... it is BAD. Just really, really bad. But he's got a sweet Festool Track Saw and Dust Collection System, so there's that.
This post was edited on 12/29/19 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 12/29/19 at 6:42 pm to SSpaniel
History of This Old House
Scrolled down to this one and laughed a little,
Scrolled down to this one and laughed a little,
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The New Orleans House 1991
The New Orleans House Consolidation
This Old House converted a circa 1895 “shotgun double” into a one-family house. The crew renovated the interior and restored the facade and, while in town, learned how a city that’s below sea level manages to function.
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