THE NEW YANKEE WORKSHOP - Heartbreaking Tragedy Of Norm Abram From "THE NEW YANKEE WORKSHOP" 

Norm has done more for the wood working community than anyone has ever! Wishing norm all the best.

I have been watching Norm from the beginning. I’m now 70 and Norm would be around 74. He should be allowed to retire in peace if that what he wants. Leave him alone.

Watching Norm every week was always a highlight. My wife even bought his books for me. Thanks Norm for your inspiration for my love of woodworking.

"I'd like to take a moment to talk about shop safety. Be sure to read, understand and follow all the safety rules that come with your power tools. Knowing how to use your tools properly will greatly reduce the risk of personal injury. And remember, there is no more important safety rule than to wear *these* safety glasses. " That's how I remember it!

Norm is like the Roger Penske in wood working, turn his work into Gold , and VERY successful at it . Making something even better , and pride in his work. A man of many Talents. God Bless you Norm Abram ! I will keep watching you make things come to Magic !

Norm was like the Bob Ross of woodworking but without the bushy round hair.

I can't tell you how much I have learned from Norm! I have watched his programs and followed his advise right from the start, and am still making sawdust at 83. I wish him well and hope that whatever life holds for him will be joyful! Thanks Norm!😀

Norm is the reason I finally broke down and bought a VCR. I recorded EVERY show and had a complete cabinet full of VCR tapes of his shows. He is the best!

Growing up watching Norm on The New Yankee Workshop and This Old House inspired me to pursue a career as a cabinetmaker and strengthened my love for woodworking.

There's not one person who's watched This Old House, or New Yabkee Workshop not have a profound respect for Norm Abram.

Wishing norm the very best, he a wonderful person plus his carpentry is excellent. Love watching his new Yankee workshop.

Back when DIY shows were just that and not fake competition shows that really teach nothing.

I am a woman and I loved watching him make things out of wood. He is the best that I have ever seen. I wish him well.

I used to record his videos in the 80’s when I was learning wood working. The NYW was the best show. I would watch and learn. Some project I could never do. But some I could. Norm was a great teacher.

When you watched Norm on tv, he is exactly the same in person. Extremely personable, friendly, I felt like an old Friend. He taught me so much in the shop. I was so glad I could shake his hand and thank him personally! God Bless You Norm. Thanks for everything Sir!

Norm's a living legend.👌👌👏👏

My Grandfather introduced me to woodworking but Norm brought it home. It was never a career but a stong hobby. I still remember eagerly waiting on the new episode of New Yankee Workshop. I still have some of the vhs tapes you could buy of the projects from the show. His talent was far more than what I could do. I remember meeting him at one of the Atlanta woodworking shows. He was just as you would expect. Vey personable and willing to answer your questions. I miss the NYW. I wish Norm all the best and a long happy healthy life. Your legacy will be around for ever.

Watched this for all seasons! What passion he has for woodworking and DIY! Pray all is well🕊️🙏💜🙋🏻👵🏻 Thanks for video!

I came from a different construction background, always enjoyed seeing a finished product. Norm is the best. One of the smartest people I’ve been around. Thank you sir!

It was Norm's TV show that encouraged me to attempt and succeed with many DIY projects.

Most of what I know about woodworking I learned from watching Norm Abram on "This Old House" and "The new Yankee Workshop". I only wish I had the talent he has. I'm 70 now, fingers getting somewhat bent and stiff, but I still enjoy working with wood. I hope he has many years ahead of him, but I've always thought that a woodworker's last project should be his eternal home, his casket. I hope I can build my own eternal home.

The first time I watched Norm on TNYW, I knew that he was special. It wasn’t long until I looked up to him as a Master woodworker and one of my heroes. There aren’t many craftsmen who could build a house from the ground up, do all of the finishing carpentry and then build the furniture in it . I hope and pray that Norm and his family continue to enjoy the fruits of his labor and I’m so thankful for his teaching and exemplifying a supreme work ethic that should inspire anyone who watched him turn out beautiful projects time after time. Here’s to you, Norm and thanks for setting the bar so high, and then showing us how to achieve results that often surprised us.😊

I miss this era with Norm Abram, I watched the show up until the air signal switch to digital and this switch made me missed the last few seasons after the over the air became digital.

New Yankee was and is best show ever. Thank you Norm

Thank you Norm...I met you at the Home Depot at their open house in Sterling Virginia...I have followed you on TV...Thank you, and best wishes to you and your family in your future pursuits and endeavors. Always, Ed...

Word at the time of The New Yankee Workshop's cancellation was the loss of sponsorship by Ford. But who knows. His legacy does indeed endure and all us woodworkers out there owe him a big debt of gratitude for his decades of instructions.

my father learned so much from him that he built from cabinets to chairs. and he was not a capenter just immigrant from korea working at a factory . norm was the best teacher he says lol

a truly awesome interview with Norm was on the "Modern Craftsman" podcast a couple years ago .. called "Revisiting Norm Abram" it's a great, informal conversation with Norm about his life in construction and on the TV shows. It's a quality listen and easy to google if you want to hear how he's really doing :)

He is a great craftsman for sure…

I can tell you that, post toh and nyw, he took delivery of a very nice sailing vessel from a shipyard in Maine. He is enjoying life on the water away from all the sawdust. Narragansett Bay

I love norm he taught me so much . He made it look easy.

I'm 70 and have watched Norm for years and waited for each new show that came out. He did promote safety as in eye and earing protection but there wasn't a lot of data on fine dust issues back than and I Hope this isn't some of he's possible health issues for him now!! Norm has always been a wonderful teacher in many ways for so many. God Bless Norm!

I watched when I was a kid, he's the reason why I worked as a carpenter and now a wood worker.

Brings back a lot of memories.

Quintessentially American, he pitched his show at weekend garage workers like me. I even changed my saw to get a dado blade setup. Thanks Norm. !

I miss this show so much.

There are some pictures of Norm earlier in the video that looked like he lost a whole lot of weight. Hope he has his health.

Never learned a thing from my father about tools or repairs, and never had an opportunity to take a shop class. What I learned about woodworking started with Norm. While measuring twice and cutting once still, regularly, does not work out for me, it's a hobby I enjoy, and I owe that to Norm.

He was the best i like how he use all the Porter Cable Tools

...NOOOOOOOOOORM!!!!!....who wood have thought wood wood make Norm a legend...remember, nothing is forever on this Earth...thanks, Norm...

I've watched Norm since the beginning. Loved watching This Old House. But honestly, I liked Norm soo much better than the main host. He was kinda goofy. Don't think he really knew anything about restoration. I'm hoping for the best for Norm's health💖. ThankU for all the yrs of learning.

I would love to see any boat Norm built knowing his carpentry skills. It would have to be a work of art.

I remember looking forward to weekends so I could sit with a cup of coffee and watch Norm on PBS. Fond memories of both NYW and TOH. The shows, books and magazines were our RU-vid and Google. It was nice to have something to look forward too. Now we just gorge on information at our fingertips 24/7, so much so that we actually learn nothing. Or at least it seems that way sometimes.

I loved watching his show and listening to him. I tried so hard to listen closely enough and watch intently enough to be able to do what he did. The only thing was that I often didn't know what the words meant that he used. I tried so hard to figure out which was the rabbit and which was the dato. I was a child then when I tried to figure it out by listening to Norm, but, even now, as an adult, I still don't know. I love carpentry and would have loved learning it. I LOVE the smell of saw dust!

The Bob Ross of Carpentry. Love um both. Sorry to hear about possible cancer. (Btw, B.R. died from lymphoma. :-(

Went from Norms 1st appearance on TOH to his 1st episode of NYW. NEVER missed an episode and actually video taped just about everyone of them. I always kidded friends if Norm had a tool in his shop then I should as well. I got most of them, but never got into turning. Maybe I cheated myself, but that's life. I loved my Saturday mornings with Norm and they weren't quite the same after he stopped filming NYW and became less frequent on TOH. Even the show that started it all has drastically changed. If a couple can't invest $500,000 into their project they have no viability to the show these days. I wish Norm good health and continued success in whatever he chooses. You were a big part of my woodworking life. 😊😊

Don't get me wrong, loved the guy and his programs. He did however, have access to just about every piece of machinery and tooling, that were out of reach to the genuine DIY'er.

Cheers Norm.

Well wishes from Tennessee.

Love watching Norm hope he’s going well

"...always wear these [pause to point at them] safety glasses."

Thanks👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Was watching my father in law one sunday morning making a cut on the exterior door,we were making the carport into a roomfor a home daycare,he was cutting about 8 " off it, and was about halfway through,i didn't say anything[had to work with him for the rest of the day-and drive him home],so i just sat on a bucket,watched him finish the cut, look at it, and realize his mistake-oh yeah, measure twice,cut once,especially after a saturday night at the Veterans club!!!

My son would say mommy Norns on my sons just love watching him and my husband built a workbench still going strong and my husband is the king of jigs from norm

Excellent craftsman ❤

I blame Norm for my interest in woodworking andf learned a lot from him

That clamp trolley is toooo much!, mine still in 5 gal bucket, and my 4 big wood clamps are where? gonna reread the book about building his house, a good read!

Norm was great

He Was Definitely The Best

Dad and I would watch the new Yankee workshop every week. He said Norm was the really smart man. When mentioning his first wife, why did you call him Tom inquiring minds would like to know.

I enjoyed watching him, but his assumption that we all have table saws, router tables, planer/thicknessers, jointers, bandsaws and drill presses put me off. His program was aimed at amateurs, especially beginners, but he used tools only professionals can justify. I'd have much rather see him focus on affordable woodworking, that didn't require a fully equipped workshop full of expensive machinery. You can do anything he did using hand saws, planes, chisels and hand drills. Many aspiring woodworkers don't even have the shop space for these tools, let alone the money. Anyone can afford and has room for a modest collection of hand tools. Sure biscuits are quick, but so are dowels, and don't require special tools. Cutting a tenon using a table saw and dado stack was just ridiculous. Of course, if you're woodworking professionally or you've been woodworking for years, you'd do that, but what about beginners? He should have used a tenon saw, which doesn't take much longer than a table saw when you factor in the set-up time. Use a chisel for the mortice, not a special mortice tool.

Yeah I remember that.

Mr. Norm how could you do that to us didn't notice you bowed out till this video, come back all is forgiven !!

Loved Norm Abram.

I didn’t like the episode where they went and found old barns and would convince the owners that the structure was dangerous and they would demolish the barns. They would then pass the wood through a planer once and have like new timber. I thought it was disingenuous how they obtained the wood for free.

Norm is an Icon in the woodworing industry, from restorations, renovoations and relicas of pieces no one would attempt to challange. Always love to watch him at work...."and no better protection than to wear safety glasses.".. His most important statement.. Kudos to you Norm..!!

best wishes, thanks for your shows

I could never stand him. Roy Underhilll was 10 tomes the host and talent. I make hsrpsichords and 18th century pianos. Where my show?