Summary Combining functionality with simple fun, Norm's toy chest features a top with an inlaid checkerboard made of maple and mahogany, and even a compartment in which to store the checkers. Incorporating through dovetails cut on the dovetailing jig, the chest is as handsome as it is sturdy. Norm also demonstrates valuable marquetry techniques for the checkerboard. As always, safety is a primary concern, and Norm's toy chest includes an ingenious closing device that insures that the lid will never slam on a child's fingers.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Norm Abram Bill Wallick Gary Sullivan Leigh Keno
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jan 14, 1994
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage
Language : English
Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA
Summary Combining functionality with simple fun, Norm's toy chest features a top with an inlaid checkerboard made of maple and mahogany, and even a compartment in which to store the checkers. Incorporating through dovetails cut on the dovetailing jig, the chest is as handsome as it is sturdy. Norm also demonstrates valuable marquetry techniques for the checkerboard. As always, safety is a primary concern, and Norm's toy chest includes an ingenious closing device that insures that the lid will never slam on a child's fingers.
Genres : Documentary
Release date : Jan 14, 1994
Countries of origin : United States
Official sites : The New Yankee Workshop homepage
Language : English
Filming locations : Lexington, Massachusetts, USA