Toy Chest

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.

S6.E3 ∙ Toy Chest

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Norm Abram Bill Wallick Gary Sullivan Leigh Keno

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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.

Details

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

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