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Interest remains strongly favorable to these on line versions of the classic New Yankee episodes from the past so we intend to keep them coming as long as we can. We welcome your comments.

If you would like a fully featured DVD of this or any New Yankee Project as well as the appropriate measured drawing containing all the measurements and details necessary to actually build the project please click on our online catalog for ordering.

A schedule of future online programs is listed here as well. See Program Schedule.

Shaker Washstand - Program #304
Before modern plumbing, people got the water for their wake-up splash from pitchers and bowls, often kept in basins atop handsome wooden stands. Norm draws inspiration for his washstand from an example he sees during a visit to the Hancock Massachusetts Shaker Village. Built from pine, it features through-dovetail joinery in its flared top section and a drawer and raised-panel doors below.

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Serving Trays - Item #907

Each week we are going to feature a new project from one of you, our own New Yankee craftsmen, If you'd like your project to appear here, send us your digital photos with a brief description to photos@newyankee.com!I found the compound angles and dovetail joints at the corners of the tray very challenging. Great project Norm!

Jeff Horne, Canada
I found the compound angles and dovetail joints at the corners of the tray very challenging. Great project Norm!

Click here to see more projects that other New Yankees have built and shared with us. Or, send yours in to us by mailing us at photos@newyankee.com.

Here is a list of the top selling items based on what other customers are ordering at The New Yankee Workshop as of the past week. Click on the title of the item for additional details and to order.

1. Item #0301 - Deluxe Router Station DVD
Norm's original router station is the most popular shop project he's ever d...

2. Item #0810 - Adirondack Trio Plan
In the beginning of The New Yankee Workshop there was the Adirondack...

3. Item #0301 - Deluxe Router Station Plan
Norm's original router station is the most popular shop project he's ever d...

4. Item #9806 - Morris Chair Plan
In Arizona, Norm goes on a search for Arts and Crafts-style furniture in Tu...

5. Item #0810 - Adirondack Trio DVD
In the beginning of The New Yankee Workshop there was the Adirondack...

Here at the Workshop, we love every episode, but we each have our favorites as well. Watch this space for changes, as we will be updating our staff picks section often!

Chaise Lounge - Item #9811

Norm takes viewers on an adventure to Utah to witness the dismantling of a twelve-mile long railway trestle which was built at the turn of the century. Eventually progress and better engineering in the 1950s replaced this causeway, and the massive trestlewood pilings which once provided the means by which Southern Pacific was able to cross the Great Salt Lake were all but abandoned. Over years of disuse, the trestlewood, which is comprised of Douglas fir and redwood, eventually became so pickled by lake brine that its grain began to develop an unusual array of colors. Norm acquires some of this trestlewood to build his own outdoor chaise lounge design and in the process, learns quite a bit about current initiatives to harvest this unusual building material.

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New Yankee Sweatshirts are Back!
Posted on 05/05/2010

Norm models new sweatshirt

Norm checking the logo

Norm tries out the new gray sweatshirt which replaces the cranberry color formerly used for this popular New Yankee item. Same embroidered logo as before. Available in two sizes, extra large and large. Warm yet light, it contains a blend of both polyester and cotton and will not fade. Price is right too at $39.95 each. Click on the following links to order yours today, just choose your size. X-Large or Large.

More New Yankee Classics Now Available on DVD
Posted on 04/22/2010

We are pleased to announce that we now have the following titles available on DVD.

Here we will feature one of the questions from our viewers each week. If you've got one - click here to send it on in!

This week's featured question comes to us from one of our fans, and they write:

What color are the sweatshirt, t-shirt and hat that you offer on your website? There is no mention of the color in the description and the illustration shows all three as pink.

I would be willing to bet you could quadruple your sales of these items by changing the color of the illustration to a more accurate depiction, assuming, of course, that they simply cant be pink!

Well since you asked. We got the color from that of the New Yankee Sign and call it "cranberry" not pink. We have only a few more sweat shirts left in this color and once they are gone they are gone forever and a piece of New Yankee History goes with them.