drivers, enclosures and other helpful(useless) knowledge

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

How to get fat and wear plaid? Because Norm does those really well //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

He's like the audiophile of woodworking, if that makes any sense. Those cabinets must have been better, because I made them with my brand-new Vermont American automatic three-in-one high horsepower biscuit maker. They'll hold 100 more pounds than your regular cabinet will, and wax your floors, too.

As for me, I'm a fan of "The Woodwright's Shop..."

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[thylantyr 10+ year member]

I learned it all from watching the New Yankee workshop......

/rant

A long time ago I built stuff from just oak plywood and just trimmed the edges

with solid oak pieces. I was just using the common sense card because I didn't

want to solve my cabinet problem using complex woodworking methods.

I didn't have the facility to make a solid oak cabinet where you need to

glue each board and run it through the joiner/planer, etc... and it's expensive.

To me, the oak plywood is good enough as it does have a coarse veneer

layer that stains and finishes well. Actually I prefer the coarse veneer over

the real veneers you buy as they look too artificial.

I've watched many Yankee shows and his methods are great. Recently,

I saw him make a cabinet out of oak plywood and I laughed thinking to myself,

done that 19 years ago.. and "you are cheating Norm, slaps his hand". But, it takes

someone like him to give the methology credibility. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif even thought the common

sense card says it works well.