One cheap-ass cable channel has been showing NYW episodes from 1991. When I watched the first one I soon felt a different attitude than I have to the last few years. I realized that I was somehow more "comfortable" with what Norm was doing because he was (at least 15 years ago) closer to me in technical standards. He was using a drum sanding attachment to his drill press, and a morticing attachment. He belt-sanded panels. His jointer wasn't big enough to handle a sequoia. His featherboards were laughably ragged with teeth missing. In all, I could "relate" because he was making furniture more than he was operating wowser machinery.
Bring on 1992.
FoggyTown