I only saw the first episode of Norm's highboy - say what you will on his craftsmanship, but this thing is fantastic! Looks well made and certainly at a high level of art.
Anyone else build one these before? Norm at least breaks down the elements so they are understandable.
I recall a FWW article a couple of years ago, a bunch of woodworkers in the Maryland/DC area hired a well known woodworker to come and teach them how to build a highboy or perhaps a secretary in the Federal style. Some where much further along then other when he stopped coming, but I could see how these pieces are complicated to make.
The two art critics that showed Norm the different styles of highboys said that in the colonial times, it would have taken a shop about 3 weeks to build. Guess when you got a small team working, that's possible. Me, I would expect to be done in 3 years, at my rate of completion.
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MJ Wallace