Charley wrote:
Norm isn't perfect, but some of the characters here seem to think that they
are. In my opinion, Norm is a very qualified woodworker and does a pretty
fine job of building many more projects than a lot of the characters that
seem to like bashing him on this newsgroup have ever done. So what if he
doesn't make every joint perfect or finish every project to the quality
level that some here seem to think is perfect in their minds.

What Norm has really accomplished with his shows is to get a huge number of
people interested in woodworking and furniture making who probably would
never have attempted it if they hadn't watched Norm do it. Watching him
makes people say to themselves "I could do that", and then many of them
actually have. With the large number of high schools discontinuing their
shop classes in recent years, the number of people even interested in doing
woodworking would have been falling significantly faster than it is if it
wasn't for Norm. He is a very good teacher and he shows machining and
assembly steps well enough for people to actually learn how to do it by just
watching his shows. I don't care if he's not perfect, he's a hero in my mind
for what he's done for the woodworking public and for increasing interest in
woodworking among our young generation, many of whom might not have ever
picked up a tool and built something out of wood if it wasn't for Norm. We
need him and more like him.



Watching the NYW was what got me started!!

Sarge