That's because Marks owns all of his own tools, many of which he
purchased used. He did a show on all of his tools and he explained
where they all came from and admitted that his aircraft carrier
jointer is a little ridiculous but he got a good deal.

Marks also has two one-way lathes...

The difference between the shows is that if you watch Norm he is really
good on working out the exact right sequence to build something with
minimal hassle.

Marks does not have as many specialist power tools as Norm but be does
have a heck of a lot of specialist hand tools and he uses some very
expensive woods. If Marks is using a hand plane it will either be one
he hand made himself or something that cost twice as much as the bench
top mortiser that Norm uses.

Marks is much more interested in artsy finishing, Norm does maybe a
couple of projects a season with something other than eight coats of
poly.

Interestingly, Norm has really jacked up the difficulty level this
season and last. The mahoghany dinning table he built last season must
have cost at least $2K for the wood alone. I would have thought that
for a table that size veneer would be a better way to go.

Neither of them uses a spliter or guard on their table saw. Marks was
seen using his rip fence as a cutoff guide while cross cutting with a
mitre guage this morning - Norm always uses a short cuttoff fence.

I don't think that the 'guards removed for visibility' is legit. It
would be pretty easy to mount a modern lightweight CCD camera on a
blade guard. If Norm used a splitter &ct then the number of shop
injuries in the US would probably fall markedly. Friend of mine is now
limited to only using hand tools after he cut half his hand off. He was
lucky and he got it sewn back on and even got feeling back but his hand
now looks like a piece of wood that has been ripped in two and butt
joined together, you can see the jump in the creases of his palm due to
the saw kerf