"Phillip Hallam-Baker" wrote in
oups.com:

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Of course Norm having by now made everything there is to make out of
plywood, he has gone for bigger projects of late and this season did a
lot of antique reproductions where the wood alone would cost several
thousand dollars.

It was good to see Norm show some more range this year. I suspect that
there was quite a bit held back, to keep to the 'New Yankee' image, both
budget and presumed viewer skill set. But after these decades, we've most
of us learned quite a bit, Norm included.

It was nice that he got to strut a little bit.

Patriarch