Commercially available: "Tried and True" at Woodcraft.
Marks is careful not to endorse anyone by accident.

"pharmdave" wrote in message
ups.com...
Question about one of his favorite finishes... tung, linseed, urethane
mixture... what ratios of these do you experienced people use (of
those of you who are partial to this mixture?) As a newbie, I am
looking for something that has a lot of beauty like tung oil that haas
a protective coating like the urethane. As some previous posters noted
about Norm... I'm not totally digging the thousand coats of urethane.
Not only that, as a newbie, I have found that the oil finishes are more
forgiving of air born dust than a urethane coating...

While you can't get the narrative explanation, you can look up the show
online at www.diynet.net, and get multiple illustrations, measurements and
instructions. For free! You don't have to buy from NYWS.

Steve

"Alex Reid" wrote in message
...
If any kind soul would be willing to put an episode or two of David Marks
on
DVR and send to me I would be very appreciative. I have read much about
David Marks and Norm but I am unable to enjoy any of the DIY network where
I
live in Japan.

Alex Reid
www.mokkou.jp

"Tom Watson" wrote in message
...
Shortly after Christmas ("The Holidays" for the PC crowd) my wife went
out and bought a HDTV Television (that cagey ole broad knows when the
deals are happening).

It's not very big, as these things go, being only a 27" version but
anything much bigger wouldn't have fit so good in our tiny little
living room.

So we get it and I hook it up and fire it up - then she tells me it
won't work right without the cable company coming out and gouging us
for more money - so I waited.

Cable guy comes and hooks up the box interface to their office and my
wallet - and I wait.

What I'm waiting for is the DIY Network, sose I can cast an eyeball on
this David Marks fella that I've been reading so much about here on
the Wreck.

Finally, the kids are done playing with the thing and watching all of
the four thousand kids channels that come with the service - I'm done
waiting.

Yesterday morning I punched up the DIY channel and watched a couple of
Mr. Marks' programs, that ran back to back.

I have to confess, I really don't know what all the fuss is about.

He had a brad nailer sitting on his workbench, just like Norm does.

Although I don't know anything about the man, he seemed like he came
from a pure shop background or an art school background, because the
work that he was doing had a more elevated design ethic than Norm's
usual stuff.

Norm comes from being a carpenter, which is how I came to making
furniture, and he tends to copy existing pieces, rather than starting
from his own on paper.

Marks looks like he favors studio furniture trends over traditional
styles, but hell, I've only seen two shows.

His techniques didn't seem wildly divergent from those of any decent
mechanic - I was expecting something on the order of Toshio Odate.

His shop didn't look much different from mine, saving the aircraft
carrier that was taking up way too much shop space - I'd trade that
for Norm's Timesaver in a heartbeat.

I'll keep watching.




tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

In article ,
"Markndawoods" wrote:

Both men are talented, both shows have value. I like Marks as he is a bit
more realistic with the tools available to him, er me. Norm has a huge
financial backing, hence all the cool tools, admittedly, ones I most likely
will never be able to afford. But that doesn't make him a bad guy. Maybe a
better business man, but not a bad guy.


It's just too bad that Norm is sponsored by Delta Tools and not Delta
Dental. The guy could really stand to have some dental work done.

--
Hank Gillette

In article .com,
"Phillip Hallam-Baker" wrote:

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.

But we always see him building it for the second time. It might be an
interesting program to see him build the _prototype_.

--
Hank Gillette

you can look up the show
online at www.diynet.net, and get multiple illustrations, measurements and
instructions.


or you could try www.diynet.com ...

Oops. Noticed that when I actually checked my bookmark. My bad.

Steve

"Jack" wrote in message
...

you can look up the show
online at www.diynet.net, and get multiple illustrations, measurements
and
instructions.


or you could try www.diynet.com ...