On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:47:38 GMT, "DexAZ"
wrote:


"Ron Magen" wrote in message
...
If memory serves, I have a mental image of some of Norm's early shows . . .
he was using a Shopsmith. I don't think it was just a 'demo', that was
what he had, or only had a little space.

There were nine (sort of) Shopsmith tools used, mostly in the first
season. Interestingly, never the saw. Of course that's because there's
been a Unisaur there from the very first episode. It was a Rockwell
originally, but a Delta replaced in '84 (6th season). Space was never
the issue. The shop has been the same building since episode #1.

I have been given to understand that Shopsmith sought an underwriting
deal with Morash in the beginning, but apparently there was too wide a
gulf in the $$$ asked vs $$$ available.

Was that just before NYW took on DELTA TOOLS as a "corporate underwriter" or
whatever the term for advertiser is with PBS. Back then, I think he used
several other brands of tools. When "DELTA" came on-board, all other tools
disappeared. Probably just a coincidence though.

Well, I don't know if you're talking about major tools or any power
tools, although it doesn't matter, because the oscillating spindle
sander he uses (as recently as episode 1606, the dower chest, which
many of you haven't even seen yet), for example, is not a Delta, and
Delta makes one.

It's just not a given that when Delta/Porter-Cable came in all the
other brands disappeard. Does Bosch jigsaw, Lamello biscuit joiner,
and Senco brad nailer ring a bell? How about the granddaddy of all
non-Delta tools: the Timesavers wide belt sander? And although it
hasn't been used in years, the Makita D-handle router is in the top
nine of tools used in over 200 episodes.

I will concede that there are more Delta and Porter-Cable tools used
today than there were ten years ago. I suppose that's a benefit of the
underwriting of the show.


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