Norm Abram

Norm Abram (born 1950) is an American carpenter known from the PBS television programs This Old House and The New Yankee Workshop. Although the title does not exist in North America, the producers of the show refer to him as a "Master carpenter".

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Norm was born in Rhode Island and raised in Massachusetts. He learned construction from his carpenter father during high school and college vacations. Norm studied mechanical engineering and business administration at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He founded a general contracting firm called Integrated Structures Inc. in 1976, which he operated until 1989.

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Norm appears on This Old House, a popular television program about renovating and improving old houses (first aired in 1979 and created by Russell Morash, the genius behind Julia Child's cooking shows). Abram hosts a spinoff of This Old House called The New Yankee Workshop, also produced by Morash, which first aired in 1989. As of 2005, both programs are still on the air.

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Norm has published eight books about carpentry: Ask Norm, The New Yankee Workshop, Classics From The New Yankee Workshop, Mostly Shaker From The New Yankee Workshop, Outdoor Projects From The New Yankee Workshop, Norm Abram's New House, Measure Twice, Cut Once, and The New Yankee Workshop Kids' Stuff.

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Norm also gave the voice to himself in the Freakazoid! episode "Normadamus".

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Normite is a term used in internet woodworking forums for woodworkers who make excessive or exclusive use of power tools. See Galoot.

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1950: 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar)....

American: :This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American....

Carpenter: A carpenter is a skilled craftsman who performs carpentry -- a wide range of woodworking that includes constructing buildings, furniture, and other objects out of wood. The work generally involves significant manual labor and work outdoors, particularly in rough carpentry....

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