Florida Andy

I too will miss Norm. I have watched from his start. But I agree he is gone, so that is not the point. I tried to watch several of Tommy's podcasts or what ever they are called and just gave up. Several times he used foul lanquage (that is unacceptable). His English was also bad several times, some is ok, but I got the impression he didn't know beter. Most of the time it was two guys just talking and trying to be funny which they were not. Talented funny people are funny and untalented ones are not and they were not. Norm was organized and he was there to talk about woodworking, not these guys. I got the distinct impression they just showed up and decided to talk about something, they knew the subject but little else. His ability to show and explain a specific steps were awkward. In short the show had no class. I can't believe Morash would tolerate such a performance. If he is not responsible for this one ok, but face it he was a major part of Norms success. I'll give it a chance, but if it is anything like what I have seen, they will lose me soon.

Now that the shootout is over, my comments. 1. Good show. 2.As to the winner, we can't really see the finished product. Based upon time, I consider it a tie. Asa probably did way more sanding than necessary, as many of us do. We keep sanding long after that grit is done. I am not a professional and have no interst in being one. I use both planes and sandpaper depending on the need. But, in my opinion 90% of the non-professionals could do what Asa did and 90% of the non-professional could not do what Mike did. I know those that do the planing say it is easy because for them it is easy, but that does not mean everybody.

I am enjoying this very much. only one comment, the camera needs a better zoom capability. Keep up the good work Andy