The Detectives

S02E12 English Garden Bench

Norm trades in his usual plaid shirt and jeans for a sharp suit and derby during his trip to London, where he explores a genuine English garden bench. He sets out to build his own version using teak wood. The bench features robust mortise and tenon joinery, reinforced with pegs for added durability. Throughout the episode, Norm illustrates techniques for shaping the bench's numerous curved components on the band saw, demonstrates the creation of tenons with a tenoning jig on the table saw, and shares a clever method for cutting angled mortises using the drill press.