Each time you come up with a more cool looking apparatus. This joint is a thing of beauty for sure. We should be taught things like this in school, because a lot of what we learn gets obsolete anyways. This may be obsolete, but it is way cool. As a side note, you craft your words as carefully and masterfully as the woodwork.
You could of course use a T auger like I did in the last build, but this boring machine is just too much fun! I agree they should teach things like woodworking and traditional construction in school, and students should be encouraged to build their own house. In fact, I think everyone should build their own house. I don't feel this is obsolete, but a hard won craft skill that should be used over other more "modern" cheaper methods more often. Imagine a world where normal people built their own homes with hand tools? Thanks for the comment!
It is anything but a "boring" machine (pardon the pun,I had to). If we lived in houses instead of products; if our towns were communities instead of markets we would once again build our homes. You may be pioneering this revolution.
Every artisan I have ever watched shares one thing. It doesn't matter if they're making a gold ring, an oil painting, a violin or a timber framed building. What they share is - when they work time stands still. The joy is in the art, there is no need to hurry.
Beautiful poem and a beautiful scarf joint. The poem so completely describes the way any true craftsman should feel when working with his hands. I know that is how I feel but could never have said it so eloquently. Thank you for sharing you craftsmanship with us.
You know, I've read dozens of experts contemplate as to the function or lack thereof, of the nib, and you, without a word spoken, show the genius of it. Nice work sir as always.
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching every single one of the videos and I have to say I have a new hero. I love the fact that you seem to be able to grab onto almost anything and make it or make it work. Everything from scratch, the way people used to do it and take enormous pride in the finished product. The fact that there is no narration and irritating talking is an added bonus. Good job and thanks so much for taking the time to share this with us.
These videos help me relax after a day at the office. I wish I could leave everything and build a house with my own hands It seems so pleasant to me in nature, without the hustle and bustle of the city A little quiet and work that is occupational therapy
That is the most complicated joint I have ever seen, with the most basic set of tools. I am beyond impressed, and motivated. Bravo sir. Subscribed for sure.
White oak is an EXCELLENT choice for beams. Strength, rot resistant, heft. I have a beam auger similar to yours but it is fixed at 90 degrees, with several bits. I have had it for several years and have not had the opportunity to use, but one day in the future I will.
Yes its nice, but dang HEAVY and hard. Definitely makes pine feel like butter afterward! Put it to use for sure, old tools need to get used, else they get depressed, and then start rusting...
Absolutely loving the new build, can't wait to see it reach for the skies. Mr.C, I have not missed a single episode of yours yet, I relish seeing a notification of a new release, and hate the days that appear to drag out in-between, they are both educational and inspirational. My greatest sadness I'd that I shall never get the opportunity to live outside the rat race as you appear to do, you truly have a beautiful life.
At first the silence seems almost surreal, the facial expression so intent, then I suddenly realised what I should have known all along. The smile is coming forth from the work that you do and the poetry is the result of what all of us that work with our hands think of when our hands are busy doing what they were trained to do.
I've seen the scarf joint done a multitude of ways (ensuring there are no water tight rules on design). I love what you did and couldn't congratulate you more on your efforts during all your productions.
How incredibly satisfying that must be! Thank you sooo much for sharing it! And the gratitude i have for all that these videos have taught me....I can't thank you enough
Loving your work 'Mr C' - utterly addictive viewing. Great skills, wonderful artisan tools - a real joy. Well done for keeping these skills alive - hoping you in turn can pass the baton to another generation one day. Best of luck to you and your family.
What I find truly amazing is this same joint was created by the artisans of architecture on three different continents, at roughly the same time, for the same reason. It can be found in buildings from the same age in Japan, England, and India, when no international travel was available to transfere these ideas to different continents. What's more pleasing is that you are using it now to build your home, knowing it is a sound, stable joint, that hopefully will serve your descendants, as it serves to keep you.
"No international travel was available" 🙄? Rather: no written testimonials of such travels, available in our times anymore. Also different civilisations preserved food in similar manners (mostly by fermentation or saline/acetic solutions), this is no coincidence. We are the same.
I can't think of what to say to describe how much I enjoyed watching this video, and indeed all your others. I hope I get to do something like this one day!
I just watched your video again to see your beam drill, its is great and you are lucky to have it. I noticed you used the nib on your hand saw when starting a cut, do you often do that. Its always been a bit of a puzzle as to whether its just for decoration. I bought a corner chisel recently about the same as yours, the only way I could sharpen it was with a triangular saw file, what is your method?
Thanks, i love that tool! I just thought i would give it a try one day with the nib, darned if it didn't work! I sharpen my corner chisels with a normal bench stone on the outside and a small slipstone on the inside. A good chisel should be too hard for a file to bite I think...
A normal saw file is fine on old chisels, which are probably carbon steel and you can get it into the corners better. I did use a slip stone for a final honing. However, if you have High Speed Steel then you will need diamond. If you have HSS you will not be able to use a bench or slip stone, its too hard again diamond is an answer. Thanks for the information and your first rate videos.
First, I love that Japanese ink marker. Second, I envy you that boring machine. They are kind of hard to come by, as I found out. Third, that is a very neat scarf joint, and not so complex as some others. Long may your cabin stand.
I did watch all your Timber frame worshop cabin, but never saw this drill/poring press before, guess you get it after, good job and still learning/enjoying from your videos.
Love the videos. I feel you guys could leave in longer segments of chiseling, hammering or sawing as its pretty hypnotic to watch and also listen to the sounds echoing throughout the trees.
Seeing a new upload from you = quickly went to get a cup of tea to sip on while kicking back a bit. ..I wonder why I keep making excuses not to live like this. Out of the city, learning a craft and to be self-sufficient. But until then, more tea and more watching!
... you are a couple of century more advanced with tools than I start working 37 years ago , when my drill was a ogar bit was activate by twisting the bit himself.
Your videos are so serene they make me want to go to sleep, but they're so beautiful they make me want to watch. You leave me with quite the conundrum :)
0:22 Brought this to mind... "The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted one to another. It is a mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies the eye for resemblance." (Aristotle in Poetics)
i really like your skill Mr C. this is a nice shipwright scarf joint. it was invented by greek and romans to do long ship in the antiquity. in france this scarf joint is use traditionnaly in carpentry by windows maker and furniture maker nice job !!!
we use mainly 2 scarf joint, the one you did and one wich is in diagonal and the dimensions are: the diagonal of the cut = 2 time the high of the beam and the extremity of the angle are cut with the same angle but in the other way and there is a key in the middle. it's named " trait de jupiter", it's the most used one in france. in the US carpentry regroup all the wood workers but not in france. in france we have charpentiers (house builder), menuisier (intern amenagement in wood traditionnaly), ébéniste (furniture maker) and for all those work core there are multiple sudivisions.
sorry but i disagree, during bronze age, people haven't the necessity to use long beam and this joint in particular have been invented during antiquity (the oldest one tested by C14 proove it on a roman galley found in mediterraneen see) if you have other sources, i will be enjoy you to tell me what are they. for furniture i could be agree with you but not on those
I feel bad all of a sudden. All I can think about is the next power tool I can buy and you do that with hand tools. It would be easy to listen to music that way or nature. Great job.
Thanks, and thats great, yes the solvent really is just to help thin the mix down to penetrate deep into the timbers, for axe handles your mix should be great
I like what you do :) might I suggest that you spend some time building some sturdier saw horses it will make your work go easier and more accurate. signed old woodworker. :)
A humble request: Could you please put the cabin build videos into their own playlist. I guess you could also create one for "Tools" as well. That will make it more pleasant to watch. With a bit of luck, sometimes by putting videos into a playlist puts them into chronological order and so viewers can select "Play cabin build" and it steps through them all in sequence. A great way to spend a rainy day.
Wonder if there's a complete list of tools and things in Mr chickadees workshop/garage....seen stuff on here I never seen before. Bet that list is super interesting.
Oh ! … I thought a scarf joint was a very low angle joint ! ie. the length of the joint being at least 12 time the thickness of the wood piece. Nice vid. Thanks for posting.
Yes, I was thinking of the scarf joints we make when making one large plywood sheet out of two in boatbuilding. But we do also make these very long scarf joints for some pieces of wood when we need a very long one piece of wood, such as the keel : epoxy is damn useful in these cases !…
Yup. They fit all right. And the chisel handles seem to be holding up. My concerns were groundless. Does a let-in joist fall on the scarf? I love old-school timber framing where it goes together like a wood puzzle; an elegant union of function and esthetics.
That dogwood is amazing stuff, I was just thinking of your comment today, and after whacking the crap outa this handle, I looked it over and there is not even any indication of wear or mushrooming at all, it just gets more shiny at the impact zone…truly magical stuff, Ive even driven say a stuck metal splitting maul through a trunk section with my large dogwood mallet with no real ill effect… So happy to see you caught the intent of the over large wedge, which is a temp made piece for fitting up the joint, YES my idea was to have a tying joist tenon enter there and be the holding wedge in the joint, killing two birds with a fat stone and less weakening the joint.
+Mr. Chickadee Modern technological dogma - reduction of parts count through multi-function design - meets traditional timber frame joinry. I can see you're a look-ahead guy.
+Forrest Addy Speaking of: dogwood gluts for riving boards from logs.There's a UA-cam vid where a hoard of Scandanavian shipbuilders make a long ship from planks riven from logs. They start with steel wedges and move to wood gluts which they splinter. I remember seeing this and failing at the time to recall Roy Underhill's revealing the virtues of dogwood branch wood for making mauls and gluts.
Howdy friend! Here in the US these tools (called "boring machine" here) were used extensively in the later 1900s for timber frame construction, and they may have been an american invention. For this reason there are still a good amount floating around. Im not sure if they were used a lot in the UK? That would depend on if you can find them. Try Ebay UK maybe? Some things are easier to get there, like you have a surplus of great quality wooden hand planes, where here most are in poor shape...
I wish I'd found your channel a couple of years ago. My garage ridge beam has a scarf, similar basic design but done by router and steel bolts added. I so prefer yours! swap?
It is so great to see you writing again. Of course you are intelligent by seeing your work, but when you also write....sigh....it's just plain good! mas
Great craftsmanship and video. Lot's of "entertainment" value. It seems more than a little contrived to avoid all use of "technology" other than an HD cam and the internet! Still a thumbs-up from me. BTW - scarf joints need to employ 45-degree angles not 90s to be strongest. But once again, who needs technology when you have braces to hold up your dungarees?
I just looked in my Hasluck's "Carpentry and Joinery Illustrated". In 1907 Brit-speak that joint is a "tabled scarf with a folding wedge" (p59) except Mr C's version has the scarf in a single plane with a centered housed wedge and lateral keys. A tabled scarf is resists end compression and and has greater lateral beam strength than a raked scarf joint. I understand that tabled scarf joints are used in the diagonal hull bracing of caravel planked ships, probably under a different name. Another thing to look up. Ah, the breath-taking taxonomy of high-falutin carpentry. It makes "counting angels dancing on the head of a pin" speculations of Medeval clerics seem down to earth. A rose is a rose: should an efficiently executed joint that fulfills its function suffer stultifying nomenclature?
Nice book, Im jealous, Ill need to search for that title! Im not clear on the specifics nor exact pedigree of most joints, I simply found one which had been proven in numerous old barn sills, and tilted my hat at the tested wisdom of those ancient barn wrights of old...
+Mr. Chickadee tons of old joinery books available as re-prints. I got my copy from Astrigal but I see Amazon has it in stock. It contain more that you'll need need to know about the broade aspects of carpentry and joinery - which I speculate is where they got the title.
Is that Anchorseal end coating I see on the end grain of the scarf joint? I use it on all of the joinery of a timber frame project when a cross grain cut is made, Great product! I've cut this style of scarf on a building I did. Very strong joint. Thanks for sharing.
Another wonderful video, thanks so much for sharing. Love the wonderful tools you put to use in your videos, when you used the modern adjustable wrench on the drill it just brought out how much more interesting the older era tools really are. BTW, out of curiosity, I suspect your wife has some amazing projects she is working on while you are doing these. Are there any plans of her filming any of her projects to share? She has shown some great work helping with other projects along side of you. So was just curious if she had thought of doing any videos of her projects?
Each time you come up with a more cool looking apparatus. This joint is a thing of beauty for sure. We should be taught things like this in school, because a lot of what we learn gets obsolete anyways. This may be obsolete, but it is way cool. As a side note, you craft your words as carefully and masterfully as the woodwork.
You could of course use a T auger like I did in the last build, but this boring machine is just too much fun!
I agree they should teach things like woodworking and traditional construction in school, and students should be encouraged to build their own house. In fact, I think everyone should build their own house.
I don't feel this is obsolete, but a hard won craft skill that should be used over other more "modern" cheaper methods more often. Imagine a world where normal people built their own homes with hand tools?
Thanks for the comment!
It is anything but a "boring" machine (pardon the pun,I had to). If we lived in houses instead of products; if our towns were communities instead of markets we would once again build our homes. You may be pioneering this revolution.
Every artisan I have ever watched shares one thing. It doesn't matter if they're making a gold ring, an oil painting, a violin or a timber framed building. What they share is - when they work time stands still. The joy is in the art, there is no need to hurry.
Thank you for the kind words!
I’m going to use what you said and quote you on it.
Beautiful poem and a beautiful scarf joint. The poem so completely describes the way any true craftsman should feel when working with his hands. I know that is how I feel but could never have said it so eloquently. Thank you for sharing you craftsmanship with us.
You're more than welcome, glad you approve
When you first included some of your prose I foolishly believed Mr C was a classic poet I simply hadn't heard of. Truly a renaissance man.
You have some of the most beautiful tools and contraptions I have ever seen.
You know, I've read dozens of experts contemplate as to the function or lack thereof, of the nib, and you, without a word spoken, show the genius of it. Nice work sir as always.
Thank you sir, I guess I thought "theres no better way of knowing than trying" and darned if it didn't work!
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching every single one of the videos and I have to say I have a new hero. I love the fact that you seem to be able to grab onto almost anything and make it or make it work. Everything from scratch, the way people used to do it and take enormous pride in the finished product. The fact that there is no narration and irritating talking is an added bonus. Good job and thanks so much for taking the time to share this with us.
I'd be interested in knowing where a fella can get some of those pants you wear...
frontier classics brand sells them
I have never seen a YT video with so many comments actually ANSWERED/RESPONDED TO by the author. Well done and hats off!
cdouglas1942 no response to this one lol. Apologies if that was rude
What a pleasure it is to watch your videos. Time stands still and only the rhythm of nature remains. A true joy.
These videos help me relax after a day at the office.
I wish I could leave everything and build a house with my own hands
It seems so pleasant to me in nature, without the hustle and bustle of the city
A little quiet and work that is occupational therapy
That is the most complicated joint I have ever seen, with the most basic set of tools. I am beyond impressed, and motivated. Bravo sir. Subscribed for sure.
Thank you, glad you enjoyed!
White oak is an EXCELLENT choice for beams. Strength, rot resistant, heft. I have a beam auger similar to yours but it is fixed at 90 degrees, with several bits. I have had it for several years and have not had the opportunity to use, but one day in the future I will.
Yes its nice, but dang HEAVY and hard. Definitely makes pine feel like butter afterward!
Put it to use for sure, old tools need to get used, else they get depressed, and then start rusting...
So... You are not only an awesome craftsmen, but a poet as well. I throughly enjoy watching your videos sir.
Thank you for the kind words.
Absolutely loving the new build, can't wait to see it reach for the skies. Mr.C, I have not missed a single episode of yours yet, I relish seeing a notification of a new release, and hate the days that appear to drag out in-between, they are both educational and inspirational. My greatest sadness I'd that I shall never get the opportunity to live outside the rat race as you appear to do, you truly have a beautiful life.
Thank you, anything is possible, why not live what you want?
At first the silence seems almost surreal, the facial expression so intent, then I suddenly realised what I should have known all along. The smile is coming forth from the work that you do and the poetry is the result of what all of us that work with our hands think of when our hands are busy doing what they were trained to do.
I've seen the scarf joint done a multitude of ways (ensuring there are no water tight rules on design). I love what you did and couldn't congratulate you more on your efforts during all your productions.
Hoping you won't mind and with no copyright infringement intended I'll share to fb. Cheers for the inspiration.
thank you and sure please share away!
The poetry is good.The workmanship is excellent.
Mr & Misses C
A great example of synergy.
Video shots are spot on.
Thank you
WJ from MD
Thank you!
How incredibly satisfying that must be! Thank you sooo much for sharing it! And the gratitude i have for all that these videos have taught me....I can't thank you enough
You're more than welcome!
Usually I have a big mouth and I am quick to crisis youtube videos, but your work I can only admire!
Very nice tribute to the scarf joint. The scarf joint is a simple joint but has great dignity. It is my favorite.
Loving your work 'Mr C' - utterly addictive viewing. Great skills, wonderful artisan tools - a real joy. Well done for keeping these skills alive - hoping you in turn can pass the baton to another generation one day. Best of luck to you and your family.
What I find truly amazing is this same joint was created by the artisans of architecture on three different continents, at roughly the same time, for the same reason.
It can be found in buildings from the same age in Japan, England, and India, when no international travel was available to transfere these ideas to different continents.
What's more pleasing is that you are using it now to build your home, knowing it is a sound, stable joint, that hopefully will serve your descendants, as it serves to keep you.
It was aliens.... Really though that is incredible.
"No international travel was available" 🙄? Rather: no written testimonials of such travels, available in our times anymore. Also different civilisations preserved food in similar manners (mostly by fermentation or saline/acetic solutions), this is no coincidence. We are the same.
OMG I love that hand cranked drill press, and the detail in that string line is amazing , fantastic work my friend 👍🏻
I can't think of what to say to describe how much I enjoyed watching this video, and indeed all your others. I hope I get to do something like this one day!
Thank you, if we can anyone can!
The opening words are beautiful. Its a great joint and well executed .
I like the auger, I have not seen one before and it would be very useful.
James
Thanks James, glad you enjoyed.
I just watched your video again to see your beam drill, its is great and you are lucky to have it.
I noticed you used the nib on your hand saw when starting a cut, do you often do that. Its always been a bit of a puzzle as to whether its just for decoration.
I bought a corner chisel recently about the same as yours, the only way I could sharpen it was with a triangular saw file, what is your method?
Thanks, i love that tool! I just thought i would give it a try one day with the nib, darned if it didn't work! I sharpen my corner chisels with a normal bench stone on the outside and a small slipstone on the inside. A good chisel should be too hard for a file to bite I think...
A normal saw file is fine on old chisels, which are probably carbon steel and you can get it into the corners better. I did use a slip stone for a final honing. However, if you have High Speed Steel then you will need diamond. If you have HSS you will not be able to use a bench or slip stone, its too hard again diamond is an answer.
Thanks for the information and your first rate videos.
First, I love that Japanese ink marker. Second, I envy you that boring machine. They are kind of hard to come by, as I found out. Third, that is a very neat scarf joint, and not so complex as some others. Long may your cabin stand.
I did watch all your Timber frame worshop cabin, but never saw this drill/poring press before, guess you get it after, good job and still learning/enjoying from your videos.
it is such a pleasure to see you working man.. truly inspiring your aim for precision and soul
Love the videos. I feel you guys could leave in longer segments of chiseling, hammering or sawing as its pretty hypnotic to watch and also listen to the sounds echoing throughout the trees.
Glad to hear that, thought folks might get bored!
No, I think its one of the reasons why people are attracted to your videos; they are very therapeutic.
I could watch your videos all day long!! This is great! Good work!
Thank you!
I loved the relief wedge. I've never seen one before. I've never seen the need for one but now that I see it, it makes perfect sense.
Awesome craftsmanship, I can't get enough of your videos!
Thank you!
one of the things i enjoy about your vids: "what are you doing" becomes "why are you doing that?" which then becomes a deeply satisfying "OHHHhhh!"
That drill is beautiful, so is the joint, great work!
Thank you!
Seeing a new upload from you = quickly went to get a cup of tea to sip on while kicking back a bit.
..I wonder why I keep making excuses not to live like this. Out of the city, learning a craft and to be self-sufficient. But until then, more tea and more watching!
Come on out, the waters fine!
Amazing craftsmanship! I'm very happy to have found you channel. Keep up the great work.
Such a pleasure to watch a true craftsman at work it’s a form of art..
I love your awesome scarf joints Mr. C. Thank you.
... you are a couple of century more advanced with tools than I start working 37 years ago , when my drill was a ogar bit was activate by twisting the bit himself.
I aspire to this level of accomplishment and success. Thank you for sharing your skill and knowledge. And for setting so high of a benchmark.
Your videos are so serene they make me want to go to sleep, but they're so beautiful they make me want to watch. You leave me with quite the conundrum :)
Glad I could confuse haha
Absolutely blissful watching this
Another great video. Cannot wait until you start putting your cabin together. Great Job!
We can't either, its been very hot and humid work this summer!
EXCELLENT job there Mr C. I'm taking note of all these ideas. My house will definitely have Mr C incorporated through out, lol.
Great Job
We would be honored by that Philip!
nicely done you have some beautiful old tools you were very lucky to find that press
Thanks buddy!
0:22 Brought this to mind...
"The greatest thing by far is to be a master of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted one to another. It is a mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies the eye for resemblance." (Aristotle in Poetics)
Sir, you do some fine work. Always look forward to each of your videos. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
This guy is awesomely knowledgeable in his craft,,,I wish I had his ability
i really like your skill Mr C. this is a nice shipwright scarf joint. it was invented by greek and romans to do long ship in the antiquity. in france this scarf joint is use traditionnaly in carpentry by windows maker and furniture maker
nice job !!!
Really? I had no idea the romans used that. I also didn't know this was used in France, what other scarf joints do you use there in france?
we use mainly 2 scarf joint, the one you did and one wich is in diagonal and the dimensions are: the diagonal of the cut = 2 time the high of the beam and the extremity of the angle are cut with the same angle but in the other way and there is a key in the middle. it's named " trait de jupiter", it's the most used one in france.
in the US carpentry regroup all the wood workers but not in france.
in france we have charpentiers (house builder), menuisier (intern amenagement in wood traditionnaly), ébéniste (furniture maker)
and for all those work core there are multiple sudivisions.
Most woodworking joints were invented during the Bronze age, shortly after carpentry tools became common.
sorry but i disagree, during bronze age, people haven't the necessity to use long beam and this joint in particular have been invented during antiquity (the oldest one tested by C14 proove it on a roman galley found in mediterraneen see) if you have other sources, i will be enjoy you to tell me what are they.
for furniture i could be agree with you but not on those
Every time amazed what you accomplish.
Great scarf joint.... I love that particular design too.
Thanks!
That "portable" drill press is incredible ! what a find
that angle adjusting double handed brace is amazing
This is the best episode yet. I really enjoyed the opening words.
Thank you
Lolita's Garden agreed, this is the episode I send to friends to get them hooked...
Inspiring work!! Thx Mr C!!
That statement at the begining is beautiful!
I feel bad all of a sudden. All I can think about is the next power tool I can buy and you do that with hand tools. It would be easy to listen to music that way or nature. Great job.
favorite channel :) oh and i took pine tar and linseed oil ( no solvent) and treated some axe handles i made, worked well!
Thanks, and thats great, yes the solvent really is just to help thin the mix down to penetrate deep into the timbers, for axe handles your mix should be great
I like what you do :) might I suggest that you spend some time building some sturdier saw horses it will make your work go easier and more accurate. signed old woodworker. :)
You are correct, these were cobbled together and not sturdy enough.
Loved the drill when i saw it come out i fell in love with it.
Another in incredible joint! Thanks for sharing.
Your wordsmithing is well crafted as your Home
Thank you
Very nice my friend I like your devotion to the wood
Thank you
Awesome job. The video is very calming.
Glad you enjoyed!
Mr C has a fantastic blog on wordpress!
Thanks
Thank you as always your videos are outstanding
Thanks!
A humble request: Could you please put the cabin build videos into their own playlist. I guess you could also create one for "Tools" as well. That will make it more pleasant to watch. With a bit of luck, sometimes by putting videos into a playlist puts them into chronological order and so viewers can select "Play cabin build" and it steps through them all in sequence. A great way to spend a rainy day.
nice job, that is hard work and it shows that you enjoy doing it
Its too much fun to be work!
Wow. the vintage drill is still in good shape, I've never seen that before
You are a true craftsman. Wow!
Wonder if there's a complete list of tools and things in Mr chickadees workshop/garage....seen stuff on here I never seen before. Bet that list is super interesting.
That string line is something special
Wow I wish I could had that drill. Nice video. Helped me a lot
Beautifully executed!
Thanks
Nice scarf joint, should last a long, long time.
I hope so!
Very neat build, remind me of the japanese carpentry.
Thank you, but they are much better than I will ever be!
Oh ! … I thought a scarf joint was a very low angle joint !
ie. the length of the joint being at least 12 time the thickness of the wood piece.
Nice vid.
Thanks for posting.
Most scarfs are either 3 or 4 times the depth of the timber, 12 would be pretty long, like 96 inches!
Yes, I was thinking of the scarf joints we make when making one large plywood sheet out of two in boatbuilding.
But we do also make these very long scarf joints for some pieces of wood when we need a very long one piece of wood, such as the keel : epoxy is damn useful in these cases !…
Yup. They fit all right. And the chisel handles seem to be holding up. My concerns were groundless. Does a let-in joist fall on the scarf?
I love old-school timber framing where it goes together like a wood puzzle; an elegant union of function and esthetics.
That dogwood is amazing stuff, I was just thinking of your comment today, and after whacking the crap outa this handle, I looked it over and there is not even any indication of wear or mushrooming at all, it just gets more shiny at the impact zone…truly magical stuff, Ive even driven say a stuck metal splitting maul through a trunk section with my large dogwood mallet with no real ill effect…
So happy to see you caught the intent of the over large wedge, which is a temp made piece for fitting up the joint, YES my idea was to have a tying joist tenon enter there and be the holding wedge in the joint, killing two birds with a fat stone and less weakening the joint.
+Mr. Chickadee Modern technological dogma - reduction of parts count through multi-function design - meets traditional timber frame joinry. I can see you're a look-ahead guy.
Nice, I really like what Roy Underhill always said about traditional carpentry, "these are not the techniques of the past, but of the future!"
+Forrest Addy Speaking of: dogwood gluts for riving boards from logs.There's a UA-cam vid where a hoard of Scandanavian shipbuilders make a long ship from planks riven from logs. They start with steel wedges and move to wood gluts which they splinter. I remember seeing this and failing at the time to recall Roy Underhill's revealing the virtues of dogwood branch wood for making mauls and gluts.
just the sounds of this whole scene is absoulutly relaxing and enjoyable thanx for sharing ehhh
Where in the world did you get that beam boring machine? That thing is a work of art!
Local antique store, don't make them like that anymore!
absolutely¡¡¡¡ i wanna this machine is a piece of museum¡¡¡¡
Is that a James Swan boring machine? Millers Falls made a fantastic one as well and I was lucky enough to come across one a few years ago!
That Hand Powered drill is badass.
This drillingmachine is fantastic.
Awesome scarf joint. great fit.
Niiice work...a proper craftsman just exhibiting his skills...👍👏👏
Thats some high grade white oak. Nice video
Good effort dude, look forward to the rest of the series.
Thanks Bro!
Mr. Chickadee hello good sir, are those double handled drills easy to come by..I'm in England. BTW, very neat work..thanks for sharing.
Howdy friend! Here in the US these tools (called "boring machine" here) were used extensively in the later 1900s for timber frame construction, and they may have been an american invention. For this reason there are still a good amount floating around. Im not sure if they were used a lot in the UK? That would depend on if you can find them. Try Ebay UK maybe? Some things are easier to get there, like you have a surplus of great quality wooden hand planes, where here most are in poor shape...
Mr. Chickadee thanks buddy..I use ebay so will look. Enjoy your videos very much..anymore in the pipeline?
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Wow, practical and artful. That was great!
I wish I'd found your channel a couple of years ago. My garage ridge beam has a scarf, similar basic design but done by router and steel bolts added. I so prefer yours! swap?
It is so great to see you writing again. Of course you are intelligent by seeing your work, but when you also write....sigh....it's just plain good!
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now thats a joint to be proud of!!!
Thanks!
Great craftsmanship and video. Lot's of "entertainment" value. It seems more than a little contrived to avoid all use of "technology" other than an HD cam and the internet! Still a thumbs-up from me. BTW - scarf joints need to employ 45-degree angles not 90s to be strongest. But once again, who needs technology when you have braces to hold up your dungarees?
Awesome video, keep up the good work!
Thank you, will do!
Makes me wonder how sharp these old saws and chisels are , considering how tough white oak is amazing
Beautiful work
Nice looking scarf joint.
Thank you
You're welcome. Thanks for the well made video.
impressed as always thank you for the content
You're welcome!
I just looked in my Hasluck's "Carpentry and Joinery Illustrated". In 1907 Brit-speak that joint is a "tabled scarf with a folding wedge" (p59) except Mr C's version has the scarf in a single plane with a centered housed wedge and lateral keys. A tabled scarf is resists end compression and and has greater lateral beam strength than a raked scarf joint. I understand that tabled scarf joints are used in the diagonal hull bracing of caravel planked ships, probably under a different name. Another thing to look up.
Ah, the breath-taking taxonomy of high-falutin carpentry. It makes "counting angels dancing on the head of a pin" speculations of Medeval clerics seem down to earth. A rose is a rose: should an efficiently executed joint that fulfills its function suffer stultifying nomenclature?
Nice book, Im jealous, Ill need to search for that title! Im not clear on the specifics nor exact pedigree of most joints, I simply found one which had been proven in numerous old barn sills, and tilted my hat at the tested wisdom of those ancient barn wrights of old...
+Mr. Chickadee tons of old joinery books available as re-prints. I got my copy from Astrigal but I see Amazon has it in stock. It contain more that you'll need need to know about the broade aspects of carpentry and joinery - which I speculate is where they got the title.
Is that Anchorseal end coating I see on the end grain of the scarf joint? I use it on all of the joinery of a timber frame project when a cross grain cut is made, Great product! I've cut this style of scarf on a building I did. Very strong joint. Thanks for sharing.
No sir, its actually Crisco… ;) seems to do the trick pretty well, and CHEAP!
I like quotes at the beginning of your videos
Glad you approve
+Mr. Chickadee I feel like it's your own style and original
Another wonderful video, thanks so much for sharing. Love the wonderful tools you put to use in your videos, when you used the modern adjustable wrench on the drill it just brought out how much more interesting the older era tools really are.
BTW, out of curiosity, I suspect your wife has some amazing projects she is working on while you are doing these. Are there any plans of her filming any of her projects to share? She has shown some great work helping with other projects along side of you. So was just curious if she had thought of doing any videos of her projects?
Yes, much is planned, much more to follow in the next years...
Mr. Chickadee Sounds good. I look forward to all that comes out on this channel. Always truly inspirational and enjoyable videos.