Finishing the Table and Searching for Birch Bark| PIONEER LIFE CIRCA 1700's | RUSTIC FURNITURE BUILD
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- Peter completes the table. He drives a square peg into a round hole to fasten the cross braces together. He uses an adze, chisel and mallet to level the support logs, to make a flat surface for the table top. He uses pine planks for the top and secures them with forged rose bud nails.
He goes looking for birch bark in the forest, for his planned birch bark cane. He discusses tree health and the tendency of pests to attack unhealthy trees. He discusses the different uses of the basswood tree, including traditional native cordage. He also touches on the history of colonization in his area.
Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly
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The amazing music in this episode is graciously provided by our friends - Richard Fortier and Al MacDonald.
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You better get several people to help you move it. I built a cooking table for my back deck out of pressure treated lumber. It took four of us to get it up the back steps to the deck. That sucker had to weigh three hundred pounds. One thing about it is - it is solid and no wind storm will move it!😊
Build it strong is a good motto.
I find the historical ways and crafts as well as the way of life fascinating thank you for sharing 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
I agree with Lori. The music is great. I also find it so satisfying to take scraps and make something useable out of it.
A couple of good friends and fellow musicians record our music. As to scrapes “ one mans trash is another mans treasure” …
I concure with the rose headed nails. They'll let the hammer bite your fingers.😄😄
I use them occasionally when I make something I want to look old.
Indeed Jason and I’ve got the scars to prove it, lol.
Peter, You should carry your nail pouch on your left side. So, can you make a nail in one or two heats yet? It usually takes me two heats. Also, enjoy making chain links. I add to my chain every time I start the forge before I get a clinker. Regards, Rick
Goog advice. I always need two heat, perhaps I’m getting slow in my old age.
I always love the music in your videos. This offering is particularly pleasing.
Huuuuuyyyyyyyyyyyyiiii exelente así es q me gusta la vida del campo
Thanks for watching!
Not since I've enjoyed the wood craft skills of Dick Proenneke have I been so impressed as what I'm seeing what your doing! The music as well adds the right "flavor". ~~~
I’m very flattered Robert to be compared to Dick Proenneke but, not sure I’m in his league. I’ve watched all his stuff and he was an amazing individual.
@@TheWoodlandEscape as with many disciplines the dedicated student becomes a master. Then you add the dimensions of period woodsman and naturalist, I'd say your well on your way! Now to see what kind of door latch you come up with if you know what I am referring to.~~~
Door latch system is in the next video Robert.
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Lots of tinder in that Basswood! I use the chips made by beavers for making fires when I see them. :-)
One should a
Ways be on the lookout for tinder to keep the bag full.
Meant to say ...” be on the lookout for”
Thanks for another great video
Happy Easter Peter. Thank you for another nice video.
And too you Sir.
A tip for driving nails into a board and avoiding splitting! Before you hit the nail into the board, hit the tip of the nail so that the tip is a little flatter. Yes, it works even if it sounds paradoxical, give it a try. Greetings from northwest Germany .....
PS: Personally, I take boards with standing tree rings because they won't change their shape depending on how dry they are. The boards that have now been used there become wavy after the dry due to the short and long annual rings. One side hollow and one side round.
Interesting method, I will certainly give it a try.
@@TheWoodlandEscape "Flatter tip"means actually not flat but not so sharp/pointy. Sharp tip cuts the fibres so the wood splits easier. More blunt tip a kind of pushes the fibres down and sidewise so they stay in one piece. That´s the theory behind :) Or you can pre-drill the hole in your boards of course. Regarding the possible waving - let us know :) Boards this short and nailed at three points may stay ok I guess. Thanks for your great videos of course, looking forward to more! Stay safe & healthy
If I had to guess, I would say all the table top boards are split by now due to fixing them with multiple nails.
If you nail a table top , you normaly should use just one nail (meaning 3 per board instead of 6 in this case). that would allow the boards to shrink without splitting. If you put the boards hollow side down an nail them on their center line, they might stay quite flat.
Peaceful time, love what you’ve been doing. How long have you been doing your style of living and thinking. Very intriguing way of the old life back then!
Been at this most of my Adult life Bruce and trust me I’m no spring chicken.
Oh how I enjoy the anticipation and checking for a video on Sunday and then the excitement when I check and it is there. I'm just a bit disappointed that it is a bit short this week but sure appreciate you posting a video and sharing your thoughts, journey and knowledge with us all. Blessings from South Africa.
Thanks Christian and Happy Easter.
I am enjoying a cup of coffee with you ❤ Brother.
I hope it some good old camp coffee ... nothing beats enjoying a good hot cup wit a friend.
@@TheWoodlandEscape nice☕perked fresh on the woodstove in my log cabin
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Nothing beats enjoying ♥ a new friend.
That is for sure and for certain.
If you will flatten the end of the nail just a little when you are nailing something close to the end of the board it will generally keep the board from splitting.
Waste not, want not!
Another great episode. That is an unwieldy beast of a saw the way it flaps around. You have mastered though, I have seen lots of Japanese wood workers using them still to this day. Is it the type of saw that would have been used in the 1700s. Take care all the best. J🏴
It is indeed a similar saw used in the 1700’s. Glad you’re enjoying John.
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Love the videos. Is that a Kentucky long rifle?
It is a reproduction of a mid 1700’s Pennsylvania rifle.
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Ahh I see. After a little research the “Ky Rifle is a Pennsylvania rifle just made popular because it was the weapon of choice for hunters venturing into Kentucky Territory. As a descendant of Dan Boone I was explaining to my daughter who Daniel Boone was and that’s how I found your channel. Are there any differences between the Canadian frontiersman and the American frontiersman in the Mid to late 1700’s? Like equipment, knives, axes, rifles, pistols, saddles, camping equipment?
As usual, another great video. I'm wondering if you're on Crown Land or private land?
For the most part we spend our trekking time on Crown Land.
Those are some sweet mocassins! how warm do they keep your feet?
Surprisingly well in the cold but, not so much in wet conditions. I have numerous ones and always carry a dry pair in my bedroll for sleeping in while the day ones dry by the fire. Btw, glad you enjoyed your stay at our cabin.
@@TheWoodlandEscape It was so lovely and highly recommended. The root veggies were awesome by the way.
Would you believe me if I told you that I was contemplating an obviously sarcastic negative review in order to be able to rebook it sooner since its always taken?
Glad you enjoyed the produce .
Can I ask where you got your saw from? I have been trying to find one. Thank you.
Colonial roads were based on 33 feet from Center to each side correct?
I bought it at a flea market decades ago but, I often see them for sale in either flea markets or antique shops. It does help to know how to sharpen them if you plan to actually use it as it is hard to find anyone who can in this throw away world.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I fear sir that soon living as you live will be the only survivable option. I am NW of you and have obtained much of what is needed but looking for these little last touches. Soon if Fords “digital ID” aka Immunity Passport goes forth we who refused the experimental Vax will be forced to .....move on and survive outside of society. As they say...we come into this world in diapers and go out in diapers. So to our ancestors lived a rugged and hard life, so to we will go back to that lifestyle. It’s God’s way.
Do you live in your fort all the time?
We do not, but spend a lot of time at it.
It seems like you went from building a table in the spring to looking for Birch in the fall and made it look like you just took time off from building to go searching?
Given good quality bark for a canoe build is very hard to find, I never stop looking, regardless of the season.
I caught the video when you were making the nails how long does it take you to make all those nails?
I didn’t end up making them all Rudy but, it takes me about 4 minutes an nail once I’ve got 40 or 50 pieces heating n the forge.
Hope ur not moving table looks very heavy
Not too often, lol