I was wondering the same thing about that big blower. I use a leaf blower to blow off cars, sidewalks, etc, but it all depends on the moisture content of the snow. If it's heavy wet snow, there's no leaf blower going to blow that stuff off. Well... unless it's that monster blower Mike has on his tractor :)
Hello Mike. I smiled when you said you wish you had a wood shop. I have a small well equipped one and love it. Saturday was cold up here in northern Minnesota so I went to the wood shop and built some bird houses for next spring. Over night we received about six inches of snow so I fired up the Kubota and did some snow management. I’m like you, I can’t sit around. I feel if I don’t accomplish something each day it was a wasted day. Thanks for the video. I watch them at night to unwind before going to bed.
Mike: you would go crazy up here in Petawawa. It is cold, cold and colder. I am a wood turner. Nothing big. Shop is small but I have everything that I need. I have a Rikon reversable lathe and I make round things. You do not need a whole lot of space for this hobby. Set aside a corner of about 6' by 6'. A small band saw, dust collector, good grinder for sharpening the tools and a small vise that opens about 8 inches. It is surprising how much fun you can have making round things for the kids and grandchildren. I make trivets, spinning tops, bowls, etc. Also pens. Turn the phones off and you would be in heaven. You could even make round things out of your wood that is left over. All the best. Take care and stay safe. Rikon 70-220VSR Midi Lathe. Buy the extension for it.
Mike , when u build your wood shop . place all your tool cabinets on wheels .It's nice for being able to work outside in the warmer days. Do not forget about sawdust ,so dust collection is very important . Had to sell all of my tools because I sold my house . My step-son had high function Autism so I'm aware of all the challenges you and your wife go through daily . I did my best to get him to do more things each day . I would allow him to shop in the grocery store by himself and he loved to cook except he did not like to clean after his meals . Look on UA-cam before u start the wood shop to get ideas about organization and set-up. Starting early retirement due to health issues and started riding my bike a few years ago and this is my new hobby but love your content . Live in Missouri , but love my Steelers . Keeping you and your family in my prayers brother ...
I really like watching when you solidify my decision to retire to North Carolina. I went to Va last week to visit with my kids and they got 10” of snow while I was there. Don’t miss cleaning it off my truck, or shoveling it. Spent the whole time thinking what could be doing in my big beautiful shop I built for myself. I do miss the picturesque snow views though but I guess that’s what you tube is for..😊
Love your channel and have done the same when it wasn't feasible to fix the reason the door sag. You might check your screws on the door hinges and make sure they are still tight. I have found on those type of doors that the screws going either to the door or to the jamb have loosened causing the door to sag enough not to close. I have had success removing the stock short screws with some longer wood screws that hold better. I also had one door split where the screws entered the door which took some more work to correct. At work we have a commerical metal door and frame on the second floor that is sagging due to the foundation settling causing the door jamb to sag. With metal there was no option other than the grinding like you are doing. Over the years it has dropped more than an inch.
I live a couple hours north of you, corning, NY I was blessed with my first grandchild this fall. So I've been in my wood shop building a crib for him, kept me busy for 3 months, and warm
Hello from Savannah Georgia. I love following your videos. I appreciated your door latch adjustment with your Dremmel. As a landlord, I have found that checking to make sure the upper hinge screws are snug (and slightly loosening the lower hinge screws) will help re-align the latch as well. Thanks for all the interesting work you do and film. Go BYU Cougars!
My father was a fabulous woodworker/ furniture maker. That was his passionate hobby but not his profession. He always had a full wood shop. I grew up thinking everyone had a woodshop. This was a couple decades before the New Yankee Workshop. My friends at school did not understand the strengths and weaknesses of a table saw vs a radial arm saw or a shaper vs a router table. I thought they just weren’t normal like me. My shop is my entire basement with radiant floor heat kept at 70 degrees year round. When I built this house more than 30 odd years ago it was designed to have a basement workshop. You absolutely must have robust dust collection and air filtration. You must also have multiple 230 volt circuits. The choice of specific tools and brands is individual and personal.
Thanks for sharing Mike. Take it from a retired carpenter that's done exactly what you've done. You fixed it the quickest way. When it warms back up, you may inherit some slack. Stay safe, be strong, have peace of mind, endure the challenges and pursue your's and Melissa's dreams. Thanks for your Patriotism and speaking you heart. Prayers and blessings to you and family ☝ 🙏 🙌 for all the things that you consider dear and important. Take it on down the road to the finish line...👊💯%
I know what you mean, I have a lot a good intentions for when winter comes, but the cold eats away at my motivation and find myself enjoying the warmth of the inside more.
Yep, you need a shop. I can tell you are the type who would love to just have an idea and then build it. Built mine 4 yrs. before my retirement and then spent the next few years equipping it. Great to be able to go in there, build a fire, and spend the day doing anything I want to do. Have a large inventory of various native hardwoods that DOESN'T include red oak and only a little walnut. Don't know if your remember me but I met you at Paul Bunyan in 23 and had some chess boards that I make from all these native woods. I'm the weirdo from Missouri with a cowboy hat. Started this winter with more firewood, and the best firewood I've ever had. And now, I'm starting to worry about running short. It has been pretty brutal this winter with the exception of a few warm days. My boiler is famous for being a wood "hog", but it does its job well. May have to cut some standing dead oaks towards the end of the season if I run out of my good stuff.
You’re right about firewood. We use it for supplemental heat and it’s hard to find here. Plus we have limited budget. I start stocking up early September. I’ll try to buy 2 or 3 loads or as much as we can afford. We .try not to use it until it’s below 20*. Still a struggle every winter.
I bet you would really enjoy a wood shop in the winter. You could use some of that beautiful wood that you saw into boards. Maybe a cherry bookcase for Ty or a maple cradle for your grand daughter’s baby dolls. How about a rocking horse for Beau. Things like that would be cherished keepsakes for the little ones when they’re older. My kids grew up with a rocking horse that my husband’s father made for him. My husband’s gone now but it brings me joy to see our two year old grandson rocking on it. Of course you’ll need to set up your kiln and get a planer but that’s part of the creative process.
Welcome to the Thumb of Michigan. We get the same kind of weather with the Lake Effect snow and cold but with winds that are normally 25 gusting to 45 mph. Once in a while we get 60 mph and 70 mph winds. Try and work outside with that kind of wind chill factor. Especially when you're older like 80.
Good morning Mike. I agree with you 💯 percent about being prepared for winter. During the winter my Wife and I mainly heat with wood. At least during the day. At night we let the electric heat take over but we generally go through about 4 cords of firewood during the winter. My woodshed holds 10 cords of firewood and it is full every year no later than October. We're kinda getting up in age and if something happened where we couldn't get firewood done for the year we have enough already done for at least another year. And it did happen one year. Anyway, just thought that I'd throw my two cents in on the subject. Also, a few years ago I had the same problem with the latch on our back door and after doing everything that you tried previously I did the same thing with mine. Took a die grinder to it and haven't had a problem since. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
What do you expect when winter isn't even a third over, balmy swimming weather? He he he. Snow? What snow? I haven't been bother by winter for about five years; haven't been outside because of my poor health, so snow doesn't bother me. By the way, great feelings of happiness come to me while watching you enjoy doing things others can't. Thanks.
Hey Mike, my wife and i also snuggled together to watch "Horizon" .It was a long one. And yes, it kinda went all over and a bit hard to follow at times. Stay frosty and ride out winter, spring is creeping up on us.👍
Mike, I would like to see you build a machinery shed. How nice would it be to protect all of your equipment from the elements? No more blowing snow off of your equipment. I know, it’s easy to spend somebody else’s money.
I like doing projects in the winter, last winter I built a loft in my shop, this winter I am taping and mudding and painting the dry walls. Maybe you could take your trailer in the shop and paint it, just a thought.
On all my walk-in door installs I always wedge the hinge rail higher than the strike rail so that when the door closes there is some room for the door panel to ever sag or if cold weather wants to swell the that strike side wall. It never seems to be the hinge wall.
Mike, at the beginning of this video I find it ironic I had to do the same thing to my front door last week. Every winter it got harder and harder to close the door until this year it was impossible to keep it closed without engaging the deadbolt. So out came my Dremel tool and did what your solution did.
Mike, the rubber weatherstripping gets cold and then gets stiff and won't allow the door to compress the weatherstrip. You might try slamming the door a little but you may have to move the door strike. Remember if you do that then it'll be loose when the weather warms up.
Hello Mike, Melissa, and Hunter Awesome Video On What's Going On At The Morgan Compound! Nice Relaxing And Watching Outdoors with the Morgan's On A Sunday Afternoon! Thank You!! Keep Smiling On!! 😃👍👊❤️
Motor Mike. “Prepared “ In 1979 I built our house completely out of concrete. 12” reinforced concrete walls 12” thick and a 12” prestressed concrete ceiling. We are safe from fire and tornadoes. We heat completely with a wood furnace, from wood on our 80 acres. You are right , be prepared.
I feel your pain with door jams being out of alignment. I took a dremel tool my back door latch and modified it as well. Our front door when it gets really cold does the same it will swell and everyone knows when it’s cold you just gotta put your hip against it 🤣 I guess that’s better having to jiggle handle on the toilet LoL. Working with Wood is such an enjoyable relaxing pass time. I understand why Jesus was a carpenter. As far as preparing I totally get it . After our big ice storm in 2009 hit. We got caught unprepared and paid for it. After that we bought a generator and a Gas fireplace. All though I don’t burn wood I do always make sure to have enough propane in advance if tgere calling for a prolonged cold spell. I don’t wait to call after the storm hits. That’s just crazy. As far as the laundry I wish I could say we where on top of laundry like y’all but my wife won’t hardly let me do it anymore she doesn’t like the way I do the laundry so she and the kids take care of the washing, drying and folding.
Great idea, here in SE Texas it is not the cold that does it to my back door, it is the rain. Certain times of the year we get a lot of rain and it effects only that door. 54 Inches a year. We are on the LA border IH-10 LA swamps next door-lol But i have a Dremel set, and have never thought of that. It will be the first thing i go to next time it happens - Thanks MIKE that was genius. Always enjoy all the vides and learn quite a bit on most :) ❤💯🙏
1/12/25..hey Trim Carpenter Mike, good job on that Door Strike Plate issue..Dremmel with Carbide bit grinding away 'interference' fit issues. Good job!
Property set and square the door along with shims at all 4 corners and behind the hinges and strike plate to set your margins along with the proper 2-1/2 screws at the hinge and strike plate you won't have an issue with the door.
My windshield did the same thing during that same cold snap. I've had a stone chip since September 2023 (filled it then) and the cold a couple weeks ago split the windshield all the way across.
Hi Mike-you're the neighbor I don't have, ha! I was noticing the fans you have on the woodstove. I can't see your ceilings in the video but if you don't have a ceiling fan in proximity to the wood stove, put one in at first opportunity and set it to blow down. This will de-stratify the air and bring the comfort level up immensely. One thing we do is put teapots on the stove and the additional humidity helps it feel warmer, prevent nose bleeds, etc. I don't imagine you have a humidity problem where you live but we're in a high desert. Enjoyed the video.
@ It's more efficient blowing that way. Your way is kind of like thinking if you put a box fan blowing against the wall and expecting it to cool you down. The hot air collects at the ceiling and by blowing it down it will de-stratify the air by mixing it up. If you could see the air it would look like an upside-down mushroom. Blowing down also doesn't get your ceiling as dirty blowing whatever dust is in the air and having it hit the ceiling. It'll work both ways, but after heating with wood for close to 50 years and trying it both ways, blowing down is far more efficient because the air has someplace to go.
I enjoy watching your channel. You moving snow I envy you. I do that for our church. But we don’t have as nice equipment you do. Have a covered heat houser. No heat.
Good Sunday afternoon, Morgan's & fans . I hate when the windshield does that after being good for months. Thank you for the video. Everybody enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!
Hi there Mike from Northeast new Brunswick Canada. As much as you are getting more snow than average it's the opposite for us. The ground is mostly bare but we would normally have about 3 to 4 feet of the white stuff. Also our temps have been hovering around the freezing point. Btw I would really like to see what the tractor leaf blower would do to that light snow. Aren't you curious. Anyway I love your videos and don't despair, it'll be spring before you know it.
Mike : Give you a tip for your snowplowing, because of your stone driveway and yard, take a piece of ABS probably 2 in and put a slice it full length whatever you need for your blade and bucket, and install on both and you will find you will stop digging up stones in your yard, just a thought
I really wouldn't like stone.. Albet snowblowers don't like it.. Here in wi I have road gravel for my drive and once it freezes blades won't even touch it.. our gravel is mixed with sand and clay as a binder so it packs down hard and gets tight...
I think taking it easy with Melissa while it is so cold is a good idea. Sometimes weather makes us slow down to appreciate life a little more! Appreciate your videos Mike. Take care!
Mike I made the chairs for you that’s what I do when the weather gets cold and nasty I’m in the wood shop all day it’s heated and I have a bathroom out there it’s pretty nice
HELLOOO & GOOOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL MY FELLOW OWTM’S FANS/FOLLOWERS!!!!….Peay for the folks in CA affected by these 🔥 & NEVER forget the folks in NC ,TN, SC affected by the hurricane… Stay safe & warm Mike ! Have a day HELLOOOO HUNTER 😊
Enjoy your show and you are very spot on with your philosophy on all subjects. But I have an issue that really bugs me. Here it is: you have about 3 or 4 or more vehicles sitting around in the weather every nite. These vehicles values run from $50,000 to a $100,000 or somewhere there abouts. The weather is really bad for the engine and the other parts. But they sit outside while you have other stuff inside that is not near that valuable. You need to find a way to keep your vehicles inside. We see a lot of that here, people will move to a new location and keep items worth about $200 in the garage while their $100,000 cars sit outside in the rain, cold, heat and hot sun. Sorry for the diatribe but keep up the good work!
i tore down a barn that was ready to collapse ,built a new one for a workshop and my wife said that is too good for you. turn it into a house for our daughter. So i did and twenty five years later i still have no workshop
the door issue is common, when it gets very cold the studs on the hindge side shrink at the bottm (the ground being colder on a slab) more and pull the door down. you did the best thing for that, as it will rise again as the studs warm up.
My barn door did the same thing in the cold, the ground heaves and moved it just enough to keep it from latching. I had to move part of the framework out and shim it. I have 2 woodsheds next to my outdoor boiler, I always make sure both sheds are full as well as a small pile outside.
Maybe consider a sturdier door and lock system? Unless the deadbolt is locked the lower knob is just a suggestion nowadays. But good quick fix solution to the problem! And I have to add my vote to the comments, “use the big turbo blower on the limestone driveway” for us! We want to see it against the snow!!!😂
I do have a wood shop like you're talking about. In the summer is pretty much turns into a junk room, but in the winter is when I keep myself busy building whatever. My shop was there when I bought the house but it's only about 13x22 and that is nowhere near big enough for all the tools I wish I had. Nice way to spend a winter day
Another good video and again that snow is beautiful. I guess the cold weather major windshield cracked the rest of the way. Not sure but I’m sure you know. I’m just an old city girl I don’t need no firewood or starters I just like to watch your videos. They’re so interesting so I hope you don’t mind that I’m not here for the wood I just like your videos. Thank you for sharing them.❤
Melisa, You now know what Mike wants for Christmas which gives you plenty of time to get this one planned. A wood shop. Good luck Melisa. God bless the Morgans.
Have you ever considered building a nice big garage for your vehicles. Definitely a priority for me. Once you have a garage for your cars and trucks you'll be spoiled for life! Haha! Vehicles are always clean, dry and warm. I've never had a vehicle sit outside overnight. Also great for security. Nobody's gonna mess with your cars if they're inside a building.👍
Mike, I know its too late now for the windshield but in the future use just a touch of CA glue and a squirt of accelerator on the stone chip. That usually seals the chip and keeps water from expanding and cracking the glass
Just had 6 inches or more and I cleaned 85% of all surfaces with my Stilh 800 series back pack blower. 2 trucks and 1 car, 3 minutes tops. 150 ft Driveway. piece of cake. Almost knocked me over. Then I power slid back down the drive, jet Powered. Not for the faint of heart! 😎 PS I found the Blower in the local river when i was Kayaking. Looked Brand New. I changed plugs, filters, and added fresh gas. Started on first pull. I fell in LOVE!
Hey Mike, I think your building is a pole blg. One disadvantage is they sometimes move a little, can affect entry doors & or garage doors. Blgs built on a block foundation & 2x4 or 2x6 walls rarely move. One problem is they are quite of bit more money to build, but in the long run, better blg...IMHO. Is that a 6' or 7' blade on your tractor? It looks like a 6'... Your tractor could handle a 7' blade, or even maybe a 8'...will push alot more snow & when working in the dirt, will grade more evenly. Really enjoy your videos...especially when you have common sense ideas about our country. 😊
Mike, your misaligned door strike is from water getting under your threshold and freezing. Check your top casing reveal gap. The hinge side will be normal and the doorknob side will be larger. If you have a rock chip in your window do not use high heat on your defrost or it will take off across your windshield.
Mike, I always did well using wooden tooth picks and glue....just stuff them in the holes and cut them off after drying. Then you can just screw into that. Works easy peasy :)
Hello Mike, UK subscriber here....love the content. We don't get snow in the UK anymore... well a few flakes occasionally that shutsdown the country because we are ill prepared for it... but I was wondering if you amazing BIG leaf blower would clear that snow faster than the plough? Anyway keep up the good work.
You might try installing 3” screws in the top hinge, the two screws closest to the outside. That will pull up the opposite corner of the door and raise the strike up to where it work correctly with the strike plate … just a suggestion
I’ve put a lot of doors in. First thing to check is the jamb square.? Upper hinge should have extra long screws both stud and cripple stud to reduce door sagging. Have a Day
We actually got a ft of snow in SE Oklahoma. I actually got to shovel snow. Its good exercise. But it is all melting away. The streets already melted off even the ones that didnt get plowed.
My PC has a 2K high refresh rate monitor on it. Your videos make it look like I'm there. LOL BTW, our 3 days of snow & Ice are gone as the temperatures rose yesterday and today. Things will go back to normal here in North TX. At least until everyone freaks out when another Blue Norther arrives and sends the temps falling and more wintery precipitation occurs. No one will be prepared for that one either. lol
Good job re-grading the driveway. If you spin the blade around and back drag it it will get almost as clean but save your rocks from getting as much into your grass. Putting a plow on your sxs will do a great job. Especially if you put a piece of pvc conduit on the edge it will preserve your stones.
Lol the last video I had it backwards, got hard pack now so I turned the blade around, my moms driveway i want to cut down as much as I can. Also running the blade backwards does not get it near as clean as you suggest.
My father was a hardened US WWII vet from the South Pacific campaign. He also was a long time scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts. He was a master at surviving on nothing in the woods after spending over 3 years navigating the jungles in places like,new Georgia,Guadalcanal, and the Philippines. So he was an excellent teacher and scoutmaster. When I was a young boy I would tag along on various camping trips with him and his scouts. I learned a lot about survival and outdoorsmanship. One of those things was winter camping, which can be a challenge here in Minnesota.
Your dad’s life sounds real familiar as mine joined the Navy, was in the South Pacific conflicts at age 17, survived that and was a Scout master for my Boy Scout troop where we winter camped. He passed away at 94. One tough, but great teacher. That generation has my total respect.
I've used a coal chisel (cold chisel?) to do what you did on the strike plate. It usually doesn't need much. Watch for sign of frost heaving of the building on the strike plate side of the door, it's happened to me, but where your door is mid wall, I think it less likely in your case.
I need to do the same fix on my moms storm door. highs in north Alabama have been 31-35 for a week and I have worked 7 straight 12 hour nights. Ground Hog day here too. Still wondering why you have a Deere Hat
I like that you can use the leaf blower to clear the snow off things. Have you tried the big blower on the tractor to clear the driveway?
I was wondering the same thing about that big blower. I use a leaf blower to blow off cars, sidewalks, etc, but it all depends on the moisture content of the snow. If it's heavy wet snow, there's no leaf blower going to blow that stuff off. Well... unless it's that monster blower Mike has on his tractor :)
Hello Mike. I smiled when you said you wish you had a wood shop. I have a small well equipped one and love it. Saturday was cold up here in northern Minnesota so I went to the wood shop and built some bird houses for next spring. Over night we received about six inches of snow so I fired up the Kubota and did some snow management. I’m like you, I can’t sit around. I feel if I don’t accomplish something each day it was a wasted day. Thanks for the video. I watch them at night to unwind before going to bed.
Mike: you would go crazy up here in Petawawa. It is cold, cold and colder. I am a wood turner. Nothing big. Shop is small but I have everything that I need. I have a Rikon reversable lathe and I make round things. You do not need a whole lot of space for this hobby. Set aside a corner of about 6' by 6'. A small band saw, dust collector, good grinder for sharpening the tools and a small vise that opens about 8 inches. It is surprising how much fun you can have making round things for the kids and grandchildren. I make trivets, spinning tops, bowls, etc. Also pens. Turn the phones off and you would be in heaven. You could even make round things out of your wood that is left over. All the best. Take care and stay safe.
Rikon 70-220VSR Midi Lathe. Buy the extension for it.
Mike , when u build your wood shop . place all your tool cabinets on wheels .It's nice for being able to work outside in the warmer days. Do not forget about sawdust ,so dust collection is very important . Had to sell all of my tools because I sold my house . My step-son had high function Autism so I'm aware of all the challenges you and your wife go through daily . I did my best to get him to do more things each day . I would allow him to shop in the grocery store by himself and he loved to cook except he did not like to clean after his meals . Look on UA-cam before u start the wood shop to get ideas about organization and set-up. Starting early retirement due to health issues and started riding my bike a few years ago and this is my new hobby but love your content . Live in Missouri , but love my Steelers . Keeping you and your family in my prayers brother ...
Good afternoon from Upstate South Carolina. Mike, that's exactly what I do to fix this problem. Have another productive day.
Me also, I took the simpler & easy way out.
I really like watching when you solidify my decision to retire to North Carolina. I went to Va last week to visit with my kids and they got 10” of snow while I was there. Don’t miss cleaning it off my truck, or shoveling it. Spent the whole time thinking what could be doing in my big beautiful shop I built for myself. I do miss the picturesque snow views though but I guess that’s what you tube is for..😊
Love your channel and have done the same when it wasn't feasible to fix the reason the door sag. You might check your screws on the door hinges and make sure they are still tight. I have found on those type of doors that the screws going either to the door or to the jamb have loosened causing the door to sag enough not to close. I have had success removing the stock short screws with some longer wood screws that hold better. I also had one door split where the screws entered the door which took some more work to correct. At work we have a commerical metal door and frame on the second floor that is sagging due to the foundation settling causing the door jamb to sag. With metal there was no option other than the grinding like you are doing. Over the years it has dropped more than an inch.
I live a couple hours north of you, corning, NY I was blessed with my first grandchild this fall. So I've been in my wood shop building a crib for him, kept me busy for 3 months, and warm
Hello from Savannah Georgia. I love following your videos. I appreciated your door latch adjustment with your Dremmel. As a landlord, I have found that checking to make sure the upper hinge screws are snug (and slightly loosening the lower hinge screws) will help re-align the latch as well. Thanks for all the interesting work you do and film. Go BYU Cougars!
My father was a fabulous woodworker/ furniture maker. That was his passionate hobby but not his profession. He always had a full wood shop. I grew up thinking everyone had a woodshop. This was a couple decades before the New Yankee Workshop. My friends at school did not understand the strengths and weaknesses of a table saw vs a radial arm saw or a shaper vs a router table. I thought they just weren’t normal like me. My shop is my entire basement with radiant floor heat kept at 70 degrees year round. When I built this house more than 30 odd years ago it was designed to have a basement workshop. You absolutely must have robust dust collection and air filtration. You must also have multiple 230 volt circuits. The choice of specific tools and brands is individual and personal.
Thanks for sharing Mike. Take it from a retired carpenter that's done exactly what you've done. You fixed it the quickest way. When it warms back up, you may inherit some slack. Stay safe, be strong, have peace of mind, endure the challenges and pursue your's and Melissa's dreams. Thanks for your Patriotism and speaking you heart. Prayers and blessings to you and family ☝ 🙏 🙌 for all the things that you consider dear and important. Take it on down the road to the finish line...👊💯%
I know what you mean, I have a lot a good intentions for when winter comes, but the cold eats away at my motivation and find myself enjoying the warmth of the inside more.
Yep, you need a shop. I can tell you are the type who would love to just have an idea and then build it. Built mine 4 yrs. before my retirement and then spent the next few years equipping it. Great to be able to go in there, build a fire, and spend the day doing anything I want to do. Have a large inventory of various native hardwoods that DOESN'T include red oak and only a little walnut. Don't know if your remember me but I met you at Paul Bunyan in 23 and had some chess boards that I make from all these native woods. I'm the weirdo from Missouri with a cowboy hat.
Started this winter with more firewood, and the best firewood I've ever had. And now, I'm starting to worry about running short. It has been pretty brutal this winter with the exception of a few warm days. My boiler is famous for being a wood "hog", but it does its job well. May have to cut some standing dead oaks towards the end of the season if I run out of my good stuff.
You’re right about firewood. We use it for supplemental heat and it’s hard to find here. Plus we have limited budget. I start stocking up early September. I’ll try to buy 2 or 3 loads or as much as we can afford. We .try not to use it until it’s below 20*. Still a struggle every winter.
I bet you would really enjoy a wood shop in the winter. You could use some of that beautiful wood that you saw into boards. Maybe a cherry bookcase for Ty or a maple cradle for your grand daughter’s baby dolls. How about a rocking horse for Beau. Things like that would be cherished keepsakes for the little ones when they’re older. My kids grew up with a rocking horse that my husband’s father made for him. My husband’s gone now but it brings me joy to see our two year old grandson rocking on it. Of course you’ll need to set up your kiln and get a planer but that’s part of the creative process.
Best part of winter is building all kinds of woodworking projects inside the shop with all of my lumber I made with the sawmill!
Welcome to the Thumb of Michigan. We get the same kind of weather with the Lake Effect snow and cold but with winds that are normally 25 gusting to 45 mph. Once in a while we get 60 mph and 70 mph winds. Try and work outside with that kind of wind chill factor. Especially when you're older like 80.
Good morning Mike. I agree with you 💯 percent about being prepared for winter. During the winter my Wife and I mainly heat with wood. At least during the day. At night we let the electric heat take over but we generally go through about 4 cords of firewood during the winter. My woodshed holds 10 cords of firewood and it is full every year no later than October. We're kinda getting up in age and if something happened where we couldn't get firewood done for the year we have enough already done for at least another year. And it did happen one year. Anyway, just thought that I'd throw my two cents in on the subject. Also, a few years ago I had the same problem with the latch on our back door and after doing everything that you tried previously I did the same thing with mine. Took a die grinder to it and haven't had a problem since. God bless and have a wonderful day. 👍👍🙂
What do you expect when winter isn't even a third over, balmy swimming weather? He he he. Snow? What snow? I haven't been bother by winter for about five years; haven't been outside because of my poor health, so snow doesn't bother me.
By the way, great feelings of happiness come to me while watching you enjoy doing things others can't. Thanks.
I've done the exact thing in the past on striker plates. So far it's worked every time.
We put an addition on the garage for wood shop, it's only 16x21 but great place to ride out the winter. Thumbs up
Good work Dr. Morgan. Sounded like a dentist working on the door jam!
I have a newly built sauna and I use your wood starter everytime- happy to have found this product.
You should invite the Morgans over to experience the goodness of a sauna.
They would be welcome -😊
Hey Mike, my wife and i also snuggled together to watch "Horizon" .It was a long one. And yes, it kinda went all over and a bit hard to follow at times. Stay frosty and ride out winter, spring is creeping up on us.👍
Mike, I would like to see you build a machinery shed. How nice would it be to protect all of your equipment from the elements? No more blowing snow off of your equipment. I know, it’s easy to spend somebody else’s money.
You and me both!! I’m ready for spring the day after Christmas.
I like doing projects in the winter, last winter I built a loft in my shop, this winter I am taping and mudding and
painting the dry walls. Maybe you could take your trailer in the shop and paint it, just a thought.
On all my walk-in door installs I always wedge the hinge rail higher than the strike rail so that when the door closes there is some room for the door panel to ever sag or if cold weather wants to swell the that strike side wall. It never seems to be the hinge wall.
Mike, at the beginning of this video I find it ironic I had to do the same thing to my front door last week. Every winter it got harder and harder to close the door until this year it was impossible to keep it closed without engaging the deadbolt. So out came my Dremel tool and did what your solution did.
Dremel for the win!
Nice quick fix 👍🏼
Mike, the rubber weatherstripping gets cold and then gets stiff and won't allow the door to compress the weatherstrip. You might try slamming the door a little but you may have to move the door strike. Remember if you do that then it'll be loose when the weather warms up.
Great idea. I got 2 doors just started doing that.
Hello Mike, Melissa, and Hunter Awesome Video On What's Going On At The Morgan Compound! Nice Relaxing And Watching Outdoors with the Morgan's On A Sunday Afternoon! Thank You!!
Keep Smiling On!! 😃👍👊❤️
Good Afternoon Morgan’s!! Have a day!
Motor Mike. “Prepared “
In 1979 I built our house completely out of concrete. 12” reinforced concrete walls 12” thick and a 12” prestressed concrete ceiling. We are safe from fire and tornadoes. We heat completely with a wood furnace, from wood on our 80 acres. You are right , be prepared.
I feel your pain with door jams being out of alignment. I took a dremel tool my back door latch and modified it as well. Our front door when it gets really cold does the same it will swell and everyone knows when it’s cold you just gotta put your hip against it 🤣 I guess that’s better having to jiggle handle on the toilet LoL. Working with Wood is such an enjoyable relaxing pass time. I understand why Jesus was a carpenter. As far as preparing I totally get it . After our big ice storm in 2009 hit. We got caught unprepared and paid for it. After that we bought a generator and a Gas fireplace. All though I don’t burn wood I do always make sure to have enough propane in advance if tgere calling for a prolonged cold spell. I don’t wait to call after the storm hits. That’s just crazy. As far as the laundry I wish I could say we where on top of laundry like y’all but my wife won’t hardly let me do it anymore she doesn’t like the way I do the laundry so she and the kids take care of the washing, drying and folding.
Great idea, here in SE Texas it is not the cold that does it to my back door, it is the rain. Certain times of the year we get a lot of rain and it effects only that door. 54 Inches a year. We are on the LA border IH-10 LA swamps next door-lol
But i have a Dremel set, and have never thought of that. It will be the first thing i go to next time it happens - Thanks MIKE that was genius. Always enjoy all the vides and learn quite a bit on most :) ❤💯🙏
Yup this cold and snow is getting old I’m ready for spring for sure but unfortunately long way to go 🥴❄️
Exactly how I fix the seasonal door alignment problem. Have a great day all of you!
1/12/25..hey Trim Carpenter Mike, good job on that Door Strike Plate issue..Dremmel with Carbide bit grinding away 'interference' fit issues. Good job!
Got my fire starter. Great product really like it. God bless
Property set and square the door along with shims at all 4 corners and behind the hinges and strike plate to set your margins along with the proper 2-1/2 screws at the hinge and strike plate you won't have an issue with the door.
TY Mike God Bless
My windshield did the same thing during that same cold snap. I've had a stone chip since September 2023 (filled it then) and the cold a couple weeks ago split the windshield all the way across.
Hi Mike-you're the neighbor I don't have, ha! I was noticing the fans you have on the woodstove. I can't see your ceilings in the video but if you don't have a ceiling fan in proximity to the wood stove, put one in at first opportunity and set it to blow down. This will de-stratify the air and bring the comfort level up immensely. One thing we do is put teapots on the stove and the additional humidity helps it feel warmer, prevent nose bleeds, etc. I don't imagine you have a humidity problem where you live but we're in a high desert. Enjoyed the video.
Why do you like the ceiling fan blowing down? I have always learned to have it “pull up” so that it moves warm air down and pulls cold air up
Same thing here, no draft feeling and pushes warm air towards outer walls and down.
@ you should set the fan speed so you only feel a faint stir, not wide open.
@ It's more efficient blowing that way. Your way is kind of like thinking if you put a box fan blowing against the wall and expecting it to cool you down. The hot air collects at the ceiling and by blowing it down it will de-stratify the air by mixing it up. If you could see the air it would look like an upside-down mushroom. Blowing down also doesn't get your ceiling as dirty blowing whatever dust is in the air and having it hit the ceiling. It'll work both ways, but after heating with wood for close to 50 years and trying it both ways, blowing down is far more efficient because the air has someplace to go.
I enjoy watching your channel. You moving snow I envy you. I do that for our church. But we don’t have as nice equipment you do. Have a covered heat houser. No heat.
I run n 84” 6-way hydraulic rear blade for snow. Love it. Change angle from the cab
I'm in the agreement with you I'm ready for spring to myself
Good Sunday afternoon, Morgan's & fans . I hate when the windshield does that after being good for months. Thank you for the video. Everybody enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!
Hi Mike, great video as always. Can you recommend a replacement windshield wiper blade for my 2022 F350 that has worked well for your vehicles.
Hi there Mike from Northeast new Brunswick Canada. As much as you are getting more snow than average it's the opposite for us. The ground is mostly bare but we would normally have about 3 to 4 feet of the white stuff. Also our temps have been hovering around the freezing point. Btw I would really like to see what the tractor leaf blower would do to that light snow. Aren't you curious. Anyway I love your videos and don't despair, it'll be spring before you know it.
Mike :
Give you a tip for your snowplowing, because of your stone driveway and yard, take a piece of ABS probably 2 in and put a slice it full length whatever you need for your blade and bucket, and install on both and you will find you will stop digging up stones in your yard, just a thought
I really wouldn't like stone.. Albet snowblowers don't like it.. Here in wi I have road gravel for my drive and once it freezes blades won't even touch it.. our gravel is mixed with sand and clay as a binder so it packs down hard and gets tight...
Great video!
I think taking it easy with Melissa while it is so cold is a good idea. Sometimes weather makes us slow down to appreciate life a little more! Appreciate your videos Mike. Take care!
Mike I made the chairs for you that’s what I do when the weather gets cold and nasty I’m in the wood shop all day it’s heated and I have a bathroom out there it’s pretty nice
That would be nice
HELLOOO & GOOOOD AFTERNOON TO ALL MY FELLOW OWTM’S FANS/FOLLOWERS!!!!….Peay for the folks in CA affected by these 🔥 & NEVER forget the folks in NC ,TN, SC affected by the hurricane…
Stay safe & warm Mike !
Have a day
HELLOOOO HUNTER 😊
Good afternoon Jack. Riding my bicycle today as it is 60° F here. 🚴♂️
Howdy Jack! Yes, there are many hurting.
@@davidmorse8432Have a good ride!
@@davidmorse8432just finished watching the video & saw your comment…. What I wouldn’t do for 60 degree temps!! Enjoy 😉
@@johnsadler8637it’s very heartbreaking that they have been suffering with no help from DC
Enjoy your show and you are very spot on with your philosophy on all subjects. But I have an issue that really bugs me. Here it is: you have about 3 or 4 or more vehicles sitting around in the weather every nite. These vehicles values run from $50,000 to a $100,000 or somewhere there abouts. The weather is really bad for the engine and the other parts. But they sit outside while you have other stuff inside that is not near that valuable. You need to find a way to keep your vehicles inside. We see a lot of that here, people will move to a new location and keep items worth about $200 in the garage while their $100,000 cars sit outside in the rain, cold, heat and hot sun. Sorry for the diatribe but keep up the good work!
I'm going to file that fix for the door in my Go To box.....never heard of it. Great channel, great content.
Yes. Get that wood shop going. It would be a great compliment to the saw milling/equipment videos. Seems like a great natural progression to me.
i tore down a barn that was ready to collapse ,built a new one for a workshop and my wife said that is too good for you. turn it into a house for our daughter. So i did and twenty five years later i still have no workshop
the door issue is common, when it gets very cold the studs on the hindge side shrink at the bottm (the ground being colder on a slab) more and pull the door down. you did the best thing for that, as it will rise again as the studs warm up.
I've had the same situation on some interior doors. Older house seems to settle over time. Did the same thing. Works fine.
My barn door did the same thing in the cold, the ground heaves and moved it just enough to keep it from latching. I had to move part of the framework out and shim it. I have 2 woodsheds next to my outdoor boiler, I always make sure both sheds are full as well as a small pile outside.
Maybe consider a sturdier door and lock system? Unless the deadbolt is locked the lower knob is just a suggestion nowadays. But good quick fix solution to the problem!
And I have to add my vote to the comments, “use the big turbo blower on the limestone driveway” for us! We want to see it against the snow!!!😂
I do have a wood shop like you're talking about. In the summer is pretty much turns into a junk room, but in the winter is when I keep myself busy building whatever. My shop was there when I bought the house but it's only about 13x22 and that is nowhere near big enough for all the tools I wish I had. Nice way to spend a winter day
My metal gate latches around our pool do the same thing depending on how wet or dry the ground is during the year. Things just move around sometimes
Another good video and again that snow is beautiful. I guess the cold weather major windshield cracked the rest of the way. Not sure but I’m sure you know. I’m just an old city girl I don’t need no firewood or starters I just like to watch your videos. They’re so interesting so I hope you don’t mind that I’m not here for the wood I just like your videos. Thank you for sharing them.❤
Melisa, You now know what Mike wants for Christmas which gives you plenty of time to get this one planned. A wood shop. Good luck Melisa. God bless the Morgans.
Have you ever considered building a nice big garage for your vehicles. Definitely a priority for me. Once you have a garage for your cars and trucks you'll be spoiled for life! Haha! Vehicles are always clean, dry and warm. I've never had a vehicle sit outside overnight. Also great for security. Nobody's gonna mess with your cars if they're inside a building.👍
Yes I have had to the exact same thing on my shop door.
Mike, I know its too late now for the windshield but in the future use just a touch of CA glue and a squirt of accelerator on the stone chip. That usually seals the chip and keeps water from expanding and cracking the glass
Just had 6 inches or more and I cleaned 85% of all surfaces with my Stilh 800 series back pack blower. 2 trucks and 1 car, 3 minutes tops. 150 ft Driveway. piece of cake.
Almost knocked me over. Then I power slid back down the drive, jet Powered. Not for the faint of heart! 😎
PS I found the Blower in the local river when i was Kayaking. Looked Brand New. I changed plugs, filters, and added fresh gas. Started on first pull. I fell in LOVE!
I watched the movie Horizon. It was very good! Can't wait until parts 2 & 3 come out.
glad I seen you doing that with a leaf blower I got my blower out and am now using to blow off the truck and stairs what a time saver
Hey Mike, I think your building is a pole blg. One disadvantage is they sometimes move a little, can affect entry doors & or garage doors. Blgs built on a block foundation & 2x4 or 2x6 walls rarely move. One problem is they are quite of bit more money to build, but in the long run, better blg...IMHO. Is that a 6' or 7' blade on your tractor? It looks like a 6'... Your tractor could handle a 7' blade, or even maybe a 8'...will push alot more snow & when working in the dirt, will grade more evenly. Really enjoy your videos...especially when you have common sense ideas about our country. 😊
Good evening to Hunter 👋👋😸and family and friends , I looked for y'all this morning at the usual 8am , but Mike threw a curve ball today 😸
Evening my friend.... 8am, 8pm, you just never know...
@@peteatthefarm4459 / good evening friend , yep , so it goes - hope your day was good 👍🙏😸
Mike, your misaligned door strike is from water getting under your threshold and freezing. Check your top casing reveal gap. The hinge side will be normal and the doorknob side will be larger.
If you have a rock chip in your window do not use high heat on your defrost or it will take off across your windshield.
Nice pullover! I have the same one. Warm!
Looks like with the crack in the door frame at the deadbolt that the door may have had a "sudden force applied"?
Mike, I always did well using wooden tooth picks and glue....just stuff them in the holes and cut them off after drying. Then you can just screw into that. Works easy peasy :)
Hello Mike, UK subscriber here....love the content. We don't get snow in the UK anymore... well a few flakes occasionally that shutsdown the country because we are ill prepared for it... but I was wondering if you amazing BIG leaf blower would clear that snow faster than the plough? Anyway keep up the good work.
I did that last year on an interior door for the same reasons... When I got done, I was shocked at how well it work for such little time investment!
You might try installing 3” screws in the top hinge, the two screws closest to the outside. That will pull up the opposite corner of the door and raise the strike up to where it work correctly with the strike plate … just a suggestion
I’ve put a lot of doors in. First thing to check is the jamb square.? Upper hinge should have extra long screws both stud and cripple stud to reduce door sagging. Have a Day
We actually got a ft of snow in SE Oklahoma. I actually got to shovel snow. Its good exercise. But it is all melting away. The streets already melted off even the ones that didnt get plowed.
You should try your big leaf blower behind the tractor for snow removal .
Was going to say the same :)
@@Poorman212 I would like to see that also, if it works, I would consider it for snow
removal at my place.
My PC has a 2K high refresh rate monitor on it. Your videos make it look like I'm there. LOL
BTW, our 3 days of snow & Ice are gone as the temperatures rose yesterday and today. Things will go back to normal here in North TX. At least until everyone freaks out when another Blue Norther arrives and sends the temps falling and more wintery precipitation occurs. No one will be prepared for that one either. lol
How would the blower on the tractor work for snow removal
Good job re-grading the driveway. If you spin the blade around and back drag it it will get almost as clean but save your rocks from getting as much into your grass. Putting a plow on your sxs will do a great job. Especially if you put a piece of pvc conduit on the edge it will preserve your stones.
Lol the last video I had it backwards, got hard pack now so I turned the blade around, my moms driveway i want to cut down as much as I can. Also running the blade backwards does not get it near as clean as you suggest.
Make sure your hinges each have at least one screw that goes thru the hinge, jamb and into the stud. 3-4" long
i always check the hinge screws first .
Mike, awesome door strike hack!
Here in S.E. MI, High of 34°f sat & sun. We have had 1 snow fall about 1 inch on the ground now.
My father was a hardened US WWII vet from the South Pacific campaign. He also was a long time scoutmaster with the Boy Scouts. He was a master at surviving on nothing in the woods after spending over 3 years navigating the jungles in places like,new Georgia,Guadalcanal, and the Philippines. So he was an excellent teacher and scoutmaster. When I was a young boy I would tag along on various camping trips with him and his scouts. I learned a lot about survival and outdoorsmanship. One of those things was winter camping, which can be a challenge here in Minnesota.
Your dad’s life sounds real familiar as mine joined the Navy, was in the South Pacific conflicts at age 17, survived that and was a Scout master for my Boy Scout troop where we winter camped. He passed away at 94. One tough, but great teacher. That generation has my total respect.
It is probably not just the cold itself affecting the door, but also the dry air shrinking the door jamb or door itself.
Enjoyed video!
Thanks!
I've used a coal chisel (cold chisel?) to do what you did on the strike plate. It usually doesn't need much. Watch for sign of frost heaving of the building on the strike plate side of the door, it's happened to me, but where your door is mid wall, I think it less likely in your case.
I need to do the same fix on my moms storm door. highs in north Alabama have been 31-35 for a week and I have worked 7 straight 12 hour nights. Ground Hog day here too. Still wondering why you have a Deere Hat
Wood be awesome to see some woodworking content Mike. Stay warm brother!
Mike,another excellent video I’m kinda looking forward to seeing Levi and his cousin camping out in the nasty cold weather 😮😊❤
Great job keep up the great work love your videos thank you
I would just try to relax and take it easy, spring will be here soon