Helps if you have the right wood too! A knotted Georgia pine will end up having lines like they were drawn by a 3 year old with a crayon during a sugar high lol
But he didn’t post a video of Georgia pines. He posted a video of what’s in his world. Trolls making irrelevant and moronic comparisons for no reason other then being stupid is why we’re all in trouble. Does anyone remember when just being was easier then being a dick ?
There's plenty of channels on UA-cam that show you how to build stuff with lumber. My guy here is showing you how to make the damned lumber. 😂 I love it.
"Perfectly square" yeah okay bud why don't we grab a mic and see if the edges are parallel within 3 thou of deviation and the corners are within 1 minute of 90 degrees
Froes are absolutely essential for making shakes, aka wooden shingles. Yes, you can technically set the blade of an axe on a section of wood and smack the back of it with a wooden mallet, but it's not really meant to be struck that way, and hasn't been forged appropriately for it. Whenever possible, use a froe. That's what it's made for!
To support your claim, physically speaking, hitting a heavy tool (axe) with a light tool (wooden mallet) is terribly inefficient : most of your striking energy goes into the mallet bouncing back instead of driving the axe forward.
Axes are struck like that all the time. It’s called batoning, bushcrafters love it. You can even do it with a knife, though it’s more recommended to do it with an axe because the knife is comparatively thin, especially if it’s not a full tang knife and has weak points as a result. Doesn’t hurt an axe in the least though.
I disagree. The axe usually has a thicker blade which forces the wood apar earliert, dragging instead of cutting. This has a thinner blade. So it can cut a bit deeper.
I recently got into gardening, and trying to maintain an overgrown garden is harder than I thought. This stuff is really interesting! Thanks for sharing.
From the accent, to the page boy hat and the way you dress to the froe and how natural an axe is in your hands. You are like a reincarnation of my great grandfather and it is kinda freaky
@@sebastiancoe4708 he was incredible, a farmer who used horses long after tractors became available, hauled all his own wood, avid trapper and hunter. A true pioneer.
Quick tip for anyone planning on using an axe anytime, ever. If you swing at the piece of wood and the axe bounces instead of sticking into it, flip it over, you're hitting against the grain. It (should) be much easier to plant your axe into it and cut rather than bounce
@@kelbybraggs2843 the wedge of an axe is designed to split the wood using inertia. The blade really only starts the crack in the wood, the inertia and steep angle of the wedge force the pieces apart. You can prove this; if you drive an axe half way through a log, you'll see that the blade isn't touching the bottom of the cut. A thinner blade has less resistance to deal with because of that acute angle. The blade also remains in contact with the bottom of the cut.
If accuracy is the primary goal you can use the same technique with the axe, a hatchet, or even a knife. It’s called batoning. It’s pretty common in bushcrafting. The froe’s main advantages are the levering motion you demonstrated and the fact its blade geometry is thinner and longer than most axes or hatchets, which is beneficial to making boards. Even so I’ve seen people use a wooden mallet (the larger ones are called mauls, not to be confused with the type of axe called a splitting maul), an axe, and some gluts (wooden wedges) to split boards from whole logs.
It's really impressive what a froe can do on huge logs with the right operator. There was a show about building a castle using only the tools they had at that time, and they showed using the froe to split up logs for their construction lumber. I was seriously saying to my screen "Get off, you're not going to split that log with that thing, no way", but sure enough.
Never heard of using froes to square wood that way. Here (central European countryside) froes are used to split wooden shingles, double slanted axes are for chopping wood and single slanted carpenter's axes were used to shape and square beams.
I can watch these videos all day, my recently deceased Grandpa worked in a woodmill and left behind a lot of these wood working tools and I'm not going to lie, I didn't know the specific name of use of about half of them. But watching your videos has really helped me learn about 50% of the tool's names and uses that I didn't have a clue they were made for.
it helps to swing the axe correctly start with your hand higher and as you swing down your hand slides down to your bottom grip giving you greater control and power in your swing
Helps if you have the right wood too! A knotted Georgia pine will end up having lines like they were drawn by a 3 year old with a crayon during a sugar high lol
Hawaiian ohia wood is similar & its a hardwood, koa is a beast tho, only a madman would take a ax to it
Very specific
@@Jun-Kyard he's not wrong tho. Lol
Can confirm, I cut smaller pines and shit for wood, it's nice to see though!
But he didn’t post a video of Georgia pines. He posted a video of what’s in his world. Trolls making irrelevant and moronic comparisons for no reason other then being stupid is why we’re all in trouble. Does anyone remember when just being was easier then being a dick ?
I used to think my grandfather was a carpenter, turns out he was a security guard and did carpentry for fun and to fix things around the house.
Can think of some uses for a froe or an axe in security too depending on just how secure they want you to keep the place.
Thats where i would choose an axe over a froe
LOL same here, thought my grandad was a welder turns out he was a retired butcher of 50 years and just welded for fun
@@SH19922x I'm a butcher now. I just got promoted to market manager 6 years in now
@@AlienMan3232 congrats friend
There's plenty of channels on UA-cam that show you how to build stuff with lumber.
My guy here is showing you how to make the damned lumber. 😂
I love it.
I could listen to this man talk about his wood all day
AYO!!!
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Me too, it soothes my soul to listen to this handsome dude 🥰
Ayo which one?
huh?
'perfectly square'
*cries in metalworker*
i know right?
"Perfectly square" yeah okay bud why don't we grab a mic and see if the edges are parallel within 3 thou of deviation and the corners are within 1 minute of 90 degrees
@@toxikyle5419SMH you can't time degrees. Cool name by the way.
@@foxtoxic9722 60 minutes equals one degree when regarding circles, could correlate here
@@toxikyle5419 1 mil is 1/1000 of an inch so
I don’t even woodwork. Why am I convinced I urgently need a froe?
You don't If you're not building things out of wood, Like you said if you're just chopping up wood for fire or scrap youre fine with a chisel and axe
@@bmo14lax I live on the desert plains. I don’t even have a fireplace or a tree. Im just looking for excuses to shop.
@@animula6908 got a chuckle from me
@@animula6908 I'll throw some stuff in a box 20 bucks if you want
@@animula6908 you can do shingles with a froe.
love the lack of fear of splinters
I've split a bunch of wood and splinters were hardly ever a problem the worst of it was always the friggin bugs in the wood.
Froes are absolutely essential for making shakes, aka wooden shingles. Yes, you can technically set the blade of an axe on a section of wood and smack the back of it with a wooden mallet, but it's not really meant to be struck that way, and hasn't been forged appropriately for it. Whenever possible, use a froe. That's what it's made for!
To support your claim, physically speaking, hitting a heavy tool (axe) with a light tool (wooden mallet) is terribly inefficient : most of your striking energy goes into the mallet bouncing back instead of driving the axe forward.
@@pbs1516just use another axe)
Axes are struck like that all the time. It’s called batoning, bushcrafters love it. You can even do it with a knife, though it’s more recommended to do it with an axe because the knife is comparatively thin, especially if it’s not a full tang knife and has weak points as a result. Doesn’t hurt an axe in the least though.
@@evanf1443 I don't think they were trying to say it would damage the axe, just that it's less efficient because the axe isn't made for the purpose.
Just in case I want my fireplace stack to be stable as a brick house
I mean, those smaller bits you cleaved off can be used for Firestarter instead of junk mail
Would be essential if you was trying to make wood shingles for a house.
After all these years all I needed was a froe.
I need one too my hair getting nappy.
froes before hoes
@@robosing225 decapitation isn't the solution
@@NotTodayBudshhh, let him do his thing
Yes , but my life so far without a froe , has allowed me to retain all 10 of my fingers 😮
Honestly I feel so at ease listening to you - I could fall asleep listening to you talking about wood and crafts and life. ❤
Never once had a "missing with an axe" problem
Prove it then keyboard warrior.
I am an 82 yr old female who enjoys watching this show also. I enjoy his speech so much and also the old tools.
Does he make you feel young again
@@michaels8297 Bro what
Hey, good for you Ms. brown. Glad you found a channel you enjoy.
@@michaels8297 ayo? 💀
Getting moist, grandma?
Not that I found the wood cutting super interesting but could listen to it all day due to the accent !
Brogue...
It's like woodcutting ASMR
Line it up and squat while you swing. You'll hit it in the middle if you really try
It’s put on it’s not real
@@johnmeade44 it's a Cork accent
You still could gently line up the axe on the wood and use you mallet to beat it through
an axe's blade is much shorter than a froe though; it wouldnt work as well because it isnt as sharp all the way through
The last shot of this video was incredible
You can use an axe in a similar fashion by putting it up against the wood and hitting it with a mallet, or with any piece of wood really.
my thoughts exactly, its like the medieval version of a one use kitchen appliance.
There's even an axe specifically made for this called a maul, they are about 8 pounds.
@@Soulraven2735 I think the maul is used more as just a heavier splitting axe. even a dull maul can split pretty easily, just lift and drop
I disagree. The axe usually has a thicker blade which forces the wood apar earliert, dragging instead of cutting. This has a thinner blade. So it can cut a bit deeper.
@@Soulraven2735 id love to see you make a straight cut with a maul X) . theyd do more damage than a trad axe
Proves it's superior by standing on its own at the end
Comment I came here for 👌
I gotta think he was super satisfied at that happy little accident 😁
I freaking love your accent and your way of making informative and wholesome videos
Out of all the froe channels, this is by far my favorite!
I have become obsessed with this channel in 3 short days.
Different tools for different jobs, great demonstration
I recently got into gardening, and trying to maintain an overgrown garden is harder than I thought. This stuff is really interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Lumberjacks inbound 😂
This content feels like it comes from some time way in the past, and I don’t think it’s just the tools, it’s the dudes accent and hat. The vibes
I've been using axes since I was 8, making fire every day, with that kind of practice you can get pretty accurate and consistent.
Sounds like good old Irish lad, sometime in 1895 talking to a kid how to split wood.
Every once and awhile youtube gets it right. Glad they brought me across your channel. Fantastic content 👌 👏
Odd I think this is word for word from wranglestar channel
"Once and awhile"???
With larger logs, froes were used to make thin wood shingles.
As someone that lives in London for past 14years it gave me some inner peace to hear no cars and just birds chirping
I’m not even interested in wood working or any of this, I just love your videos.
Love the dont fall froe hand at the end!
I came to the comments for this exact thing. Lol
I love this! 😊🌎✨
I found your channel the other day and it's absolutely brilliant keep it up!
You can tell this man has had years of experience
I learn more from this Irish lad than I did in school. Hell, I even went to two years of med school.
Never heard of a froe until the algorithm blessed me witht this guys videos, and now I want one
Never heard of a froe? Do you live under a rock?
@@Erebus.666. No, I live in a proper city
@@victore8342 Where no one does manual work apparently.
@@Erebus.666. where we have central heating and AC, and no need for chopping firewood
@@victore8342 Just shows, you really don't know what a froe is, if you come up with firewood. Congrats on your sheltered western lifestyle.
Still amazes me that these skills were once common knowledge until now we actually need to learn to know it
That last bit with the froe popping out and rebalancing itself would be a perfect beginner/ending for any lengthy tutorial.
I know absolutely fuck all about woodworking but find these videos very entertaining for some reason
glad theyre still lads that continue woodworking i feel like its an old art
Swinging the axe directly down from overhead instead of over the shoulder also helps tremendously with accuracy...
When he calls me lad I feel like one of the boys down at the pub
This guy is like the more irish version of jackspticeye
That's incredibly satisfying.
From the accent, to the page boy hat and the way you dress to the froe and how natural an axe is in your hands. You are like a reincarnation of my great grandfather and it is kinda freaky
your grandpa sounds like a very unique, original man
@@sebastiancoe4708 he was incredible, a farmer who used horses long after tractors became available, hauled all his own wood, avid trapper and hunter. A true pioneer.
Natural with the axe? Lol he sucked at handling the axe.
In an alternative universe where Jacksepticeye decided to take up wood working
The froe standing up at the end was so satisfying
I had been wondering why you use a froe instead of an axe and happy to see it covered here.
Quick tip for anyone planning on using an axe anytime, ever. If you swing at the piece of wood and the axe bounces instead of sticking into it, flip it over, you're hitting against the grain. It (should) be much easier to plant your axe into it and cut rather than bounce
Thanks fren
This guy isn’t scared of splinters… He’s got balls.
Wood like this doesn't really give splinters, and if you get one, it's an easy to remove one usually. The stuff you buy is terrible though.
Not for long the way he sitting on that rickety sawhorse.
My HVAC technician inside of me just died when this man called that square
Your voice is relaxing.
Couldn't you place the ax where you wanted it to cut the wood and hit the back of it with the Mallet as well? Wouldn't it create the same effect?
Yeah, but the frow is much more effective.
If the wood is longer and does not split easy, the froe can be turned 90 degrees to force the splitting action. Try that with an axe.
@@CristianSpitz I do it all the time when I'm splitting wood with my ax
@@derekboyd5706 can you explain how it's more effective
@@kelbybraggs2843 the wedge of an axe is designed to split the wood using inertia. The blade really only starts the crack in the wood, the inertia and steep angle of the wedge force the pieces apart. You can prove this; if you drive an axe half way through a log, you'll see that the blade isn't touching the bottom of the cut.
A thinner blade has less resistance to deal with because of that acute angle. The blade also remains in contact with the bottom of the cut.
Looks like a very young Benedict Cumberbatch, the old school Craftsman Edition! Cool video my friend! Cheers
Don't insult the man.
Capturing the strength of the wood.
It’s almost like different tools are made for different things 🤯
you’d be surprised how precise you can use an axe if you know what you are doing
If you want a "more precise cut, for building" then just don't use a fcking axe
Exatcly. And the axe is not that unprecise he just doesn't know how to use it properly.
1000 or more years ago, people knew how to do that with axes . They had special axes for some things, but no saws .
No proper axeman ship and practice you hit where you want but a froe is still help full when being precise cheers.
Just made a froe from an old leaf spring, works well 👍
Tip for swinging an axe more accurate: Lift it over your head instead of over your shoulder.
Thanks for the advice but that's LOGIC!
If accuracy is the primary goal you can use the same technique with the axe, a hatchet, or even a knife. It’s called batoning. It’s pretty common in bushcrafting. The froe’s main advantages are the levering motion you demonstrated and the fact its blade geometry is thinner and longer than most axes or hatchets, which is beneficial to making boards. Even so I’ve seen people use a wooden mallet (the larger ones are called mauls, not to be confused with the type of axe called a splitting maul), an axe, and some gluts (wooden wedges) to split boards from whole logs.
I wish i was in Australia watching my ancestors attempting to froe wood lol
what a menacing tool. And what a beautifully straight piece of wood.
This is my calm channel for the last 3 months
Well aware of my privelidge. That shit got me bro damn 😂😂
I was in construction for 42 years as a plumber and worked alongside some real good carpenter’s and cabinet makers but you take it to another level !!
I feel like I’m very slowly falling into woodcutting UA-cam… a place I never knew could be so relaxing
My anxiety for splinters is strong as fuck
It's really impressive what a froe can do on huge logs with the right operator. There was a show about building a castle using only the tools they had at that time, and they showed using the froe to split up logs for their construction lumber. I was seriously saying to my screen "Get off, you're not going to split that log with that thing, no way", but sure enough.
"Axes aren't accurate"
Thoren Bradley: hold my suspenders
This dude's a character from Peaky Blinders. The Shelby Family's wood chopper 😆.
Thank you. This was most informative.
That froe is a cool tool
Never heard of using froes to square wood that way. Here (central European countryside) froes are used to split wooden shingles, double slanted axes are for chopping wood and single slanted carpenter's axes were used to shape and square beams.
It helps to move your top hand down as you swing the axe, that's what I learned from the scouts
That’s pretty fucking cool!
I leaned to do basic woodworking by myself, and I didn't know until now such a tool existed. I used a machete instead, but under the same principle
Flannel, bowler hat, and nikes!! RESPECT 👊
Love your videos mate!
I can't imagine building homes before electric saws, drills, and planners.
keep it up lad. quality content.
That's a beautiful bench
Extra steps is fun sometimes but an axe is still the better option, you just gotta be accurate.
Thanks for the explanation!
I can watch these videos all day, my recently deceased Grandpa worked in a woodmill and left behind a lot of these wood working tools and I'm not going to lie, I didn't know the specific name of use of about half of them. But watching your videos has really helped me learn about 50% of the tool's names and uses that I didn't have a clue they were made for.
Love your stuff dude ! Legend !
Love the old school method's, hand delivered, you are skilled and a man of our age !!!!
I love these videos! They’re brilliant!
it helps to swing the axe correctly start with your hand higher and as you swing down your hand slides down to your bottom grip giving you greater control and power in your swing
Your voice is a blessing upon my ears,
Introduced me to what a froe is. Neat.
That was beautiful
i genuinely could watch this man build a whole house
Thank you for explaining the difference
Never did occur to me how difficult it was to get a 4x2 before widespread mechanisation
I started using mine for kindling too
Digging that work bench 👍