He would probably want to die right before he runs out of ash, and have any left over ash used to make his casket 😅😂. I fully agree with you on wanting to preserve the energy he carries, but not only is aging ok its also a beautiful process for many people. The lovely part of youtube and social media is that even when he isn't posting anymore he will still be here to brighten our days and for new generations to enjoy. I hope you are doing well 💙
Sometimes I forget he’s around my age. Feels like he’s been doing this for decades. And then he does a duckface and it’s like “ah yup, thats a fellow gen z right there”
You're teaching me so much about woodworking. It's been very useful in some recent projects. Thank you! (PS. You look like you could be my cousin... We might be related somewhere along the line, I have a lot of Irish ancestry on both sides. You look like my fathers family.) Sending love from America!
Please do not send anything made of ash to America, unless it has been heat treated to at least 100C for long enough to heat the wood to the center. The fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus could devastate the already threatened ash tree here.
@@acm-gs6bl Yes, that is what is threatening the ash trees currently. The fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus could arrive by way of objects made of ash wood.
You're lucky you still have ash. It was a very common tree here in southern Ontario in Canada, then we got the emerald ash borer and within twenty years it's basically gone extinct. We have huge chunks of forest were all the ash trees are dead and all the urban ash trees had to be cut down when they died off.
In Germany we have similar problems. In my area, lots of young ashes fell dry and die. I got some of them laying in the shop. As long as the arent some bugs breakfast, one can still use them since the wood is already dry. But older trees are affected too. There is a ca 55 cm log in my neighbours yard waiting for his appointment with the sawmill. Keep Up the good work mate, your videos are aweseome!
Glad to have access to some kinda ash at my local lowes. Don't know what kinda ash it is though Edit: looking at the trees native in the Appalachian hardwoods, it is more than likely white ash
Just found Eoin's channel, I love his enthusiasm and how genuine he is. He obviously has huge talent and love for the work but shows his mistakes and how to fix things. Combined with his eloquence and accent and he's my new favourite woodworking channel! Cheers from your friend in Australia.
Eoin, invest in a pair of cut proof trousers, especially when working alone you dont want to injure yourself! I'm a forest worker and they saved my legs twice now
That's beautiful. And also nice how you've adressed the sustainability of cutting down already dying trees. Close to my house in the Netherlands a local bush was felled of much of it's ash trees too. They removed a lot of healthy one's too, a bit much I'd say. But hey, they're down now and they've collected only a part of the timber and aren't coming back for the rest (I've asked). So I figured I'd take some myself. Gonna make a birdshouse from a nice log piece. Might saw one into planks witg a rip cut saw if that's possible. Any more ideas for what to make with the wood? (except handles, I have enough of those lying around). And as for the klompen. I walked a lot on those as a kid (for historic shows). Try to wet them with water and walk in them for a bit. Then place a hot wet towel in them overnight. I'm not sure how it works but it allows the klomp to set to your foot. Otherwise just wear multiple layers of wool socks :)
Thats some good advice regarding the clogs, ill be sure to give it a try. When working with ash its best used internally as it does not weather well. it goes all black and mouldy unless very well finished in some varnish or something, even then its not ideal. hope this helps.
try robinia pseudoacacia for best outdoor use, they might not be native to our lands but they are the only class 1 durability trees that grow in western europe..@@JasperLTimmer
Hey Eoin ✌🏻 I found your channel few days ago and I really enjoy the atmosphere you create in them. I‘m a traditionally trained carpenter from Germany, or „Zimmerer Geselle“ how we say here. But I left the carpentry in the summer right after I finished my 3 years of apprenticeship because of some bad experiences I made there and gave up on the love of woodworking. But in just a few days, watching your videos actually made a difference for me and it helped rekindling that love for traditional woodworking, I thought I lost. I am now planing a view new pieces of furniture for myself. And might even reconsider returning back to working as a carpenter :) Even tho a small comment on some video means not that much, I wanna thank you still. You gave me a new perspective and it is still helping me out of a bit of a mental health crisis at the moment. I hope u continue bringing smiles to the faces of many more people. around the world. Greetings from Germany✌🏻
Lol. Eoin spreading the Ash gospel and converting us Americans. In keeping with your local wood mission, I think I'll source some Osage Orange (maybe I could send you some and convert you!) And I started turning a mystery tree I cut two years ago in my backyard. Thanks for inspiring us.
We have the ash borer beetle killing our ash trees as well. ( New England USA)Just had my old canoe gunnels replaced with it, love the grain! I’m an Ash fan myself😉
Oh no! I’m fairly new to Mass and I’ve noticed quite a few ash trees on our property. They look healthy to me but I suppose I’d better google what to watch for. Our bigger problem at the moment is our beautiful silver maples which seem to be coming down one by one with each nor’easter. I suspect there were also elms at one point since we live on Elm Street but those are long gone.
This video goes double for me, as someone whos learning woodwork and loves ash wood, and dating someone called Ash. Both are brilliant for what they do.
I love the editing style mixed with the commentary and cuts (I hope that made sense). Thanks for taking us a long on your day, it’s been a lovely cozy and informative time. I really love the education you’re doing esp with respecting the materials and craft.
Same reason wooden baseball bats used to be made of white ash here in the states. Naturally flexible but still very solid. Exceptionally lightweight as far as hardwoods go. And it used to be plentiful, but now because of both poor cutting practices and the same fungus your having, there endangered.
An older friend of mine hand splits fine New England granite. Just a hammer and set of wedges. He uses a skidsteer to move the slabs around but thats the only machinery he uses. Pretty cool watching him work his way down a line of wedges to split a hunk of granite the size of a huge motorcycle
Hey, Eoin! Regarding the new planting of trees. If you're not already doing it, remember to plant a variety of species to replace the ash. This will decrease the overall vulnerability to diseases and pests in the future, something that unfortunately is expected to become more frequent because changing climate. I don't know how much common knowledge it is, but coppiced chestnut is a popular wood for fences and gates. I am almost positive that there is no chance of that old beauty surviving. Even if you do manage to bring it up to standing and growing again, the root system is probably not going to manage to stabilise itself and become safe.
I absolutely love your content ❤ it's wonderful to see someone so happy making such cool things and with the craftsmanship and dedication that you have! So! I got a gift for you if you have a use for it. I live in the US and I'm not sure if there is an Irish equivalent of a PO box or anything of the like but I would love to send it to you. Stay awesome!
We have similar problems here in the states with the loss of ash trees. When the emerald ash bore came through, however long ago that was now, 20 years ago or so I think, that was pretty much the end of most of the ash trees here. There are still lots of them standing that have been dead for over a decade. It is very sad and I hope it doesn't mean the extinction of the species. I know there are efforts being made to try to preserve them so hopefully those efforts prove effective 😊 Ash is an amazing wood and I often wish I had more opportunities to work with it. Local box stores don't carry it anymore and there's always a limited and very expensive supply at the lumber store I use. One of these days I might just go see if I can get permission to topple some of the dead ones nearby now that I'm living in the country.
Hi Eoin, I really enjoy your video content, it's great to see someone so passionate about traditional crafts. One of my Great Grandfather's was a carpenter and when he emigrated to Canada he built a few log cabins in Hudson Bay, he returned to Scotland and built more wooden homes. As a child my grandfather and I would use some of the old saws and axes to clear damaged trees for firewood and building chicken coops. My daughter also loves woodworking she has some whittling knives and makes figurines. Keep up the good work.
On the bright side, it looks like research is being done to locate and selectively breed ash trees that are resistant to this disease. Maybe in a few years you'll be replanting resistant ashes when you take a tree down :)
I love ash too. For making electric guitar bodies out of it's fabulous. Real shame about the ash die-back. Can't imagine a landscape without the ash trees. Mind you down in England, there's pretty much still no elm trees, after Dutch elm disease reared it's ugly head in the 70's. But here in Scotland it's a bit of a different story. Elm trees just sprout up everywhere, just like weeds (which is in a way what they are until they become trees). So there is hope for the ash. Tell you a really good timber to get hold of if you can - ROWAN. Or 'mountain ash' (sorbus domestica). The wood is kind of a cross between maple and birch. Beautiful to work, and has a lovely patina. I made a guitar neck out of it, and it's so cool. Really good videos of 'traditional' work in a modern age. Excellent!
Really enjoy watching your videos. You’ve got a great skill set. The restorations are great in this planned obsolescence throwaway society. Minimal tooling good vision and control it’s a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
When i was 14 or 15 An Oak tree in our front yard was struck by lighting and it knocked the tree over into two other trees. I remember helping my dad for like 2 weeks chopping down those trees haha. good times.
I live way up in new york state near the Canadian border- we have tons of ash here dying from the emerald ash borer. It is such a beautiful wood- and useful. Your talents are most appreciated- you are a true craftsman.
I love ash as well, I've been watching your videos for a while now and you have inspired me to get back into wood working, but now with older hand tools
I was a bit alarmed at 5:20 when you had that marginal back cut and the wind picked up! Definitely a good call to employ the wedges. Oh dear! And you forgot to move the scaffold. Probably a mistake you won't make again 😉 Striking a wedge up at eye level, safety glasses are probably in order. I had a sliver get stuck in my eye once -- it's not the end of the world, but it's not fun either! I wish I had your energy and joy! Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
I got some crates of some beautiful wood that my father harvested when he was younger. Well dried out. Just need the project. Maybe I can send you some pics of some pieces one day. Love what you do. Keep it up
I went to a camp when I was a kid in southern New York near the finger lakes and the camp has one Scottish pine that the founder brought back from the UK and planted, they called it a Scottish pine with a twist because the needles curled up instead of being straight
Here in Canada we've been felling Ash trees for years because some company from the US didn't bake the bugs out of their pallets before sending them here. We've felled 5 huge ash on our property all showing signs of the emerald ash borer.
Eoin, I worked for a general contractor in my teens, about 50 years ago! and I worked with an amazing old German carpenter, we called him Herby and he gave me the best bit of advice I've never forgotten.. He saw me pick up a hammer, and said, "you paid for the whole handle, use it" from that day on I never held a hammer (or axe) up near the business end. I think about him every time I pick one up. ;) Love your videos sir!
I really love your enthusiasm for Ash. I wish I had such strong feelings about a local wood in my area, but I'm allergic to most of it. I wanna get into woodworking, but I gotta consider protecting my hands first.
Твоя любовь к делу заслуживает большего, чем уважение. Незнаю поможет ли моя подписка из России (увы, политика диктует свои правла), но я рад стать ещё одним звеном на пути к 1000000 подписчиков и монетизации твоего труда в мастерской и за её стенами. p.s.: твоя кепка исконно английского трудового класса мне безумно нравится. Я буду искать для себя такую же для каждого дня👍
I love your content❣️ You are a font of knowledge and such a cheery guy you deserve to flourish. Thank you for sharing your work with us and for making me laugh enough to cause pain 😂 Those poses for thumbnails broke me 😆😂🤣 Love 💕 and hugs 🫂 to you and your family from across the water in Scotland 🥰💙🌹
My biggest guitar is a pair of ash slabs either side of a sandwich of maple & mahogany, it’s an absolute beast & absolutely beautiful. I’m highly tempted to make a smaller guitar out of Ash, so it’s a bit nicer on my back - maybe even charring, oiling, and waxing it, rather than pain or a thick clear coat finish
13:04 I am really bad at taking photos so I relate to this on a huge level. I too go through the stages of confusion, trying you eat something, smiling, and then more confusion.
As you're stockpiling lots and lots of ash, you might as well restore a bark spud. If you don't know of it, basically just a slick with a moderately curved blade, not curved like a gouge or an axe, but like how the claw of a framing hammer is. Just without the split in the middle. You can't afford to split every single tree, there are many dying ash trees and your back will be young and strong for only so long. Debarking will be crucial to hasten drying of whole limbs and trunks. Not to mention deprive insects and other critters a place to cause you trouble. You might not be in the US, where pick up trucks are literally everywhere, but your life will be much easier with one. SUV and trailer is OK, but nothing is as easy to load and unload as a pickup. *Don't* get a small one, ash trees aren't small. Bigger trucks can move larger loads with far greater stability and ease than smaller ones, even with the same engine. I am certain you will get a old truck with plenty of character. Make sure to do some research; get something that has good parts availability, easy to maintain and has a large knowledge base. This **always** ends up being something that was in production for a very, very long time with little change. I sell car parts, I know. I just looked at Irish Driver's licenses, and simply getting the largest truck you can would actually be a good first truck. Feels weird saying that as an American.
The emerald ash borer has been wreaking havoc here in North America. Thankfully, in my part of Missouri ash isn't a common species. I've mostly got post oak, white oak, blackjack oak, chinqapin oak, various red oaks, miscellaneous hickories, some cedar (actually juniper, but we call it cedar), and the odd elm, sycamore, black walnut, and hornbeam for the upper story trees.
Great video well done. I much prefer your longer videos where you get to the meat of things. Your back cut looked like it needed to be higher, we've always done it an inch or two above the notch so it works as a hinge. Plastic or wood wedges are used here so they don't wreck your chain saw blade when cutting through. Love the idea of clogs but I can imagine they take getting used to, how about a backing strap like on a pair of crocks? lol. All the very best. Cheers J
Hello from Nova Scotia, just across the water! I enjoy your videos and sense of optimism. For quite some time I used my chainsaw without protection and then at some point I realized I should get the gear: steel toe boots, chaps, hardhat with ear protection and screen. Now I feel more confident using it. I remember my father telling me he once knew a man cut the front of his head open and died. How gruesome is that!
Good shit mate. Love it, and you've got me searching for ash here in Canada... I found a great source in the city itself. similar to youm we have an issue that is the Emerald Ash Borer. Because of this, the city is having to fell trees... and I have an unlimited source, pretty much... but I am slow on the woodwork itself... For now what I have is drying.... Eventually I'll make handles for my grandfather's tools 🙂
I dont think ive ever ran across a person like you Eoin. Your so wonderfully unique and i am captivated by your charming personality. I have immediately grown interested in woodworking and what it is your doing and It has made me want to start the hobby myself. Appreciate the content 👏🫶
Loving your work, you're on a journey from seasoned to green wood and i'm on a journey going the other way! Your spoon needs a crank otherwise you'll never get the last of your porridge out the corners.
I hope he never ages. May his positive energy bring joy until time ends.
Eion doesn't get old it's all the wood chips he eats 😅
I hope he does, not matures but keeps the same vibe. I can imagine him older, teaching his grandkids woodworking smoking a ash-made pipe!
Nothing wrong with ageing
@@diegoruiz7600 I dunno, half of the elderly people I meet tell me not to get old lol...
He would probably want to die right before he runs out of ash, and have any left over ash used to make his casket 😅😂. I fully agree with you on wanting to preserve the energy he carries, but not only is aging ok its also a beautiful process for many people. The lovely part of youtube and social media is that even when he isn't posting anymore he will still be here to brighten our days and for new generations to enjoy. I hope you are doing well 💙
Sometimes I forget he’s around my age. Feels like he’s been doing this for decades. And then he does a duckface and it’s like “ah yup, thats a fellow gen z right there”
If you wish to join me for a week of woodworking in April, in partaking in a workshop. Info in channel about section.
I would mate but unless you come down under I can’t make it
You're teaching me so much about woodworking. It's been very useful in some recent projects. Thank you! (PS. You look like you could be my cousin... We might be related somewhere along the line, I have a lot of Irish ancestry on both sides. You look like my fathers family.)
Sending love from America!
Please do not send anything made of ash to America, unless it has been heat treated to at least 100C for long enough to heat the wood to the center. The fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus could devastate the already threatened ash tree here.
@@FLPhotoCatcheri thought it was the emerald ash borer?
@@acm-gs6bl Yes, that is what is threatening the ash trees currently. The fungus Hymenoscyphus fraxineus could arrive by way of objects made of ash wood.
idk what it is but something about the aspect ratio is very aesthetically pleasing
Totally agree, I really want to know the type of camera he uses- looks great
You're lucky you still have ash. It was a very common tree here in southern Ontario in Canada, then we got the emerald ash borer and within twenty years it's basically gone extinct. We have huge chunks of forest were all the ash trees are dead and all the urban ash trees had to be cut down when they died off.
That is incredibly sad
The emerald ash borer just made its way into southern Kentucky.. There are still a few left but it is so depressing knowing their days are numbered.
In Germany we have similar problems. In my area, lots of young ashes fell dry and die. I got some of them laying in the shop. As long as the arent some bugs breakfast, one can still use them since the wood is already dry. But older trees are affected too. There is a ca 55 cm log in my neighbours yard waiting for his appointment with the sawmill. Keep Up the good work mate, your videos are aweseome!
Glad to have access to some kinda ash at my local lowes. Don't know what kinda ash it is though
Edit: looking at the trees native in the Appalachian hardwoods, it is more than likely white ash
Governments seem to be terrible at managing the environment.
I really like the 4x3 aspect ratio, kinda gives everything an old school look. Very fitting for your style I reckon.
Just found Eoin's channel, I love his enthusiasm and how genuine he is. He obviously has huge talent and love for the work but shows his mistakes and how to fix things. Combined with his eloquence and accent and he's my new favourite woodworking channel! Cheers from your friend in Australia.
Eoin, invest in a pair of cut proof trousers, especially when working alone you dont want to injure yourself! I'm a forest worker and they saved my legs twice now
Saved my exes leg in what could have been a very very nasty chainsaw accident As well!! Second this completely
That's beautiful. And also nice how you've adressed the sustainability of cutting down already dying trees. Close to my house in the Netherlands a local bush was felled of much of it's ash trees too. They removed a lot of healthy one's too, a bit much I'd say. But hey, they're down now and they've collected only a part of the timber and aren't coming back for the rest (I've asked). So I figured I'd take some myself. Gonna make a birdshouse from a nice log piece. Might saw one into planks witg a rip cut saw if that's possible. Any more ideas for what to make with the wood? (except handles, I have enough of those lying around).
And as for the klompen. I walked a lot on those as a kid (for historic shows). Try to wet them with water and walk in them for a bit. Then place a hot wet towel in them overnight. I'm not sure how it works but it allows the klomp to set to your foot. Otherwise just wear multiple layers of wool socks :)
Thats some good advice regarding the clogs, ill be sure to give it a try. When working with ash its best used internally as it does not weather well. it goes all black and mouldy unless very well finished in some varnish or something, even then its not ideal. hope this helps.
@@EoinReardon Thanks, I'll look around for some more rotting resistant wood then.
try robinia pseudoacacia for best outdoor use, they might not be native to our lands but they are the only class 1 durability trees that grow in western europe..@@JasperLTimmer
Cedar is great for birdhouses not sure about the availability in your area tho
Chestnut is beautiful timber for carving and doing wood sculpture once its seasoned right
That’s good to know PJ. Thanks, if it does get cut would you like me to save some for you?
Hey Eoin ✌🏻 I found your channel few days ago and I really enjoy the atmosphere you create in them. I‘m a traditionally trained carpenter from Germany, or „Zimmerer Geselle“ how we say here. But I left the carpentry in the summer right after I finished my 3 years of apprenticeship because of some bad experiences I made there and gave up on the love of woodworking. But in just a few days, watching your videos actually made a difference for me and it helped rekindling that love for traditional woodworking, I thought I lost. I am now planing a view new pieces of furniture for myself. And might even reconsider returning back to working as a carpenter :) Even tho a small comment on some video means not that much, I wanna thank you still. You gave me a new perspective and it is still helping me out of a bit of a mental health crisis at the moment. I hope u continue bringing smiles to the faces of many more people. around the world. Greetings from Germany✌🏻
God I love these videos, I don’t do any woodworking but I’m so invested.
Loved the longer vlog style, Eion! Your passion is palatable and I'm here for it.
Lol. Eoin spreading the Ash gospel and converting us Americans. In keeping with your local wood mission, I think I'll source some Osage Orange (maybe I could send you some and convert you!) And I started turning a mystery tree I cut two years ago in my backyard. Thanks for inspiring us.
Osage is incredible. Most useful wood in the U.S. I'd say, if straight grain is optional.
I could listen to his accent for days and would never get tired of it 😍
Great Vlog Eoin. Definitely a good day's work my friend. Enjoy your work keep up the great work.
Thanks
We have the ash borer beetle killing our ash trees as well. ( New England USA)Just had my old canoe gunnels replaced with it, love the grain! I’m an Ash fan myself😉
Same here in PA
Same in ME
Oh no! I’m fairly new to Mass and I’ve noticed quite a few ash trees on our property. They look healthy to me but I suppose I’d better google what to watch for. Our bigger problem at the moment is our beautiful silver maples which seem to be coming down one by one with each nor’easter. I suspect there were also elms at one point since we live on Elm Street but those are long gone.
almost all the ash in nj are dead now
This video goes double for me, as someone whos learning woodwork and loves ash wood, and dating someone called Ash. Both are brilliant for what they do.
I love this guy's energy and positivity. He's so comforting to watch 😊
He has such joyful eyes
I love the editing style mixed with the commentary and cuts (I hope that made sense).
Thanks for taking us a long on your day, it’s been a lovely cozy and informative time. I really love the education you’re doing esp with respecting the materials and craft.
Same reason wooden baseball bats used to be made of white ash here in the states. Naturally flexible but still very solid. Exceptionally lightweight as far as hardwoods go. And it used to be plentiful, but now because of both poor cutting practices and the same fungus your having, there endangered.
I cannot believe you are felling a tree wearing clogs, you are amazing !!
An older friend of mine hand splits fine New England granite. Just a hammer and set of wedges. He uses a skidsteer to move the slabs around but thats the only machinery he uses. Pretty cool watching him work his way down a line of wedges to split a hunk of granite the size of a huge motorcycle
Just one more great video, you are the best! Sweet pup.
You have the sweetest ASH!
Other than how satisfying your videos are, you truly show true passion in your work and to show the world your daily life! Cheers to you mate!!
Hey, Eoin!
Regarding the new planting of trees. If you're not already doing it, remember to plant a variety of species to replace the ash. This will decrease the overall vulnerability to diseases and pests in the future, something that unfortunately is expected to become more frequent because changing climate.
I don't know how much common knowledge it is, but coppiced chestnut is a popular wood for fences and gates. I am almost positive that there is no chance of that old beauty surviving. Even if you do manage to bring it up to standing and growing again, the root system is probably not going to manage to stabilise itself and become safe.
I always enjoy seeing you work at something you like
Name Suggestions for the pup?
Jimmy Chew
Ashley
Bobbie (I'm a Tintin fan). Or Tobi: short for Tobias (from Suske en Wiske, a belgian comic books series)
Bob.
She’s a border collie of course so. Holly ( the collie)🐾she will calm after getting to run a bit, it’s what she does best💛
Man it’s wild cuz I found you from your shorts but your long form content is even better. Can’t wait to see the views going up for you.
the vlogs are unbelievably enjoyable i can't wait for more
I absolutely love your content ❤ it's wonderful to see someone so happy making such cool things and with the craftsmanship and dedication that you have! So! I got a gift for you if you have a use for it. I live in the US and I'm not sure if there is an Irish equivalent of a PO box or anything of the like but I would love to send it to you. Stay awesome!
We have similar problems here in the states with the loss of ash trees. When the emerald ash bore came through, however long ago that was now, 20 years ago or so I think, that was pretty much the end of most of the ash trees here. There are still lots of them standing that have been dead for over a decade. It is very sad and I hope it doesn't mean the extinction of the species. I know there are efforts being made to try to preserve them so hopefully those efforts prove effective 😊
Ash is an amazing wood and I often wish I had more opportunities to work with it. Local box stores don't carry it anymore and there's always a limited and very expensive supply at the lumber store I use. One of these days I might just go see if I can get permission to topple some of the dead ones nearby now that I'm living in the country.
It’s fun to see a long form video from you.
Your vlogs are some of, if not the best, things ever put on this site
Hi Eoin, I really enjoy your video content, it's great to see someone so passionate about traditional crafts.
One of my Great Grandfather's was a carpenter and when he emigrated to Canada he built a few log cabins in Hudson Bay, he returned to Scotland and built more wooden homes. As a child my grandfather and I would use some of the old saws and axes to clear damaged trees for firewood and building chicken coops.
My daughter also loves woodworking she has some whittling knives and makes figurines.
Keep up the good work.
I love what you do, and your appreciation of the traditional ways of working.
On the bright side, it looks like research is being done to locate and selectively breed ash trees that are resistant to this disease. Maybe in a few years you'll be replanting resistant ashes when you take a tree down :)
Love your videos. Please consider wearing your ear protection when driving your wedges. That sharp, loud ring can really do a number on your hearing
Absolutely love these vlogs Eoin, keep them coming!
your digital camera posts have this almost old-school home-video feel to them that I really love!
I still can't get over how I enjoy 4:3 way too much! Great to see the shorts from the other day in this lovely format. Always a treat.
I love ash too. For making electric guitar bodies out of it's fabulous. Real shame about the ash die-back. Can't imagine a landscape without the ash trees. Mind you down in England, there's pretty much still no elm trees, after Dutch elm disease reared it's ugly head in the 70's. But here in Scotland it's a bit of a different story. Elm trees just sprout up everywhere, just like weeds (which is in a way what they are until they become trees). So there is hope for the ash. Tell you a really good timber to get hold of if you can - ROWAN. Or 'mountain ash' (sorbus domestica). The wood is kind of a cross between maple and birch. Beautiful to work, and has a lovely patina. I made a guitar neck out of it, and it's so cool. Really good videos of 'traditional' work in a modern age. Excellent!
Really enjoy watching your videos. You’ve got a great skill set. The restorations are great in this planned obsolescence throwaway society. Minimal tooling good vision and control it’s a pleasure to watch. Thank you.
When i was 14 or 15 An Oak tree in our front yard was struck by lighting and it knocked the tree over into two other trees. I remember helping my dad for like 2 weeks chopping down those trees haha. good times.
I live way up in new york state near the Canadian border- we have tons of ash here dying from the emerald ash borer. It is such a beautiful wood- and useful. Your talents are most appreciated- you are a true craftsman.
Your channel's nothing if not delightful and educational. Thank you.
you are a precious beautiful man. thank you so much for the content you make and please keep up the good work!
I love ash as well, I've been watching your videos for a while now and you have inspired me to get back into wood working, but now with older hand tools
Beautiful vlog and gorgeous ash!
The workshop without the bright lights reminds me of my grandpas barn. Good memories
I'm very much looking forward to more vlogs. Thanks for sharing!
When you're cutting downed timber, cut compression first, then tension.
Your videos have a feeling of simplicity that most channels can’t seem to capture.
I'd love to watch more of the vlog style videos, its really interesting to see but also the wood working process is quite satsifying.
I was a bit alarmed at 5:20 when you had that marginal back cut and the wind picked up! Definitely a good call to employ the wedges.
Oh dear! And you forgot to move the scaffold. Probably a mistake you won't make again 😉
Striking a wedge up at eye level, safety glasses are probably in order. I had a sliver get stuck in my eye once -- it's not the end of the world, but it's not fun either!
I wish I had your energy and joy! Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't.
Delighted to see that yee are planting after felling. Nice work Eoin. Fair play to ya! Cheers
I got some crates of some beautiful wood that my father harvested when he was younger. Well dried out. Just need the project. Maybe I can send you some pics of some pieces one day. Love what you do. Keep it up
I went to a camp when I was a kid in southern New York near the finger lakes and the camp has one Scottish pine that the founder brought back from the UK and planted, they called it a Scottish pine with a twist because the needles curled up instead of being straight
Here in Canada we've been felling Ash trees for years because some company from the US didn't bake the bugs out of their pallets before sending them here. We've felled 5 huge ash on our property all showing signs of the emerald ash borer.
Eoin, I worked for a general contractor in my teens, about 50 years ago! and I worked with an amazing old German carpenter, we called him Herby and he gave me the best bit of advice I've never forgotten..
He saw me pick up a hammer, and said, "you paid for the whole handle, use it" from that day on I never held a hammer (or axe) up near the business end. I think about him every time I pick one up. ;) Love your videos sir!
I wish you and Ash happiness
I really love your enthusiasm for Ash. I wish I had such strong feelings about a local wood in my area, but I'm allergic to most of it. I wanna get into woodworking, but I gotta consider protecting my hands first.
13:00 Supermodel facial expressions. 10/10
Love the explanation at 13:51 about why you love working with ash so much.
Love your vids keep the great vids up 👍
I love the vlogs, keep it up
Wow same. I love a good piece of ash too!
Твоя любовь к делу заслуживает большего, чем уважение. Незнаю поможет ли моя подписка из России (увы, политика диктует свои правла), но я рад стать ещё одним звеном на пути к 1000000 подписчиков и монетизации твоего труда в мастерской и за её стенами.
p.s.: твоя кепка исконно английского трудового класса мне безумно нравится. Я буду искать для себя такую же для каждого дня👍
Good on ya, boy-o. Stay warm, healthy, moderately prosperous, at peace in your mind and heart and curious.❤🎉😊🇺🇸🙏
A very handsome jumper.
I love your content❣️ You are a font of knowledge and such a cheery guy you deserve to flourish. Thank you for sharing your work with us and for making me laugh enough to cause pain 😂 Those poses for thumbnails broke me 😆😂🤣 Love 💕 and hugs 🫂 to you and your family from across the water in Scotland 🥰💙🌹
one man luber jacking dream team, from cutting to prepping all while in them Steele toe clogs
Love from The Netherlands I’m also a wood worker and I can still learn from you keep it up man❤
Sad that the ash trees are going. Save up a whole mess of seeds, and when the last one falls, spread them all over the island.
My biggest guitar is a pair of ash slabs either side of a sandwich of maple & mahogany, it’s an absolute beast & absolutely beautiful.
I’m highly tempted to make a smaller guitar out of Ash, so it’s a bit nicer on my back - maybe even charring, oiling, and waxing it, rather than pain or a thick clear coat finish
13:04 I am really bad at taking photos so I relate to this on a huge level. I too go through the stages of confusion, trying you eat something, smiling, and then more confusion.
I like this style of video
Nice save it would have been a crime to loose all that lovely ash
Not using widescreen is a really good idea your camera looks incredible especially with how pretty wherever you are is
I can't believe you fell the tree onto your planks 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Gotta love a nice piece of Ash
Who knew there was somebody out there who loves ash even more than me 😅
As you're stockpiling lots and lots of ash, you might as well restore a bark spud. If you don't know of it, basically just a slick with a moderately curved blade, not curved like a gouge or an axe, but like how the claw of a framing hammer is. Just without the split in the middle. You can't afford to split every single tree, there are many dying ash trees and your back will be young and strong for only so long. Debarking will be crucial to hasten drying of whole limbs and trunks. Not to mention deprive insects and other critters a place to cause you trouble.
You might not be in the US, where pick up trucks are literally everywhere, but your life will be much easier with one. SUV and trailer is OK, but nothing is as easy to load and unload as a pickup. *Don't* get a small one, ash trees aren't small. Bigger trucks can move larger loads with far greater stability and ease than smaller ones, even with the same engine.
I am certain you will get a old truck with plenty of character. Make sure to do some research; get something that has good parts availability, easy to maintain and has a large knowledge base. This **always** ends up being something that was in production for a very, very long time with little change. I sell car parts, I know.
I just looked at Irish Driver's licenses, and simply getting the largest truck you can would actually be a good first truck. Feels weird saying that as an American.
Loving the long form content
👍👍, love your videos mate
The emerald ash borer has been wreaking havoc here in North America. Thankfully, in my part of Missouri ash isn't a common species. I've mostly got post oak, white oak, blackjack oak, chinqapin oak, various red oaks, miscellaneous hickories, some cedar (actually juniper, but we call it cedar), and the odd elm, sycamore, black walnut, and hornbeam for the upper story trees.
Great video well done. I much prefer your longer videos where you get to the meat of things. Your back cut looked like it needed to be higher, we've always done it an inch or two above the notch so it works as a hinge. Plastic or wood wedges are used here so they don't wreck your chain saw blade when cutting through. Love the idea of clogs but I can imagine they take getting used to, how about a backing strap like on a pair of crocks? lol. All the very best. Cheers J
Hello from Nova Scotia, just across the water! I enjoy your videos and sense of optimism. For quite some time I used my chainsaw without protection and then at some point I realized I should get the gear: steel toe boots, chaps, hardhat with ear protection and screen. Now I feel more confident using it. I remember my father telling me he once knew a man cut the front of his head open and died. How gruesome is that!
good work felling
Lucky, ash around my neck of the woods is a rarely sight. I've got black walnut, red oak, wtc
Good shit mate. Love it, and you've got me searching for ash here in Canada... I found a great source in the city itself. similar to youm we have an issue that is the Emerald Ash Borer.
Because of this, the city is having to fell trees... and I have an unlimited source, pretty much... but I am slow on the woodwork itself... For now what I have is drying.... Eventually I'll make handles for my grandfather's tools 🙂
Great video, take care
You are IDENTICAL to young DENNIS QUAID! Those Irish genes be Irishing😲😳
Foaming at the mouth waiting for him to turn that burl
I dont think ive ever ran across a person like you Eoin. Your so wonderfully unique and i am captivated by your charming personality. I have immediately grown interested in woodworking and what it is your doing and It has made me want to start the hobby myself. Appreciate the content 👏🫶
:D Lovely bit of wood you salvaged!
Closing in on 1000000 subs 😮😮 well done eoin. 🎉🎉🎉
Loving your work, you're on a journey from seasoned to green wood and i'm on a journey going the other way!
Your spoon needs a crank otherwise you'll never get the last of your porridge out the corners.
Cruisin' fer a piece of Ash. 😂