Solar kiln build - Part 4 // E115
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- Опубліковано 30 лис 2024
- We continue building the solar kiln with the wood our forest provides. We are milling ash trees on our custom Harbor Freight sawmill. These trees recently died from an invasive boring beetle, that has wreaked havoc on our forests in the eastern United States. Jon discusses using a snatch block with the tractor's winch to pull the heavy tree out of the forest and on to the trail to be process on the sawmill. A demonstration of mechanical advantage is shown by measuring how far the object traveled during the winch's pull.
Maddy and Carmen bring a whole new meaning to the term log dogs! Love it!
Learning what is in nature is really fun to know.
Another good one and results are wonderful. This kept my attention full steam. I really admire your persistence and ability to create your project with joy and endurancel Bring on more!
Building all of these preliminary buildings is great practice and learning experience for building the house.
Great job meg and John keep up
The great videos
I love seeing you 2 play like that. It shows the love.
Treebeard, himself, approves of your work. Quit pawing the driller.
The trim across the seam between the top siding boards and the bottom will trap rain moisture on top the board and allow it to get behind the boards and rot the siding. This can be fixed by "caulking the trim" over the seam with tar. It can still be painted. Sometimes paint will work for a while but heat and sunlight will eventually crack the paint and help maintain the moisture behind the trim board, thus accelerating the rot. If you are going to have the trim you will need to seal the trim board with some type of moisture sealer. The same for all the horizontal trim boards.
Ok in that deep movie trailer intro guy voice:
In a world…where lumber… is free… Meg and Jon face…. the ultimate challenge… Can they extract the boards… that are hiding… in the logs? Find out this winter on Walnuts and Wineberries!
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Meg! Jon! The building looks amazing! So much blood and sweat, and many tears. You both should be proud. Can’t wait to watch you continue to go forth and conquer!
I read this comment to Meg with the proper movie trailer voice. Haha!
Nice job. Enjoyed it. Have a day.
While I am not an electrical expert, I wanted to share an experience I had with removing the key while the engine is running. I used to do that all the time for short periods of time on my 1982 kubota subcompact. One time the generator light came on but dim lit, when the key was turned back on and stayed on. After consulting my dealer I was told that the rectifier it uses was bad and needed replacement (because I was doing the key removal thing). I just wanted to tell you and if this happens check the rectifier. I like your videos very much and am subscribed. Thumbs up!
Nice work Meg and Jon. :)
It is looking great. Love your videos
love your vidieos
John - The Tree whisperer !
Love your videos. Keep them coming !
Good job felling the tree … looking up and watching the crown is a pro move for sure. The kiln is coming together nicely!
Nicely done.
Your John Tip was so simple regarding the chain, but I'm not sure I'd have ever thought of that.
Your doing an Excellent Job guys…using dead trees, etc. The solar shed is very cool !!
I just built my sawmill shed with freshsawn (still green) Ash. I only put one screw in the middle width of each board because.. the boards will want to shrink on their width. By putting multiple nails across the top & bottom. I'm afraid your boards may split as they shrink width wise. As mine shrink, I will cover the gap with the battens that are screwed right in the gap leaving the boards to "free float" but are covered by the battens. D.
That's how I did my house with white oak
That green plant is a ramp. Very tasty
Stick a rear view mirror on the mill so you can see the metal uprights from the other side
19:32 those trees said “We don’t have anything else to do. We’re just standing around all day.” 😂
John, being someone that has almost flipped my tractor of the green variety a couple of times, please be careful on those hills. I did put a set of inch and a half spacers on Mr. Greenjeans and it helped the stability a lot. God bless, and the solar kiln is stellar. 👍
Somebody has probably already commented but seeing Meg struggle with the hammering why don't you go and get a palm nailer. makes life so much easier.
I see your point. We go by the motto, "Get comfortable being uncomfortable." She used to also struggle with the backhoe and now she's quite a good operator with it. In time, she'll be putting most modern-day men to shame.
@@WalnutsandWineberries I believe that she already has John. 😊
That dog finally gets to climb that tree.
You work so hard! You are amazing. Thanks for this video!
Love watching you work together to build your dreams and achieve what most people think they are not capable of! BRAVO
Excellent work guys, looking back on the progress you make on your land with your trees, rescuing them and seeing them be something new and amazing, is so rewarding.. keep it up, you'll get there. 👍👍💚🍻🙏
John Awesome direction on felling the tree. Now the bust .. buy some new drill bits ….lol long time subscriber. Craig Pa
Suggestion when doing a lot of hammering recommend wearing wrist wrap supports will save your wrist from future pains from arthritis there is a lot stress being generated driving nails with hammer
Really enjoy watching you guys videos!! Thanks so much for sharing. Meg you did a great job nailing. John that's a beautiful wood that your sawing up. Hope y'all guys did okay through the cold weather
A longer overhang on the roof would have kept the moisture off of the upper area if the rain or snow is not severe. However, the normal rain will get sideways enough to get it wet anyway.
Looking good love the grain
Fun fact, pith is also the white spongy material under the rind of citrus fruit. When you zest a lemon you stop before you reach the pith. It is very bitter so you don’t want the pith in your food.
When those green boards shrink the nails will hold the edges in place and the boards will shrink in the center causing cracks and splits st the nail sites. You should only naiil in the center of the board and then secure the edges with a nail through the center of the batten and between the original boards. That way the center and the edges are held and there will not be any cracks or splitting at the edges of the boards.
Get some bread point bits for just drilling wood. They will drill much easier than your metal cutting bits plus for that thin siding put your drill in high speed. It will save your time and energy
Yep, high speed on the drill makes the holes faster AND with a lot less effort. I could not figure out why Meg was using the low speed.
Ash is a good wood to build a saw mill, the only thing it splits really easy.l built my mill with it all so
Just a bit of physics for you white refects more and black absorbs more uv light. That being said I feel like I would be remiss to not say something before you get to far. I'd hate to see all that hard work having to be redone over something that can be addressed in advance. Maybe 🤔 try black for the walls and white for the batten's. In the end I'm sure you'll figure it out. As always good luck and God Bless.
Jeez John what did that blade do to you 😂😂😂 whatever it was I'm sure it's sorry now 😜😜 JK.
Love your content and how it is put together. Music is timed to video 'moments' and the effect is very good. Like the audio tracks subdued under your commentary also. John, you are a born comedian. Meg, you are a born CEO. Really look forward to these episodes each week. Continued good luck and success during this New Year and following.
I would have put a drip edge before putting the top boards With trim it’s still a water entry point. Great job overall
You need a couple green lasers 1 to shine down each side of your cut and then get in the habit of verifying each side of your cut
Save rain water for the sawmill...
Remember Meg relax the arm it's all in the wrist action
The leaf you found is a Virginia Orchid. We looked it up.
Check out "Putty root orchid." Very interesting little plant that many overlook.
goorchids.northamericanorchidcenter.org/species/aplectrum/hyemale/
I think when you're said and done in your house you're going to have a nice potential revenue source with that mill and kiln.
Did you put plastic between the railway sleepers & you framing? You should have left the plastic roof full length to dip off & away from the sidings 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Jon. Had you considered placing some of your Crusher Run around the outside in a bid to prevent mud being splashed up onto the new wall boards during heavy rain.. Cheers Robin.
When your hammering in nails face the wall. Look at John he n has the nail in front of him
On the trim… do your best and caulk the rest.
Put a roof on that sawmill , you are going to spend so much time milling it would be worth it 💦But then again you wouldn't be able to blame the weather 🤣
And you could use the sawmill so much longer ❤
I totally respect your work ethic so please forgive my question here.
A weather resistant timber building should ideally have horizontal external cladding ( in the USA you call it siding). For weather proofing, economy of labour, time and materials carpenters make vertical studs then horizontal cladding/boards/siding. With the horizontal boards you fix the bottom one first then work your way up overlapping each board by at least an inch (if you use Shiplap designed boards it's sleek but less rustic looking).
(Vertical siding boards require horizontal studwork or counter-battening so more work and timber!)
Any horizontal board/cover moulding as you've done will trap rainwater making the building less durable!
So my question is...why have you designed the lumber drying shed the way you have? Is it because you like the way it looks?
I hope you don't take this the wrong way, as I say I TOTALLY respect your work ethic, just trying to save you some time, effort and money. Good luck, I really enjoy you making your dream not just talking about it as some people do.
You are wasting your breath
They have cone you put on end of logs your dragging. The log slides on top of ground
Have you guys considered skidding tongs or log tongs for dragging logs out of the woods? Lookin good!!
Jon. and Meg, You mentioned using the same colour scheme, surely black would absorb more heat, making your kiln more efficient.....A point to consider, What do you think. Regards Robin.
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I really enjoy watching your progress. I also love the idea of utilizing the natural resources for the construction of your new home.
Question: Will the ridge cap to the solar kiln be vented to release moist heat? I can see how you might vent the building from another site (opening in the end, or a roof vent). I am also curious about drying time. I understand that there are several variables involved. I am wondering how drying your wood will impact your construction time for the house.
Love what you 2 have done and how you did it, just a thought, why don't you get or make a Sled to go under the Front of the Log so they don't dig in the Ground so much and make them easier to pull?
The sled for towing logs is a "shoe."
Jon, On another site, the guy on there says, it is best to offer the widest end of the log towards the saw blade when starting to cut timber. Just mentioned this in passing, do you have any thoughts on the matter. The Solar kiln is progressing brilliantly....Cheers Robin.
Have you consider using two pulleys one where you anchored to the tree and the other one at the log?
Why not skin the door in the polycarb honey comb like roof..really light
shrinkage and splits be damned, all those nails in green lumber, but hey, whatever, good work on the kiln.
hey guy, winch skidding cones can be your friend.
quelle surprise smartest guy in the forest doesn't use them.
Just wish you were going to stain this wood as it is just a beautiful thing... just saying and by the way.... a great job kids
Creating a lot of rain water traps ???
Adam and Eve Orchids are a native Appalachian species
What size winch did you get from Harbor Freight? I don't know which winch they have will fit me and my needs. I do like the remote control.
2500. I didn't want to put anything bigger than that on that sub-compact tractor, but I feel I could have gone one more size bigger.
@@WalnutsandWineberries I have a Kubota 2370 and want a winch. I am impressed with your RK. If there was a local dealer near me; I would consider one. Thanks for the great videos and your reply and have a good day. Kevin in Utah
Hey jon if physic was good we would be logging like they did hundred years ago lol.
Sorry that's supposed to be Brad point bit.
Is that a turd? 😆
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