Carpenterjohn The handyman And less talking doesn’t mean less intelligence. If you ever read his blog he is obviously very articulate and far from a "one trick pony". His wife is no slouch either, her videography is also a big part of telling the story in the videos.
As always, love the work. I was thinking as I was watching you work, "I'm sitting here watching him work, when I should be out working on my own project." I have several ash limbs to debark and get under cover.
Can’t wait to see what the curved timber will be used for? I like the technique of using a tall brace to assist and directing the fallen tree. Truly a Master at play...
So good that you don't have music playing over your video's so that we can hear every beautiful sound of the tools working the wood and the shavings hitting the ground. It is such a great sound, I am going to play video again so that I can just listen.... perfect meditation
I still find it amusing that you use a felling axe for hewing.... yes, I see that it works.... but I’ve seen afghani mechanics use rocks as both hammers and wrenches, I don’t recommend either.... Looking forward to the construction of this new project; all the previous projects have been great.
A broad axe would be a poor choice for hewing a curved timber. A narrower bit with a double bevel give you much more flexibility to follow the curve properly and still hew a flat face. Which is well demonstrated by Mr. Chickadee here. There are lots of ways to hew, and if you watch a few hewing videos from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, or China, you can see that there are lots of traditional hewing styles that don't involve using anything like a broad bitted axe. Since Mr. Chickadee has quite a few videos demonstrating that he owns broad axes, and knows how to use them, maybe we can assume he picked the tool for the job because he knows what he is doing?
Hi Mr. Chickadee ! Would be very nice to talk about the moisture of the wood. Do we have to dry wood like most of woodworkers says? Can we built tomber framing and furnitures with wet wood ? If we only works with hand tools and traditional joinery? Very hard to get the truth about it...
Watching your videos I always find myself thinking "man, working on that one timber must have taken him such a long time," and then the camera pans out and you've already done another three of them. Gets me every time. I love your work. Thank you.
Once you get started, and do enough, one would be surprised and amazed at exactly how "fast" it goes. I love this type of wood working. It's all natural at it's best. Cheers :)
Looks just like my straight timbers do after I'm done hewing them. Perfect topic for me today. I'm cleaning up several walnut tops left after logging and I intended to keep a few long curved chunks for future projects. Thanks Mr. Chickadee!
Been subscribed to this channel since the early videos and have never seen one I didnt enjoy and learn from. Theres something so relaxing about watching a skilled craftsman at work! Would love to build a timber frame cabin on my farm some day soon. Greetings from western Ky!
0:30 - 0:45 There's only one direction in the faces that I see; It's upward to the ceiling, where the chambers said to be. Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree. They are pulled up by the magnet, believing that they're free. -Genesis "The Carpet Crawlers" album: "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (1974)
Beautiful fell on the tree. I was wondering how long you season a hewn timber before incorporating it into a build? Thanks for the videos and hope you and yours are well and many blessings.
Though they wont be very dry for many years, I find giving them at least 6 months or more helps them relax, show any twists or cupping they will, make them much lighter to handle, and helps the joinery not loosen up as much.
Utilizing the natural curve of sourwood is something nearly lost in today’s woodworking... in days gone by it was used for naturally curved sleigh runners
Always so much to learn from Mr. Chickadee. Looking forward to see what you make from this timber. Always a pleasure to see another of your videos. Best wishes.
Another simply fantastic "quiet" inspirational, instructive, meditational/meditative video from an extremely skilled master craftsman (which I watched for the third time already!). Thank you so much for making taping editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to you all.
@@MrChickadee I saw the other trees you cut we're perfectly straight so it just seemed strange you wanted to add a curvey tree to your wood pile. Thanks.
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What a shame that wood for such projects has to be Seasoned, as it is only just Spring and we have to wait for Autumn for this project to get underway. I know folks shouldn't wish our lives away....but roll on Autumn.
I always imagine cutting down a tree involving massive swings of an axe like they’re trying to knock it over with each chop, but it looked like you tapped your way through that tree with little effort. Amazing what a sharp tool and a lot of skill can do.
Who taught you all that you know if you don't mind me asking I'm a young man who does everything by hand to I've built a few projects and succeeded but I want to learn more !!!thank you.
Thank You Mr Chickadee. This technique of how it is done has eluded me for a lifetime. Once saw a build like this when I was a child. Have some curvy maple on my mind and a few bent ;-) pin cherries.
Those were specialty tools often used by professional hewers in times past. They do make more sense when the timbers are very large, like a 12X24" beam for example, the larger blade could help with that. I own a few hewing axes, but never need them...
I more or less lucked in to this one. It is a Yerkes & Plumb. Cast steel. From what I could tell from a search, Yerkes was with Plumb till the late 1870’s
Less than one nice power tool for sure. lol 10 dollars here, 5 dollars there you know, Ive collected for years and now I maintain 14 full sets of tools for all our students to use so i have way more than you need. A good set of used tools for one person could be found for a couple hundred bucks easy.
May I ask... How long does it take for you to hew a log? Lets say this particular log or similar dimmentions. I'm wondering because I sometimes do hand work with wood, but have no idea how long should it take, as everyone around is either using power tools for every step, or buying stuff already to a required dimmention and shape.
Mr. Chickadee never says a word yet he speaks volumes. Inspiring work, Sir!
I agree. I love his "less talking, more learning" style very much.
Carpenterjohn The handyman And less talking doesn’t mean less intelligence. If you ever read his blog he is obviously very articulate and far from a "one trick pony". His wife is no slouch either, her videography is also a big part of telling the story in the videos.
As always, love the work. I was thinking as I was watching you work, "I'm sitting here watching him work, when I should be out working on my own project." I have several ash limbs to debark and get under cover.
Can’t wait to see what the curved timber will be used for? I like the technique of using a tall brace to assist and directing the fallen tree. Truly a Master at play...
Its the arched timber above a large doorway
Very interesting log. I look forward to seeing its use.
So good that you don't have music playing over your video's so that we can hear every beautiful sound of the tools working the wood and the shavings hitting the ground. It is such a great sound, I am going to play video again so that I can just listen.... perfect meditation
I agree sounds of wood working
You're totally right. I hate every video that adds music to sound super trendy
Music is for power tool videos.
Classy Gas & Diesel Teach -background music for instructional videos is for dorks
Indeed
beautiful and calm to watch
Charming job!
❤
They actually have sawmills now .
not for trees curved in two directions severely
Well said
I still find it amusing that you use a felling axe for hewing.... yes, I see that it works.... but I’ve seen afghani mechanics use rocks as both hammers and wrenches, I don’t recommend either....
Looking forward to the construction of this new project; all the previous projects have been great.
A broad axe would be a poor choice for hewing a curved timber. A narrower bit with a double bevel give you much more flexibility to follow the curve properly and still hew a flat face. Which is well demonstrated by Mr. Chickadee here. There are lots of ways to hew, and if you watch a few hewing videos from Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, or China, you can see that there are lots of traditional hewing styles that don't involve using anything like a broad bitted axe. Since Mr. Chickadee has quite a few videos demonstrating that he owns broad axes, and knows how to use them, maybe we can assume he picked the tool for the job because he knows what he is doing?
A good axeman can do just fine with a felling axe.
Or an adze.
Hi Mr. Chickadee ! Would be very nice to talk about the moisture of the wood. Do we have to dry wood like most of woodworkers says? Can we built tomber framing and furnitures with wet wood ? If we only works with hand tools and traditional joinery? Very hard to get the truth about it...
No, it can be used green, dry or somewhere in between.
Watching your videos I always find myself thinking "man, working on that one timber must have taken him such a long time," and then the camera pans out and you've already done another three of them. Gets me every time.
I love your work. Thank you.
Once you get started, and do enough, one would be surprised and amazed at exactly how "fast" it goes. I love this type of wood working. It's all natural at it's best. Cheers :)
I always look forward to your videos. So much knowledge to share. 👍👍👍
Watching you work is like listening to a whale song... peaceful and calm-inducing. Thank you
I have several of those Sourwood trees on my land.
Here's a good video about this tree.
ua-cam.com/video/3FHpr74dZPY/v-deo.html
Very cool. Can't wait to see what this Japanese timber frame is going to be!
Mr. chickadee is like the clickspring of wood working
Way cool reference!!
Thanks for watching, I’ll see ya later!
@@curtissmith3498 mm
how many acres ya got there mr. chickadee?
edit. that draw knife is beautifully sharp!
about 30, more or less
Mr. Chickadee wherebouts? i grew up in tennessee, live in florida, and have a few acres in kentucky!
@@charonferryman2183 They live in Kentucky, near Moorehead. He does timber framing workshops there.
Looks just like my straight timbers do after I'm done hewing them. Perfect topic for me today. I'm cleaning up several walnut tops left after logging and I intended to keep a few long curved chunks for future projects. Thanks Mr. Chickadee!
Thats the beauty of center line layout, no need for timbers to be straight, or even square! Walnut should hew up just wanderful!
I’m not sure how I discovered your channel but I do enjoy your videos. Congrats on 100k!
I can hear the density of the wood in those draw knife strokes. Beautiful lumber.
Been subscribed to this channel since the early videos and have never seen one I didnt enjoy and learn from. Theres something so relaxing about watching a skilled craftsman at work! Would love to build a timber frame cabin on my farm some day soon. Greetings from western Ky!
0:30 - 0:45
There's only one direction in the faces that I see;
It's upward to the ceiling, where the chambers said to be.
Like the forest fight for sunlight, that takes root in every tree.
They are pulled up by the magnet, believing that they're free.
-Genesis "The Carpet Crawlers"
album: "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" (1974)
The amazing simphony of a well done task.
Beautiful fell on the tree. I was wondering how long you season a hewn timber before incorporating it into a build? Thanks for the videos and hope you and yours are well and many blessings.
Though they wont be very dry for many years, I find giving them at least 6 months or more helps them relax, show any twists or cupping they will, make them much lighter to handle, and helps the joinery not loosen up as much.
Utilizing the natural curve of sourwood is something nearly lost in today’s woodworking... in days gone by it was used for naturally curved sleigh runners
Does anyone else see the irony in a hand tool only UA-cam star?
ผมเคยติดตามคุณ แต่ผมเปลี่ยนอีเมลใหม่ผมพึ่งหาคุณเจอขอบคุณที่แชร์วีดีโอดีๆ
Always so much to learn from Mr. Chickadee. Looking forward to see what you make from this timber. Always a pleasure to see another of your videos. Best wishes.
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Relaxing video. 100K Subscribers. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!
Where do you get your pants from? Weird question but they look comfortable and practical with the high waist and suspenders.
Another simply fantastic "quiet" inspirational, instructive, meditational/meditative video from an extremely skilled master craftsman (which I watched for the third time already!). Thank you so much for making taping editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health to you all.
Great video.
That is the sharpest axe I've ever seen. An axe sharpening video would be great if you have
Watching a lot of your videos, I wonder who’s the mentor who taught you these very variable skills.
Why would you want a tree with that much of a curve?
For beauty's sake, and to hone the particular skills needed to accurately join such a tree
@@MrChickadee I saw the other trees you cut we're perfectly straight so it just seemed strange you wanted to add a curvey tree to your wood pile. Thanks.
I can hear the sharpness of his axe.
Beautiful. Any chance we can have a sneak peak at a drawing of the frame you’re building?
Dude man! I’d love it if you could give us the silent treatment and teach us about tree identification. Maybe a cute cat or dog interlude. 😉
Matthew Kelley pretty sure in some of his earlier videos he had car interludes
Tidy stuff Bud.........those curvy ones are awkward to move eh!
Man you are just the coolest, I respect everything you do
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If the logs a rock'n don't come a knock'n
Can't wait to see how you place these curved timber's to gether what a beautiful hard wood forest you have .🐤👏🙋
Curtis von Epp sort of looks like cotton wood or maybe poplar.
What kind of tree is that?
Sourwood
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Those are some tiger woods swings
Can't wait to see what you make of it.
Just wondering if that's a Sourwood. But persimmon kinda looks like that also.
sourwood
Must be careful with that draw knife not to cut off your chickadee
thats what happened to my half brother
What a beautiful location ❤️❤️❤️
What's with the boots? I have a similar pair
Can I ask why you don't use a Hewing axe?
start to wonder, how wide the property he had..
Very nice, that looks like ash.
I was feeling a bit over stimulated and a Mr Chickadee episode pops up to rescue the vibe. Thank you, Brother.
what is the second tool he works with
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very sharp axe. very methodical and energy conserving movements. thank you for sharing.
lovely piece of timber, perfect shape!
What a shame that wood for such projects has to be Seasoned, as it is only just Spring and we have to wait for Autumn for this project to get underway. I know folks shouldn't wish our lives away....but roll on Autumn.
He looks like he is out of the 1700s...still has better video quality than Pewdiepie haha awesome video! Always love watching your content.
Congrats on 100K subscribers!! Always a treat to watch, thanks!
Crooked beams are easier, you don't have to mess with those pesky snap line.
I always imagine cutting down a tree involving massive swings of an axe like they’re trying to knock it over with each chop, but it looked like you tapped your way through that tree with little effort. Amazing what a sharp tool and a lot of skill can do.
Do you have permission to destroy nature and young trees????
This is art,plus he uses every bit of the tree.its the way God wanted us to be.To work with your hands.
1:27, even your axe "sounds" sharp
Sounds sticky, yep.
Who taught you all that you know if you don't mind me asking I'm a young man who does everything by hand to I've built a few projects and succeeded but I want to learn more !!!thank you.
If UA-cam would have an Oscar/Academy award, you most definitely would be atop contender. I enjoy your channel very much, thanks for sharing.
what kind of tree is this?
how did you go about moving these timbers around?
logging arch and ATV
Pretty cool Mr. Chickadee! Props for a no layout freestyle curved timber. Added to my hewing playlist.
These octagonal roofing beams are a joy to hew, especially since you don't even want straight or square but natural curvy beauty.
What is the stuff you put on the end of the log? Some kind of wax compound?
Thanks.
Thank You Mr Chickadee. This technique of how it is done has eluded me for a lifetime. Once saw a build like this when I was a child. Have some curvy maple on my mind and a few bent ;-) pin cherries.
You’ve gotta do more rustic food videos. They’re very wholesome and nice.
Amazing work as always!
What kind of tree is that
this young man is bad ass
This man makes it look like nothing more than peeling a nice potato. Heavens. Excellent skill, sir. Best of luck to you!
I see you've got a proper haft on that old swedish axe, many people don't realize that it really does make a difference.
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
How many whole trees went into your homestead? The amount of work that goes into constructing a home is mind blowing!
Cheaper than a health spa
One BIG like!!! It was a pleasure for me to watch THIS!!!
Hewing in any fashion is a challenging skill. Being able to hew in multiple styles is just awesome :)
Wow... I was wondering how did you move the tree... I really liked it as there is no music, it feels like I m in there... thx
Very nice work with the axe and draw knife....thanks for sharing!
Looks like sassafras.
Hoping to make it to one of your timber framing workshops one day.
I’ve got a 150 year old hewing axe head made for doing that. It does not look like it was really needed.
Those were specialty tools often used by professional hewers in times past. They do make more sense when the timbers are very large, like a 12X24" beam for example, the larger blade could help with that. I own a few hewing axes, but never need them...
I more or less lucked in to this one. It is a Yerkes & Plumb. Cast steel. From what I could tell from a search, Yerkes was with Plumb till the late 1870’s
how much value do you have in woodworking tools? like how many dollars
Less than one nice power tool for sure. lol 10 dollars here, 5 dollars there you know, Ive collected for years and now I maintain 14 full sets of tools for all our students to use so i have way more than you need. A good set of used tools for one person could be found for a couple hundred bucks easy.
@@MrChickadee thanks for the information, here whre i am from i feel like there is no attention given to traditional tools
What can/will you use the curved beam for?
Don't mean to criticize but isn't that axe handle a little on the large side?
Sourwood has a beautiful grain to me. Finish looks great with just an oil sealer.
Nice! Steady-eddy work. Thanks!
(First one here. )
Always great when a new video pops up on my feed Mr. Chickadee!
One of the few axe handling videos ive seen that doesnt make me cringe
May I ask... How long does it take for you to hew a log? Lets say this particular log or similar dimmentions. I'm wondering because I sometimes do hand work with wood, but have no idea how long should it take, as everyone around is either using power tools for every step, or buying stuff already to a required dimmention and shape.
Bout and hour or so
Hii
That's going to be a beauty in the frame. Can't wait to see it!