Building a Timber Frame Cabin - hand tools only
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- Опубліковано 4 кві 2021
- In September of 2019 I partook in a timber framing and half-timbering with wattle and daub workshop organised by the Museum for Older Techniques in Grimbergen, Belgium.
Three teams of seven people worked together with two intructors (Ante Corthals and Mathijs Huyghebaert) on the building using only hand tools and traditional techniques over a span of eleven days in total, each group working five days individually.
Starting from felled timber, the proces of hewing a beam, laying out a joint and making it were excercised. This finally resulted in raising the complete timber framed structure after about nine days of work.
This frame was to be half timbered by filling the voids between the beams with wattle and daud. This proces was demonstrated by local expert in the matter, Gerrit Van den Dries.
After the workshop was completed, the remaining walls were filled with wattle and daub and the remaining portions of the roof were covered with wooden shingles on a later date.
The result is a beautiful half-timbered, timber framed cabin which holds the museums winnowing machine and is a great addition to the site.
Thanks for watching,
Marcel
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This barn looks a million times better than most houses in America built from cheap 2x4’s and OSB’s. There is an art and passion that is lost in modern architecture which only focuses on square meters/footage, low cost and speed. I wish to see more projects like this one. Congratulations for the amazing work that everyone of the carpenters have done! What an inspiring video!
Thank you Sam! I'm glad you enjoyed it! Agreed about today's architecture most of the time atleast!
How beautiful! I only wish that the tastes of modern people were capable of recognising the simple beauty of timer-frame houses / buildings. Instead almost every time a new house is built (here in Europe) it's some white box that looks like dexter's lab and further contributes to the hellscape of modern architecture.
Agreed!
That is the product of Marxism hidden under the guise of global capitalism
@@royalblood2405 I agree and it goes along with their agenda of creating a society of learned helplessness. Totally Marxist.
Timber frames are very expensive. That’s why. People love them but they love square footage more.
Like, I have done both timber and conventional framing and I could have that entire thing framed in a day by myself conventionally whereas with timber it would take a week or more (starting with square Timbers and using power tools).
To do it like they did, French scribing on imperfect pieces and you’ve more than doubled the time to make this happen.
Props to the makers of this. It’s beautiful, but make no mistake, this has many many thousands of dollars of labour into it, which like Marx says is the real value put into things.
@@williamweatherall8333 true
These men built the World you live in.
Wonderful seeing our people building together.
Thanks Kate!
So satisfying to watch the Timbers drop into their places under the mallet
Incredible! I am a carpenter, and one day I will build my own timber frame woodworking shop/barn! The precision and craftsmanship of these men is inspiring.
Thanks! That's a dream we both share!
@@MarcelTeugels hi could you recomend me a book about this style of carpentry??
@@morgorth3242 I mostly leaened from local craftsmen and workshops. So not sure about a great book. Maybe start in your local library
local library? whats that? they stil exist?@@MarcelTeugels
Memorable as if going back in time, inspiring
Thank you!
My house is from 1600 and incorporates a lot of your techniques, though we have a thatched roof.
Lovely build to watch.
I absolutely love to know that the old crafts haven't entirely died. It gives me faith that even in the worst of circumstances someone would be able to teach us all over again if we are suddenly without all the glamourous electric equipment.
Thank you, Agnete!
I’ll just click here, take a quick glance. Twenty six minutes later..... craftsmen at work. Masters of their art. Great job.
Thank you!
I’d say these guys and gals have done this before. Very nice community effort.
Thank you to all those involved with the making of this highly interesting, educational and informative video.
That is the best demonstration of timber framing, processes and use of tools (some of which were new to me) that I have watched on UA-cam.
Thank you so much!
Second time watching.This helps me visualize what went into the construction of our home built in 1657.Pegs Roman numerals etc.Love this stuff,especially the community.
Thanks for the second watch Lenny! That's great, take good care of your house!
Looks amazing. Thank you. Some of the walls in my place are wattle and daub, The external are granite lower and cob upper. A 400 year old Cornish cottage. Thank you again for an excellent video.
Thank you! And thank you for your comment, glad you enjoyed it!
Ну это не дом, а скорее хоз постройка. Дом на заднем плане стоит. Но сделано с умом, любовью и старанием. А сколько народу строит! Прям как в деревне - всем народом. Спасибо. Люблю такие фильмы.
Благодаря ти
Nice mortise and tenon timber frame. Doing a mix of mortise and tenon framing and post and beam framing on my timber frame. Amazing people don't understand the construction types used on timber frames. A timber frame is just that framing using timbers. There are a few different types of construction used in timber frames. Like mortise and tenon, post and beam, post frame, and balloon framing all using heavy timber to frame the building.
Thanks! Good luck with your project!
Vetruvious would have embraced this build with eurythmic delight
I would have loved to follow these guys around and apprentice for a few years when I was younger! What fantastic knowledge & skills to have. Hopefully the younger generations will keep it going!!
Thank you! Agreed!
never doubt the advantage maturity has over younger men , you matured logic will advance you rapidly in the comprehensions and improving methods , its never too late ,I am a joiner and carpenter and have been for decades in my experience when a mature person comes to the fold they either focus and fly or give in to their imagined fragility and stop ,only to return later and "fly" , this work is not a young mans realm ,far from it , move yourself and begin one year later you will be a different person and much more a part of your world , the last ten years of a mans working life is the most beneficial in many ways , try it and you will see .
Big tools for big tenons. Very cool. Never seen a large blade saw like that before.
Thanks! Yes, it's a Japanese whaleback ripcutting saw. I believe it's called "Maebiki Nokogiri" in Japanese.
The saying "They don't make'em like that no more" comes to mind. Turns out these guys still make them like that... Very impressive!
Hahah, thank you!
I love this. It's wonderful to see the men working together. How happy they must feel to produce something so well done.
Thank you!
"Old School" ways are the best ways.
Agreed
I am happy after watching this video. Great job and wonderful result.
The lost art of architecture. Totally stunning!
Congratulations to the entire team involved in this project.
The technique used in this construction is amazing, perfect.
Thank you!
If you are one of the 7 people that didn’t like this video it’s only because your ancestors were incapable of building it.
This is fabulous! The knowledge and skill are obvious. But what impresses me most is the calm cooperation and coordination of a large group of skilled workers working together without a readily apparent manager/ director. There might be one, but if so, his function is very subtle. I would love to have a building like this. Thanks for recording and sharing this video.
Thanks for the kind words! There were in fact two overseers working along with us.
I am a carpenter in New Jersey USA and I am amazed for all the beauty and all the wisdom of your crew building this amazing timber house....congrats!
I am particularly fascinated by the use of complex assemblies instead of just joining everything with screws and nails as chileans seem to do.
Thank you Francisco!
Thanks. This joinery is way cooler indeed.
I like the owl detail.
It's the signature wattle and daub teacher! Love it too
all made with hand tools, amazing
Thank you!
Great workshop and beautiful result!
Thank you!
You gave us the opportunity to remember once again that the modern life we live in is the product of the collective effort and consciousness of the human mind accumulated over centuries. What a pleasure to work and relax together. Congratulations
Thank you very much!
Really interesting and ambitious project here!
That's beautiful! Well done!
Thanks!
Какие умницы !!! Построенный таким образом дом простоит сотни лет, в старину так и строили дома. Сколько терпения у молодых ребят, слов нет
Спасибо
Just beautiful. Very nice work.
Thank you!
This was a joy to watch, thanks for sharing!
Thank you! With pleasure!
So beautiful, thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Gorgeous. Thank you
Very inspirational! Thank you very much…I live in a tropical country and thinking of doing something similar with local materials. I think thanks to your video it clicked 🙏
Thank you! Good luck with your build!
Love the notched ladder up to the loft.
Simple yet effective indeed!
Great use of hand tools ,fantastic hand tools they look fun. Hand tool envy. Beautiful job.
Thank you!
Great work! 👍😎 Nice video. Thanks.
Thank you!
Free from bills...good job
IMPRESSIVE Craftmen & Craftwoman😃🗽
Thanks!
ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING!!!! 💪
THANK YOU!
Wow, that’s a well executed and very complicated work of carpentry artistry!
Such a big team and what seems like minimum mistakes!
Congratulations! Excellent!!
And thank you for teaching me a few things!
Thank you, Lenny!
love the old ways
Me too!
fantastic, thanks so much!
Man, that's really, really cool.
Thanks!
Excelente trabajo y excelentes trabajadores
Wow! This is great.
Thank you Gustave!
Teamwork and trim men.
Very pleasant creative work that may prove useful when the quest for green power has rid Europe of electricity.
Thanks!
Inspirational, thankyou.
Thank you!
Reject modernity, embrace tradition.
That was amazing guys
Thank you!!
Amazing and Beautiful
Thank you!
Zalig ,knap gereedschap 👍🏻👏🏻en super team denk ik ,knap resultaat echt vakmanschap
Dank je Beny! Inderdaad een top team!
Stunning results. Is the timberframe simply relying on gravity to remain held in place atop the brick foundation? And what was the reason for the vertical, gapped siding on part of the structure?
Thank you! I believe it is just standing on there with gravity holding it down. I believe just to let in some light and air. The one on the back wall is also removable.
I love this .
Thanks!
Many thanks!
Same to you!
beautiful
Thanks
Authentic!
Thanks
gut erledigt! Wunderschonen!
Danke schön!
The beauty home that I've dreaming of...
Thanks!
beautiful craftsmanship - schöne Handwerkskunst
Thank you!
Superexcelent.
Like from Czech republic :-)
Thank you Sam from the Czech republic!
Imma be real - this is probably the most sustainable construction form in the modern era, I would like to see this used more in the future with the effects of human pollution and consumption destroying the environment.
Imma be real? Wiggy wiggy gee
Bravissimo!
Thanks
Masterpiece
Thank you!
Очень красиво!
Спасибо
I’m a young man and want to learn about traditional building techniques
Loved watching this building being sawn scraped and chiseled from the logs.
This whole video had me thinking “many hands makes light work”
Thank you!
Dat is schoon werk, heren 👍
Dank!
Prachtig werk!
Dank je
Super !
Dank je!!
Humans are amazing
True!
Superb Craftsmanship
Thank you Evan!
I'd love to have a collection of tools that are used building this, I've never seen a lot of them before. Especially like those fat saws.
Start collecting!
@@MarcelTeugels Got too many tools I can't use now. Until I get a hip replacement I'm useless anyway
@@garysuderman174 That's too bad man. Get well soon!
Ако бяхте в България, щях да ви поръчам същата постройка 1 към 1. Браво! Напълнихте ми душата...
Благодаря ти
Молодцы!
Спасибо!
Ech... Czapki z głów!!! Mistrzowie !!
Dziękuję Ci
Awesome joinery !
Thank you Juha!
Very good
Thank you
Knap werk, het was een plezier om naar te kijken.
Dank je, Bruno!
Imagine the house being sold. "House built in 2021"
Haha! They won't see that one coming
….bravissimi!
Grazie!
Super gaaf project!!!
Dank je!
It doesn't get any more old school than that
Thanks!!
Im a carpenter, would love to build structures like this, i live in the cook islands and have a decent section, i see trees nice a straight on the hill at the end of my road, and dream of felling them and dragging them to my section everyday haha
One day man! Do it!
Very beautiful but it's gonna be a long winter.
Nowhere I could find the joint between a brace and a cross-beam. The question was: does the cross-beam consist of two pieces that both are inserted into a brace from different sides or a cross-beam is one solid piece connected to the brace as half-lap joint. In some cases I saw wooden pins pegged into a brace. It disoriented me, I thought that there should be two pieces fixed to a brace with two pegs. But in your case I could see that you used just a cross bound as half-lap joint and used two pins too. Tomorrow I shall try to make the brace and cross-beam connection. I have eight of them. 100x100 mm and 2.12 m long. Thank you for you video. It helped me to get rid of a mistake for tomorrow. So, brace and cross-beam are two solid pieces, not three.
I'm not excatly following, but glad you got some insights from the video! Thanks!
Heel mooi werk! Welke houtsoort(en) gebruiken jullie?
Dank je! Als ik het me goed herinner was het kastanje.
Joining this would be really fun.
Sure is! Find your local organizers!
The Power Tools & Construction Vehicles Of Today Have Made Mankind Weak, IMO. Good Job!
Thanks!
some walls are made of wood just to show different types of build? also what century does house represent? and there is big gap between brick and timber. is that good?
Those are removable wooden pannels. Don't think it's meant to represent any particular century. This building is not for living in.
Bisaigue, Japanse saws, trad axes, hewing axes, mortise chisels, et al; a "multi-traditional" endevour. Trad riven shingles. Nice sculpted Owl on gable end wall. Did you use cow manure as one of the ingredients for the daub mixture? Beautiful structure, congrats to all.
Thank you. The daub is loam, slaked lime, chopped straw and water.
I would LOVE to attend such a workshop!
Definitely keep an eye on your local crafts organisations and communities.
It can be done in the USA as some companies do have workshops .Make it your dream and get it done. Get online and see if there’s anything near you. I think they do this in NY as well other places.
Wat voor hout zijn de ronde palen voor het dak?
Mooi werk!
Dat weet ik niet precies. Maar bedankt!!