Notching & Splitting Logs, Cabin 2 and I Get Philosophical
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Back to the cabin on my friend's property. I notch some logs, split the base logs and talk about my philosophy of living simply.
Music:
Phoenix by Simon Alexander / @simonalexanders
VERSE you came in for more but it’s more than you can might and in that’s rotten you’re ready to ignite stuck in a wicked fever as you’re wating for a home and your cadance fails to bed a steady calm
CHORUS
hold on to your fire you feel a need to burn for days bygone and I know that so would anyone so don’t let that fire go now VERSE listen to your reason which you seem to have ignored for you lack a way to trade your sore eyes for the blame but you won’t learn just to make it through the night so the bad, bad dreams they take you spiraling down through the dark so just... CHORUS hold on to your fire you feel a need to burn for days bygone but I know that so would anyone so don’t let that fire go now STICK at the most you strain it not to choke as the bitter pill is sold with hollow wine missing piece unfolding at the crease but don’t you dare to go and light the fuse if you burn it down there’s nothing left to loose so don’t you dare to let that fire go now
I hear you man!! I've been a Financial Advisor for 22 years. Between compliance, Government regulations that have gotten out-of-control, and the day-to-day stress of managing millions of dollars, I'm about ready to say piss on all of it!! Every time I go fishing or hunting, I feel alive!! Anyway, great advice!
It’s strange reading 2-3-4 year old comments about government regulations lol
Today’s regulations are waaaay worse!
I hope you found some peace man.
thanks for the speech, it struck a cord. You, Doug Outside, and Joe have inspired me to learn more skills and head out in the wilderness more. My first crown land trip is the first weekend of June until then ill have to live through your videos and keep working 9-5 in the city.
doug outside?
yup
When people work all day at a job they hate they don't have energy to do the things they want when they get home. They want to, but they just can't. Leads to a real storm inside the brain
Your right about life. You'll never get back the time you waste just working all the time and or sitting on the couch
Thanks Shawn, appreciate you sharing your thoughts.
Lovely words shawn,inspirational as always,I'm a fisherman from England,who does occasional overnighters in Kent ,love all the bushcraft videos 👍spot on
As a guy in his late 20's, you really inspire me to try and get myself out of the city job I don't love and move towards the mountains. Thank you for your videos.
Thanks for the update. You are right, life goes by too fast so spend your moments doing what you enjoy. That is exactly why I purchased my land and starting my journey. Cheers!!
Great music!
Enjoyed hearing your insights man. You definitely inspire a lot of folks. It encourages me anytime I see anybody shaping their own life, rather than letting life shape them. Cheers my friend.
A year and a half ago I moved from Sudbury to London and I have not been happy here in the city. You, Joe and Doug have helped me more than you can ever know and I will be getting back home asap. I miss my Boreal forest so very much...
As a man I am so impressed with you. It is so sad that there are so few of you. God bless and protect you.
Your opening speech really cut deep. I needed that.
Thanks, Shawn.
Great video and commentary Shawn. I enjoy the parts where you explain your process. All the best
I have to say that after watching your channel and Joe Robinet it has inspired me to get out there and enjoy the great outdoors like I use to , Thank you for the inspiration and the nudge that I needed 👍
Love your philosophy! Reminds me of a verse in a song by the Eagles. The song is about a different subject, but the verse can be applied to so many situations, and it says, "so often times it happens, that we live our lives in chains, and we never even know we have the key". So true for so many! Thanks for the inspiration 👍
Looks good to me. A little later we can talk about caulking & maybe I will have a useful suggestion Brian 76
worked outside in the garden that was taking apart so it was nappie time for me long nap for this little old lady make the throne how to take care of it with rocks so close to the ground wouldn't have a long drop for that throne PUT A THRONE sign on it YOUR the KING to use it keep going love this show a lot
Thanks for showing us Shawn, inspiring stuff
Hello Mr. MSR
You Have Lovely Thoughts & Jobs & Music!
Appreciate a lot!
Thank you
Enjoying the series! Keep'em coming.
Shawn James; Your videos inspire and motivate me. I also use them to find a level and calm place for my head to be.
You remind me what the important things in life truly are.
Every thing about your videos is of tremendous help-- more than words can express here. Even when you ramble on
... 😉 Just kidding, kinda. 😂
I especially like your reflections.
Shawn James, I appreciate you 💜
Nice job looks like a lot of fun can't wait to see the walls up. I wish I was your Nabor id be out there helping you out✌🏽️
Shawn, You may call it Philosophical; I experienced it as from the Heart to the Heart. I'll keep holding on to
the Fire! Blessings Pal, … Oregon Mike H
Enjoy seeing the start of the logs taking shape for an abode, I've been building some wooden steps onto our house near the river. I put a load of river sand that had flooded into our pasture down at the base with some stone on top. Good words of usefulness in life.
Awesome speech Shawn, thanks.
I've watched your build videos casually over the years and I'm finally going back to watch them in chronological order. I appreciate when you stop to offer commentary it is always substantive and never vacuous. And yes, your videos have greatly inspired me. I leave behind my 9 to 5 in October. Not long after I plan to depart with my one-year-old golden retriever on the great adventure of acquiring undeveloped land somewhere to build a home and self-reliant lifestyle with my own hands. Thank you for being an inspiration to the rest of us.
Good on you for doing what you want. Feel bad for myself. Just did shety jobs to maintain anyway. watching you using the gouge to cut the notch is pure joy. Billions on the planet will never know of the tool doing what it is meant to and having the wood yield to its sharp edge. Thanks for the video.
Thank you :-)
Man I just started watching your videos tonight and I just paused it after you said "it's up to you to make the change" to write down that I am officially going on the hunt for some land to build a cabin and live in it. I can't tell you how excited I am to make the change. Thanks for the awesome videos and the inspiration. Can't wait to continue watching then do it myself.
Awesome Dan! Thanks for following along. I'm editing a video right now on how and why we bought the land that we did.
Last video I mentioned how big of a project your taking on. It's great to see that you realize this also and are stepping up. Also great to see you show the whole process. Learning a lot for sure. Your doing great.
NEW SUB! SO glad I found your channel. I admire you. Very informative. Thank you for sharing.
So awesome! Great influence and huge inspiration. Can't wait to see more!
Well said Shawn. Nobody ever said I wish I'd spent more time at work.
Great video, cool shot of the salmon too!
Good luck with everything, Shawn, looking forward to your next videos.
I'd come help out in a heartbeat if I was over there :)!
I SO admire that you want to build these cabins by hand tools alone. I have watched many videos of people using power tools and complaining all the way. I watched a full series on Dick Proenekke (Alone in the Wilderness) who built his cabin in Alaska in the 1960's with hand tools. He even showed how to make a locking door latch out of wood. Maybe check him out if you need any inspiration. Keep up the great work!
Great philosophy and outlook on life - I have always dreamed of buying my own land and building a cabin - Oh someday I hope. I am turning the big 50 in June and I really feel the urgency to start "living" life. Thank for the inspiration. Love the series.
Gl on your dream man! Just do it!
Thank you - it will happen soon. Life is too short!!!!!
thanks man. I needed this.
Good words, I agree with you. Cheers
I know little about log cabins, but from a common sense point of view. I have to say, going past the core of the log to make the notch seems like a bad idea, as it's removing the strongest part of the log. I would rather make close to but no more than a 1/2 notch on BOTH logs to make them sit close together with clay +moss in between for a seal.
There is also a technique where you remove the most rounded part on the TOP log (only an inch or two), bottom side and put the seal in with it, also allowing it to close up even more. I like the thought of that.
Either way, you have to remove material from both logs for the best fit and seal.
It's all about the wood wanting to twist around the core apparently.
I am wanting to build a structure like this for the longest time, just to learn about it.
Thx for sharing, looking forward to see the end result!
ObsessionPC Thanks. I got a lot of work done this week, so I'll show and explain more of the notching. Once the foundation is improved, there is very little stress on the log joint.
I'm one of those couch potatoes due to my disabilities of ataxia or arm chair camper. I live for your videos through you and others who can do it.
Hi Jerry, I'm sorry to hear that and I hope I can keep you entertained.
Feeling what your saying I'm a Healthcare Assistant on 12 hour shifts with three young kids need to get to the woods great vid
love your channel man. very true what you said ☺
Kevin England I agree
Depending on your skills and education, there are many employment opportunities where you will work 9 to 5 but you will be a half hour or less from the bush. It's a compromise but raising a family is all about the "us" and less about the "me." But you are going to have to live up north. Enjoying the vids. Thanks.
mushercdn I agree. When I got married and had children, we moved to the suburbs, but I can still walk out my door and see bear, deer, moose, etc, yet I still earned a great living in the nearby towns
wow... brilliant words Shawn. very moving and incredibly inspiring. The efforts and things you go through to produce these great videos is very appreciated. I can't wait to not only see the place but also lend a hand to such an awesome project. the rewards will be epic ;)
great inspiration Shawn I got kids and drag them into the woods whenever possible 👍👍👊
nothin like comin home after a hard days work and sittin on the floor lookin at my couch bud
flooblet yes, sittin on the TV lookin at the couch. Better than the other way around
Another great one, thanks bud!
Minute 2 really true words!
I like your videos, I'll look them all from now.
ps im from austria
Great video and very inspirational
great series
Love the thoughts, the music and the sound of an axe striking wood!
사랑함니다 감사합니다 늘사랑함니다 Thank you 🤗😍
awesome that log split looked hard work
That's why we pulled up our stakes in Nova Scotia and moved to the NWT! I can't imagine ever going back. Now I just need to figure out a way to live how I want up here, and get out of the 9-5 trap. Lots of houseboaters living off-grid here. Can't do a cabin without a land lease, which is hard to get, or you could stake a prospecting claim or something. Working into it! Take care, hope you aren't working a fulltime job while doing all of this.
100% with you on that philosophy ~Peace~
Thank you for reviving my dream
Inspirational. Nuff said.
Nice words
this stuff is all really cool! in one of your videos could you give a simple step by step process with perhaps some explanations? mostly for the foundation laying/sill logs phase. I'm trying to figure out what the best/longest lasting foundation construction would be. this is a super awesome series!
Really like what you said, especially since I'm 18 and have to make some big decisions!!
Great words
I am working on getting out of the rut and routine of the modern world. I am just itching to get my hands on my own piece of land I can use!
Thumbs up Shawn!
Cool shot of the fish
Very good
I love what you are doing. Would you consider using an Alaskan chainsaw mill. If you would I think your build would be a bit more faster. Are you going debark the log walls. I sure would like to come out and help if I lived closer. would be a great project for me to help. Good idea to make the tripod to help you lift the logs for the walls. Be safe and have fun.
Dennis Jones thanks Dennis. I have made the decision, right or wrong, that I don't want to use power tools for these cabins. I also want to build it completely alone, so I will be building additional cabins so other people can help.
I can totally understand. It's really great working with your hands. Have fun and be safe. I look to more of your cabin(s) videos. I wish I could do the same thing.
just subbed up I love the videos and you are inspiring me to get back out and Bushcraft :p it's tough living in Seattle though
great speech man
Good job.
You mean, you want to live a real, authentic life, with actual experiences? Radical
Totaly agree
great video Shawn
Your pushing me to leave my 9 to 5 job man! :)
A good video.
Japhethite blessing.
Good words man!
I wish I found this life style much earlier but like you said don't waste your life in the rat race. Do what you want to do. Do it well and be happy.
Cool. ATB
Look, I've never built anything and I live in the city. But this is youtube and the internet so let me sit back, criticize, and arm chair quarterback this thing! LoL, kidding. Keep at it!!
You need to get Billy Rioux Adventurer on your channel! : )
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Your thoughts on how to lead a good life sounded very authentic to me. But it also raised a question. I know my limits and I don't think that I could survive alone in the woods. Where did you learn all the stuff you are showing us. I am in the constuction business and we need lots of machinery to do basically what you are doing with your bare hands and an axe. How comes that you master all these techniques?
SUN'S OUT GUNS OUT!
I have just had a thought watching you scribe and cut those notches Shawn, would it be possible to make a big enough bow saw , say with a 12 inch throat and about 18 inch blade made from a bandsaw blade? would that take a lot of work out of notching so you just have to use that beautiful curved gouge you have to finish it to size?
Wondering if you had been inspired by the Richard Proennneke? Guy did amazing things and all after he hit 50. But of course the life you speak about is not for all. And it is a good thing...we would have far less wild space. So shhhhhhhh.....
In this modern economy where debt is king and wage slavery for Mr and Mrs Average is a very real and growing thing, the ability to do what you've done is becoming limited, certainly here in the UK. That in no way excuses couch sitting, everyone has a little time to experience nature, even if it's only for a few hours on a Sunday.
Your videos are inspirational though and if it helps just a few escape then they've been worthwhile.
As always good luck with your projects and take care :)
rhialobran also very difficult to find land that you are able to do things like this here in the UK, but that doesn't excuse not trying I suppose
I wish i could live like this. at least for like a year, and then work for a year in beetween... but my country dont allow you to live like this. :(
❤👍 Serbia
I'm watching this video from the couch 😏
Bout time
Have you thought about getting a Tesla power wall with a solar panel? It is 100% green with no pollution. And it is quit so it won't disrupt 2ith the tranquility of nature.... :)
I listened to every word and skipped nothing ;) how long do you take to finish one log normaly , with the notches on both sides.
I'm torn about whether to de-bark the logs. How important (or unimportant) is it? I'm also not sure about whether to let the logs dry for a year or two. I'm building a small cabin, for temporary use, mainly hemlock and pine and I'm leaning towards getting it up asap, which means no de-barking and very little drying (maybe a couple of months). What do you think?
Michael Smee There is something to be said for just getting it done -
Good advice, thanks. About how long would you say each notch takes you real time?
These logs are particularly irregular in shape, so they took me close to 30 minutes per notch. With smoother logs, it's more like 10-15 minutes.
Just curious about why you don't peel your logs. I've read that leaving the bark on creates a haven for insects and leads to rotten logs quickly.
What's kinda funny is people work all year 40 hrs a week , then go on vaca to camp in the woods... Yup.... I did that...
just wondering why you are splitting the logs instead of notching both logs. you would save time and by notching both it would be stronger I thought
Sean, I've watched this and other similar videos and cannot find the scribed/compass tool you and others use. Do you have a make/model? I've even seen video of some with built in levels.
Here you go www.leevalley.com/en/wood/page.aspx?p=32577&cat=1
Self Reliance,
I just Love your stuff but where on earth do you get your money???? I know this is a personal question but all this doesn't mean shit if you cant afford it.
Great respect.
was wondering why you don't use a horse and wagon to move those logs or an animal... Amish do...
Linda Wolfe I would love to do that, but I don't know anyone with a work horse
y is 9 to 5 the saying who works them hours really