Very nice job. Do nt worry about making it from Green timber , I make boxes from green oak often and they hardly ever crack. Look up Peter Follansbee he makes lots of stuff from green timber. What your doing is more representative of what actually happened back in the day . The vast majority of reproduction we see these days are "to good" because most people are to idol to do things as they were done so the finished product does not look right, Keep up the good work
Yes, I think this is better. I liked the idea that you could put on a VR-headset and all of a sudden be there in the middle of the forest, look at the trees if you wanted and the craft if yo wanted. But it did not work, the resolution was to low and VR never quite took off.
Thank you. Well, I never understood how people in general manage to stay and work at a payed job either. I guess this tedious work draw its motivations from being a thing that works the same way as the workings of my head, the work simply falls into place.🙂 But do not underestimate your role in this, It does feel a lot more meaningful to bring the camera due to the feeling of not being alone but also of telling a story that people listens to.
Well, since they are not quite needed, most tasks can be done with an axe or knife, I guess they are alot younger than axes, but I seem to remember something about the ancient Egyptians... But its been some time now since I did my research so I can not say for sure. What I do know is that there was a saw in the Mästermyr chest, and the tools are considered to be of Roman style, according to people knowing more than me.
@@gustavthane2233 thank you. I didn't realize they went back that far. I was watching an episode of "black sails", a pirate soap opera of sorts, that was set in the 1600s and they had bucking saws on set. I didn't know if that was accurate.
It is not my own land but I have permission to use it, cut down some of the trees and use the barn for storage. When I was a child it belonged to my great grandfather and I played all summers long in these woods.
Great channel, I accidentally stumbled upon you! Its putting it mildly to say Im amazed at what Im seeing :D You are making the whole chest out of essentially green wood, albeit cut down in winter. I myself am looking into making shield boards in this way, just way thinner, 6-8mm. Would you recommend I take my boards to that thickness immediately, or do I make thicker planks first and then wait for them to dry and set, before taking them to their final thickness? I have no experience in making planks like this, especially not such thin ones. Any input is invaluable, if you could spare the time to answer :) Edit: Im just noticing youre leaving quite an extensive explanation bellow each video, so Im going to go ahead and read all of them, but Im probably going to need some more help :D
It is good to have you here. Thank you. Yes I did. What I have been told there are three factors making this possible. 1. The first is that I have used pine-tree, is has a porous inner structure making it more forgiving than hard wood. 2. it was cut down in the winter 3. I have never taken the chest indoors, not into a normally heated house. Well, thin boards would crack easily, but if that is what you want, thinner is better in the sense that you can put a weight on top of it while it dries and that way stop it from bending. Yes I would make them thin to begin with, the axe cut better in wet wood and it do not crack as easily as when dry. But thin is difficult to make for several reasons. It is light weight, causing several problems. You can solve one of them in part by making a groove in the workbench like I did. But that would also make it more sensitive to faulty blows with the axe. You will need a sharper axe to be able to cut into the wood rather than hitting it. I sharpened my axe with a local stone, I recommend you bring a whetstone. And do not cut from top to bottom like when splitting wood, cut from side to side, along the grain, but carefully not to brake it. Follow the grains carefully, that way it will not splinter as easily. But you could also make a plane, I made a video on that recently, it is less to use but less likely to make the wood crack. In Sweden, historically, it has been common to make ash wood baskets from really thin wood slices, that you braid or weave. But the slices are rarely wider than 10 cm. Those are split into 2-8 mm thick slices with a long knife that you hit with a hammer. That works too and is a lot quicker.
@@gustavthane2233 Cool, thank you very much! Im aiming at a historical reproduction of a viking age round shield, so I have to use said thicknesses. Regarding wood species, I would be lucky if I get a conifer tree, but most likely its going to be another soft wood like linden, aspen, poplar, even willow. Those are all common here and I have access to at least some of them. I think I can get away with harvesting thinner trunks and using only the middle for planks, saving the rest for other projects like spoons or something, or I could fell a large tree and split all the planks radially, like when you make wooden roof tiles, shingles. I will also try to weigh them down as best as I can, and hopefully find a nice place for them to dry. Thank you!
He he, I hope the neighbour enjoyed it as well. That is awesome, How far are you due? Given enough time it is not as complicated as one would have thought. I did mine without drying the wood first so I never bring it inside the house, that would risk braking it, but as an outdoor box I find it to be quite a useful design.
I really enjoyed this
thats awesome bearded axe
Wasn't there a saw in the Mästermyr chest? Just teasing! Great work, the hatchet work is SO precise!
Very nice job. Do nt worry about making it from Green timber , I make boxes from green oak often and they hardly ever crack. Look up Peter Follansbee he makes lots of stuff from green timber. What your doing is more representative of what actually happened back in the day . The vast majority of reproduction we see these days are "to good" because most people are to idol to do things as they were done so the finished product does not look right, Keep up the good work
Inspirering. Thank you
Thank you
wow nice work man. you are a gluten for punisment lol keep up the good work
Very impressive!
Thank you
Wow
Truly inspiring work :)
Thank you
Great videos! Glad youve moved away from the 360 videos, theyre tricky to watch on a phone and the quality seemed much lower
Yes, I think this is better. I liked the idea that you could put on a VR-headset and all of a sudden be there in the middle of the forest, look at the trees if you wanted and the craft if yo wanted. But it did not work, the resolution was to low and VR never quite took off.
This is amazing all I can ask is how do you keep yourself motivated to do this things?
Thank you. Well, I never understood how people in general manage to stay and work at a payed job either. I guess this tedious work draw its motivations from being a thing that works the same way as the workings of my head, the work simply falls into place.🙂 But do not underestimate your role in this, It does feel a lot more meaningful to bring the camera due to the feeling of not being alone but also of telling a story that people listens to.
And you're sporting the mandatory manbun. Lol
Allways, what is a man without his bun?
Except in this video: ua-cam.com/video/1SQonceri4w/v-deo.html but he found a way back again somehow...
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Maybe you can use your tools to chop it off.
When, historically, did hndsaws come into play?
Well, since they are not quite needed, most tasks can be done with an axe or knife, I guess they are alot younger than axes, but I seem to remember something about the ancient Egyptians... But its been some time now since I did my research so I can not say for sure. What I do know is that there was a saw in the Mästermyr chest, and the tools are considered to be of Roman style, according to people knowing more than me.
@@gustavthane2233 thank you. I didn't realize they went back that far. I was watching an episode of "black sails", a pirate soap opera of sorts, that was set in the 1600s and they had bucking saws on set. I didn't know if that was accurate.
Участок леса, где вы занимаетесь своими делами, принадлежит вам на праве собственности?
It is not my own land but I have permission to use it, cut down some of the trees and use the barn for storage. When I was a child it belonged to my great grandfather and I played all summers long in these woods.
Спасибо.
Great channel, I accidentally stumbled upon you!
Its putting it mildly to say Im amazed at what Im seeing :D
You are making the whole chest out of essentially green wood, albeit cut down in winter.
I myself am looking into making shield boards in this way, just way thinner, 6-8mm.
Would you recommend I take my boards to that thickness immediately, or do I make thicker planks first and then wait for them to dry and set, before taking them to their final thickness?
I have no experience in making planks like this, especially not such thin ones. Any input is invaluable, if you could spare the time to answer :)
Edit: Im just noticing youre leaving quite an extensive explanation bellow each video, so Im going to go ahead and read all of them, but Im probably going to need some more help :D
It is good to have you here.
Thank you.
Yes I did. What I have been told there are three factors making this possible.
1. The first is that I have used pine-tree, is has a porous inner structure making it more forgiving than hard wood.
2. it was cut down in the winter
3. I have never taken the chest indoors, not into a normally heated house.
Well, thin boards would crack easily, but if that is what you want, thinner is better in the sense that you can put a weight on top of it while it dries and that way stop it from bending. Yes I would make them thin to begin with, the axe cut better in wet wood and it do not crack as easily as when dry.
But thin is difficult to make for several reasons. It is light weight, causing several problems. You can solve one of them in part by making a groove in the workbench like I did. But that would also make it more sensitive to faulty blows with the axe.
You will need a sharper axe to be able to cut into the wood rather than hitting it. I sharpened my axe with a local stone, I recommend you bring a whetstone. And do not cut from top to bottom like when splitting wood, cut from side to side, along the grain, but carefully not to brake it. Follow the grains carefully, that way it will not splinter as easily.
But you could also make a plane, I made a video on that recently, it is less to use but less likely to make the wood crack.
In Sweden, historically, it has been common to make ash wood baskets from really thin wood slices, that you braid or weave. But the slices are rarely wider than 10 cm. Those are split into 2-8 mm thick slices with a long knife that you hit with a hammer. That works too and is a lot quicker.
@@gustavthane2233 Cool, thank you very much!
Im aiming at a historical reproduction of a viking age round shield, so I have to use said thicknesses. Regarding wood species, I would be lucky if I get a conifer tree, but most likely its going to be another soft wood like linden, aspen, poplar, even willow. Those are all common here and I have access to at least some of them. I think I can get away with harvesting thinner trunks and using only the middle for planks, saving the rest for other projects like spoons or something, or I could fell a large tree and split all the planks radially, like when you make wooden roof tiles, shingles.
I will also try to weigh them down as best as I can, and hopefully find a nice place for them to dry.
Thank you!
@@dan_the_dj Sound like an interesting project. good luck.
@@gustavthane2233 thanks. Im going to need it.
Ill also be atempting to make your chest here, in die time. With some of the tools inside :D
This has inspired me to cut down my neighbors tree and build my own chest!
He he, I hope the neighbour enjoyed it as well. That is awesome, How far are you due? Given enough time it is not as complicated as one would have thought. I did mine without drying the wood first so I never bring it inside the house, that would risk braking it, but as an outdoor box I find it to be quite a useful design.