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That's pretty cool. I wish there was a market for homes like this. I could do this type of work for pleasure.
This guy has making shakes down to a science. I've pretty much memorized his technique, it's good information.
https://youtu.be/UZA1J8RHltY
@RevStench You ever seen the Dick Pernake doc?
Think it was on PBS years ago but it's on YouTube. Ex navy pilot moved to the Alaskan wilderness and built everything by hand. Amazing he filmed all of it on 16mm
No I haven't, I'll look it up.
People show me video's like that house all the time, I appreciate it. But most of the these people say they do things the old ways then I watch and I only see where they skipped the old hard ways for modern things. Like that house they used rebar. No one used rebar for foundations. They also ran the trees through a saw.
Hand hewed logs,
Floor joist for this place built in the 1850s
My family house in New York had hand hewn logs. It was one of the first houses in the area. I used to daydream about what it was like to walk to the middle of nowhere all alone, chop down a few trees, and start building yourself a new life.
I do that same day dreaming almost everyday. Or what it was like when a new town was being built. I go to a lot of small towns, ones with one 4 way stop being the town center. Life was harder but in my opinion better in the good ol'days.
@Joseph McCarthy - NJ Just watched that video. Gods. White people are fucking awesome.
@Deleted User for sure, WE are the builders of cities.
There's several parts to this. It'll put you to sleep but it's pretty amazing what this guy did. Killed all his own food but cabin and smoke house by hand
I hope it's related but has anyone made fasces for decoration?
Like this
No sir, you make one and show us haha. For real though
There's some really cool buildings being made out of wood again.
http://archive.is/H1TSQ
Lvl is some good stuff, I used to use it for building pole barns, I've loads of barns for some of the big horse farms in KY. LVL is so heavy though, kicks my little ass.
So much cool stuff happening with timber.
@Deleted User haha thanks for posting that. I'm fixing a door and can usually find a way to get out stripped screws. Totally forgot about these
@RevStench You on the real estate server?
@Deleted User yes sir
Cool
Working on a folding metal basics for today. I'm wrapping up a few jobs right now and don't have a lot of actual work, just breaking down scaffolding and doing some really minor finishing touches.
That last pic look sharp @RevStench !
Nice work
Thanks brother. I do my best.
I liked the spinal tap reference😄
haha I figure that these things are boring so it needed to be a little fun to read
These we're turned into leaded glass sometime in the 1850s, pretty sweet. Hamline Chapel, Lawrenceburg, IN
I restored one of these. I don't have any pictures of the sash I did. But it's the first one on the right when you go through the front door, if anyone is interested haha.
Sorry I haven't been active here. We don't really have anything fun right now, I'm busy but everything big wrapped up and we picked up a job restoring more than 40 sets of windows. So that is going to take some time. I've been breaking down windows and stripping paint for the last week.
@RevStench hey I got a decent drywall patch lesson/pics ready to go should I post here? A lot of people need to patch holes etc and it’s super easy but they don’t know how. Not carpentry but still helpful building skill
Drywall work is a pain!
It's dirty, too. I'm pretty happy I picked electrical, it's the easiest on your body.