Felling a storm damaged Tulip Poplar with a crosscut saw
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- čas přidán 8. 03. 2016
- In this video we harvest a tulip poplar tree which will be used in our house. This tree along with many others was damaged in a late ice storm several years ago, and will slowly rot as its top broke out.
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This is now officially my favourite construction channel in the whole interweb.
You're lucky your wife has some interest in helping you. I wish mine did! I love your videos please keep them coming.
be carefull what you say🤣
As a "townie" here in the UK, your videos are such an escape. I can write thank you, or even THANK YOU, but that is selling you short for your effort your time and your skill. Thank you so much and every success and happiness to you and yours.
I am an Arborist and can say that that was a perfect 10/10 tree fell, 1 for the copy book you might say. The scarf and remaining hinge wood is almost impeccable... Well done, i cant give you any tips other than pull your saw a little earlier and walk out through your escape route as the tree is falling...
god you guys are the worst. 10/10 but im lonely so heres five things you need to do
@@justpettet3506 I think his suggestions were pretty respectful, especially since he has experience in the area. Relax.
Great teamwork !! Seeing Mrs. Chickadee walking the log really showed why that tree was worth harvesting, 30 + feet and darn straight.
Thanks for the memories, the sounds of the cross cut saw ,the ring of the ax and the final fall of the tree.
You're more than welcome!
What a treasure you have there, a wife that is not only beautiful, with a great smile, but who suppports what you are doing enough to get out there and do what she can to help. (and smile after doing the hard work with you) your chosen life is much to be admired. God bless!
A handsome couple all 'round. Perfect match?
And she doesn't say a word.
Bo Weavil - I wish we could hear what she has to say
Textbook. Well done Mr. and Mrs. Chickadee.
Mr. Chickadee: I've watched Dozens of your videos, I marvel at your expertise and your patience to continue using hand tools knowing a chainsaw or a table saw or a band saw are readily available. From dovetail boxes to Framing a house all of your work is inspirational and educational. Please keep up the good work, I've noticed a lot of 2-3 yr old stuff and not much new. No matter, it's probably good for us mortals to view a wood-working master and try to catch up even just a little. You are one of my favorite woodworkers, you do with those old tools what many cannot do with their high-dollar ones. You are in inspiration.
I've watched many videos on felling trees, job well done. I appreciate that you're using hand tools and not chainsaws, not that I'm a purist, but it's good to see it can still be done by hand. You work well together, thanks for sharing.
I share your thoughts. I have a fine collection of electric tools, but sometimes it's just really nice to do a job the manual way. Biggest tree I felled was about 20cm diameter, 10-12m high, so not even close to as big as this one, but I did it with an axe. I just sometimes really don't care for the noise of electric tools. Especially chainsaws and angular grinders, eh, grind my gears... 😛
Great Job falling that tree. Your a good team.
wow! that is one huge
tree! You make it look so easy, son. Great to see Maio in the video too!
+Mary Alice Stevens Thanks mom!
I am so honored to comment on mom chickadees comment WOW
So thats how its done verry nice and to think no ear plugs no saw smoke no noise wow i realy need to try this thansk for posting
Give it a try, you might find your chainsaw gets more dusty...
HAHA i am already looking for a saw and a good Axe !!
Mr. Chickadee are those wedges diy?
Very nice! The tulip poplar was always the most popular tree in the Blue Ridge mountains for constructing hand hewn cabins. Always tall, straight, and abundant without the first set limbs for a while. Much easier to hew as a softer wood than the oaks.
Thank you once again for sharing your time and talent with us, very kind of you.
You are a lucky man to be able to do this kind of work with your lovely wife by your side. Many husbands would be envious of such a relationship. Keep up the great work.
What a great job you did. You two make an awesome team. I like to look back to the date the tree was a sapling and read up what was happening. I've turned wood from trees that were around long before me. It's a humbling thought.
+Bernhard Hofmann Yes! This tree had some lean years and some really great fast years, you can see where it burst through the canopy after some disturbance about 40 years ago.
Love theses videos, No blaring music, just then sound of leaves under foot & birds singing in the back ground, keep them coming
Thank you guys, this is so beautiful. Echoes of a yearning many of us feel to live closer to nature. Very inspiring.
Mr. C you swing that awe with a lot of precision! Thank you.
It's nice to see that with these timeless tools coupled with skill/technique and patience that you and your wife were able to fell this tree. At least this tree was able to be used in a manner so as not to be wasted.
Love that your falling cut is better than 99% of those on youtube, and it was done with a hand saw.
You have great skills but you also have two things more important than that. You have a very supportive wife who is equally talented in her chosen mediums and you both have a very strong work ethic. Another great video, thank you.
This was the first of your videos I have seen. The absence of talk, just the background sounds, is very soothing and effective. Very nice.
watching someone cutting those trees and work them without a word said
is truely the most satisfying and relaxing feeling i can imagine!
You Sir produce videos that are like chickensoup for my soul and than watching your handle of the ax is like warm honey drippin in a cup full of starberries! incredible work!
I agree, Hshsh. And I'm really looking forward to STARBERRY season. Each little starberry is about the size of a dime and shaped like a six-pointed star. We grow the blue ones but red ones are popular too.
Awesome! So glad you two are still uploading
+CptArmarlio Just getting started ;)
Mrs. Chikadee you have a beautiful smile. I'm amazed by all the talents Mr. Chikadee has and impressed by his work, now if you can get him to smile once in a while. :-)
Awesome stuff! Well done! Thanks for sharing. Watching this afforded me the opportunity to learn even if I never do all the things you did.
Your talents are amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent job! Really good work with that saw! Love the sound of them
yo guys are amazing. i cutt trees for a living and you couldn't have done that any better. well done. and Great job on your house. thanks for the vids
+drew856856 Thanks! Its great to hear confirmation from a professional in the field!
True, first time ever that someone felling a tree on youtube has done the job 100% correct.
Thanks for the calm peaceful how-to. I have a love/hate relationship with chainsaws and so just ordered a one-man crosscut.
I love your videos because I can watch them in public with the sound on and not be embarrassed. Just the sounds of the forest
Thats great!
You two make it look easy. taking your time, conserving your energy and not just using brute force. Nice job.
+Nick Myers Thanks!
This video was WAAY more satisfying to watch than I thought it would be😮😮
Kudos for Mrs. Chickadee! She runs that misery whip very well! Great job, and nice precision on the bit placements whilst cutting the notch! Excellent!
Man what a great tree the popular is. I have to say that was a awesome cut! Also God has bless you with a healthy life, and a most lovely partner.
Good looking tree. Many uses for that poplar. Also, your helper seems like quite a trooper.
GOOD HARD WORKING PEOPLE . GOD BLESS.
Beautiful Tree!!! Nice Job!! Vinny
Hi Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee!!! ;) I've always wanted to work with wood and build furniture, etc. - I've made a few things like a frame for my mattress and a mantle over my fireplace and made shelves that I hung up in various rooms about 48 inches from the ceiling - Also have made additions and/or changes to pieces that I already have - I love power tools and can't have enough but I like your way better; using your own power ;) - I'm a 67 yr. old girl - I found you at the recommendation of 'zack of all trades' in his video about cleaning his Grandpa's rusty axe head with electricity - Never knew a person could do such a thing - WOW - It blew my socks off - I love your videos and thank you for making them - I appreciate you and your wife - Beautiful name, Maio Chickadee - I chuckled when I read your Mom's comment - take care and stay happy!!! - monica >^..^
You two are awesome together keep it up, I have said it before on other videos of yours and say it again brother your so blessed and lucky your beautiful wifey is there by your side helping and smiling all the way, I'd be lost without my beautiful wife next to me and supporting what Ever I want to do. I really enjoy your videos thank you 😊
congratulations on having a hard working lady..hard to come by now a days.
Everything impeccable! Beautiful photography, the flow of your story, in full control of your faculties.
Charlie have to be proud of of both filmmakers!
¡Todo impecable! Hermosa fotografía, el fluir de tu historia, en total control de tus facultades.
¡Charlie tiene que estar orgulloso de ambos cineastas!
if you love your job you never work a day in you life, that's is one contented man doing what he loves , a pretty little wife to share in the work, what else could a man ask for? I envy him . watch all of there vids.and nothing but admoration . good luck mr and mrs chickadee, god bless
+Arnold Espenberg Thank you for the kind words, yes I feel very blessed!
Nice work! Done very precisely. I've always wanted to try felling with a crosscut. I really enjoy your videos keep up the good work!
+cpyke2008 The hardest part is actually restoring and sharpening a good saw, give it a go!
Love your videos! Thanks for sharing!
+Lars Sørensen Your more than welcome!
Nicely done. It's good to see a man (and woman) do the things the correct way. You are a fine example of what a man can do with the correct tools.
+Lizard Lane Farmer Thank you!
Love this Guy's way of life..
Great watching you and your partner working together. Good teamwork. I am 6'2" and my wife is 5'2". Several years ago I resurrected an old crosscut saw like you used and we cut down a few dead trees on her family's property with it. It was very difficult for us to work together as well as you did. My wife took two steps forward and then two back for every pull we each made.
+pat kartes Yes, Im also 6'2" and my wife is 5' even, we feel your pain. It took much practice for us to get a good rhythm, we're getting better. It helps having a shorter saw.
The write-up on the blog was brilliant. Great film to go with it.
+Charles McCants Thank you so much! We are glad you enjoyed!
Well done thank you for sharing.
i got tired just watching you guys. good work !
because the video is slowmo of cutting one tree. :D
Awesome videos! Being an artist myself I like to put your videos on while I'm doing some 3 dimensional work. It's fun just listening to the sounds going on while creating my own stuff. Really admire the hands on work you do... and your cats.
My first thought was, "Oh no, they're going to cut straight through! This is going to be disastrous!"
Good job, you guys!
Very nicely done!
Parabéns; - Trabalho de quem sabe o que faz, e além de tudo, um cavalheiro.
Desde o Brasil.
Awesome wedge work
These videos keep getting better and better. #realwork
+Human Hand Design Thank you, we are learning as we go!
You've gained a new subscriber. Your skills are admirable. Thank you for uploading and sharing your work.
Solid job ~ very nice.
Nicely done!
Very nice! Loved the teamwork.
+Porglit THanks!
What a beautiful woman your wife is! I've s3en her in a couple of your videos and can say easily that your marriage is a true partnership. Everyone has their own interests and hobbies. It is amazing when you both share and participate in a final goal. I was blessed to have a spouse that was like yours. Unfortunately my spouse died after a 14 year battle with cancer in September 2016. I have fun and beautiful memories of our years together and cherish them. If you argue over something or get frustrated with her, remember why you wanted to marry her.
Great Video. Thanks
This was a joy to watch.
everyone's an expert, you do very well...n your wife looks amazingly like my Heather...beautiful. keep the vids coming...peace.
beautiful film. Beautiful subject. Beautiful people.
Quelle paix ! Merci.
I am a fellow woodsman, also a traditionalist, like yourself. You just earned a new subscriber. :)
+Saul Japuntich Ive not tested it with a caliper, I would guess it is a ribbon as its much thicker and needs more set hammered in to run well than our bucking saw which is much thinner at the spine. Its great you are a traditionalist, not many around in this world of power tool modernity.
+Mr. Chickadee Not to criticize, but that axe could use some filing. The flatter and thinner you file it, the deeper it bites.
+Saul Japuntich Nice you caught that, its been on my "to do list" for a while.
What kind of axe is it? ie brand Also, I noticed in the video that you and your wife make a great team. Good quality to have in a marriage.
+Saul Japuntich Thank you, not sure of the brand, no marks I can read...
lovely work
Perfection with the tree felling!!!!!!!!!!!
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Imagine the patience that went into building a house back in the day. Sometimes, they didn’t have nice softer woods like poplar and had to use things like maple oak and beech! Could you imagine sawing beech all day? Yeah they were used to it and worked a team of two skilled and strong men, but even then they couldn’t do it without extreme patience.
I've been glued to your videos most all day. Fascinating! I did have to chuckle whe you used a tractor to skid the logs after forgoing a chainsaw for the rest of the work. I figured the you, the wife, cat and pooch would yoke up and start pulling.
Thanks. yeah, unfortunately Mules are just not that practical for us at the time being, though i would love to do that kind of work, maybe some day!
Well done!
nice straight looking tree
perfect cut...well done....
thank you!
My father and I logged in New Hampshire one winter using axes and crosscut saws, and skidding the logs out with a horse. We used a crosscut saw because we had an old McCullough chain saw that would only start about 10% of the time. My Dad called the crosscut saw the "to me-to you saw."
Did he ever scream "stop ridin' the saw!"
@@MrChickadee he taught me very carefully to pull, never push.
He found him a good one💯
i like the sounds of the video, it feels like "im in a forest far away from humanity" and it's perfect
Nice saw. Nice axe. Nice team. Nice work.
+Keith Brennan Nice suit, nice beard, nice glasses, nice comment! ;)
I'm especially proud of the beard. And it means a lot to me. It's been one of my longest relationships.
I spend the majority of my time on my farm working on my own.
The quiet and gentle ease of the teamwork spoke to me.
very nicely done.
thanks for video!
awesome video man!
Great beetle you made there. I like how rustic you left it.
+Lolita's Garden Thanks, you reminded me of that old poem "get thee a heat with thy beetle and wedge" ;)
+Mr. Chickadee I want to invite you to view my video of my beetle being made. It'll put hair on your craftsman toenails.
You have a great channel
It's interesting how you started out with the saw bent but once the cut was established made it straight.
Nice fell!
beautifully done
great axe work
Seems to be a shitload of work :)
But i really admire your life, simple and rewarding with a beautiful, smiling wife doing the same things as you!
nice work and videos
nice work mr. C
+Bruce Humphrey Thanks!
I thought of telling you about chainsaws but then I saw the tree falling and I could not think of anything more satisfying.
Okay Beaver family that was a mighty big impressive falling of a tree there wow
awesome video!
+Zoink Thanks!
I can't even get my wife to help with the lawn let alone fell a tree! By the way I like the socketed wedges. I was lucky enough to pick one up last year.
+Ron W Nice one Ron, maybe if you tell her the tree will become some nice furniture for her? I love these wedges, years of haunting Ebay finally paid off! Any ideas on how they were forged? Seems a pretty large job for the local smithy, but at least mine don't look factory made (drop forged), they have a square inside socket, and are covered with hammer marks. Maybe slit and forge a solid bar onto some hardy tool to give the socket then draw out the taper? Seems hard to not deform the socket that way, and hard to make the socket with the taper forged first, doesn't look to be a wrap around and forge weld like many old slicks or spears. Thoughts?
+Mr. Chickadee My wedge looks as though a flat piece of wrought iron was wrapped around the top of a wedge and forged welded. It also has a square socket. Unfortunately it has a crack forming were the piece was welded together. I will probably not mess with fixing it and use it more as a display piece because I think it is very old.
+Ron W Hmm interesting, Ill check mine for weld seams.
So controlled! Great job felling this tree. We're curious as to how you took it "home" next :)
- Brian + Erin
I would also be interested in the harvesting part
Very nice drop. I especially like the wedges, they look like they could have been hand made by you? Very nice technique. Of course, my wedges are orange plastic, and my saw is gasoline, still I applaud your man (and woman) -powered saw.
The two man saws have to be difficult to come by (at least with the old quality steel). I have heard that they are out of production, and each one we still have is a treasure.
+Gareth Dirlam (Level Timber Co.) Thanks, these wedges are antique, I might try forging some in the future once I figure out how they did it.
There are actually new saws being made by the Crosscut saw company, but quite pricey and I don't know of the quality compared to vintage, around here every flea market and antique store has them for 30 bucks or less, just the cost of restoration and sharpening, but thats great fun anyway!
Bailey's online sells a similar wedge, item #: GED OX 45 5650
We had three hybred poplars cut down in our yard that grew from one inch limb cuttings. 22 years old and the smallest was approx 3 ft in diameter while the largest was 4 1/4 in diameter. The biggest had severe insect (carpenter ant) damage. Good score on the timber.