I’m in a frickin Mr. Chickadee video! This was some kind of wonderful experience! Great work to all my classmates, wonderful getting to know all of you and working with all of you. Thank you Mr. Chickadee.
Y’all did a great job. It takes real talent to pull this off. Anyone can do it w power tools and modern building techniques but what you guys did is truly great. It must take lots of practice to get it right. I can build but w all the modern tools and take the easy way but I’ll never be able to make it look as good as this.
I'm so glad I was able to attend this workshop! You first inspired me with your videos. Now having met you and being able to see all the beauty you have created with these traditional skills, you have given me greater hope that I too can achieve my dream of building a homestead. I'm already working on the designs for the buildings once I am finally able to purchase some land! Keep up the good work Mr. Chickadee. You are inspiring and changing lives!
Man.. look at the work on those sill plates. That is awesome Mr Chickadee. To transfer the exact shape of the foundation wall onto the timber sill plate is world class carpentry at its finest.
The sense of satisfaction you must have, to live and play in beautiful buildings you have created with your own hands. By saying play I am in no way disparaging the hard work sweat and blood you have no doubt poured into your creations, I am just affirming that if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. Your bravery is appreciated as is your willingness to share with us the process and results. THANK YOU!
Really great video. In the early 70's I was in Iowa in the Mississippi River Valley and many of the old barns needed repair. They barns were originally put together with pegs and wedges. I taught myself how to repair them and bring them back to the splendor of the time when they were constructed. The only nails in those barns were little square shingle nails in the roof. I loved doing it and we need to preserve those old barns.
Indeed. I had a 150 year-old barn in my place in the Catskills years ago. Without nails. Far too many of the local landowners - both those raised there and new arrivals - would let their barns and outbuildings deteriorate and collapse. It was a heartbreaking sight to watch and when we offered to help them repair them we were turned away, often and inexplicably with anger. How many buildings, many with rare woods like American chestnut, were lost is incalculable. Sad.
Whats interesting is that jagged mating surface confers even better rigidity to the structure [as compared to a perfect horizontal] That structure is going no where since its locked in by friction. In fact in my dream house I'll scan the rock surfaces and 3D print* the mating sill wood
Great job Mr. Chickadee and classmates! Though we were unable to stay for the frame raising, I am grateful for the lessons learned and time shared with each of you during the class. Don’t be strangers! Special thanks to you, Mr. Chickadee. Keep up the great work.
TBIC David Burditt...Agreed. I’m so thankful to have been able to attend also. Getting to watch the raising still online...no greater timber-framing joy indeed! Our tools are all out now, and we are lining up projects too. Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee for an excellent learning experience.
I have been watching and enjoying your videos since you started your adventure in 2014. The workmanship of your various projects continues to amaze me.
What a beautiful site to see, watching people come together to learn and share and in the process build a Smitty that could stand for over a hundred years. Oh to be part of that deed ! Thanks for sharing with us.
There is no greater feeling then when the guys work together on a project. Reminds me of the time me and all my brothers built my dads barn. No matter the heat and hard work, we all laughed and joked through the entire build. Great job to each of yall. Especially the bearded guy who showed up in period style clothing...lol
Mind boggling precision fitting of the timbers. I'm completely blown away. If you're half as good a smith as you are a woodworker, your fans are in for a treat. I'm a smith. I know these things. 😉
This was deeply satisfying to watch. How much more it must have been for those gathered there. I am not a craftsman but I sure do appreciate it when I see it.
Very nice installation, I was so glad to see all of those friends helping and it looked as if they all signed there names or marks on that beam. Great video, thumbs up!
This must be soooo satisfying, when after all this planning, calculating, hard working, it all comes together... Kudos to you for this beautiful timberframing!
This is so awesome, so many old technics and so much people to bring every single piece on the right place, it's wonderful to see, what every single person can do, to be a little part on a great work. Really good job, what you are doing, awesome work, greetings from Austria, Martin.
Beautiful Mr. Chickadee! And equally beautiful is getting together and working with friends. The Amish here in Lancaster Co. Pa. Still build barns this way. Perhaps not as lovely as your work but I've seen the raise a barn frame in a day and have it roofed and sided the next. As a cabinetmaker I've watched your videos over the years with the sound of the planes, saws and axes and it is truly all the sound needed. All those sounds are like music. Bravo on your efforts to strive for excellence! And there is nothing like working with old tools and the energies they contain. Thank You Kindly for it all! Love, Light and Peace to You and your Family and Friends! DaveyJO in Pa.
I bet it is truly satisfying when all your mortises and tendons mate at the end of the day! I’m amazed at how well the sill plate is scribed, cut, and matches the top of the stone foundation.
Awesome! Nothing more rewarding than experiencing teamwork at its best with the completion of a project. Having recently retired from the Army it’s one of the things I will miss the most. Outstanding work, go team!
Very impressed with the craftsmanship and how it all fit together. It's always nice to have some help. That's why at Barn Raiseings it always brought out the whole community.
What's interesting, and vastly different than modern construction methods, is that these buildings do not derive their strength from shear panels, but from the joinery, beams, and posts.
Enjoyed the video. That was very Neat having a timber raising so to speak. Didn't know you did that at your place. It looked like you had every piece ready and it fit together like a glove. That is some beautiful work. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. Y'all take care and God bless.
👍 Mr. Chickadee, I think you can read minds or we can swing on the same wavelength! Today I wrote in one of the previous videos in the comments that I already miss you and your videos so much! You make me and certainly not only me, a huge joy! Greetings and sincere thanks from Austria!
Although your design, carpentry, and many other skills with tool making and use are fabulous and deserve full credit, I think that whoever (Mrs. Chicadee?) is doing the videography and editing on your videos deserves massive kudos. Your video productions are a complete package and would not be as compelling as they are without the care and attention that obviously goes into the video production. Such great work you're doing. Keep it up.
Anyone can build what you built w power tools, screws and nails etc. But what you guys did take enormous talent and patience. Good job! It looks great. New subscriber here and I’m going to start binge watching your videos. I’ll have surgery tomorrow so I’ll have plenty of time to catch up..lol
Julian, I agree completely. But he makes it look so easy... "Oh, yeah, I could do that". And that's when I realize the reality that he IS that good! And to top it off, he STILL drinks coffee!!!
Mr Chickadee sir, whoever taught you to fight has taught you skills I see you use here with the very best result. Your wife and yourself are building a dream, with such beauty and with craftsmanship to match, its inspiring. All the best for the future.
Many hands make light work...everyone eventually gets a structure but you gotta help on everyone else’s. The way it will be working moving forward in our world
In the modern day we want for nothing material, any physical item we need is plentiful. But we definitely lost some beautiful, communal aspects to our society after the onset of the industrialization that provides the afore mentioned plenty. A lovely video.
@@MrChickadee I was going to watch the video again later today and reference that book to see if i could find any of the joinery in it! Thanks for letting me know man I really appreciate it.
Monster truck yes..............harley, I couldn't getcha to look at the squirrel long enough to snatch it....how you been ??? Wide open here in TN. Fixing to start prepping to put a timberframe inside of a barn as the main structure and lift back into level.....Chris bumps his head on the loft floor when entering LOL.
This should break the internet. The amount of planning, pre-fabricating and craftsmanship is insane.
I’m in a frickin Mr. Chickadee video! This was some kind of wonderful experience! Great work to all my classmates, wonderful getting to know all of you and working with all of you. Thank you Mr. Chickadee.
It was a pleasure to work with you! Keep us all updated on your projects.
Now I know who you guys are when you comment!
Y’all did a great job. It takes real talent to pull this off. Anyone can do it w power tools and modern building techniques but what you guys did is truly great.
It must take lots of practice to get it right.
I can build but w all the modern tools and take the easy way but I’ll never be able to make it look as good as this.
I'm so glad I was able to attend this workshop! You first inspired me with your videos. Now having met you and being able to see all the beauty you have created with these traditional skills, you have given me greater hope that I too can achieve my dream of building a homestead. I'm already working on the designs for the buildings once I am finally able to purchase some land!
Keep up the good work Mr. Chickadee. You are inspiring and changing lives!
Great to have you Jeremy! I would be honored to help with any design ideas you might have.
I will attend next workshop God willing. In 2023 hopefully because I will be coming from Congo.
Man.. look at the work on those sill plates.
That is awesome Mr Chickadee.
To transfer the exact shape of the foundation wall onto the timber sill plate is world class carpentry at its finest.
The sense of satisfaction you must have, to live and play in beautiful buildings you have created with your own hands. By saying play I am in no way disparaging the hard work sweat and blood you have no doubt poured into your creations, I am just affirming that if you love what you do you'll never work a day in your life. Your bravery is appreciated as is your willingness to share with us the process and results. THANK YOU!
Really great video. In the early 70's I was in Iowa in the Mississippi River Valley and many of the old barns needed repair. They barns were originally put together with pegs and wedges. I taught myself how to repair them and bring them back to the splendor of the time when they were constructed. The only nails in those barns were little square shingle nails in the roof. I loved doing it and we need to preserve those old barns.
Indeed. I had a 150 year-old barn in my place in the Catskills years ago. Without nails. Far too many of the local landowners - both those raised there and new arrivals - would let their barns and outbuildings deteriorate and collapse. It was a heartbreaking sight to watch and when we offered to help them repair them we were turned away, often and inexplicably with anger. How many buildings, many with rare woods like American chestnut, were lost is incalculable. Sad.
This video deserves a million hits just to view those scribed sill plates.
A thing of beauty indeed
Have you watched the video of him chipping it out?.
@@abaddon2479 no no yet but when I get a chance I will.
Whats interesting is that jagged mating surface confers even better rigidity to the structure [as compared to a perfect horizontal]
That structure is going no where since its locked in by friction.
In fact in my dream house I'll scan the rock surfaces and 3D print* the mating sill wood
Absolutely gorgeous work. What a beautiful, rewarding, true-to-the-art culmination.
Congratulations on the beauty you put up.
Great job Mr. Chickadee and classmates! Though we were unable to stay for the frame raising, I am grateful for the lessons learned and time shared with each of you during the class. Don’t be strangers! Special thanks to you, Mr. Chickadee. Keep up the great work.
David! It was a pleasure to have you sir! Do let me help with any design ideas you have.
TBIC David Burditt...Agreed. I’m so thankful to have been able to attend also. Getting to watch the raising still online...no greater timber-framing joy indeed!
Our tools are all out now, and we are lining up projects too.
Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Chickadee for an excellent learning experience.
Bro, that was the most spiritual thing I've watched all year. God bless you my guy.
I have been watching and enjoying your videos since you started your adventure in 2014. The workmanship of your various projects continues to amaze me.
Wow! The framing is a work of art all by itself. Well done! Darlington,South Carolina
What a beautiful site to see, watching people come together to learn and share and in the process build a Smitty that could stand for over a hundred years. Oh to be part of that deed ! Thanks for sharing with us.
A simple thumbs up is NO INDICATION of how much I LOVE your work. But you got that at least. 👍👍👍👍👍
There is no greater feeling then when the guys work together on a project. Reminds me of the time me and all my brothers built my dads barn. No matter the heat and hard work, we all laughed and joked through the entire build.
Great job to each of yall. Especially the bearded guy who showed up in period style clothing...lol
Mind boggling precision fitting of the timbers. I'm completely blown away. If you're half as good a smith as you are a woodworker, your fans are in for a treat. I'm a smith. I know these things. 😉
Got a little emotional just watching it. Masterpiece in wood and friendship. I'll be back to see your smithy progress. Thanks
My heart aches for a tribe like that. Beautiful. My soul soars knowing it exists. Thank you!
This was deeply satisfying to watch. How much more it must have been for those gathered there. I am not a craftsman but I sure do appreciate it when I see it.
We moved into a timber framed home two years ago. Sometimes I just look at the posts, beams, joinery and ceilings all evening by the fireplace.
. . . yes it doesn't get better than that...the joy of working with a group of good people
"Good food & good people" via some Russian guy
Your introduction, alone brings joy. Congratulations on a beautiful build!
Love all your videos. This is what community was and is all about .Thanks for sharing
Very nice installation, I was so glad to see all of those friends helping and it looked as if they all signed there names or marks on that beam. Great video, thumbs up!
Just love your work. Makes heart joyful. Can’t wait to see the finished building.
It is such a pleasure to see Artful Craft in action. Thank You Mr. Chickadee.
Your place is going to become a heritage sight. What a work of art.
Even better than I expected. What a reward for your volunteer to see craftsmanship pay off in such a perfect way.
This must be soooo satisfying, when after all this planning, calculating, hard working, it all comes together...
Kudos to you for this beautiful timberframing!
Another great job Marine! Always enjoy your fine wood working and videography skills!
When I realize you made this all upfront and then see it all fit like a glove. Amazing. Thanks for sharing this with us!
This is so awesome, so many old technics and so much people to bring every single piece on the right place, it's wonderful to see, what every single person can do, to be a little part on a great work. Really good job, what you are doing, awesome work, greetings from Austria, Martin.
I so love to see proper joinery and craftsmanship ! everything nowdays is just slapped together .
Beautiful Mr. Chickadee! And equally beautiful is getting together and working with friends. The Amish here in Lancaster Co. Pa. Still build barns this way. Perhaps not as lovely as your work but I've seen the raise a barn frame in a day and have it roofed and sided the next. As a cabinetmaker I've watched your videos over the years with the sound of the planes, saws and axes and it is truly all the sound needed. All those sounds are like music. Bravo on your efforts to strive for excellence! And there is nothing like working with old tools and the energies they contain. Thank You Kindly for it all! Love, Light and Peace to You and your Family and Friends! DaveyJO in Pa.
Excellent stuff and terrific hammer work.
"I'll hold this post and when I nod my head, you hit it!"
"Ouch"
+1
I bet it is truly satisfying when all your mortises and tendons mate at the end of the day! I’m amazed at how well the sill plate is scribed, cut, and matches the top of the stone foundation.
Not only is this an absolute piece of Art. It fits together like a fine puzzle.
Amazing. Synchronized thwacking award is due. Beautiful building and great community.
Have yet to come across a video of yours I don't enjoy, learn from or am inspired by.
I'm impressed how much your skills have improved over time. You became a Mastercraftsman. Greetings from Germany!
Stunning as always. I would love to have something like that on my property. Thanks or sharing.
Awesome! Nothing more rewarding than experiencing teamwork at its best with the completion of a project. Having recently retired from the Army it’s one of the things I will miss the most. Outstanding work, go team!
Lovin’ it. Thank you. Hope you enjoy that space for many years.
Well what can I say, great team work with beautiful result...
Quality before quantity 🐝
Awesome...scribed sill logs...i remembered when you started them... thx mr Chickadee...
Love how everything just fits perfectly together, great work!
This beautiful structure will stand for 500 years and much more. Music is not necessary with your videos. I love the sounds you hear.
My goodness but that is beautiful. Very well done!
Great job! Your homestead is looking grand!
Well done! Love the timber frame and team efforts!!
Another awesome timber frame building! Thank you Mr. C.
So beautiful. Made with a true sense of community.
Yans looked like you put in some work on the raising . Looks great. Good thing ya had some big ol boys on this one.
Very impressed with the craftsmanship and how it all fit together. It's always nice to have some help. That's why at Barn Raiseings it always brought out the whole community.
I am impressed. You do not have a chance to see something like this in today's instant world. Congrats & God bless
I wanted to write you do not see this OFTEN...... :)
Wow what a group of well oiled professionals and the result it's astonishing. Beautiful made good luck with the cladding.
Beautiful craftsmanship what nice details I love watching your videos simple and to the point
This is awesome. These are the kind of videos I hunt for on CZcams
What's interesting, and vastly different than modern construction methods, is that these buildings do not derive their strength from shear panels, but from the joinery, beams, and posts.
True, although a lot of timber framed constructions have diagonal braces, which are basically the same
A beautiful construction. Great Job! nice to see it all come together in the end.
Enjoyed the video. That was very Neat having a timber raising so to speak. Didn't know you did that at your place. It looked like you had every piece ready and it fit together like a glove. That is some beautiful work. Thanks for taking the time to produce the videos. Y'all take care and God bless.
👍 Mr. Chickadee, I think you can read minds or we can swing on the same wavelength!
Today I wrote in one of the previous videos in the comments that I already miss you and your videos so much!
You make me and certainly not only me, a huge joy!
Greetings and sincere thanks from Austria!
Been awhile glad your back. Miss your video's.
Absolutely! 100% agree 👍
Although your design, carpentry, and many other skills with tool making and use are fabulous and deserve full credit, I think that whoever (Mrs. Chicadee?) is doing the videography and editing on your videos deserves massive kudos. Your video productions are a complete package and would not be as compelling as they are without the care and attention that obviously goes into the video production. Such great work you're doing. Keep it up.
Loved this. You've answered many questions i had in one video. now I just need to figure out the beam structure of my future japanese dojo ...
Beautiful Mr. Chickadee & crew! Reminds me of a small Shinto shrine.
Spectacular, what a great job done by all who were lucky enough to be there.
Anyone can build what you built w power tools, screws and nails etc. But what you guys did take enormous talent and patience.
Good job! It looks great.
New subscriber here and I’m going to start binge watching your videos. I’ll have surgery tomorrow so I’ll have plenty of time to catch up..lol
It's so beautiful to watch! Very inspiring!
Yes !
i asked me tyesterday "what Mr Chickadee has done this summer ?...."
Congrat's; so pleased, sankyu... as every time..
Fantastic!! Great to see hand craftsmanship is still alive and well
Very cool! True work of art and love for the craft.
Brilliant! Truly beautiful artistry and craftsmanship!
Love this channel! Awesome work
Wow, beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
You Sir are a true master. I truly enjoy watching your videos and seeing what you build and would you get the job done.
What a fulfilling way to work!
Truly stunning craftsmanship. Precision, perfection and beauty all in one.
Julian, I agree completely. But he makes it look so easy... "Oh, yeah, I could do that". And that's when I realize the reality that he IS that good! And to top it off, he STILL drinks coffee!!!
That is some pretty handy work..... Good job 👍👌.... I like the older tools also I have a few........JJ...
A beautiful work of art... and of community!
Incredible. What teamwork.
Wow. You are truly rich in skill, if not cash.
And your homestead is growing in beauty.
An absolute living legend...
Beautifully done gentlemen.
Mr Chickadee sir, whoever taught you to fight has taught you skills I see you use here with the very best result. Your wife and yourself are building a dream, with such beauty and with craftsmanship to match, its inspiring. All the best for the future.
I can’t think of anything else to say but WOW!
I want a video with close ups of the joints and to show how they were cut. Jaw-dropping stunning work.
Many hands make light work...everyone eventually gets a structure but you gotta help on everyone else’s. The way it will be working moving forward in our world
In the modern day we want for nothing material, any physical item we need is plentiful. But we definitely lost some beautiful, communal aspects to our society after the onset of the industrialization that provides the afore mentioned plenty. A lovely video.
Vulcan 14 Amen!!!!
Beautiful. That was interesting tying joint i saw get put together inside the post at 4:50 to 5:05 mark. Can't wait to see more!
its all in "the complete Japanese joinery" if you are interested.
@@MrChickadee I was going to watch the video again later today and reference that book to see if i could find any of the joinery in it! Thanks for letting me know man I really appreciate it.
absolute beauty my friend! BRAVO!
And here Mr. Carlson was telling me that multi-culturism was a weakness. Fucking awesome work guys, I love it.
Beautiful. Well done to all.
So beautiful. Well done!
Beautiful to watch. Should stand for a long time.
Josh, glad to see my " ....squrriel !!!!....." brothers Chris and Harold were there to help. Looks great!!
U still got that monster truck and harley? Oh wait... that wasnt yours ;)
Monster truck yes..............harley, I couldn't getcha to look at the squirrel long enough to snatch it....how you been ??? Wide open here in TN. Fixing to start prepping to put a timberframe inside of a barn as the main structure and lift back into level.....Chris bumps his head on the loft floor when entering LOL.
You’ve outdone yourselves!
now that is a lovely frame...just right!
Thanks brother! You set the bar rather high.....
...might as well do it right if you are going to do it! (^___^)
Nicely done, sir! Congratulations! Looking forward to your future!
Excellent craftsmanship:)