How To PERFECTLY Split a Log Lengthwise Only Hand Tools | 6.0 |-One Man Traditional Log Cabin series
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- I just graduated from high school and want a big challenge in life. I decided that I alone with only hand tools and raw power was going to build my own off grid log cabin by hand in the Swedish forest.
In this episode I am splitting a log lengthwise which I need at the bottom for the type of notches (saddle notches) I am using for my log cabin.
Next episode show how I build the first rounds of logs in the log cabin build.
If you wish to follow me on this journey, from forest to off grid log cabin, then click the link to subscribe: czcams.com/users/ErikGrankvi... - Zábava
Thanks - - keep doing what you are doing - - - and thanks for letting us watch and follow your progress. I hope your parents are PROUD.
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I had some anxiety and after watching this I calmed right down. Something about woodworking. 👍
2021, I’d do anything to hang out with Erik building cabins. He’s a fine man.
Man / axe / forrest / wild / wood / silence / peace / freshair / hardwork / satisfaction 👏
Erik, I really like the fact that you do all this most traditionally as it was done in ancient times.
An ordinary ax, an ordinary bow saw, an ordinary tree saw .... you name it. 👍👌
I'm also a member of other outdoor builders but they also use hand tools but those of the 21st century ...
I don't think that fits!
I think if you do this do it as original as possible.
But yes I have now seen all your videos and all a thumbs-up and I find them the most beautiful of all and also the most reliable!
What muscles you will have built up in this period ... 💪 😉😄
You and AdvokoMAKES are the best on YT !!!!
Both of you are doing your best not to engage in history falsification.
Wow, I wonder if Erik knew at this point that he has much work ahead of him? Providential decision I'd say, as there would be a pandemic coming our way in just several months and this would be the perfect project, if one were needing to avoid crowds.
I’m so glad I found this channel. Love building cabins. Looking to build my 4th for myself and my sons on some new property in NW Michigan. You’re inspiring to watch mate. 🙏
yess... me too
Nothing like a good wood mallet. That CLONK is such a good sound.
Came back, 1.6 million views! Unless CZcams is broken, good job
Hi Erik, Just want you to know that i am twice your age and absolutely adore you, big fan here
I envy you being able to do such a thing at your age, good on you man
Thank you very much. Your comment means a lot. 👍🙂
That's what I call real hand done, human power!
Hey Eric, you have been back at it, building the table and a fire pit. I am amazed and impressed with all the talent you have for more than building things. Keep all the goodness in everything your blessed hands make.
I admire you. Your parents raised a good young man and they must be so very proud of you.
Respectfully Yours
Teresa Chahine from MI in the great U.S.A
I remember the first time I split a log,I was so proud of myself,cherish these moments.🙂 Keep up the great work!
Ambitious project ;) Nice work splitting the log. A couple of suggestions, if I may? Make yourself a log hammer for driving those wooden gluts. It will be much more efficient than the sledge you used here. Even with hand tools, it won't take long to make one ;) When you are hewing for the final surface, you want to work the axe cross grain as much as possible. It reduces the chance of the axe biting into end grain and tearing out fibers that you wanted to cut. Some of your hewing does this pretty well, but other times you're swinging straight into the end grain. It may feel like that gets you more progress faster, because you can knock off some pretty big chips that way sometimes, but it's always at the risk of tearing right past your line and into wood you planned on keeping. Keep up the good work!
I am very grateful for your tips Peter. This was my first time doing this, so it is very helpful for me to get this kind of response from how I work. 👍
On my first house…
(It was for myself.)
An experienced builder, after looking over my drawings, told me I was being too ambitious. He said for your first project you should do something simpler. I was determined and pressed on. It wasn’t easy. I knew I had taken on too much also. But with God’s help I got it done.
Keep it up! Way to go using hand tools. I wish I could have the time to do this. Makes me happy to see someone doing it.
Thank you!
I'm 53 old school is only passed on to the interested in art of any kind. Nice.
It's so satisfying when you hear the log start to split! I've tried the chain saw & splitting on red oak. Splitting is faster and riven wood is stronger.
Beautiful hand work. I read in the comments of your previous video that you had no experience. I was rather shocked. I would have never guessed. This is so impressive.
Thanks a Lot Sue. Yes everything I do is for the first time, so I have to rely on what my Grandfather tells me and what I read. And it's really satisfying when it works so perfectly.
Erik Grankvist wow! You have no experience? I can’t wait to see what you do in a few years
Congratulations man, great work! I'm also doing my first cabin and I think it's mostly about starting to do things. Mistakes will be done but then hopefully you learn about them. Where are you building this cabin?
@@FinnishPlayground I am building this log cabin in Sweden (Västmanlands län) in our own forest were there are lots of straight and big spruce trees. Because I am doing everything by hand I can only fell the trees that I can manage to lift myself.
Beautiful work there on your channel with the dovetail joints.
@@ErikGrankvist Not very far from here then, beautiful area! Keep on working hard :)
Fantastic job!!!!
A little advice from a old man.
Lift you work up to a comfortable working height. Your back and knees will thank you for it.
Keep up the good work!!!
Thank you. Yes that is true, will think about that next time.
Great to see a young man with such an affinity for hard work. Outstanding
Thank you Greg, very appreciative!
Agreed. I myself like to work hard but seems I’m a small breed lol. Good job man
Great job young man! Greetings from Turkey 🇹🇷
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I only just discovered your channel and I have watched all the vids on your playlist, so now I am caught up. I am liking what I am seeing and I look forward to seeing your new posts as you progress. I admire your determination. You are obviously skilled and it is a pleasure
to watch you put it all to work.
Are you not troubled by the Bears there? Admirable approach that you generate.😎
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Step one: Make sure you have a suitable log with straight grain and no significant knots. Step two: Layout carefully. Step three: Use lots of wedges and proceed with caution. I make it sound simple, although it's not easy to accomplish. Good job!
Is there a way to figure out how suitable the tree will be for this before you cut it down? Like id assume looking for a long stretch of the tree without branches will get rid of those knots but can you normally see all knots from the surface of the tree? Also can you tell if the grain isn't very straight from the outside at all? Idk if you will ever see this but I'm curious cause I want to do this for a project but can't really afford cut down several trees I can't use 😅
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Splitting logs is my favorite part of felling trees, but I could never manage straight splits, thanks!
And to think that this is how vikings made boards for there long boats... Halving then quartering ect... Until they got a 16th wedged rail that they then hewed with a broad axe into planking. So much work!
Mr.McGoover yeah it’s a lot of work but they knew that it made a stronger, more flexible plank. You don’t need to steam bend with axe hewn planks, just a little bit of heat. Axe hewn planks are also cut along the grain, which eliminates a lot of weak spots that you’d normally get with sawn planks
People in the past were incredibly strong, from a life of hard physical labor.
I almost bought one of those GB broad axes but I thought it seemed too light and too small. I'm thinking by the footage here that I was correct. It seems to struggle a little, like you have to give it a lot of force vs letting the weight of it work for you. That's just my humble thoughts on it. But it was a beautiful tool and well balanced and very sharp in the store.
Nice work young man. You're on the right path in life.
I love working like this because it's meditative. In the picture on the left is a wall i made of with bottles and discarded old windows and adobe.
Nice way to work, it's all about the journey.
A really great video, I watched your whole cabin build playlist with interest and look forward to your next uploads. 👍
Amazing work for someone just out of high school. Wow! Very motivating. Thank you.
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You’re an inspiration man.
No talking. Just communication through action.
Looks better then what I would do with heavy machinery .
hello Erik, you certainly bring something new to the blackboard, enough to learn
Thank you Annette
i"m watching you @@ErikGrankvist
love in the house
This is the most relaxing content I’ve seen on CZcams
Good shit man. Something I have always wanted to try. Lovely to see fellow young craftsmen!
Watch how you work as far as your back. The only reason you haven't felt the results of poor ergonomics is you haven't been on Earth long enough. You can do this work and do no harm to your back if you learn how. What will you be using this cabin for? Seasonal use? Consider reworking the rocks foundation. If regular use of the cabin and longevity is the goal. Good job on the split. Thanks of the video.
Bravo Erik 👏
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Great work
Awesome video. Thank you for posting. An awesome byproduct of the process is a ton of kindling.
Erik your making a D log in logging terms it is great this way !!!
Erik! this is a great and very beautiful project!! I hope to see the next video soon :D sure you will win lots of followers with this log cabin serie; very interesting chanel, congratulations!
It is good to see this great European tradition being kept alive.
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Ahoj Eriku celé video jsem sledovala jedním dechem. Je to úžasné a u nás v Čechách se říká klobouk dolů takže klobouk dolů je to opravdu něco neskutečného co dokážeš.
thanks to you I understand how the first settlers survived in America
Tack Erik! Great movie. Greetings from Finland
Leaving all of the wood chips between the log while chopping with the axe is a great way to go. That way if you miss, your axe is likely hit wood rather than gravel.
Beautiful work!
Wow, that's reeeeeeeaaaaaaally a lot of work!
I'm late to comment but you did a great job since it's your first time and I/we have faith in you completing this cabin. Wish I could join you but I'm still in highschool and it's your journey gl.
Thank you so much for the motivation!
how long did it take from start to finish? including felling and drawing the bark.
Getting all the tools in place to do this very same thing!
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Hi Erik, I enjoyed watching you make a spoon; it looked great when it was finished! How is your cabin coming along? As your cabin walls get higher, how are you going to lift logs into place? Will you use a manual chain hoist in conjunction with an A-frame? Or, will you create and use a sophisticated lifting apparatus like the one developed by Nik Rijavec? (see his CZcams channel). I admire your craftsmanship and wish you the very best. :-)
Thanks for your comment. The cabin is getting higher every other day, working hard on it daily. On the seventh row right now and need 10. How I am lifting the logs into place all by hand, will be shown in episode 15, little bit more than a week from now. You will have to wait and see 👍
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@@ErikGrankvist I can't believe this comment was already 2 years old.
Good work man, you do a great job
Lindo trabalho com as mãos e as ferramentas certa , Erik parabéns linda floresta
love videos happy new year waiting for next one
Great job!
Baltazar Erik 😂😊👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
A Job Well done!
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Yep. Yes you are a machine my friend. I will definitely subscribe to your channel. Awesome.👌👌👌
Thanks 👍
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The club will last a little bit longer if you use the endgrain as a striking force, also willow withers around the center will hold it together a bit longer.
Thank you for the information 👍
Actually, I think the original name for your wooden striking implement is a "beetle", the original use was to beat in a froe into the end of a log to split off shingles or boards. The reason you use the side to strike with instead of the end grain, is that the tool lasts longer. If you strike with the end grain, it tends to split apart and soon becomes useless as a striking tool.
det bästa jag har sätt på länge du är så inspirerande
Incredible！
Con paciencia y saliva, se la metió el elefante a la hormiga. Gran trabajo te felicito.
Jaja
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You what, now?
I appreciate the skill, patience and craftsmanship but I gotta say, after that first log, I would have to rent some saws or something.
That was impressive
Had to speak out on an axe matter. While you can use the axe as a wedge like this they are really not built for it. In the end you will open up the axe "eye" by using it as a hammer/sledge/wedge. The only kind of axe that can take that kind of "abuse" is a sledge axe. Considering the quality of axe you use here is quite high you might want to get some cheaper axes to use for this method. Don't get me wrong, it is perhaps the best way of doing it to get precision opening cuts on a log but as I said, the axes will in the end be damaged by it.
O I thought the Husqvarna sledge axes could take that metal sledge hammer. The Gränsfors bruks felling axe is only used for guiding the cut with lighter hitting from a wooden mallet, but I guess it would be better to use a cheaper axe there.
Thanks for your feedback 👍
superb job
Thank you!
Hi there. First of all when doing these tutorials it helps to use the correct tools to drive wedges a large wooden maul was and should be used as it is safer and parts of the iron wedges will not explode ,2 the sledge hammer you are shown using is a napping hammer for stone or railway spikes not for wedges , 3 the choice of logs will leave less tare aways than shown as the log you hose has about 1/8 twist that you had to fight while splitting I hope this is helpful, I'm not trying tobe negative but offer a little instruction,
Very good video 👍👍👍
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You seem to be a VERY patient man.
A virtue that I do not possess.
You sound so much like me that it scares me
Erik, I notice that you make pegs for holding logs together with a hatchet or small axe. Have you considered using a shavehorse for rounding and shaping pegs. It wouldn't take long to create the shavehorse, and once you have it creating the pegs would be a lot easier. :-)
Yes I have considered it. Because it would be much safer and faster to use. But If I were to make one i would do it all with hand tools from own tree, so don't know if it is worth the time right now. Want to get the roof on as fast as possible.
hola che boludo
So good
good luck
You should get an adze. A hand adze and foot adze. They help a lot when flattening boards. Though they suck to use
You should go check out T and A out doors he built a beautiful long hut all with hand tools. Your work is very similar to his. Great job man.
J F I’m trying to understand you, are you talking about the trees dropping like flies?
J F yes and no. The responsible guys like myself use the dead trees for these bush builds. But if I’m going to build a true timber log cabin I would use live pine and try old world drying/hardening techniques to make the wood last a crazy long time.
@@S_man89 source for techniques
Could hear the log ring as it was beginning the splitting process. 👍
no matter how many wedges or axes are holding the tree apart... DO NOT HOLD YOUR HANDS INBETWEEN THE UNSPLITTED LOG.
nice log
Great job on the build, and your videos, I enjoy them very much. Do you have plans for more?
There is going to be a video out soon, when I am working in the forest this
winter.
@@ErikGrankvist great news. Young people could learn a thing or two about work ethic from you.
You are really cooool, bro!!! amazing works!! young handsome guy with old-timers skill!!
Great work, hope you keep it simple like this. This is the first video that I watch. Already subscribed.
I learned a lot from watching how you do this, very interesting and helpful. Excellent job, good luck with the rest of the cabin.
Thank you, I am very glad that you found my work helpful. That is my main goal on this channel, to inspire! :)
Decent asmr 👍
I think you made the two halves straighter than the original tree!
I need to get some of those splitting wedges. I have a 3 foot log of spalted maple. And, my ax swing is no where close to accurate. I don't want to ruin it. I'd like to try and get as many spoons out of it as possible.
Hi from Australia,, well done young man,, I think you are incredible, can you tell me how long it takes to split 1 log, a lot of work but satisfying to hear the wood splitting
It took about one day's work, but I did it really slowly as it was my first time and I needed it to be perfect. Thank you.
Muy bueno
Hi. Nice video bro)
It’s cool that he made a hammer out of straight wood he’s a really hard worker
Thank you.
it is a pine tree, one of the softest trees, very easy to shape. and he did not use an ordinary hammer because it did not have such a striking surface.
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Thank you!
Урааааа! Ты это сделал, МО ло ток!!!
Given that you say'd that was the first log, may I ask how long it took you as a beginner to finish it?
I need 6 slats for my garden shed and with the wood price rigth now, my uncles forest is looking quite good!
Nice video and nice woodworking technique. Does it really make sense to spend so much effort smoothing the split surfaces when they will just be placed face-down on those uneven foundation walls?