Hand hewing pine logs
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2011
- I have started to hew the logs that I have harvested in last winter for the walls of our home. I need to hew 60 logs. Each log is 21 feet long. I am hewing a pine at the moment. I am using Gransfors Bruks 1900 broad axe for squaring and joggling and for the finishing I am using very special axe for me - the one that I bought a year ago from one old man. The finishing broad axe is approx. 200 years old (that can be determined from the ornaments on it) and have not been used a lot. It weights about 4 kilos.
Hey thanks for sharing. I showed your video my history class during a unit on early Colonial history. Kids were really into it. (8th grad 13-14 yrs old.)
First person I've ever seen doing axe-work in sandals, haha. Very satisfying to watch you hew that log up, man.
Respect for being able to hit twice in the same spot. I probably would mess that whole log up...
Smacks left headphone.
hahah OMG I did
No shit hahah
When I think about the giant beans supporting my childhood home,a thirteen room farmhouse. Never gave though that someone hewed those giant beam. The Amish built the barn next door and those beams were even bigger. . All hewed by hand. I remember I walking on the highest beams of the barn when stacked full of hay. What brought me to your video was curiosity after hearing my friend tell me he hewed today helping to build a log cabin I didn't know the word. Lol. The workmanship I do know very well. You made it look easy with razor sharp blades. Definitely a great skill. . Little did my family know they bought an infamous farmhouse. . What's more a connection, my friend that hewed logs today, happen to be the grandson of the people that were murdered in my childhood home. Circles back. What more crazy if you take the people that died, Faye and Amos Knepper names together you get Fayemos . Jerry Knepper Farm .. Knepper Knepper land. Famous Amos wow. Have a cookie from LA. Interesting. Bro. Keeps circling back. Yes I'm that person 😂
First, he has the pine log raised off the ground and held fast with the two log dogs.
Next, he took a level and made a vertical line on the center of the log. He then measured out to the left of center (from my estimation) 4" and made another vertical mark, also using the level. If you pause at 0:18 you can see these two vertical marks on the log. This process was repeated on the opposite side.
Very cool! Your broad axe looks like quite the beast!
I am sure it is satisfying to see a home built from timbers you dressed yourself.
Thanks for the lesson in how to use the broad axe ! Plus a great video
I just love your project. On woodprix I've found great wood instructions to make it too :)
@Paul Cox Yeah. I love woodworking. I'm a wood prick ;)
It's so crazy technology is saving us from technology in some ways. Great video man.
Incredible! The work that goes into doing this is mind blowing!
Wow
Great job! You are a gifted craftsman.
most important having a sharp axe. Good work
mate, looks like it was done at the mill. bloody impressed!
1:04 I just knocked the headphones off my head. Been battling Mosquitoes all evening.. they're even haunting my CZcams videos!
Your accuracy is amazing
Total wunderbar! Ein Einfacher Leben! Wonderful, I love the videos. I wish your family well.
Excellent work, subscribed, and you bought great tools as well.
Real men cut logs in short-shorts and sandals...
FUCK YEAH
Real men don't care what they are wearing... they just do what they do when they do it.
Real men are wise yet strong
Well im not sure i know what a pusie is but i wear just normal logging pants when im out working
Dzo Sakic It's not so much about safety as much about the fact they're short shorts
Wow...very nice work!
Incredibly impressive. That must take tons of practice.
Nice axes!
great looking axe. nice work
Very nice axe work.
1:05 that mosquito went through my headset and in to my ear
Great video,
( I was using headphones and the sounds of bugs buzzing got me to swat at nothing at 1:06 )
I could watch that all day. ;)
Yea i tried this 👌 not easy bro props to you man 🙏💯
Awesome video, killer shorts.
I definitely agree with Jason about the ease of working green timbers, also, for faster drying woods it is not only easier, but hewing and cutting joints, mortises, and tenons, will help the log to dry at a much more even rate, lessening the chance for checking and tangential ring separation.
Fantastic workman ship.
A chalk line was drawn between the two outside marks and snapped, giving him a chalk mark the length of the log. This is used as a reference point for the depth of his cuts. There's no reason to draw a chalk line on the underside of the log because he keeps his axe cutting vertical.
This entire process was most likely done on both sides of the log. If you do this process on all four sides you will have a square beam.
A man no doubt,with skills!
Handsome work
oh myyy....that beautifull axe...
Damn fine job.
No boots I love it
nice job!!
Best done on green timber mate!
Legend has it that 53 years later, the man with short shorts finally cut down and hewed the last log for his house. At the time, he was 97 years old.
I love this kind of videos without music
This video should be named "Why you ABSOLUTELY need a sawmill".
Nice quads
That's incredibly beautiful, and something I have always wanted to do for my final home. Now that I am a disabled vet, trying to figure out other ways to make it happen, but I loved the video.
Beautiful job....;b
hi nice job!
i tried it like you, i mean on the other side of the log, and i found it really exhausting.
i prefer to have the log between my legs and have a balance move of the axe, axed on mine
No wonder people are obese nowadays, I was just lying here watching youtube videos and then I came across this, shaking my head in disbelief at how much energy this must cost. I guess I'll at least walk the dog later then :D I'm sorry, I'm trying to be funny here and I completely forgot to commend your craft! Not that I know what I'm talking about when it comes to wood processing, but it's jolly relaxing to watch and it looks great!
+bububububak Try putting a basement underneath your already built house with nothing but a shovel and a wheel barrow. I just finished mine and it was a glimpse into hell. :) The folks of generations past had real sand. We are most of us a bunch of spoiled sissies. Excavating 400 yards of red West Virginia shale clay with a hand shovel (actually about 4 since I kept wearing them out) is no mean feat. Damned near kiled me. But I still say people of 100 years ago still make me look like a little girly-man. Hell, my grandma succeeded in doing that just preparing the dough for bread.
I agree that the older generation had more grit but they also had neighbors and friends willing to lend a hand. My grandpa did the same thing w/ one of his basements as you but the whole family and neighbors came to help him back in the day. It's a different world. I sided my house and the only hand I got from neighbors was a wave. I had a few friends help but did most of it on my own.
GOOD JOB
Any idea where I could find such a broadaxe? Beautiful, complete video!
short shorts and sandals... brave man! good luck
Well you'll notice at some point between 0:24 and 0:25 he cuts his leg
nevermind, found it. "log dog"
thx for the excellent video - you make it look easy
thats had work keep it up good job
Great job! Can you hew a log when its green, assemble them and allow them to cure in position before finishing? Or should you wait a certain time after felling to begin hewing? Thanks for sharing this technique, it looks nice.
I guess we all glad they discovered wood mills :)
perhaps we, but not i. for you need a we to manage a mill, but i can hew all alone. :)
Was that a standard chalk snap you used or something custom? Thanks!
wow much skill
respect
Nice
Its way easier when your material is green. Axeing dry wood is a terrible pain.
a string covered in chalk is drawn out (laid out between 2 points) on the log. the string line is then lifted off the work and released (snapped). the impact upon the workpiece leaves a chalk line.
Dude, that's just fantastic! I slash score, normally. I'm not so sure about using the GB 1900 for scoring. I think it would be faster with a longer, lighter axe. But otherwise this was great. Gonna go check out your other vids
Respect. I’m trying to make an axe handle from a log, it’s heavy and not so easy
Wow!!!
Super nice axes tho, the goosewing expecially
Is the goose wing the model for John neemans version? I emailed you guys today about it.
Where did you get the old German style "goose wing" broad ax? Did you have a local smith make it for you? There are very few around and they bring super high prices when they do come up.
Nice vid i would like to see him do fresh cut tree not a straight log.
what do you mean by "snapped"?
I don't see any lines drawn the length of the log, it looks more like he used a wire.
what if you want to hew without taking the bark off first? you can't draw a straight chalk line if the trunk has knots and bark.
how do you find a trunk with such symmetry along the length? most trees grade thinner as you get higher up the trunk.
is it better to do the hewing on a green trunk or seasoned? How much seasoning is good (before it cracks).
Nice shorts...
Think I got those same pants.
Those shorts have seen better days.
Can pine logs be used for heavy duty use? I mean pines are soft wood.
Old Wood Lover not verry heavy use but I ensure you that this kind of beams will support a big cabin
I would hew it green . we cut with a band mill once dry . hard to cut for a mill so by hand go green much easier . cut any wood even fire wood before it dries . dulls blades axes much faster .
Good video, but what the hell is up with the sandals? Good grief man... your axes are properly sharp. One slip and you are in deep shit. It may seem unlikely that anything would happen, but that doesn't make it impossible. I've seen the craziest things happen with tooling, like the time I got a die cocked in a 130 ton press. When the punch let loose, it flew across the shop, missing another guy by no more than 3 feet and breaking through the block wall. Anything in the way would have ceased living.
Please be careful.
+Andrew Vida Haha, love the random story....
Andrew Vida thats why their called accidents!
Steel caps make you feel like you can afford a mistake. Its better to live life at the edge. And know you have toes exposed .
He likes wood chips between his toes
To be fair, if your tools are sharp they won't slip as easily
Is the adze and broadaxe interchangeable?....like a preference ?
I have a common axe “Michigan axe I believe” and an adze ...”railroad adze I believe”
Can I do the same thing ? ....not as pretty and strait I know.
But will it work?, and is it a matter of preference?
Which way are the shoulder and bevel on your axe?
THOSE SHORT USED TO BE A BRAND NEW PANT BUT AFTER A SERIE OF ACCIDDENTES WITH THE AXE IT GOT SOME DAMMAGE.
+Russell M cheki breki
eh just use some flex seal
Where can you get those axes?
What sharpening puck is that you're using?
What are the two axes you were using ?
How long did that take to finish that one log?
A lot easier if you use fresh pine trees.
How much do those axes weigh?
Chisel blade?
How long did you let it dry before hewing?
what pitch is this log tuned to?
Is the gransfors the double bevel?
aren't there actually specially designed hewing axes you could be using with an offset axe head so you can properly hit the log and not get knocked off by the handle?
May I ask what the spike that you are securing the log with is called ?
A log dog
Where do you get a broad/hewing axe that isn't ridiculously expensive?
3 years ago I posted and I still want one. Too pricey. Would be cheaper for me to buy the equipment to make my own. :/
1:06 the mosquito for those wearing headphones
What rolls down stairs
alone or in pairs,
rolls over your neighbor's dog?
What's great for a snack,
And fits on your back?
It's log, log, log
It's log, log,
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
It's log, log, it's better than bad, it's good."
Everyone wants a log
You're gonna love a log
Come on and get your log
Everyone needs a log
Wants a log
Love it log.
*whistle*
LOG FROM BLAMMO
@farquad77 it's called a log dog
Wouldn't be better to hew it sooner after felling the trees?
plz ppl just use steel point boots if you dont have a LOT of experience working with axes. And even so...
Longer handle perhaps? A lot less work...Cheers
did anyone else go to swat the bug noise away around 1:09
anyone else have a mosquito flying around their head during the video? lol
why is everyone crying about him not wearing trousers and toe caps. he was shaving hairs off his arms the trousers aren't going to do much. do you put safety goggles on when you sweep the floor? do you put on a crash helmet to drive to the shops?
lmfao 1:04 masqueeto